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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
648 AM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025

NDZ015-012100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
648 AM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      82          53          84          57          85
Temp             64 68 77 81 75 65 60 56 53 62 78 81 76 65 62 60 58 65 79 84 79
Dewpt            56 57 57 53 52 52 51 50 50 52 53 51 52 52 52 51 51 54 56 55 56
RH               75 68 50 38 45 63 72 80 89 70 42 35 43 63 70 72 77 68 45 37 45
Wind dir          S  S SW  W NW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd         16 14 12 11  8  5  3  2  2  2  5  9  6  6  6  5  5  8 11 11  9
Clouds           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    73      48    60      37    58      36    63
Temp          63 57 68 64   55 50 57 54   42 38 53 53   43 38 58 57
Dewpt         55 53 55 54   51 46 42 37   35 33 33 34   36 34 39 38
PWind dir        NE     N      NW    NW      NW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    40      60    40      10    20      10    10
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  L  C  S          S
Tstms                   S    S

$$
NDZ033-012100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
548 AM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      78          51          83          52          80
Temp             57 64 73 77 73 60 56 54 53 64 78 82 76 63 59 56 54 62 75 80 75
Dewpt            50 50 50 49 48 47 46 46 45 50 48 46 47 49 49 49 49 52 50 49 49
RH               77 60 44 37 41 62 69 74 74 60 35 28 36 60 69 77 83 70 41 34 40
Wind dir          W NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE NE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          5 10 14 12  5  4  5  5  4  5 11 11  8  8  8  8  8  9 11 11 10
Clouds           SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            49    66      42    56      33    55      33    62
Temp          56   52 63 60 49   45 52 50 39   35 52 52 39   35 57 56
Dewpt         51   50 51 47 45   39 36 32 30   29 29 30 33   33 35 35
PWind dir           N    NW      NW    NW      NW     W      SW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           20    40      50    20      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs          S  C  C  C    C  S

$$
NDZ044-012100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
548 AM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      78          50          82          51          83
Temp             55 63 75 77 73 60 56 53 52 64 77 81 76 63 59 56 53 63 76 82 77
Dewpt            46 50 51 51 50 49 48 47 46 52 52 50 51 52 51 49 47 52 51 49 50
RH               72 62 43 40 44 67 74 80 80 65 42 34 42 67 75 77 80 67 42 32 39
Wind dir          N NW NW NW NW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  E
Wind spd          0  6 16 13  6  3  2  2  2  5 13 11  9  8  8  6  5  8 11 10  9
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            49    67      41    57      32    53      30    60
Temp          58   52 64 59 48   44 53 51 39   35 49 48 38   33 55 54
Dewpt         51   50 52 52 48   41 38 35 33   30 33 36 36   33 38 38
PWind dir           N     N      NW    NW      NW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           20    50      70    30      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs          S  C  C  L    L  C          S  S
Tstms                        S

$$
NDZ011-012100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
648 AM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      81          53          82          53          78
Temp             61 66 76 78 73 63 59 57 55 64 76 81 76 65 61 58 55 62 73 77 73
Dewpt            56 57 55 50 49 50 49 47 46 48 48 46 48 49 49 48 48 51 52 52 53
RH               84 73 48 37 43 62 69 69 72 56 37 29 37 56 65 69 77 67 48 42 49
Wind dir         SE SW  W NW  W SW SW  W  W  W SW  S  S SE SE SE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd          6  6 11 11  8  6  6  6  6  5  5  6  6  6  6  5  5  8 11 10 10
Clouds           SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          50    68      45    57      36    57      36    61
Temp          58 52 65 61   53 47 54 52   41 37 53 53   42 37 56 55
Dewpt         52 51 52 52   46 40 39 34   32 29 31 31   31 31 34 35
PWind dir         N     N      NW    NW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    30      40    20       5    10       5     5
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  C  S

$$
NDZ037-012100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
648 AM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      81          54          82          57          85
Temp             65 69 75 81 75 65 62 58 55 66 78 81 74 64 61 59 58 67 80 85 78
Dewpt            55 58 59 59 59 57 54 51 49 53 51 49 51 50 49 49 50 56 57 57 57
RH               70 68 58 47 58 75 75 77 80 63 39 33 44 60 65 69 75 68 45 39 48
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  W  W  W SW SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd         13 16 19 18 10  8  5  5  4  4  5  5  4  5  6  6  8 10 11 13 10
Wind gust        25 28 29 28
Clouds           B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S
Tstms             S
Heat index                81                                           80
Max heat                     81                      80                80    84


Date          Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    77      50    60      38    56      37    61
Temp          66 60 73 68   57 53 56 53   44 40 53 50   43 40 57 54
Dewpt         55 54 56 56   54 49 47 42   37 34 34 35   36 35 39 39
PWind dir         S     S      NW    NW      NW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10    40      60    50      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  L  C  S
Tstms                        C  S

$$
NDZ001-012100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
648 AM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      78          48          81          52          76
Temp             59 64 72 77 74 62 58 54 51 59 74 81 76 64 59 56 53 60 70 75 71
Dewpt            51 50 50 47 47 46 46 45 44 47 47 45 45 44 45 46 46 49 49 48 49
RH               75 60 46 35 38 56 64 71 77 64 38 28 33 48 60 69 77 67 47 38 46
Wind dir         NW NW NW  W  W SW  W SW  S SW SE  S SW  E NE  N NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd         11 12 12 11  8  5  4  3  2  3  8  9  6  5  5  5  8  9 11 12 11
Wind gust           24
Clouds           SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  S
Tstms             S  S


Date          Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          49    66      42    55      33    58      34    63
Temp          56 51 62 62   51 44 51 50   40 35 52 55   41 35 57 58
Dewpt         49 48 49 46   41 36 36 32   29 27 30 29   30 30 34 33
PWind dir        NE    NW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    30      30    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  S

$$
NDZ021-012100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
648 AM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      81          50          82          54          81
Temp             60 67 77 79 73 61 57 54 52 63 76 81 76 64 59 57 55 64 75 80 75
Dewpt            56 58 53 49 49 50 49 48 47 51 49 47 49 50 49 49 48 52 52 51 52
RH               87 73 43 35 43 67 75 80 83 65 39 30 39 60 69 75 77 65 45 36 45
Wind dir         SE SW NW NW  W  W  W SW  W SW  S  S  S SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          4  5 11 11  8  4  3  3  2  2  5  9  8  6  5  5  5  9 11 11 10
Clouds           SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                                80
Max heat                                             80                      80


Date          Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          51    68      44    57      35    57      35    63
Temp          58 53 65 62   51 47 54 52   39 36 52 53   40 36 57 56
Dewpt         52 51 52 51   46 41 38 34   33 30 29 30   33 32 36 35
PWind dir         N     N      NW    NW      NW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    40      40    20       5    10       5     5
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  C  S

$$
NDZ043-012100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
548 AM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      76          50          82          50          81
Temp             60 65 72 75 72 60 55 53 51 62 76 81 76 62 58 55 52 61 75 80 75
Dewpt            50 53 51 49 49 47 46 45 45 50 48 45 46 48 49 49 48 50 49 47 48
RH               69 65 48 40 44 62 72 74 80 65 37 28 34 60 72 80 86 67 40 31 38
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SE  E  E SE  E NE  E  E  N
Wind spd         16 18 16 13  8  4  4  4  4  8 13 10  5  6  8  8  8  9 11 11 10
Wind gust        27 28
Clouds           SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            47    65      39    56      31    53      30    60
Temp          56   50 61 57 48   42 52 50 37   33 49 50 37   33 55 55
Dewpt         49   49 51 49 46   39 35 33 32   30 32 35 35   33 36 36
PWind dir           N     N      NW    NW      NW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           30    50      60    20      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs          C  C  C  L    L  S          S  S

$$
NDZ045-012100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
648 AM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date             Wed 10/01/25            Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      78          56          79          59          83
Temp             64 68 75 78 72 64 61 58 57 65 76 79 73 66 64 61 60 67 78 82 76
Dewpt            57 58 57 55 56 53 52 51 50 54 53 53 55 52 52 52 51 55 57 57 58
RH               78 70 54 45 57 67 72 77 77 68 45 41 53 61 65 72 72 65 48 43 54
Wind dir          S  S SW  W NW  W  W  W  W  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd         16 13 13 11  8  6  5  5  4  5  9 10  8 10 12 11 10 11 13 13 10
Clouds           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                                82
Max heat                                                                     82


Date          Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    70      49    58      39    53      39    59
Temp          66 58 66 63   55 50 55 52   44 39 50 48   43 39 55 53
Dewpt         54 53 55 55   52 47 42 39   36 34 36 37   37 35 39 40
PWind dir        SW     N      NW    NW      NW     W      SW    NW
Wind char        GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    40      70    40      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  L  C  S       S  S
Tstms                        C

$$