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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
735 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

NDZ015-290900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
735 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      67         100          67          87          61
Temp                83 75 72 70 83 95 99 94 84 75 72 70 76 81 82 80 74 68 65 64
Dewpt               65 62 63 63 64 59 57 57 63 65 66 66 67 68 66 66 67 66 64 62
RH                  55 64 73 78 53 30 25 29 49 71 81 87 74 65 58 62 79 93 97 93
Wind dir             E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N
Wind spd             8  6  5  5  8 12 13 13 11  9  6  4  5  6 10 10  6  4  3  3
Wind gust           27
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          80          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11        0.29        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  S  S
Tstms                                     S  C  S  S        S  C  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K        K
Heat index          85          84 95       85             84 84 82
Max heat         94    93          95    98    90          84    85


Date           07/31  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          89      61    92      66    98      67    88      54    83
Temp          82 88   70 63 87 90   74 68 92 94   75 68 83 82   63 55 76 81
Dewpt         60 59   62 60 61 58   61 59 60 57   59 58 55 51   52 51 46 45
PWind dir         E      SE     S      SE     S      SE     N       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW CL   CL FW SC FW   FW FW B1 FW   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr         10      10     0       0     0      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                                            C  S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
NDZ033-290900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
635 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      65          99          63          86          59
Temp                81 74 72 69 84 95 97 91 77 71 69 66 75 80 82 83 72 66 64 62
Dewpt               45 53 56 57 59 56 54 56 62 63 63 63 63 64 62 60 63 62 61 60
RH                  28 48 57 66 43 27 24 31 60 76 81 90 66 58 51 46 73 87 90 93
Wind dir             N SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S NE NE NE NE  N  E SE  S
Wind spd             0 10 10 10 12 14 13 12 12 10  8  6  6 10 10 11  9  6  5  6
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          40          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.09        0.08        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C              S
Tstms                                  S  C  C              C  C
Obvis                K  K  K  K     K  K
Heat index                      84                         82 83 83
Max heat         91    88          93    95    86          82    84    81


Date           07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          91      61    96      67    99      63    84      52    82
Temp          84 90 70   64 89 95 75   70 95 96 72   64 80 81 60   53 74 81
Dewpt         58 55 58   57 56 51 55   55 54 47 49   49 46 42 44   45 43 41
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE     S       N     N       N     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC FW FW   SC SC FW CL   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       0     0      30     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     S                                      C
Tstms                                                 S

$$
NDZ044-290900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
635 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      64          99          63          88          57
Temp                78 73 69 67 83 94 97 90 76 71 68 65 75 81 83 82 70 65 62 61
Dewpt               47 55 57 58 62 59 56 59 61 63 63 63 65 64 63 62 61 62 61 60
RH                  33 53 66 73 49 31 26 35 60 76 84 93 71 56 51 51 73 90 97 97
Wind dir             E SE  S SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  S SE  S NE  N NE  N  N NE  E
Wind spd             6  6  5  4 10 17 17 14 10  8  5  3  4 10 11 12  8  5  3  3
Wind gust           34                   25
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          60          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L
Tstms                                  S  C  C  S           C  C
Obvis                K  K  K           K
Heat index                      84                         83 84 83
Max heat         89    86          93    96    86          83    85


Date           07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          90      60    95      66   100      64    86      52    84
Temp          84 89 69   62 89 93 74   67 96 97 74   64 82 82 60   53 76 82
Dewpt         59 56 57   57 56 52 55   55 55 49 50   50 46 43 44   46 43 42
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SE     S      NE     N       N     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      10     0       0     0      20     5      10     5
Rain shwrs                                            S

$$
NDZ056-290900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
735 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      66          98          65          84          60
Temp                80 72 70 68 83 92 95 90 78 72 69 66 74 79 81 81 72 65 63 62
Dewpt               64 58 60 60 61 57 56 56 62 63 63 63 64 65 64 61 62 61 60 59
RH                  58 61 71 76 47 31 27 32 58 73 81 90 71 62 56 51 71 87 90 90
Wind dir             E  S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SW NW  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE
Wind spd             8  5  6  8  9 13 13 12 11  9  6  5  8  9 10 10  8  4  3  3
Wind gust           24
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          40          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S                 C  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K  K  K
Heat index          82          83                            83 82
Max heat         93    90          91    93    86                83


Date           07/31  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          88      63    94      69    98      64    83      53    80
Temp          81 87   69 64 87 92   75 70 93 95   71 64 78 78   60 54 73 79
Dewpt         58 57   61 60 60 57   60 58 59 55   56 55 52 47   49 49 46 43
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S     S      SW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      BZ    WY      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW CL   CL FW SC FW   FW FW B1 FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20     0       0     5      40    20       5     0
Rain shwrs             S                           S  C  S
Tstms                  S                           S  S

$$
NDZ037-290900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
735 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      65          95          68          84          61
Temp                79 72 68 68 81 90 92 91 81 75 71 70 76 79 79 76 70 67 65 64
Dewpt               70 63 63 63 66 62 62 60 63 66 66 67 69 69 70 68 69 66 64 63
RH                  74 73 84 84 60 39 37 36 54 74 84 90 79 72 74 76 97 97 97 97
Wind dir            SE  S SW SW  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SE  S  S SE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd             8  6  6  5  8 11 11 10 11 11  9  8  8  9  9 10  9  5  8  8
Wind gust           18
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          90          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.55        0.35
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S  C  C  C  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K        K
Heat index                      83 90 93 91 82
Max heat         93    92          90    93    89


Date           07/31  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          84      60    87      64    90      67    86      55    79
Temp          79 84   67 62 82 84   69 65 86 87   73 68 81 81   63 56 73 76
Dewpt         61 61   62 61 62 61   62 61 63 62   62 61 62 59   57 54 51 50
PWind dir        NE      SE    SE       S     S       S    SW       N     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC SC CL   CL FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      10     0       0     0      20    30      20     5
Rain shwrs                                            S  C  S    S  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
NDZ001-290900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
735 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      66          99          64          88          61
Temp                78 76 72 70 82 95 98 88 78 72 69 66 74 82 86 85 76 70 66 64
Dewpt               66 56 55 56 61 62 58 63 64 63 63 62 64 63 61 60 61 60 60 60
RH                  67 50 55 61 49 34 27 43 62 73 81 87 71 53 43 43 60 71 81 87
Wind dir             E  E SE SE  S  S  S SE SE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd            11 10  8  6  9 10 12 16 12  6  5  8 11 12 12 13 10 10  8  6
Wind gust           24
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                  C  C  S     S  S  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K
Heat index                      83 96    89                83 86 85
Max heat         93    90          96    98    88          83    86    82


Date           07/31  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          91      63    96      70    94      61    79      52    80
Temp          85 91   73 65 90 95   79 72 92 92   70 61 75 76   59 52 73 78
Dewpt         63 60   60 59 62 57   57 57 56 49   48 50 49 46   47 47 46 45
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE    SW       N    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC CL   FW SC SC CL   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      10     0       5     0      20     5       5     0
Rain shwrs                                            S

$$
NDZ021-290900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
735 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      66          98          65          85          60
Temp                77 73 70 68 81 91 95 89 76 72 69 67 74 79 81 80 70 65 63 62
Dewpt               60 59 62 61 63 59 57 59 63 64 65 64 65 66 65 63 63 62 61 60
RH                  56 62 76 78 54 34 28 37 64 76 87 90 74 64 58 56 78 90 93 93
Wind dir            SE  E SE SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd             2  6  5  5  9 12 13 12 12  8  6  4  6 10 10 11  8  5  4  3
Wind gust                          23
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          50          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S                 C  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K     K
Heat index                      82                            83 81
Max heat         88    85          90    94    86                83


Date           07/31  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          88      60    92      66    97      63    83      51    80
Temp          81 86   67 63 86 90   72 67 92 93   71 63 78 78   59 52 72 77
Dewpt         59 59   62 60 61 58   60 58 60 56   56 55 52 46   49 49 45 43
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SE     S       E    NW      NW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      BZ    WY      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW CL   CL FW SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20     0       0     0      40    20       5     0
Rain shwrs             S                              C  S
Tstms                  S                              C

$$
NDZ043-290900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
635 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      63          98          62          88          58
Temp                77 72 68 66 83 94 96 89 75 70 66 64 75 81 84 83 71 65 62 60
Dewpt               44 52 55 57 61 58 56 57 61 63 63 62 64 63 61 59 61 61 61 59
RH                  31 49 63 73 47 30 26 34 62 78 90 93 69 54 46 44 71 87 97 96
Wind dir            SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  E  E NE NE NE  N  E SE  S
Wind spd            10 10  9  8 12 17 18 16 13 10  8  5  6 11 13 12 11  8  5  5
Wind gust           29
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 OV OV B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          50          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.02        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  C  C  S  S        C  C  S
Obvis                K  K  K  K        K
Heat index                      83                         82 84 83
Max heat         88    86          93    96    85          82    85    81


Date           07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          92      61    97      66    99      62    84      52    83
Temp          85 91 70   63 92 95 75   68 95 96 72   63 80 81 59   53 74 81
Dewpt         58 54 56   56 54 49 53   54 52 45 46   47 43 41 42   45 42 42
PWind dir         S       S    SE      SE    SW       N     N       N     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC FW FW   SC SC FW CL   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       0     0      30     0       5     5
Rain shwrs        S                                   C
Tstms             S

$$
NDZ045-290900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
735 PM CDT Tue Jul 28 2026

Date           07/28/26      Wed 07/29/26            Thu 07/30/26            Fri
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      70          98          69          84          63
Temp                77 75 73 71 84 94 98 93 81 75 72 71 76 80 80 78 72 67 65 64
Dewpt               65 62 62 62 64 60 57 58 63 65 66 66 68 68 67 66 67 66 64 63
RH                  67 64 68 73 51 32 26 31 54 71 81 84 76 67 65 67 84 97 97 97
Wind dir             E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S NE  N NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             8 10 10 10 11 14 17 17 14 13 11 10  8  8 11 11 11  8  6  6
Wind gust           28
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60          80          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.41        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S     S  S  C  S
Obvis                K  K              K
Heat index                      85 94       82             83 82
Max heat         90    86          94    97    89          83    83


Date           07/31  Sat 08/01/26  Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          86      64    91      69    96      70    87      57    81
Temp          81 86   70 65 86 89   74 70 91 93   76 71 83 83   65 58 76 80
Dewpt         61 59   61 60 61 57   60 59 60 56   58 57 55 50   50 50 47 46
PWind dir         E      SE     S      SE     S      SE    NE       N    NE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW CL   CL FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         10      10     0       0     0      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                                            S

$$