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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
936 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

NDZ015-310900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
936 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      59          87          59          93          64
Temp                75 69 65 62 72 81 85 84 74 67 63 62 75 86 92 89 79 72 68 67
Dewpt               67 66 65 62 61 57 54 55 59 59 59 58 61 60 57 58 60 60 59 58
RH                  76 90100100 68 44 35 37 59 75 87 87 62 42 31 35 52 66 73 73
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd            10  8  6  5  5  6  8  8  6  6  5  5 10 13 16 16 16 13 13 13
Wind gust           25 18                                              24 25 26
Clouds              OV B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C
Tstms
Heat index                         81                      86
Max heat                           81    84    82          86    91    85


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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          98      64    86      52    79      51    85      58    88
Temp          91 97   74 65 82 81   62 53 72 77   60 53 79 82   66 59 82 85
Dewpt         59 58   57 56 55 51   50 48 44 42   46 48 48 48   52 54 56 55
PWind dir         S      SE     N       N    NW      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW B1 FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      30    20      10     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                C  S                                      S     S
Tstms                     C  S                                            S

$$
NDZ033-310900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
836 PM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      56          89          60          98          65
Temp                65 61 62 60 72 82 88 88 75 69 67 64 78 92 97 96 81 74 72 69
Dewpt               63 61 61 60 60 54 51 50 54 54 54 54 56 52 47 46 50 51 51 50
RH                  93100 97100 66 38 28 27 48 59 63 70 47 26 18 18 34 44 48 51
Wind dir            NW NW NW SW SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             6  4  4  3  5  9  8 10 12 13 13 12 13 12 11 10 13 18 18 18
Wind gust                                                              29 29 29
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C
Tstms                C


Date           08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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          99      60    82      49    77      51    86      57    89
Temp          96 98 72   62 79 79 58   50 70 76 57   52 80 85 65   58 85 86
Dewpt         48 42 42   45 45 42 43   43 37 36 40   41 42 43 47   50 51 48
PWind dir         W       N     N      NW    NW       E    SE      SE     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW CL   SC SC CL CL   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20     0       5     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                S                                         S  S  S
Tstms                                                               S     S

$$
NDZ044-310900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
836 PM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      56          88          58          97          63
Temp                64 62 61 60 71 81 87 85 73 66 63 61 77 91 97 93 78 71 68 66
Dewpt               62 62 61 60 61 56 52 51 53 54 55 55 57 53 48 47 50 51 51 50
RH                  93100100100 71 42 30 31 49 65 75 81 50 28 19 21 37 49 54 56
Wind dir            NE  N NW  N  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             8  4  3  2  3  6  6  9 10 10 10  8 11 14 13 13 17 19 17 13
Wind gust           23 14                      20                   28 29 27 24
Clouds              B2 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S
Tstms
Heat index                         81
Max heat                           81    85    82          89    94    85


Date           08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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         101      61    85      50    78      51    85      57    90
Temp          96 99 72   63 82 80 60   51 71 76 58   52 80 83 64   58 85 85
Dewpt         49 45 45   46 46 42 43   44 39 38 41   44 47 46 50   52 53 50
PWind dir        SW      NE     N       N    NW      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC CL CL   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      30     0       5     0      10     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                C                                         S

$$
NDZ056-310900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
936 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      57          87          62          93          66
Temp                68 62 60 58 71 80 85 84 73 67 64 64 75 86 91 89 77 72 70 69
Dewpt               61 59 58 56 57 55 52 53 56 58 58 58 59 59 58 58 60 59 58 57
RH                  78 90 93 93 61 42 32 34 55 73 81 81 58 40 33 35 56 64 66 66
Wind dir             N NW NW NW SE SE SE  S SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd             3  2  5  3  1  5  6  9 11 11 10 10 12 13 12 13 17 17 17 17
Wind gust                                                  24       28 31 32 31
Clouds              B2 B1 FW FW CL SC FW FW SC SC SC SC CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S
Tstms
Heat index                         80
Max heat                           80    84    81          85    90    85


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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          97      62    80      51    75      51    84      58    86
Temp          92 95   70 62 77 77   58 52 70 73   56 52 78 82   63 59 81 83
Dewpt         57 52   51 51 51 47   48 45 43 42   44 45 44 43   49 51 54 53
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW       S     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL FW B1 FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    20       5     0       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs                S  S

$$
NDZ037-310900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
936 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      61          81          57          84          61
Temp                68 66 65 64 71 77 80 78 68 63 60 60 72 79 82 80 71 67 65 65
Dewpt               67 65 65 63 62 60 59 60 60 60 59 59 61 62 63 63 63 62 61 61
RH                  97 97100 97 73 56 49 54 76 90 96 96 68 56 53 56 76 84 87 87
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N  N NE  N NE NE NE  N  N  N  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd             2  5 10 11 11 12 11  9  5  2  0  0  0  6 10 11 12 11 12 14
Wind gust                                                                 23 28
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 CL CL CL FW FW FW CL SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     40           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C
Tstms
Heat index                            81                      83 81
Max heat                                 81                      83


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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      64    84      54    74      51    80      57    83
Temp          83 87   73 66 80 79   62 55 70 71   56 52 75 77   62 58 78 78
Dewpt         65 66   64 61 63 62   56 52 49 48   51 50 51 51   54 54 58 60
PWind dir         S       S     W       N    NW       E     S       S     S
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B2 SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      50     5       0     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                   C  S    C  S                           S     S
Tstms                           S    C

$$
NDZ001-310900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
936 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      59          91          62          97          68
Temp                72 67 65 62 72 84 90 89 78 72 68 64 76 90 96 96 82 77 74 71
Dewpt               57 57 58 58 62 59 57 58 59 58 57 56 60 59 55 54 57 57 54 53
RH                  59 70 78 87 71 43 33 35 52 61 68 75 58 35 25 25 43 50 50 53
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SE  E SE  S  S
Wind spd             6  5  5  4 10 14 16 14 13 12  9  6  6  6  8  8 11 14 16 12
Wind gust                                                              25 26
Clouds              SC SC SC B1 SC CL FW SC SC FW FW SC CL CL CL FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S
Tstms                                     S
Heat index                         84                               82
Max heat                           84    90    85          89    95    90


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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          94      58    76      49    75      51    85      58    87
Temp          91 93   71 59 74 74   58 49 69 74   59 52 79 83   67 58 83 84
Dewpt         48 42   42 47 47 45   45 43 42 41   44 44 45 45   49 50 54 52
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S      SE    NE
Wind char        BZ      GN    WY      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC CL   CL SC B1 FW   SC SC SC CL   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      20     5       5     0       0     0      20    20
Rain shwrs                S                                         S     S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
NDZ021-310900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
936 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      56          86          59          92          63
Temp                69 64 61 59 71 79 85 84 72 66 64 63 74 85 91 89 75 70 67 66
Dewpt               61 60 60 57 59 55 51 53 59 59 58 57 60 59 56 57 60 58 57 56
RH                  76 87 97 93 66 44 31 34 64 78 81 81 62 41 31 34 60 66 70 70
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N  E SE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd             5  3  6  5  4  5  5  8 10 10 10 10 12 14 13 13 16 16 14 14
Wind gust           17                                     25 24    28 28 28 27
Clouds              B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW B1 FW SC CL CL CL CL CL SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms
Heat index                                                 85
Max heat                                 83    80          85    90    84


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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          96      60    81      49    75      49    83      56    86
Temp          90 95   70 62 78 76   58 50 69 73   55 50 77 80   63 57 80 82
Dewpt         57 53   51 51 51 46   47 46 43 41   45 46 45 44   50 51 55 53
PWind dir         S       N     N      NW    NW      NE    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL SC B1 FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      30    10       5     0       0     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                C                                         S     S
Tstms                     S                                               S

$$
NDZ043-310900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
836 PM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      56          90          59          98          64
Temp                62 59 61 59 72 82 88 88 74 68 65 62 79 92 97 96 80 72 70 66
Dewpt               59 59 60 59 61 57 52 50 53 53 53 54 55 51 45 44 47 48 49 48
RH                  90100 97100 68 43 29 27 48 59 65 75 44 25 17 17 31 42 47 52
Wind dir            NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             9  4  4  3  6 10 11 12 13 13 12 10 12 13 12 12 17 19 17 14
Wind gust                                                              29 27
Clouds              B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms
Heat index                         82
Max heat                           82    86    83          89    94    87


Date           08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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          98      61    83      49    77      52    86      58    90
Temp          95 96 71   62 79 79 58   50 69 76 58   53 79 84 65   58 85 87
Dewpt         46 41 40   41 42 40 41   43 38 37 39   42 45 45 48   50 51 48
PWind dir         W       N     N       N    NW      NE    SE      SE     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20     0       5     5      10     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                S                                         S
Tstms                                                               S

$$
NDZ045-310900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
936 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date           07/30/26      Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26            Sun
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                      62          84          61          91          66
Temp                73 69 66 64 71 79 84 82 71 66 63 63 74 85 91 88 77 71 68 68
Dewpt               66 66 66 63 64 59 55 54 58 59 58 57 61 59 56 56 58 59 58 56
RH                  79 90100 97 79 50 37 38 63 78 84 81 64 41 31 34 52 66 70 65
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd            13 12 11 10  9  9  9  8  8  9 10 10 12 16 17 17 20 21 21 21
Wind gust           35 26                                     27             32
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 SC CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.16           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C
Tstms
Heat index                                                 85
Max heat                                 83                85    89    84


Date           08/02  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26  Thu 08/06/26
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          97      67    85      55    76      54    82      61    86
Temp          90 95   74 68 82 81   63 56 71 75   60 55 78 80   65 61 82 83
Dewpt         58 57   56 55 56 51   49 47 45 42   47 49 49 49   54 55 57 55
PWind dir         S      SE     N       N    NW       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        WY      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    10      20     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                S          S                              S  S  S
Tstms                     S          S

$$