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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
131 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

NDZ015-142100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      76          58          78          51          80
Temp                      71 74 70 65 64 61 65 72 76 75 66 60 56 54 65 75 79 77
Dewpt                     65 66 66 65 64 61 60 60 57 57 58 57 56 54 57 54 52 54
RH                        81 76 87100100100 84 66 52 54 75 90100100 75 48 39 45
Wind dir                  SE SE  E  S  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW  N  N  W  W NW
Wind spd                  14 11  8  5  9 12 14 16 16 12  6  4  3  0  0  4  5  4
Wind gust                 26                25
Clouds                    B2 OV OV B1 B1 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          70           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  L  C  S                                         S
Tstms                      C  C  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          55    85      56    77      52    76      53    81
Temp          62 58 79 82   63 57 73 72   59 53 71 73   59 55 76 78
Dewpt         57 57 62 59   59 57 61 60   58 53 56 56   56 54 58 58
PWind dir         S     W      NE    NE      NE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 OV B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         60    20      30    60      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  L  S       C  C  L  L    C  S  S  S    S  S  S
Tstms             S          C  S  S  C    S        S    S

$$
NDZ033-142100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      71          52          76          48          80
Temp                      70 70 64 60 58 56 62 69 73 70 61 56 52 51 64 73 76 73
Dewpt                     67 64 63 60 58 56 57 56 55 53 54 54 52 51 55 53 54 54
RH                        90 81 97100100100 84 63 53 55 78 93100100 73 49 46 51
Wind dir                   S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  N  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                  11  9  9 10 11 11 13 14 13 11  5  3  0  1  3  4  4  5
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90          50           5           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.26        0.20           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C                                         S  S  C
Tstms                      C  C                                            S  S


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            52    84      53    76      49    76      50    79
Temp          59   56 79 80 62   54 71 70 57   51 70 71 57   52 75 75
Dewpt         57   56 55 54 56   54 58 56 56   51 54 52 53   52 53 52
PWind dir           S    NW      NE     N       E     W       S    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 OV B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           30    10      40    60      40    30      30    10
Rain shwrs     C    S        S    C  L  L  C    S     C  S    C
Tstms          S    S        S    C  S  C  S             S    S

$$
NDZ044-142100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      73          52          76          47          79
Temp                      70 73 64 60 58 56 63 70 74 71 61 55 52 52 64 73 76 73
Dewpt                     63 63 62 60 58 56 59 57 54 53 54 54 52 52 56 56 55 56
RH                        78 71 93100100100 87 63 50 53 78 96100100 75 55 48 55
Wind dir                  SE  S  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E SE  S  S SE
Wind spd                  11  9  6  8  9 11 14 14 13 11  5  3  1  1  3  5  5  8
Wind gust                                      25
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          30           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C                                               C
Tstms                      C  C                                               S


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            51    85      53    77      48    76      48    80
Temp          59   55 80 80 61   54 73 71 56   50 71 71 56   52 75 75
Dewpt         57   55 57 54 57   54 59 56 56   50 56 53 54   52 56 53
PWind dir           S    NW      NE    NW       N    SW       S     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           30    10      40    60      40    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C             C    C  C  L  C    S     S  S    S
Tstms          S             C    S  S  C  S          S  S

$$
NDZ056-142100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      70          56          74          50          77
Temp                      66 67 65 63 60 58 62 69 73 71 61 55 52 50 64 73 75 73
Dewpt                     65 67 65 63 60 58 60 60 60 59 59 55 52 50 56 54 53 56
RH                        97100100100100100 93 73 64 66 93100100100 75 51 46 55
Wind dir                  SE  E  E  E NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  13 12 10  6 11 13 16 16 16 13  8  6  5  4  2  5  5  4
Wind gust                 26 24          24 27 27 26
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 FW SC FW CL FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          90           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.34        0.27           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  D  C  C
Tstms                      C  C


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          54    81      53    73      50    74      52    78
Temp          57 56 77 77   59 53 70 69   55 51 70 71   56 53 74 75
Dewpt         55 56 61 60   58 53 59 59   55 51 56 56   54 52 58 59
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N      SE    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40    10      20    50      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        C             S  C  C    C  S  S       S  S     S
Tstms             S                   S

$$
NDZ037-142100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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          61          75          53          76
Temp                      74 72 67 66 66 65 68 72 74 72 64 61 58 56 66 73 75 73
Dewpt                     64 64 66 66 66 65 66 66 64 62 62 60 58 56 59 55 54 54
RH                        71 76 97100100100 93 81 71 71 93 97100100 78 53 48 51
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE  S  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  14 14 12  9  8  9 14 17 18 14 10  9  8  6  9 10 10  6
Wind gust                 26 25             25 28 29
Clouds                    B2 B1 OV B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  S
Tstms                         C  S  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          54    80      56    73      51    72      52    76
Temp          59 57 77 78   63 57 70 69   58 52 69 70   58 54 73 73
Dewpt         55 56 65 64   61 57 63 62   58 52 56 57   55 54 60 61
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N       N    NW       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B1 OV B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         20    30      30    60      40    10      20    20
Rain shwrs        S  C       S  C  L  L    C  S             S     S
Tstms                        S        C    C  S

$$
NDZ001-142100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      70          54          74          50          78
Temp                      65 69 64 61 58 56 61 70 73 73 63 57 54 52 62 74 77 77
Dewpt                     64 66 63 61 58 56 59 58 57 56 56 54 52 51 56 56 56 57
RH                        97 90 97100100100 93 66 57 55 78 90 93 96 81 53 48 50
Wind dir                   E NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                  11 12 10 10 10 11 13 13 14 12  4  2  2  2  3  6  6  6
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          30           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.01           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C                                         S  S  L
Tstms                      C                                                  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          54    81      54    74      51    75      52    80
Temp          61 56 78 80   63 55 71 71   58 52 72 73   60 54 77 78
Dewpt         58 56 59 57   57 55 58 58   56 52 56 55   55 52 57 56
PWind dir         S    NW      NE     N       E    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60     5      40    50      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  C          S  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S
Tstms          C             S  C  S  C    S             S

$$
NDZ021-142100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      71          53          74          46          77
Temp                      67 67 64 62 59 57 64 71 73 70 60 55 52 50 64 73 75 73
Dewpt                     66 67 64 62 59 57 59 59 57 57 57 55 52 50 56 53 51 53
RH                        97100100100100100 84 66 57 63 90100100100 75 49 43 49
Wind dir                  SE SE  E SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  W  W SW
Wind spd                  16 11  6  5 12 13 14 16 14 12  6  4  3  0  0  5  5  4
Wind gust                 28 21          24 26 26 25
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          80           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.26        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  D  C
Tstms                      C  C  S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          52    81      51    73      48    73      49    78
Temp          58 55 78 78   59 52 71 68   55 49 70 71   56 52 74 74
Dewpt         56 55 60 57   58 52 58 58   55 49 55 54   54 51 57 56
PWind dir         S     W      NE     N       E    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 FW
PoP 12hr         60    10      30    50      30    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        L          S  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms             S          S  S  S  C    S             S

$$
NDZ043-142100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      77          53          76          49          79
Temp                      75 72 63 59 57 55 62 70 72 70 61 56 52 52 64 73 74 72
Dewpt                     64 62 60 59 57 55 57 55 53 52 53 53 52 52 55 56 56 56
RH                        69 71 90100100100 84 59 51 53 75 90100100 73 55 53 57
Wind dir                   S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                  12 13 10 10 10 11 14 16 14 13  8  5  3  3  8 10  9 11
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90          30           5           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.01           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C                                         C  C  C
Tstms                      C  S                                            C  S


Date               Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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            52    85      54    77      50    77      50    81
Temp          59   55 80 81 61   55 72 71 56   51 72 72 57   52 76 76
Dewpt         57   55 54 52 55   55 58 55 56   51 55 51 54   52 52 50
PWind dir           S     W       E    NW      NE    SW       S    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           30    10      50    60      40    30      30    10
Rain shwrs     C             C    C  L  L  C    S  S  C  C    S
Tstms          S             C    C  S  C  S             S    S

$$
NDZ045-142100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date             Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun 08/16/26
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                      77          60          76          54          78
Temp                      73 74 68 66 63 61 65 71 75 74 65 60 56 54 65 73 77 75
Dewpt                     64 65 67 65 63 60 61 60 57 56 57 57 55 53 57 55 53 54
RH                        73 74 97 97100 97 87 68 54 53 75 90 96 96 75 53 43 48
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW  E SW  W SW
Wind spd                  16 11  9  9 12 16 18 17 16 13  9  8  5  4  3  4  5  4
Wind gust                 27                   27 27
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     60          60           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  L  C                                            S
Tstms                      S  S                                               S


Date          Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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    84      60    76      55    74      55    79
Temp          62 59 79 81   65 60 73 72   60 55 70 72   60 56 74 76
Dewpt         57 57 61 57   60 58 62 60   59 55 57 55   57 54 58 56
PWind dir         S     W       E     N      NE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   SC B1 OV B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40    10      40    60      40    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C          C  C  L  L    C  S  S  S    S  S  S
Tstms          S  S          C  C  S  C    C             S

$$