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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
516 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

NDZ015-062100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
516 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      93          66          90          61          82
Temp             65 75 86 90 86 76 72 70 69 72 77 86 86 76 70 65 61 67 75 79 76
Dewpt            65 68 71 70 68 67 67 66 66 67 69 66 63 60 58 54 51 51 47 45 46
RH              100 79 61 52 55 74 84 87 90 84 76 51 46 58 66 68 70 56 37 30 34
Wind dir         NE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          6  8 10 12 13 11 11 11 11 12 13 16 11  8  9 10 10 17 24 27 24
Wind gust                                   23 24 26                28 37 42 40
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          80          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.05        0.18           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  L  D  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  S
Heat index             91 96 89                   88 87
Max heat               91    96    85                88    83


Date          Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          53    79      51    87      55    83      52    70
Temp          61 55 71 76   59 53 79 82   63 56 78 78   60 53 66 67
Dewpt         51 51 49 46   48 47 48 48   49 48 47 45   48 48 46 44
PWind dir         W    NW       W    SW      SW    NW       N    NW
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                  S

$$
NDZ033-062100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
416 AM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      92          63          88          54          77
Temp             61 73 86 90 86 74 70 68 66 70 79 84 81 70 63 58 55 64 71 73 67
Dewpt            60 64 66 65 65 64 64 64 63 65 63 58 55 54 51 48 46 47 45 44 45
RH               97 73 51 44 50 71 81 87 90 84 58 41 41 57 65 69 72 54 39 35 45
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          9  8 11 12 14 14 13 12 11 11 14 18 17 13 13 13 18 26 31 32 28
Wind gust                                      25 28             28 41 46 47 43
Clouds           SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW CL FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          70           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.15           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S        S  S  S  C  L  L  S
Tstms             S  S        S  S  S  S  C  S  S
Heat index             88 92 88                   84 81
Max heat               88    92    83                84


Date               Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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            48    78      49    85      52    79      47    67
Temp          55   50 71 73 56   51 80 80 60   53 75 73 55   48 63 63
Dewpt         50   49 46 41 44   43 42 39 42   42 42 40 45   45 44 41
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W    NW       N    NW
Wind char          BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10     0       0     0       0     5      30    20
Rain shwrs                                               S    C  S  S

$$
NDZ044-062100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
416 AM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      92          63          88          54          76
Temp             62 73 86 91 86 73 70 68 66 70 80 86 82 69 63 58 54 63 71 75 68
Dewpt            62 64 65 63 64 64 64 64 63 65 62 57 55 54 52 49 46 48 44 43 44
RH              100 73 50 40 48 73 81 87 90 84 54 37 40 59 67 72 74 58 38 32 42
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          5  6 12 13 16 17 16 12 10 10 17 18 13 10 12 13 16 25 29 33 28
Wind gust                    26 28 26          28 29 24    23       36 43 47 43
Clouds           SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          70          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.31           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                 S  S  L  L
Tstms             S                 S  S  C  S
Heat index             88 92 87                81
Max heat               88    92    83          81    85


Date               Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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            47    76      48    84      51    80      47    67
Temp          54   49 69 72 54   50 78 79 59   52 76 74 55   48 63 62
Dewpt         50   49 48 43 45   44 45 43 44   43 44 43 46   46 46 44
PWind dir           W     W       W     W      NW    NW       N    NW
Wind char          BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                    S

$$
NDZ056-062100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
516 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      84          63          82          58          74
Temp             62 71 78 83 79 68 67 66 66 67 70 77 77 67 63 60 58 64 69 69 66
Dewpt            62 67 69 71 70 68 67 66 66 67 69 71 69 64 60 55 51 52 52 53 54
RH              100 87 74 67 74100100100100100 97 82 76 90 90 84 77 65 55 57 65
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          4  8 11 12 12 12 11 10 12 12 13 14 11 12 13 14 19 25 28 29 24
Wind gust                                   23 25 26 21 23 24 27 34 43 46 47 41
Clouds           B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          50          90           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.23        0.54           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  C                          S
Tstms                S  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C
Obvis            PF PF
Heat index                88
Max heat                     88


Date          Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          51    75      50    81      53    75      48    63
Temp          55 52 67 70   55 51 75 76   59 54 71 69   54 48 59 60
Dewpt         54 52 51 52   51 48 50 52   50 48 49 50   50 48 48 47
PWind dir         W     W       W    SW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20     0       0     0       0     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                                         S  S  S

$$
NDZ037-062100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
516 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      84          65          83          63          79
Temp             63 73 79 81 79 70 68 68 68 71 76 79 79 72 70 66 63 69 75 77 74
Dewpt            63 70 72 72 71 70 68 68 68 68 71 72 70 68 65 61 57 56 53 52 52
RH              100 90 79 74 77100100100100 90 85 79 74 87 84 84 81 63 46 42 46
Wind dir         SE  S  S SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          5 10 12 12 12 11 10 11 12 16 18 19 14 11  9  9 11 18 21 24 21
Wind gust                                23 28 31 32 26          21 32 34 39 37
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     40          30          80          30           0
QPF 12hr                   0.27        0.09        0.17        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  C  C  C  C  C     C  L  D  L  C  C
Tstms             S  C  C  C  C  C  S        S  C  C  S
Obvis            PF PF
Heat index                85
Max heat                     87                      84


Date          Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          53    74      49    81      55    79      50    66
Temp          60 55 70 72   55 52 77 77   61 57 76 74   57 52 65 63
Dewpt         53 52 52 52   51 48 52 53   52 50 52 52   51 49 49 49
PWind dir         W    NW       W    SW      SW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                  S

$$
NDZ001-062100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
516 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      86          62          82          55          70
Temp             64 70 81 85 82 73 71 68 66 67 74 79 77 68 63 59 57 61 66 67 65
Dewpt            63 66 67 68 67 66 66 65 65 67 68 66 61 58 54 51 49 53 54 54 54
RH               97 87 63 57 61 79 84 90 97100 82 64 58 70 72 75 75 75 65 63 68
Wind dir         NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SW  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          9 12 12 16 18 19 16 16 17 16 17 21 21 20 20 21 26 34 36 35 29
Wind gust                                      27 33 34       32 39 50 51 50 44
Clouds           SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          70          90          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.19        0.42           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  S  C  C  L  D  D  C  C                    S  S  C
Tstms                S  C  C  S  C  S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             83 88 85
Max heat               83    88


Date          Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          50    75      51    82      52    74      47    64
Temp          57 52 69 74   58 52 77 79   60 53 71 71   56 49 61 62
Dewpt         53 51 53 49   49 46 50 48   47 45 49 47   47 46 48 45
PWind dir         W     W      SW    SW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40     0       0     0       5    10      30    30
Rain shwrs     C                                         S  C  C

$$
NDZ021-062100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
516 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      88          64          85          57          76
Temp             64 74 83 86 82 69 68 67 67 69 73 81 80 68 64 60 57 66 70 72 68
Dewpt            64 66 68 69 68 67 67 66 66 67 69 68 65 61 57 53 49 51 50 48 48
RH              100 76 61 57 63 93 97 97 97 93 87 65 60 78 78 78 75 58 49 42 49
Wind dir          E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          8  8 11 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 13 14 11 11 11 13 17 25 29 32 25
Wind gust                    23 23    21    24 25 26 21    21 25 31 41 44 48 41
Clouds           SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          90           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.13        0.29           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  C  C                          S
Tstms             S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  S
Heat index             86 90 85                   84 82
Max heat               86    90                      84


Date          Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          48    76      48    83      52    78      46    66
Temp          55 51 69 73   55 49 77 78   59 53 74 72   54 48 62 63
Dewpt         51 50 50 45   49 46 49 47   49 47 47 44   48 46 46 41
PWind dir         W     W       W    SW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20     0       0     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                                      S  S  S

$$
NDZ043-062100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
416 AM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      94          63          88          53          77
Temp             61 74 87 92 88 74 70 67 65 71 82 86 81 68 61 55 53 63 72 75 67
Dewpt            55 62 61 59 61 62 64 63 61 63 58 53 52 52 50 46 44 45 42 39 42
RH               81 66 42 33 40 66 81 87 87 76 44 32 37 57 67 72 71 52 34 27 40
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          6  8 13 14 18 19 18 14 10 13 19 23 20 17 16 17 19 29 34 36 33
Wind gust                       29             29 34 31             42 50 52 47
Clouds           SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40          50           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.14           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S           S  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms             S           S  S  S  S  S  S
Heat index             87    88                82
Max heat               87    91    84          82    84


Date               Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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            46    78      48    86      51    80      47    68
Temp          53   48 72 73 54   50 81 81 58   52 77 74 55   47 65 63
Dewpt         49   48 45 39 43   41 40 36 41   40 40 39 44   44 43 41
PWind dir           W     W       W     W      NW    NW       N     N
Wind char          BZ    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5     0       0     0       0     0      30    10
Rain shwrs                                               S    C

$$
NDZ045-062100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
516 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date             Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26
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                      90          68          88          60          79
Temp             66 74 84 89 84 74 71 70 69 73 78 86 85 75 70 65 60 67 74 78 74
Dewpt            66 69 70 68 68 66 67 67 66 68 68 65 61 59 56 54 50 50 47 45 45
RH              100 84 63 50 59 76 87 90 90 84 71 50 45 58 61 68 69 54 38 31 35
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          6 10 13 13 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 10  9 12 13 14 20 25 28 27
Wind gust                 24                28 27 29                32 39 43 41
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     30          30          60          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02        0.20           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S           S  S     C  L  C  S
Tstms             S  S           S  S     S  C  S  S
Heat index             88 93 87                   88 85
Max heat               88    93    82                88    82


Date          Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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    76      54    84      57    80      53    68
Temp          61 54 71 74   59 55 79 81   64 57 77 77   60 54 64 65
Dewpt         49 50 50 46   46 46 49 48   49 47 48 45   47 48 48 45
PWind dir         W    NW       W    SW      SW    NW       N    NW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                  S

$$