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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

NDZ015-110900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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          85          58          80          55
Temp             78 70 64 60 58 68 79 85 80 71 64 62 60 67 75 79 76 68 62 59 56
Dewpt            62 64 62 60 58 61 63 61 63 65 64 62 60 62 63 59 60 61 60 59 56
RH               58 81 93100100 78 58 45 56 81100100100 84 66 50 58 78 93100100
Wind dir          N  E NE NE NE  E SE SE  E NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd          0  6  5  5  5  4  6  5  6  5  5  4  4  5  8  9  9  9  8  8  8
Clouds           SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 SC B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          30          50          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.14        0.50           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S                 C  C     C  C  C        C  C  S  S
Tstms             S  S  S                 C  C     C              C  S
Heat index                            85 81
Max heat         83                      85


Date           08/13  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          74      54    69      53    73      51    77      53    81
Temp          70 74   62 56 65 65   60 55 69 71   59 54 72 74   60 55 76 78
Dewpt         56 55   55 54 57 60   59 55 60 59   58 54 57 57   58 55 61 61
PWind dir         E       E    SE       W    NW       N     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 OV OV   OV OV OV B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         20      40    80      60    20      20    10      30    20
Rain shwrs        S    S  C  L  D    L  C  S          S          S  C  S  S
Tstms             S    S     S  C    S                           S        S

$$
NDZ033-110900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
336 PM MDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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                      54          86          54          79          52
Temp             79 69 62 59 56 68 81 84 77 67 61 59 57 66 75 75 71 64 59 56 54
Dewpt            61 61 60 59 56 60 61 59 59 62 61 59 57 60 58 57 56 58 57 56 54
RH               54 76 93100100 76 51 43 54 84100100100 81 55 54 59 81 93100100
Wind dir         NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE NE  E NE NE  E  E  E NE  E  E
Wind spd          4 11  8  6  5  8  9  8  9  6  5  5  5  8 11 10 10 10 10 10 10
Clouds           B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     20          50          60          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.02        0.02           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S           C  L  C              C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S  S           C  C  C                 S  C  S  S  S
Obvis                      F  F PF
Heat index                         82 84
Max heat         82                82    84


Date           08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          71      49    66      47    71      46    76      51    81
Temp          67 68 58   53 62 62 56   51 67 67 55   50 71 71 57   54 77 76
Dewpt         54 54 55   53 56 58 56   51 55 55 54   50 55 54 56   54 57 56
PWind dir         E      SE     S      NW    NW       E     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50      80    90      60    10      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C    D  D  L  L    C             S  S  S  C    S  S  S
Tstms             S  C    C  C  C  S                        S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ044-110900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
336 PM MDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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          87          55          79          52
Temp             79 68 62 60 58 69 81 87 79 66 61 59 58 68 76 79 71 62 59 57 55
Dewpt            64 61 62 60 58 63 63 58 60 61 61 59 58 62 60 56 59 59 59 57 55
RH               60 78100100100 81 54 38 52 84100100100 81 58 45 66 90100100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E NE  E SE SE SW  E SE  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E NE  E
Wind spd         11 10  5  4  3  6 10  9 10  6  3  3  3  8 11 10 11  9  8  9 10
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 OV B2 SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          50          60          50          80
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.03        0.08        0.11        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S           S  C  L  C              C  C  D  D  C  C  L
Tstms             S  S  S           S  C  C  C                 S  C  S  S  S  C
Obvis                  PF  F  F PF
Heat index                         82
Max heat         87                82    86


Date           08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          70      49    68      48    72      47    76      50    81
Temp          66 66 57   53 62 63 56   50 68 68 55   51 71 71 56   53 76 75
Dewpt         57 58 56   53 58 60 55   50 57 56 55   51 56 56 56   53 58 57
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      NW    NW       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      80    80      60    20      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     L  C  L    D  D  L  L    C  S     S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C    C  C  C  S                        S  S          S

$$
NDZ056-110900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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                      52          82          56          77          52
Temp             71 64 56 53 52 66 77 81 78 66 60 57 56 65 73 76 72 62 56 54 52
Dewpt            57 57 55 53 52 56 58 58 60 61 60 57 56 59 59 57 57 58 56 54 52
RH               61 78 96100100 70 52 46 54 84100100100 81 62 52 59 87100100100
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd         10  8  5  2  1  4  6  5  8  6  5  5  5  8  9  9 11  9  6  5  4
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30          40          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  C  C
Tstms                               S  S  C  C
Heat index                            81
Max heat                                 81


Date           08/13  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          74      53    66      53    71      51    76      53    79
Temp          71 72   55 53 64 61   56 53 67 68   55 52 72 73   56 54 76 75
Dewpt         54 53   53 52 56 60   56 53 59 59   55 52 57 58   56 54 59 61
PWind dir         E       E    SE       N    NW       W    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 OV OV   OV B2 OV B2   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    80      70    20      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                C  L  D    L  L  S  S                     S     S
Tstms                        S  S                                         S

$$
NDZ037-110900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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          80          58          76          55
Temp             77 66 62 59 58 68 76 80 77 67 63 61 61 67 74 75 73 64 61 58 56
Dewpt            55 62 60 59 58 61 63 63 63 65 63 61 61 64 65 65 63 64 61 58 56
RH               47 87 93100100 78 64 56 62 93100100100 90 74 71 71100100100100
Wind dir         SE  E NE NE NE  E  E NE  E  E NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd          6  6  5  5  4  5  5  4  4  5  5  5  5  8  9  9  9  9  8  8  8
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           5          60          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                          C  S     C  C        S  S
Tstms             S                          C  S                 S  S
Heat index                            81
Max heat         80                      81


Date           08/13  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          73      55    69      55    70      53    73      54    77
Temp          71 71   59 56 66 65   60 57 67 68   60 56 70 71   58 56 74 74
Dewpt         57 55   54 53 57 61   60 57 63 63   59 56 60 59   58 56 62 63
PWind dir        NE       E    SE       S    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 OV B2   OV OV OV B1   SC SC B1 FW   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    50      70    30      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                   C  C    L  C  C       S                S     S
Tstms                           C    C  S                                 S

$$
NDZ001-110900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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          84          56          77          55
Temp             78 69 62 58 56 67 79 84 81 70 64 59 56 65 74 76 74 66 61 57 55
Dewpt            48 56 55 54 54 59 61 60 61 61 60 58 56 59 57 56 56 56 55 54 53
RH               35 63 78 86 93 75 54 44 51 73 87 96100 81 55 50 53 70 81 90 93
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE  E  E SE NW  N NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd         12 11 10  8  5  9  9  8 11  9  6  6  6 10 12 13 14 12 11  9  9
Wind gust        23
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C                                S  S  C
Tstms                                  C
Heat index                            84 82
Max heat                                 84


Date           08/13  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          72      54    65      51    70      50    76      54    80
Temp          69 71   62 56 62 63   56 52 67 68   56 52 71 74   60 55 76 78
Dewpt         54 55   54 54 57 59   56 52 57 57   56 52 57 57   57 54 60 60
PWind dir         E       E     E       N     N       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 OV B1   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      70    90      50    10      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  D  L    C  C                        S  S  S  S
Tstms                  C  S  S                                            S

$$
NDZ021-110900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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                      52          82          54          77          51
Temp             69 64 58 55 54 67 77 81 77 65 61 58 57 66 74 77 72 62 57 54 53
Dewpt            57 60 58 55 54 58 59 59 61 63 61 58 57 61 59 57 57 58 57 54 53
RH               66 87100100100 73 54 47 58 93100100100 84 59 50 59 87100100100
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  E NE  N NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd         16  9  8  6  5  6  6  5  4  5  4  4  4  6  9  9  9 10  8  8  8
Clouds           SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC OV B2 SC SC B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV
PoP 12hr                     20          50          70          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.01        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S           S  S  L  C        S  S        S  S  S  S
Tstms             S  S  S           S  S  C  C                    S
Heat index                            81
Max heat                                 82


Date           08/13  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          73      50    66      48    71      47    75      51    78
Temp          70 71   56 52 63 61   55 51 67 68   55 50 71 72   56 53 75 75
Dewpt         54 53   53 51 56 59   55 51 58 58   55 50 56 56   56 53 59 60
PWind dir         E       E    SE       N    NW      NE     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV OV   B2 B2 OV B2   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         10      50    80      70    20      10    10      30    20
Rain shwrs             S  C  D  D    L  C  S                     S  C     S
Tstms                  S  S  S  C    S                           S        S

$$
NDZ043-110900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
336 PM MDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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                      58          88          56          79          54
Temp             82 69 63 60 59 70 82 86 79 67 61 58 57 68 76 77 71 63 59 56 55
Dewpt            59 59 61 60 59 63 61 57 56 58 59 58 57 61 58 56 57 58 58 56 55
RH               46 70 93100100 78 49 37 45 73 93100100 78 54 48 61 84 96100100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E SE SE SW NW  E SE  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          3 12 10  8  6  9 11 10 11  9  6  5  5 10 13 13 14 13 11 12 12
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.10        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S           S  C  C  C              L  L  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                S  S           S  C  C  C                 S  C  S  S  S  C
Obvis                         F PF
Heat index       82                83
Max heat         86                83    85


Date           08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          70      51    68      49    72      49    76      52    81
Temp          66 66 58   53 63 62 56   51 67 67 55   51 71 71 57   54 77 76
Dewpt         57 57 57   53 58 59 56   51 55 55 55   51 56 55 57   54 57 56
PWind dir         E      SE     S      NW    NW       E    SE       S     S
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV OV OV B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         70      90    90      50    20      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     L  L  L    D  D  L  C    C  S  S       C  S  S  C    C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C    C  C  C  S                  S     S  S          S

$$
NDZ045-110900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
436 PM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date           08/10/26      Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26            Thu
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                      60          84          61          78          58
Temp             77 69 64 62 60 69 79 84 80 70 65 63 61 68 75 78 74 66 63 60 58
Dewpt            64 65 64 62 60 63 65 63 63 65 64 63 61 64 63 60 60 62 62 60 58
RH               64 87100100100 81 62 49 56 84 97100100 87 66 54 62 87 97100100
Wind dir         NE  E SE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd          8  9  6  6  6  6  8  8  6  8  8  6  8  8 10 10  9  9 10 11 11
Wind gust        18
Clouds           B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC OV B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30          40          60          30          70
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.07        0.08           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S              L  C              C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms             C  C  S  S              C  C                 S  C  S  S  S  C
Heat index                            85 81
Max heat         85                      85


Date           08/13  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26
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          71      57    67      57    72      54    74      55    79
Temp          68 71   61 57 64 65   59 57 68 70   59 55 71 72   60 56 76 77
Dewpt         57 56   57 55 58 60   59 57 60 58   58 55 57 56   58 56 61 60
PWind dir         E       E    SE       W    NW      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV OV   B2 OV B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    80      60    20      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  S    S  L  D  L    L  C  S       S  S  S       S  C  S  S
Tstms          C  S    S  S  S  C    C                           S        S

$$