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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
949 AM CDT Mon Sep 29 2025

NDZ015-292100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
949 AM CDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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          62          84          62          85
Temp                64 77 83 78 69 68 66 63 69 80 83 79 71 69 67 64 68 78 83 80
Dewpt               58 59 58 58 58 57 53 53 56 57 55 56 56 56 54 54 56 57 54 55
RH                  81 54 43 50 68 68 63 70 63 45 38 45 59 63 63 70 65 48 37 42
Wind dir             E  E SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd             4  9 12 10 10 11 11 11 13 18 19 14 16 14 13 12 11 11 10  5
Wind gust                                   26 28 29    27 26 25
Clouds              FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                83                   80                            80
Max heat                     83                80    82                      82


Date          Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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    86      55    74      48    69      46    66
Temp          62 56 80 79   61 56 70 68   54 49 66 63   51 47 61 59
Dewpt         55 52 54 52   51 50 51 48   47 44 46 44   44 41 43 39
PWind dir        SW     S      NE     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B2 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    30      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  S       S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ033-292100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
849 AM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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                      82          58          84          56          82
Temp                59 73 81 77 66 64 62 61 67 80 84 79 68 65 62 59 66 78 81 77
Dewpt               53 56 55 56 57 55 53 52 55 55 53 54 54 53 52 50 53 52 49 48
RH                  80 55 41 48 73 73 72 72 65 42 34 42 61 65 70 72 63 40 33 36
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW  W
Wind spd            12 14 13 13 11 11 12 12 16 18 19 16 13 11 10  8  8 10  8  4
Wind gust                 24                         26
Clouds              FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                81                   80
Max heat                     81                80    83                      80


Date               Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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            53    82      51    68      44    66      42    62
Temp          59   55 78 76 58   53 65 62 49   46 63 61 49   44 58 56
Dewpt         47   46 48 44 46   47 47 45 42   39 40 38 39   39 38 36
PWind dir          SW    SW       N     N      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      30    30      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                        C  C                           S

$$
NDZ044-292100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
849 AM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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                      83          58          84          55          83
Temp                60 75 81 76 66 63 61 59 66 78 83 79 69 65 62 57 66 78 81 77
Dewpt               56 56 57 57 57 54 52 51 55 56 54 55 54 52 49 47 51 51 50 49
RH                  87 52 44 52 73 72 72 75 68 47 37 44 59 63 62 69 58 39 34 37
Wind dir             E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW
Wind spd             5 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 17 18 19 13 13 12  9  5  8 10  8  5
Wind gust                    23                      24
Clouds              FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                81
Max heat                     81                      82                      80


Date               Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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      51    70      43    64      41    62
Temp          58   54 78 77 58   53 67 63 49   45 61 60 47   44 58 55
Dewpt         47   46 48 47 47   46 47 45 44   41 43 40 41   38 38 37
PWind dir          SW     S      NE     N      NW    NW       W    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW CL SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      30    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                        C  S          S  S          S  S

$$
NDZ011-292100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
949 AM CDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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          59          84          60          83
Temp                56 68 75 73 65 62 62 61 68 80 84 79 71 69 66 62 68 78 81 77
Dewpt               45 49 53 56 56 56 55 53 55 56 55 55 56 55 54 54 56 55 54 53
RH                  66 51 46 55 73 81 78 75 63 44 37 44 59 61 65 75 65 45 39 43
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd             8 12 14 13 12 10 10 11 13 19 19 17 14 13 13 10 10 10  9  5
Wind gust                 25                26 29 31 27 26 25
Clouds              CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                     80                         81
Max heat                                       80    83                      81


Date          Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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          56    82      53    70      48    69      45    62
Temp          62 57 77 75   59 55 67 65   54 48 66 63   51 47 58 55
Dewpt         50 49 50 49   46 47 49 47   42 41 43 41   41 40 41 38
PWind dir        SW    SW       W    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0    10      20    30      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  S                        S

$$
NDZ037-292100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
949 AM CDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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                      83          58          83          60          83
Temp                65 76 81 76 67 65 62 60 68 79 82 76 68 66 65 62 68 77 81 77
Dewpt               52 56 59 60 58 57 55 53 57 58 55 56 54 53 52 52 56 57 57 58
RH                  63 50 47 58 73 75 78 78 68 49 40 50 61 63 63 70 65 50 44 52
Wind dir            SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd             8 10 11  9  9  9 10 10 12 16 18 13 14 14 16 14 18 17 17 11
Wind gust                                         28 26 27 26 28 26 28 28 27
Clouds              FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Heat index                81                                              81
Max heat                     82                      82                      81


Date          Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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          56    86      57    75      49    69      46    66
Temp          63 58 80 77   63 58 71 67   56 51 65 62   51 48 62 59
Dewpt         55 54 56 55   55 53 53 51   49 47 49 48   45 44 46 43
PWind dir         S     S       S    NW       N     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5     0      20    30      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                 S

$$
NDZ001-292100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
949 AM CDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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          58          87          57          82
Temp                57 70 77 75 67 64 62 60 66 80 87 82 72 67 63 58 64 75 81 77
Dewpt               44 49 53 55 55 56 56 54 56 57 54 54 55 55 54 52 54 53 49 49
RH                  62 47 43 50 65 75 81 81 70 45 32 38 55 65 72 80 70 46 33 37
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S SE SE SE  S  W NW  W  W  W
Wind spd            10 14 18 17 14 12 11 10 13 17 19 14 13  9  5  5  6 10 10  6
Wind gust                 28
Clouds              CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 FW CL CL SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                     80
Max heat                                       80    85                      80


Date          Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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    80      51    69      44    68      43    61
Temp          61 54 75 74   59 53 64 64   52 46 64 65   51 45 57 56
Dewpt         47 46 48 44   44 46 47 42   40 39 41 38   39 39 38 37
PWind dir        SW    SW      NW    NW       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    20       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                      S  S

$$
NDZ021-292100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
949 AM CDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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                      81          59          84          58          83
Temp                59 72 79 76 66 63 63 61 68 80 83 79 69 65 64 61 68 78 81 77
Dewpt               47 51 54 57 58 56 54 52 55 56 54 56 56 54 54 53 55 54 51 52
RH                  64 48 42 52 75 78 72 72 63 44 37 45 63 68 70 75 63 43 35 42
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd            10 12 14 11 10 10 11 12 14 18 19 16 13 13 11 10 10  9  8  4
Wind gust           24 25 25          21 23 26 28 31 27 26 24 21
Clouds              FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10           5           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                     80
Max heat                                       80    82                      80


Date          Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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    83      52    70      45    69      43    64
Temp          60 55 78 76   58 54 67 65   51 47 65 63   49 46 59 57
Dewpt         51 49 51 49   47 47 48 45   44 41 42 40   41 40 40 38
PWind dir        SW     S      NW     N      NW     W      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    30      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  S                        S

$$
NDZ043-292100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
849 AM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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                      83          56          86          55          81
Temp                65 78 82 77 65 62 59 56 66 80 85 80 67 63 59 57 66 77 81 77
Dewpt               56 56 55 56 56 54 52 52 55 53 50 51 51 50 48 47 51 51 48 47
RH                  73 47 40 48 73 75 78 86 68 39 30 36 56 62 67 69 58 40 32 35
Wind dir             E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  S  S  W NW NW NW  W
Wind spd             6 11 14 13 12 11 10 11 13 17 18 13 12 10  8  8 10 11 10  5
Clouds              FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                     80    80
Max heat                     81                80    83                      80


Date               Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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    83      50    68      43    65      40    61
Temp          58   54 78 76 57   51 65 62 48   44 61 61 46   43 56 55
Dewpt         45   46 45 43 45   46 47 44 42   39 40 38 39   38 36 36
PWind dir          SW    SW       N     N      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr            5     0      30    30      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                        C  C          S             S  S

$$
NDZ045-292100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
949 AM CDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date             Mon 09/29/25            Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25
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                      82          63          80          63          80
Temp                64 74 80 74 69 68 65 63 68 76 79 75 70 69 66 63 68 76 80 75
Dewpt               59 59 59 59 57 54 53 53 57 58 57 57 55 55 54 54 56 57 56 57
RH                  84 59 49 59 66 61 65 70 68 54 47 54 59 61 65 72 65 52 44 54
Wind dir            SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  S
Wind spd             4  9 13 11 14 17 18 18 18 20 20 17 20 21 20 17 13 12 10  5
Wind gust                                   29 31 31 27 31
Clouds              FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                81                                              80
Max heat                     81                                              80


Date          Thu 10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25
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          57    82      58    71      50    64      47    62
Temp          63 57 78 74   63 58 68 65   56 50 62 58   52 47 59 56
Dewpt         54 52 56 55   51 52 52 49   47 46 47 46   44 43 44 41
PWind dir        SW     S       E     N       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    20      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                      S  S          S  S  S       S

$$