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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

NDZ015-262100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      58          43          73          45          57
Temp                      54 53 49 47 47 47 54 64 70 70 61 57 55 52 52 49 47 46
Dewpt                     36 36 37 40 43 44 49 51 52 52 54 54 53 51 49 42 37 33
RH                        50 52 63 76 86 89 83 63 53 53 78 90 93 96 89 77 68 60
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  29 19 17 13 11 10 11 12 13 11  9  8 10 13 19 24 26 20
Wind gust                 42 31                                     32 37 40 32
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20         100         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.50        1.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                    S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                                39 38
Min chill                                                                    38


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          27    61      41    68      40    66      37    69
Temp          36 28 52 58   47 43 63 63   48 42 61 62   44 38 62 66
Dewpt         27 23 29 34   34 36 41 41   40 36 33 31   33 32 34 36
PWind dir         N     S       S     W      NW    NW      NW     S
Wind char        GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW FW FW   SC B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30     0      20    40      20     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     C                S  S  C    S

$$
NDZ033-262100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1249 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      59          40          73          41          52
Temp                      51 52 46 44 43 44 52 64 70 70 57 53 51 49 47 46 46 47
Dewpt                     42 41 41 42 42 43 47 48 49 49 52 51 50 47 45 39 36 32
RH                        71 66 83 93 96 96 83 56 47 47 83 93 96 93 93 76 68 56
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  19 18 16 13 10  8  8  8 10 11 12 11 13 19 25 26 25 19
Wind gust                 41 28                                        37 36 29
Clouds                    OV OV B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5          10          90          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.54        0.76
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Wind chill                      39 37 37                            39 37 37
Min chill                          37    36                            37    37


Date               Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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            26    62      41    65      37    64      36    71
Temp          34   28 56 59 48   44 61 59 44   40 59 59 41   38 64 67
Dewpt         26   23 29 34 37   38 40 38 36   33 30 28 30   29 32 35
PWind dir          NW     S       S    NW      NW    NW       S     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   FW FW FW B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           10     0      20    40      20     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                        S  S  C  S

$$
NDZ044-262100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1249 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      57          40          75          41          54
Temp                      48 52 46 44 43 44 53 65 73 72 59 53 52 49 50 47 44 45
Dewpt                     44 43 43 43 43 43 50 51 52 51 52 52 51 48 49 43 39 36
RH                        86 71 89 96100 96 89 60 48 48 78 96 96 96 96 86 82 70
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  19 21 18 14 10  5  6 10 11 11 10 10 12 18 26 29 29 23
Wind gust                 42 33 29 26                            28 39 43 43 35
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10           0          20          90         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.31        1.38
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  S
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  C
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Wind chill                      39 37 37                               38 34 36
Min chill              38    39    37    37                            38    34


Date               Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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            24    61      38    65      36    65      34    71
Temp          34   26 53 58 45   42 61 60 44   39 60 60 41   36 64 67
Dewpt         30   24 32 36 35   37 42 40 37   34 33 30 31   30 36 38
PWind dir          NW     S       S    NW      NW    NW      NE     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   FW FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           20     0      10    40      20     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S                        C  S

$$
NDZ011-262100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      58          42          68          40          52
Temp                      48 53 49 47 45 44 53 61 67 66 58 54 52 48 44 45 47 48
Dewpt                     42 36 36 37 39 41 44 48 48 49 49 48 47 45 38 34 29 25
RH                        80 52 61 68 79 89 71 62 50 54 72 80 83 89 79 65 49 40
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  14 21 18 14 11 10 10  9 10 10 10 11 16 21 26 27 26 21
Wind gust                 28 35 31 25                            34 43 43 40 35
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          20           5          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.05        0.21
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                       C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C
Wind chill                            39 38                         34 36 39
Min chill                                38                            34    36


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          28    62      43    66      41    64      38    69
Temp          34 29 53 60   50 44 61 61   47 41 59 60   44 39 61 66
Dewpt         22 20 24 30   34 37 39 36   35 33 31 29   30 31 32 33
PWind dir         N     S       S    NW      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5     0      30    30      20    10       0     0
Rain shwrs                      C  S  C    S

$$
NDZ037-262100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      61          46          67          49          57
Temp                      54 53 50 48 47 47 53 60 65 63 58 56 55 54 53 51 47 43
Dewpt                     32 35 36 39 43 44 49 51 54 54 55 55 54 53 53 47 42 37
RH                        43 50 58 71 86 89 86 72 68 72 90 96 96 96100 86 83 79
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N
Wind spd                  17 18 18 17 14 13 17 18 18 13 12 10 10 12 18 24 26 25
Wind gust                 46 31 28 27 26 24                            35 40 39
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10         100         100
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.38        1.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S  S  S              C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                                                    S  C  S  C  C  S  S  S
Wind chill                                                                39 33
Min chill                                                                    33


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          27    57      40    67      42    65      38    66
Temp          33 28 48 54   43 42 62 62   49 44 60 59   44 39 60 63
Dewpt         26 22 26 31   34 35 43 46   43 39 37 36   35 34 35 36
PWind dir         N     W       S    SW      NW    NW      NW     W
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW CL   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         60     0      10    30      20    10       5     0
Rain shwrs     L                      C    S
Snowshwrs      L
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ001-262100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      59          41          71          43          54
Temp                      54 57 50 46 43 41 52 63 69 70 60 55 51 47 45 48 52 52
Dewpt                     41 43 41 41 40 40 45 47 47 47 47 47 46 43 39 34 29 25
RH                        61 59 71 83 89 96 77 56 45 44 62 74 83 86 79 58 41 35
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  17 21 17 13 10  6  8  8 10 13 13 14 18 24 28 29 27 21
Wind gust                                                     28 34 39
Clouds                    OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C
Obvis                                    PF PF
Wind chill                            37                         39 35 39
Min chill                                36                      39    35


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          28    66      43    64      40    64      38    73
Temp          36 31 58 65   51 44 61 61   46 41 59 61   45 39 64 71
Dewpt         24 23 30 34   40 39 39 34   34 32 31 29   30 31 35 35
PWind dir        NE     S      SW    NW      NW    NW       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     5      30    40      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                   C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ021-262100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      56          40          69          40          53
Temp                      51 52 48 46 44 44 52 60 66 66 57 53 51 49 46 45 47 47
Dewpt                     40 36 37 38 40 41 46 48 49 49 49 49 49 46 42 35 32 27
RH                        66 54 65 73 86 89 80 64 54 54 75 86 93 89 86 68 56 45
Wind dir                  SE  S SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  E NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  18 20 18 14 11  9  9  8  9 10 10 10 14 21 26 27 26 20
Wind gust                    32 28 25                            32 40 41 39 33
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     50          20          10          80          70
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.29        0.45
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S                       L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  S     S
Wind chill                            38                            37 36 39
Min chill                                37                            36    36


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          25    60      41    66      39    64      35    68
Temp          33 26 52 58   48 42 61 61   46 40 58 59   42 36 60 65
Dewpt         23 20 25 30   34 36 39 37   36 33 31 29   30 30 32 34
PWind dir         N     S       S     W      NW    NW       N     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10     0      30    40      20    10       0     0
Rain shwrs                      C  S  C    S

$$
NDZ043-262100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1249 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      59          39          75          41          53
Temp                      50 55 47 44 43 42 52 65 73 72 57 53 51 49 48 45 44 46
Dewpt                     43 44 43 43 43 42 48 49 49 49 51 51 50 48 48 42 39 35
RH                        77 66 86 96100100 86 56 43 44 80 93 96 96100 89 82 65
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  23 21 18 14 10  5  5  8 11 11 12 12 14 21 28 31 28 23
Wind gust                 34                                           42 39
Clouds                    OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          90          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.32        1.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Wind chill                         37 37                               35 34 38
Min chill              37    39    37    36                            35    34


Date               Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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            25    62      41    62      37    64      36    72
Temp          33   27 54 59 46   44 58 58 43   39 58 60 41   37 63 68
Dewpt         28   24 34 37 38   39 42 39 37   34 33 31 31   31 36 38
PWind dir          NW     S      SW    NW      NW    NW       E     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   FW FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           10     0      20    30      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                        S     C

$$
NDZ045-262100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
149 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date             Sat 04/26/25            Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25
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                      54          45          71          48          55
Temp                      52 49 47 47 47 47 56 63 70 69 61 57 55 54 54 49 44 41
Dewpt                     37 38 39 42 45 46 51 53 53 54 54 56 54 53 53 47 39 35
RH                        56 66 74 83 93 96 83 70 55 59 78 96 96 96 96 93 82 79
Wind dir                  SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  26 26 24 20 19 17 18 18 18 17 14 13 13 17 23 27 29 26
Wind gust                 36                                        33 41 43 37
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30          10          20         100         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.24        1.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S  C  S
Wind chill                      39                                        34 30
Min chill                          39    38                                  30


Date          Tue 04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25
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          28    57      43    65      42    64      38    68
Temp          36 28 49 56   47 44 61 61   49 42 60 59   45 39 61 64
Dewpt         28 24 28 32   34 36 42 43   40 36 33 32   33 31 35 37
PWind dir         N     S       S    NW      NW    NW      NW     S
Wind char        BZ    GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40     0      10    40      20    10       0     0
Rain shwrs     C                      C    S

$$