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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

NDZ015-310900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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          83          51          80          55
Temp          82 79 67 61 55 52 63 75 81 78 67 60 55 52 62 74 78 75 67 61 59 57
Dewpt         68 66 63 58 53 50 53 48 44 48 46 46 47 47 53 52 52 56 57 57 56 55
RH            63 64 87 90 93 93 70 38 27 35 47 60 74 83 72 46 40 52 70 87 90 93
Wind dir      SE SW NW  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       9 10 12  9  5  6 11 18 19 11  6  4  2  0  0  3  4  4  4  4  4  4
Wind gust                          28 32
Clouds        SC B2 B1 CL FW FW FW CL CL CL SC FW FW B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.47           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L
Tstms             C
Heat index    85 81
Max heat         85                      80


Date           09/02  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          84      60    88      59    91      62    90      61    86
Temp          77 81   66 62 81 84   66 61 84 87   69 63 84 85   69 62 81 82
Dewpt         60 62   61 60 62 61   59 57 61 61   61 59 61 61   59 57 59 59
PWind dir        SE       E     S       E    SE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW FW CL   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30     5      10     0      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs             C  S                                            S  S
Tstms                  C

$$
NDZ033-310900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
236 PM MDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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                      48          80          49          81          53
Temp          86 71 61 55 51 50 64 74 78 75 64 57 52 50 64 75 78 74 65 60 57 55
Dewpt         59 59 52 48 46 45 47 39 36 37 42 42 42 42 47 44 45 49 53 54 54 54
RH            40 66 72 77 83 83 54 28 22 25 45 57 69 74 54 33 31 41 65 81 90 96
Wind dir      SW  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  N  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      12 24 13  8  9 12 18 24 23 16  8  5  1  0  3 10 10 11 10  9  8  9
Wind gust        35             29 36 35
Clouds        B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C                                                     S  S
Tstms          C  S
Svr Tstorm     A  A


Date           09/02/26  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          84      57    87      57    90      59    88      58    85
Temp          76 80 64   59 81 84 64   58 84 87 68   61 83 85 66   59 80 81
Dewpt         59 58 58   54 53 49 51   50 51 50 54   54 56 53 54   54 55 53
PWind dir        SE      SE     W       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20     0       5     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs           S                                              S  S  S
Tstms                S                                              S     S

$$
NDZ044-310900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
236 PM MDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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                      46          82          49          80          52
Temp          83 69 59 53 49 48 64 75 80 76 61 55 52 50 65 74 75 71 61 57 55 55
Dewpt         62 61 55 50 48 46 50 42 39 38 43 43 42 41 46 46 51 54 57 57 55 55
RH            49 76 87 89 96 93 60 31 23 25 51 64 69 71 50 37 43 55 87100100100
Wind dir       S NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N NE  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       8 24 13  5  4  5 11 17 19 13  5  3  1  2  6 12 12 12 10  8  8  8
Wind gust        36 24          23 28 32                         23 20
Clouds        SC B2 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C                                               C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  S
Heat index    84
Max heat         84
Svr Tstorm     A  A


Date           09/02/26  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          85      57    88      56    91      59    89      57    86
Temp          76 80 62   58 82 84 63   57 85 87 67   60 84 85 65   58 80 82
Dewpt         60 58 58   52 51 48 51   50 51 52 55   54 56 54 55   54 55 54
PWind dir        SE      SE    NW       E    SE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     0       5     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S  S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
NDZ056-310900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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          78          51          78          53
Temp          80 74 62 57 53 52 64 71 76 73 62 57 54 51 64 72 76 73 62 57 55 53
Dewpt         69 69 62 57 52 48 50 47 47 50 50 50 50 49 54 53 52 55 56 55 54 53
RH            69 84100100 96 86 60 42 36 44 65 77 86 93 70 51 43 53 81 93 96100
Wind dir      SE SW  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd      13 13 13 11 10 13 20 27 27 19 12 10  8  6  4  3  3  4  5  5  4  4
Wind gust     24    24       24 34 42 44 32 23
Clouds        SC B2 B2 CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     90           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.54           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  D
Tstms          C  C
Heat index    83
Max heat         83
Wind                             Y  Y  Y


Date           09/02  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          81      57    83      57    85      60    84      58    81
Temp          74 77   60 58 76 78   61 58 79 81   64 60 79 80   63 58 76 76
Dewpt         58 61   59 57 62 62   59 57 60 62   60 58 61 61   59 56 59 60
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SE      SE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC CL   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    20       5     5      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs             C  C  S                                         S  S
Tstms                  C  S

$$
NDZ037-310900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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                      55          78          53          76          55
Temp          75 74 68 64 59 55 64 73 77 75 63 59 56 53 65 72 75 73 63 59 58 56
Dewpt         68 69 68 64 59 55 59 54 53 57 54 51 51 50 57 58 57 62 61 59 57 56
RH            79 84100100100100 84 51 43 54 72 75 83 89 75 61 54 68 93100 96100
Wind dir       E  E NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd       9  6  6 11 11  9 13 17 19 11  9  8  8  5  5  5  4  0  2  1  2  3
Wind gust                 21       28 32
Clouds        B2 B1 OV B1 FW FW CL CL CL CL SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.11           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S     L
Tstms          S     C


Date           09/02  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          80      59    83      60    85      63    84      61    81
Temp          74 77   63 61 77 79   64 61 80 81   67 63 80 80   66 62 77 77
Dewpt         62 64   62 61 68 69   64 61 68 69   65 62 67 67   62 59 63 64
PWind dir         E       E    SE      SE     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC CL   CL SC SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      50    20      10     5      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs             C  C  S                                         S  S
Tstms                  C  C  S

$$
NDZ001-310900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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          78          50          80          56
Temp          78 71 63 57 56 54 63 72 76 76 65 59 54 51 61 74 79 78 68 64 61 58
Dewpt         63 58 52 48 44 42 46 47 47 47 48 48 47 47 51 50 47 48 50 52 53 53
RH            60 63 67 72 64 64 54 41 36 36 54 67 77 86 70 43 32 35 52 65 75 83
Wind dir       W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd      16 21 14 10 12 17 29 34 33 23 10  5  2  1  1  4  5 10 10  9  9  9
Wind gust     29 34          27 42 49 47 35
Clouds        B2 B1 FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D
Tstms          C
Svr Tstorm     A  A
Wind                             Y  Y  Y


Date           09/02  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          83      59    85      58    87      60    86      59    83
Temp          77 80   66 61 79 83   66 59 82 85   68 61 82 84   67 60 78 81
Dewpt         58 58   59 57 57 52   53 53 53 53   55 55 57 55   55 55 57 56
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SE     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW SC B1 FW   FW SC FW CL   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      40     5      10     0       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs             C  C                                               S
Tstms                  C                                                  S

$$
NDZ021-310900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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                      49          80          49          80          52
Temp          80 74 62 56 52 51 64 74 78 75 63 57 53 50 64 74 78 76 63 59 56 55
Dewpt         67 65 60 54 50 47 50 45 40 44 46 47 47 47 52 50 46 49 54 54 53 53
RH            65 74 93 93 93 86 60 35 26 33 54 69 80 89 65 43 32 39 72 83 90 93
Wind dir      SE SW NW  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  N  N  W  W  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd      17 16 13 10  8 10 19 25 26 17  9  6  4  0  0  3  3  3  5  4  5  5
Wind gust           24          32 40 41 28
Clouds        SC B2 B1 FW FW SC CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.27           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  D
Tstms          S  C
Heat index    82
Max heat         82


Date           09/02  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          82      56    86      57    88      59    87      57    84
Temp          76 78   61 58 79 82   63 58 82 84   65 61 82 82   64 59 79 79
Dewpt         57 60   58 57 60 58   57 56 58 58   58 57 59 59   57 56 57 57
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       E    SE       E    SE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC CL   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      40    10       5     5      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs             C  C                                         S  S  S
Tstms                  C  S                                         S

$$
NDZ043-310900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
236 PM MDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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                      46          81          49          81          53
Temp          86 69 57 52 49 48 64 75 79 76 61 55 52 50 65 76 77 73 62 58 55 54
Dewpt         49 54 51 47 45 44 46 38 35 34 40 40 39 38 43 42 47 52 55 55 55 54
RH            28 59 80 83 86 86 52 26 20 22 46 57 61 63 45 30 35 48 78 90100100
Wind dir       W NW NW  W SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      13 23 14  6  8 10 14 21 23 17  8  4  2  4  9 17 17 18 16 12 11 12
Wind gust     26 37             25 33 35                      27
Clouds        SC B2 FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  S                                               C  C
Tstms          C                                                     S
Svr Tstorm     A  A


Date           09/02/26  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          87      56    89      56    91      59    90      58    87
Temp          78 82 63   57 83 85 63   57 86 88 66   60 85 86 65   58 81 83
Dewpt         58 54 55   49 46 40 47   46 46 44 52   51 52 49 53   51 53 50
PWind dir        SE      SE    NW       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     0       0     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S  S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
NDZ045-310900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2026

Date           08/30/26      Mon 08/31/26            Tue 09/01/26            Wed
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          53          79          57
Temp          81 78 66 61 55 52 63 75 81 79 67 61 57 53 63 74 76 73 65 62 60 57
Dewpt         70 67 62 57 52 49 53 46 44 46 45 45 45 44 51 50 51 55 58 58 57 56
RH            69 69 87 87 90 89 70 36 27 31 45 56 64 71 65 43 42 53 78 87 90 96
Wind dir      SE SW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       6  9 17 11  8 10 13 17 19 11  8  5  4  3  4  6  6  6  8  8  8  9
Wind gust                          29 32
Clouds        SC SC B1 SC CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.18           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L                                               C  C  C  C
Tstms             C
Heat index    85
Max heat         85                      80


Date           09/02  Thu 09/03/26  Fri 09/04/26  Sat 09/05/26  Sun 09/06/26
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          84      62    87      61    90      64    88      63    85
Temp          76 80   66 62 82 85   67 62 85 86   70 64 84 85   69 63 81 82
Dewpt         61 61   62 59 60 56   58 56 59 58   61 58 60 58   59 56 59 57
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20     5      10     0      10     5      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S                                         S  S  S
Tstms                  S

$$