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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
736 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

NDZ015-130900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
736 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      44          70          53          74          46
Temp                56 52 48 45 52 63 69 67 59 57 57 54 57 64 72 68 59 54 49 46
Dewpt               45 45 45 44 42 40 40 42 46 46 48 54 57 56 49 44 45 45 46 46
RH                  66 77 89 96 69 43 35 40 62 67 72100100 75 44 42 60 71 89100
Wind dir             N NE  N  N  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             1  2  2  0  3  5  8 11 13 14 16 17 17 19 20 20 18 19 17 12
Wind gust                                      25 28 33 33 32 34 35 29 35 32 24
Clouds              OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5          90          90           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.19        0.31           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C                    C  C  D  D
Tstms                                              S  S


Date           09/15  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          68      45    69      46    73      49    75      48    75
Temp          62 66   50 47 63 66   52 47 67 70   55 49 70 72   55 49 70 72
Dewpt         45 44   46 46 50 52   51 47 49 50   50 49 51 52   50 48 49 50
PWind dir        NW       E    SE       E    SE      SE     E      NE     E
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                   C  C

$$
NDZ033-130900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
636 PM MDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      40          70          50          71          41
Temp                53 48 43 40 51 64 70 65 57 55 52 53 59 67 70 62 53 48 44 42
Dewpt               41 44 43 40 43 42 43 44 48 48 51 53 56 49 42 40 45 45 44 42
RH                  64 86100100 74 45 38 46 72 77 96100 90 52 36 44 74 89100100
Wind dir            NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  W
Wind spd             5  4  4  5 10 14 17 20 19 19 19 19 21 26 31 29 26 20 14 11
Wind gust                             27 31 31 29 31 31 34 40 46 46 39 33
Clouds              OV OV B1 B1 FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 OV B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0          60          50           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         L  C  C
Tstms                                              S  S
Wind chill                                                                37 36
Min chill                    36    38                                        35


Date           09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          68      42    70      42    74      46    76      45    76
Temp          61 66 48   44 65 64 48   44 68 70 52   47 71 71 52   46 72 71
Dewpt         44 41 43   44 50 49 48   44 48 46 48   47 48 46 48   45 47 46
PWind dir        NW       E    SE      SE     S       S     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    40      10     5      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                   C                           S  S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ044-130900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
636 PM MDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      42          68          51          71          41
Temp                49 46 44 42 52 63 68 63 55 53 53 54 59 67 71 63 52 48 44 42
Dewpt               44 46 44 42 46 45 47 48 50 51 53 54 58 50 43 41 45 46 44 42
RH                  83100100100 80 52 47 58 83 93100100 96 54 36 44 77 93100100
Wind dir             E NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  W
Wind spd             1  2  4  6 12 18 23 23 25 26 27 26 24 27 32 28 28 24 18  9
Wind gust                          29 34 36 36          34 40 47 46    36    19
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 OV B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5           0          70          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L     C  C
Tstms                                           S
Wind chill                                                                36 36
Min chill                    38    37                                        36


Date           09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          67      43    68      42    71      45    73      44    74
Temp          61 64 47   44 64 64 48   43 66 66 50   46 69 68 50   46 70 69
Dewpt         46 44 46   44 53 51 48   43 50 49 50   46 51 49 50   45 49 48
PWind dir         W      SE    SE       E    SE      SE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    40       5    10      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                S  C                        S  S  S  S    S
Tstms                        S

$$
NDZ056-130900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
736 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      39          66          49          69          45
Temp                50 46 42 40 48 58 65 61 51 50 50 50 55 61 68 61 52 48 46 45
Dewpt               40 42 41 39 40 39 38 40 41 43 43 48 55 56 52 47 47 47 46 45
RH                  68 86 96 96 74 49 37 46 68 77 77 93100 84 57 60 83 96100100
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  N  N SE  E  E SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W NW  W
Wind spd             8  5  4  3  0  0  4 10 11 12 13 16 17 19 25 25 25 23 21 17
Wind gust                                         26 29 33 32 40 42 42 42 41 31
Clouds              SC B1 B1 SC CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0          80         100           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.13        0.23           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  D  D  S  S
Tstms                                                 S
Wind chill                                                                38 38
Min chill                    37                                              37


Date           09/15  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          63      43    65      44    70      47    73      46    71
Temp          59 60   46 44 60 61   50 45 64 67   51 48 68 69   52 47 67 68
Dewpt         46 45   46 44 50 53   50 45 50 52   50 47 51 53   51 47 50 53
PWind dir        NW       E    SE      SW     S       S    NW       N    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      10     5      10    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C                                S

$$
NDZ037-130900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
736 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      43          64          48          68          46
Temp                52 48 46 43 52 61 64 61 51 49 51 51 54 57 62 65 55 51 48 46
Dewpt               43 44 43 42 43 40 41 42 42 40 41 48 54 57 59 56 51 47 46 46
RH                  71 86 89 96 71 46 43 49 71 71 68 89100100 90 73 86 86 93100
Wind dir             N NW NW NW  N NW NE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             4  2  4  4  4  1  3  5  8 11 14 19 21 20 17 14 16 19 21 20
Wind gust                                         27 34 39 34 29 28 28 36 39 37
Clouds              B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5          70         100           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.44           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            D  D  C  C
Tstms                                                    S
Wind chill                                                                   38
Min chill                                                                    38


Date           09/15  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          64      42    64      45    69      47    70      46    71
Temp          59 61   46 45 61 60   50 47 66 65   51 48 67 66   51 48 69 67
Dewpt         47 49   46 44 50 55   50 47 51 53   51 48 53 54   50 48 50 53
PWind dir        NW       E    SE       S     S       S     S      NW    NE
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      10     5      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                      C

$$
NDZ001-130900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
736 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      39          70          53          66          44
Temp                50 47 42 39 49 62 69 66 59 56 55 54 56 63 66 60 52 49 46 45
Dewpt               40 42 41 39 42 44 43 44 46 47 49 52 56 54 48 47 47 47 46 45
RH                  68 83 96100 77 52 39 45 62 72 80 93100 72 52 62 83 93100100
Wind dir             N  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W
Wind spd             1  4  3  3  6 11 16 18 20 20 19 18 18 31 36 32 29 24 17 12
Wind gust                                   31       28 28 42 49 47 44 35
Clouds              B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW B1 B2 OV B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          70          90          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         L  D  D
Tstms                                              S  S
Wind chill                                                                39 39
Min chill                    37    37                                        38


Date           09/15  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          66      46    67      44    74      48    75      48    75
Temp          60 64   50 46 63 64   50 45 68 72   54 48 71 72   54 49 71 73
Dewpt         48 44   45 45 52 50   49 45 51 50   49 46 52 51   49 46 52 52
PWind dir        NW       E     E       E     S      SE    NE      NE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    30       5     0       5    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                S  C  S

$$
NDZ021-130900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
736 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      40          70          48          71          43
Temp                51 46 43 40 51 61 68 65 55 53 52 51 58 65 71 64 53 48 46 44
Dewpt               40 41 41 39 40 38 36 38 44 44 45 50 56 54 46 41 45 45 44 43
RH                  66 83 93 96 66 42 31 37 66 71 77 96 93 68 41 43 74 89 93 96
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW  W
Wind spd             6  2  0  0  3  4  6 10 12 14 17 18 20 21 27 25 24 23 21 16
Wind gust                                   23 26 29 34 36 35 42 41 41 43 40 29
Clouds              OV B2 B1 FW CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 OV B2 B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0          80          90           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.18        0.20           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         L  D  D
Tstms                                                 S
Wind chill                                                                38 37
Min chill                                                                    36


Date           09/15  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          67      43    67      43    73      47    76      46    74
Temp          61 64   48 45 62 63   49 44 67 70   53 48 71 72   52 47 70 71
Dewpt         43 39   45 44 49 49   49 44 48 47   49 47 49 48   49 46 48 47
PWind dir        NW       E    SE      SE     S      SE     E      NE     E
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    40      10     0      10    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                   C  C                                S

$$
NDZ043-130900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
636 PM MDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      41          70          52          70          41
Temp                49 47 43 42 53 65 70 64 56 54 53 53 60 67 70 63 52 47 43 41
Dewpt               39 44 42 41 43 43 44 46 49 51 53 53 53 45 39 38 44 45 43 41
RH                  68 89 96 96 69 45 39 52 77 90100100 78 45 32 39 74 93100100
Wind dir             E NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W
Wind spd             4  5  8  9 16 24 28 28 29 27 25 23 27 32 35 35 29 25 17 10
Wind gust                          35 41 42 42 37 36    39 48 52 51 43 35
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      5           0          40          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C     C  C
Wind chill                   36                                        39 35 35
Min chill                    36    36                                  39    33


Date           09/15/26  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          69      43    71      43    73      45    76      44    76
Temp          63 65 48   44 67 65 48   44 69 69 50   46 72 70 50   45 73 71
Dewpt         43 40 44   44 50 47 48   43 47 45 49   46 47 43 47   44 46 44
PWind dir        SW      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    30       5    10      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                S  C                        S  S  S  S    S  S  S

$$
NDZ045-130900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
736 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2026

Date           09/12/26      Sun 09/13/26            Mon 09/14/26            Tue
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                      47          68          55          72          46
Temp                54 52 49 47 54 62 67 64 59 58 57 55 58 64 72 66 58 54 48 46
Dewpt               38 45 46 45 45 44 45 47 48 49 52 55 58 58 49 45 44 45 45 45
RH                  54 77 89 93 71 52 45 54 67 72 83100100 81 44 47 59 71 89 96
Wind dir             N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd             3  4  5  6  9 10 13 16 19 23 27 31 27 23 23 24 21 26 24 17
Wind gust                                            42 41 35 36 36
Clouds              B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 B1 FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5          90          90           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.18        0.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                    L  L  D  D
Tstms                                              S  S
Wind chill                                                                   39
Min chill                                                                    38


Date           09/15  Wed 09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26
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          66      48    66      47    70      49    71      49    72
Temp          60 64   51 48 62 63   52 48 65 68   55 50 68 68   55 49 68 69
Dewpt         46 45   48 47 52 53   52 47 50 51   51 49 53 53   51 48 50 51
PWind dir        NW      SE    SE       E    SE      SE     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5    40      10    10      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                   C  C                  S  S  S  S

$$