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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1029 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

NDZ015-122200-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1029 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date             Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
CST 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                      -1         -25          17          -1          11
Temp                  -10 -3 -7-18-22-25-23-15  5 15 12  5  3  2  4  4  8  9  6
Dewpt                 -15-13-15-19-22-25-23-16 -5  2  2 -1 -3 -3 -2 -1  1  2  0
RH                     78 61 67 95100100100 95 62 55 63 76 75 79 75 79 72 72 76
Wind dir               NW NW NW  E  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  E  E  E NE NE NE  N
Wind spd               12  9  3  1  1  2  5  6 10 10  5  3  3  5  9 10 12 14 12
Clouds                 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Snow                                                              C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill            -30-19-16         -39-31-10  2  3 -2 -4 -9-10-11 -8 -8-10
Min chill             -38   -24   -22   -39   -36    -5    -4   -10   -11   -10
Extreme Cold            W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
CST 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            -9     4     -15     3     -13     2     -16     4
Temp          -2   -7 -1  1 -5  -13 -3 -1 -8  -10 -4 -2-10  -14 -3  0
Dewpt         -7  -12-10 -7-11  -18-12-10-13  -15-11-10-16  -19-10 -9
PWind dir           N     N      NW    NW       E    NE      NE     W
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    20      10     0      30    30      20    20
Snow           S       S  S                     C  C  S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ033-122200-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
929 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      -2         -22          20           0           9
Temp                   -9 -3 -8-16-19-21-16 -6 12 18 11  6  4  4  4  3  7  8  3
Dewpt                 -15-13-15-18-19-21-16-11  0  5  2  0 -1 -1 -1 -1  2  2 -2
RH                     74 61 70 90100100100 78 58 56 66 76 79 79 79 83 79 76 79
Wind dir               NW  W  W  S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW SE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               11  9  4  5  6  9 10 10 13 11  5  5  6 10 11 12 13 13 12
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Wind chill            -28-19-19-31-36-41-36-24 -3  5  2 -4 -8-11-12-14-10 -8-14
Min chill             -37   -25   -36   -41   -31     1    -8   -12   -14   -14
Cold Weather            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max           -10     3     -15     5     -10     3     -13     5
Temp          -3   -6 -1 -1 -7  -11  0  1 -4   -5 -1 -2 -7   -9 -1  0
Dewpt         -7  -11 -7 -6-12  -15 -7 -5 -8  -11 -7 -7-12  -14 -7 -6
PWind dir          NE     N      NW     W      SE     E      SE     W
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           10    30       0     5      30    30      20    10
Snow                   C  C                S    C  C  S  S

$$
NDZ044-122200-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
929 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      -1         -24          22           2          14
Temp                   -9 -4 -8-16-21-23-19-11 12 20 12  7  6  7  7  6 11 12  7
Dewpt                 -12-10-13-18-21-23-19-13  2  8  5  0  1  1  3  3  8  8  4
RH                     86 75 78 90100100100 90 63 59 73 72 79 76 83 87 87 84 87
Wind dir               NW NW NW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  S SE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               13  9  3  2  3  4  5  6 12 10  4  4  5  8 10 11 13 13 11
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Wind chill            -30-20-17   -32-37-34-26 -3  9  4 -2 -4 -6 -8-10 -5 -3 -8
Min chill             -38   -22   -32   -37   -29     3    -4    -8   -10    -8
Cold Weather            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            -9     4     -16     7     -10     4     -13     8
Temp          -3   -5 -1  1 -7  -12  0  3 -3   -5 -1 -1 -8  -10  1  1
Dewpt         -6   -9 -5 -3-10  -15 -5 -2 -6   -9 -5 -6-11  -14 -4 -3
PWind dir           N     N      NW     W       E     E      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV B2 B1   SC SC B1 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    40       5     5      40    40      30    20
Snow                   C  C                C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S

$$
NDZ011-122200-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1029 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date             Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
CST 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                      -5         -25          10          -9           3
Temp                  -11 -5-11-18-23-24-22-14  1  7  2 -3 -7 -8 -8 -6 -1  1  0
Dewpt                 -18-15-18-22-24-26-23-18 -8 -3 -5 -8-11-13-12-11 -8 -5 -6
RH                     70 61 70 81 95 90 95 81 65 63 72 78 82 78 82 78 71 75 75
Wind dir               NW NW  W SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  N NE NE NE NE NE  N
Wind spd               13  8  3  4  5  6  8  9 10  9  5  4  4  5  8 10 11 13 12
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Wind chill            -32-20-20-31-39-42-41-32-15 -7 -9-13-18-21-24-24-18-17-18
Min chill             -41   -26   -39   -42   -37   -11   -18   -24   -24   -18
Extreme Cold            W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
CST 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           -13     1     -17    -3     -18    -3     -19     1
Temp          -6  -10 -4 -3-10  -16 -8 -7-12  -15 -9 -8-14  -17 -5 -3
Dewpt        -12  -16-12-10-17  -21-15-14-18  -20-16-14-20  -22-13-11
PWind dir           N    NW      NW    NW      NE    NE       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5    10       0     0      10    10      10    10

$$
NDZ037-122200-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1029 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date             Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
CST 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                      -3         -28           9          -4           8
Temp                   -8 -3-11-18-24-28-26-19 -1  7  4  1 -2 -2 -1  1  5  7  4
Dewpt                 -14-13-15-18-24-28-26-19 -8 -1 -1 -4 -5 -6 -4 -3  0  2  0
RH                     74 61 82100100100100100 71 69 79 79 87 82 87 83 79 79 83
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  E NE NE NE  N
Wind spd               10 10  6  5  4  4  5  6 11 12 10  8  5  5  9 11 13 14 13
Clouds                 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                C
Snow                                                              S  S  S  S
Wind chill            -26-20-26-33-38-43-42-36-18 -9-11-13-14-14-16-16-12-10-14
Min chill             -30   -26   -38   -43   -41   -14   -14   -16   -17   -14
Extreme Cold            W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
CST 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           -10     1     -15    -3     -17    -2     -18     1
Temp          -3   -7 -3 -2 -7  -13 -7 -8-13  -14 -7 -7-13  -15 -3 -3
Dewpt         -7  -11-10 -8-12  -18-14-12-17  -19-14-12-17  -20-11 -9
PWind dir           N     N      NW    NW       N    NE      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10     5       0     0       5     5       5    10

$$
NDZ001-122200-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1029 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date             Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
CST 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                      -5         -22          12          -7           5
Temp                  -15 -8-10-17-20-22-18-13  2  9  5 -1 -3 -3 -3 -3  1  3  2
Dewpt                 -18-15-16-20-21-22-19-16 -6  0 -1 -5 -7 -8 -7 -8 -5 -3 -5
RH                     86 70 74 86 95100 95 86 68 66 76 83 82 78 82 78 75 75 72
Wind dir                W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                6  5  4  5  5  6  6  8 10  6  3  4  5  9 11 13 13 14 12
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill            -31-21-22-32-35-39-35-30-14 -2 -2-11-15-19-21-22-17-16-15
Min chill             -39   -26   -35   -39   -32    -9   -15   -21   -22   -16
Extreme Cold            W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
CST 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            -9     1     -19     1     -12    -1     -17     2
Temp          -4   -7 -4 -2-12  -16 -7 -1 -6  -10 -6 -4-10  -14 -6 -2
Dewpt         -9  -11-10 -8-17  -21-12 -7-11  -15-12-10-15  -19-12 -9
PWind dir          NE     N      NW    NW       E     E       E    NW
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    20       0     5      20    20      10    10
Snow                S  S                        S  S

$$
NDZ021-122200-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1029 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date             Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
CST 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                      -5         -25          12          -7           4
Temp                  -13 -7-11-19-23-25-22-15  1  9  4 -1 -4 -4 -4 -4  0  2  0
Dewpt                 -19-15-18-21-26-28-25-18 -7 -1 -2 -5 -7 -8 -8 -8 -5 -4 -5
RH                     73 67 70 90 85 85 85 86 68 63 75 83 86 82 82 82 79 75 79
Wind dir               NW NW NW  W  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               11  9  2  2  3  5  6  8 10  9  4  3  4  8 11 13 13 16 13
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Wind chill            -33-24      -34-41-39-32-15 -4 -5 -9-15-19-22-24-19-17-19
Min chill             -40   -30   -34   -41   -37   -10   -15   -22   -24   -19
Extreme Cold            W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
CST 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           -13     1     -19    -2     -17    -3     -19     1
Temp          -6   -9 -4 -2-10  -16 -8 -6-11  -13 -8 -6-13  -15 -6 -3
Dewpt        -10  -14-12 -9-15  -20-14-12-15  -18-15-12-17  -20-13-10
PWind dir           N     N      NW    NW       E    NE       E     W
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    20       5     0      20    20      20    10
Snow                   S                        S  S  S       S

$$
NDZ043-122200-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
929 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      -2         -24          22           3          13
Temp                  -10 -3 -8-17-21-23-17 -8 12 19 12  7  8  8  8  6  9 12  8
Dewpt                 -14-10-13-18-21-23-17-12  2  7  5  2  2  3  3  3  6  7  4
RH                     82 71 78 95100100100 82 63 59 73 79 76 79 79 87 87 80 83
Wind dir               NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               10 10  5  4  5  9 10 10 13 11  5  6 10 10 11 11 12 13 11
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Wind chill            -28-20-21-30-36-44-37-26 -3  7  3 -5 -6 -6 -7-10 -7 -3 -7
Min chill             -35   -25   -36   -44   -32     1    -6    -7   -10    -7
Cold Weather            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            -8     3     -15     7      -7     5     -13     7
Temp          -2   -4 -1  1 -7  -12  0  4  0   -2  1  1 -7   -8  0  2
Dewpt         -5   -8 -6 -4-10  -15 -5 -1 -4   -5 -5 -4-10  -12 -4 -3
PWind dir          NE     N      NW    SW      SE     E      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    50       5    10      50    50      30    20
Snow                S  C  C                C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
NDZ045-122200-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1029 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date             Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
CST 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                      -2         -25          17           1          12
Temp                  -14 -6 -8-18-22-25-21-13  4 14 11  6  3  3  6  6  9 10  5
Dewpt                 -14-12-14-18-22-25-21-14 -2  5  4 -1 -3 -3  2  4  7  6  2
RH                    100 74 74100100100100 95 75 67 73 72 75 75 83 91 91 83 87
Wind dir               NW NW NW  S  S SW  S  S  S SW  S  S SE  E  E  E NE NE  N
Wind spd               10 10  5  4  5  8 10 11 13 12  9  9  9 10 13 14 16 18 18
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW CL FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Snow                                                              C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill            -33-24-21-31-38-45-42-33-14  0 -2 -8-12-12-11-12 -8 -8-15
Min chill             -38   -31   -38   -45   -40    -8   -12   -12   -12   -15
Cold Weather            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
CST 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           -10     1     -16     3     -12     1     -16     2
Temp          -3   -7 -4 -1 -5  -13 -3 -2 -7   -9 -5 -4-10  -13 -3 -3
Dewpt         -7  -11 -8 -6-10  -17 -9 -7-11  -14 -9 -9-14  -16 -8 -8
PWind dir           N     N      NW    NW       E    NE       E    NW
Wind char          BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV B2 B1   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    30      10     5      30    30      20    20
Snow           S       S  C                     C  C  C  S    S     S

$$