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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
749 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

NDZ015-202100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
749 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      70          36          68          39          59
Temp                49 65 69 68 55 48 41 36 49 61 66 65 54 48 44 41 46 54 57 55
Dewpt               30 28 25 26 30 32 32 31 34 34 33 34 41 42 40 37 38 35 31 31
RH                  48 25 19 20 38 54 70 82 56 36 29 31 61 80 86 85 73 48 37 40
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SE  S SE NE  S SE SE SE SE  E  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 13 11 10  8  6  5  3  4  5 10 11 10 10 10 10 14 18 19 17
Wind gust           21                                                    31
Clouds              CL CL FW SC B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20         100          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.48           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            S  S  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                    38 35
Min chill        27    30                33    37                35    35


Date          Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          34    59      35    58      34    62      40    64
Temp          41 34 53 57   41 35 54 56   41 36 56 60   46 42 59 62
Dewpt         31 29 30 28   32 31 32 30   32 31 32 31   33 34 37 38
PWind dir         W    NW      NE    NE      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10     5      20    30      10    10      10    20
Rain                            S  C  C                           S

$$
NDZ033-202100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
649 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      62          33          63          35          54
Temp                47 60 62 58 47 41 35 33 46 58 61 52 45 41 38 37 43 49 52 50
Dewpt               23 22 27 35 35 34 33 32 36 34 33 39 39 38 35 33 34 31 28 28
RH                  38 23 26 42 63 76 92 96 68 40 35 61 79 89 89 85 70 50 39 42
Wind dir             S SW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SE SE  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            11 10 11 10  8  5  4  3  4  9 11 10 10 12 13 16 20 23 23 18
Wind gust                                                              34 34 28
Clouds              FW B1 B2 OV B1 SC FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30           5          60          80          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.21        0.38           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S                    L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  S
Wind chill                                                 34 30 28 34
Min chill        21    26          37    30    32          34    28    29


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            30    56      33    57      33    60      38    64
Temp          37   32 51 52 38   35 52 54 39   35 54 56 44   41 58 62
Dewpt         29   28 27 25 29   29 31 30 31   30 31 32 32   34 37 39
PWind dir           W    NW      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5     5      20    30      10    10      20    20
Rain                              S  C  C                S          S

$$
NDZ044-202100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
649 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      64          31          65          34          57
Temp                41 60 62 57 47 40 35 32 48 59 62 52 43 41 38 36 45 52 56 53
Dewpt               22 20 25 34 37 36 34 32 37 36 36 42 41 38 35 32 33 31 28 27
RH                  46 21 24 42 68 85 96100 65 42 38 69 93 89 89 85 62 44 34 36
Wind dir             S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  S SE SE  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             3 10 11 11  5  4  2  2  3  9 13 12 11 13 14 17 24 26 26 20
Wind gust                                                     25    35 39 39 31
Clouds              CL CL B1 OV B1 SC FW SC FW SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          70          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.14        0.23           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S                    L  L  L  L  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S
Wind chill                                              37 33 29 26 36
Min chill        23    26          37    32    35          33    26    28


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            29    57      33    54      32    60      39    65
Temp          37   31 52 53 39   35 50 52 38   35 54 56 44   41 57 63
Dewpt         27   27 29 28 31   31 34 31 32   30 33 34 33   35 41 41
PWind dir           W     N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    BZ      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    FW   SC SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    10      40    40      20    10      10    20
Rain                         S    C  C  C  S                        S

$$
NDZ011-202100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
749 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      67          38          65          41          50
Temp                50 63 67 64 53 46 41 38 49 59 63 62 52 47 45 41 43 46 49 47
Dewpt               25 26 23 28 32 33 34 34 36 35 33 34 39 40 39 38 38 36 35 33
RH                  37 24 19 25 44 60 76 85 61 40 32 35 61 76 79 89 82 68 58 58
Wind dir             S  S  W  N  N  N  N NW NE  E SE  E  E SE SE NE  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            10 10  9 10 10  9  8  8 10 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 17 19 19 18
Wind gust                                                           27 29 31 28
Clouds              FW SC B1 OV OV OV B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          90          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.74        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  L  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  C
Wind chill                               32                   39 33 35 38
Min chill        29    32                32    35                33    33


Date          Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          34    54      33    57      36    61      40    63
Temp          39 34 48 52   38 33 52 54   41 36 54 57   44 40 58 61
Dewpt         31 30 30 29   30 29 31 30   32 31 32 31   32 32 36 37
PWind dir         W    NW      NW     N       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30     5      10    20      10    10      10    20
Rain           C                      S                           S

$$
NDZ037-202100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
749 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      67          37          66          42          59
Temp                47 62 67 63 51 44 39 37 51 61 66 63 53 48 45 43 48 54 57 55
Dewpt               29 30 28 30 30 30 30 31 33 33 33 34 35 38 40 40 41 40 37 36
RH                  49 30 23 29 44 57 70 79 50 35 29 34 50 68 82 89 77 59 47 49
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SE  S  S SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            14 19 18 13 12 10  6  5  6 11 13 13 13 14 14 13 17 18 19 17
Wind gust           25 29                                  25          28 31 27
Clouds              FW CL SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.27        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  C  C  D  D  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                         38                         38 36
Min chill        25    28          38    32    36                36    37


Date          Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          37    59      35    58      35    62      40    64
Temp          42 37 53 56   40 36 53 55   41 37 56 58   44 40 59 60
Dewpt         34 33 34 33   34 33 35 35   35 34 35 34   35 35 37 38
PWind dir         W    NW       N     N       N    NE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5      10    30      10     5       5    10
Rain                               S  C

$$
NDZ001-202100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
749 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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          33          59          36          50
Temp                45 51 54 56 46 41 36 33 46 55 57 54 49 45 41 38 41 46 48 47
Dewpt               29 36 39 37 35 34 33 31 36 36 37 39 39 38 38 35 35 34 33 32
RH                  53 56 57 49 65 76 89 92 68 49 47 57 68 76 89 89 79 63 56 56
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E  N  N NW NW  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             5 10 10 10  6  5  4  4  6 10 11 11 10 11 12 13 18 23 23 20
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40           0          50          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.09        0.14        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S  S                       C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L
Wind chill                                                 39 34 30 32 38
Min chill        33    36          37    29    30          39    30    30    39


Date          Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          31    55      32    59      35    60      41    64
Temp          37 32 49 54   39 34 54 57   42 35 54 59   46 43 59 63
Dewpt         30 28 30 27   29 28 32 30   32 31 33 32   33 34 39 40
PWind dir        NW    NW       E    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10     5      10    20      10    10      20    30
Rain                               S  S                     S  S  C

$$
NDZ021-202100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
749 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      66          35          64          38          53
Temp                45 61 65 63 50 44 38 35 48 58 63 61 50 45 42 39 43 48 50 49
Dewpt               25 24 20 27 30 32 32 31 35 34 33 33 39 40 39 37 37 34 32 31
RH                  45 24 18 25 46 62 79 85 60 40 32 35 66 82 89 92 79 58 50 50
Wind dir             S  S SW  N  N NE NE  N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             6 10  9  9  8  6  5  5  5  9 10 10 10 11 12 13 17 19 20 17
Wind gust                                                           27 29 31 27
Clouds              FW FW B1 OV OV OV SC FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.64        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill                                                 39 35 31 35
Min chill        27    29                30    32          39    31    32


Date          Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          32    55      31    56      33    60      38    62
Temp          37 33 48 52   36 33 51 54   39 35 54 57   43 40 57 60
Dewpt         31 29 29 27   30 29 31 30   32 30 32 31   32 32 36 38
PWind dir         W    NW      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20     5      10    20      10    10      20    20
Rain           S                   S  S                     S     S

$$
NDZ043-202100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
649 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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          31          62          34          55
Temp                43 56 57 54 43 38 34 32 46 58 58 50 42 39 37 35 43 50 54 51
Dewpt               25 25 34 37 37 36 34 32 38 36 38 42 39 37 35 32 33 30 27 27
RH                  49 30 42 52 79 92100100 73 44 47 74 89 92 92 89 67 46 35 39
Wind dir            SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW SE SE  S NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd            10 11 14 12  6  4  3  2  5 11 14 13 13 14 18 19 26 28 27 21
Clouds              SC B1 OV B2 SC FW FW SC FW SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30           5          80          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.18           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C                    D  D  L  L  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S
Wind chill          37                                  35 31 27 24 33
Min chill        17    20          34    31    30          31    24    26


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            30    55      33    54      34    59      40    65
Temp          36   31 51 51 38   34 49 52 38   35 53 55 44   40 58 63
Dewpt         27   27 27 28 31   32 34 31 32   31 34 35 33   36 41 41
PWind dir          NW    NW      NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    10      30    30      20    20      10    20
Rain                         S    C  C  C  S          S             S

$$
NDZ045-202100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
749 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      67          38          66          41          58
Temp                52 63 66 65 53 48 41 38 50 59 65 61 51 47 44 41 48 54 57 55
Dewpt               30 28 25 25 29 30 32 34 36 35 33 36 42 43 40 37 37 33 29 28
RH                  43 26 21 22 39 49 70 85 58 40 30 39 71 86 86 85 65 45 34 35
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  S SE SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            17 18 14 11 11 11 10  8  9 10 13 14 14 16 17 18 21 23 24 21
Wind gust                                                              34 35
Clouds              CL CL SC SC B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5          30          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.34           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S
Wind chill                            35 32                   36 32
Min chill        31    33                32    35                32    34


Date          Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          36    57      37    54      37    59      42    64
Temp          42 36 53 55   41 37 50 53   42 37 54 57   46 43 57 62
Dewpt         30 29 30 28   32 33 34 32   34 32 32 32   33 35 38 39
PWind dir         W    NW      NE    NE      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    40      20    10      20    20
Rain                         S  C  C  C    S                S  S  S

$$