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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
216 PM CDT Mon Sep 7 2026

NDZ015-080900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
216 PM CDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      59          80          53          77          50
Temp          83 83 74 68 63 59 66 74 78 76 66 61 57 55 61 71 75 75 63 57 55 52
Dewpt         67 68 64 57 51 48 48 47 46 48 50 51 52 52 52 48 45 46 49 48 46 44
RH            59 61 71 68 65 67 52 38 32 37 56 70 83 90 72 44 34 36 60 72 72 74
Wind dir       S  S  W NW  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  S  S  S
Wind spd      17 11  6  9  8  8 14 21 23 19 13 12 12 11 13 16 13  6  0  3  5  5
Wind gust                       27 35 36 31       23 21 24 26 24
Clouds        B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S
Tstms             S
Heat index    86 86
Max heat         87    82


Date           09/10  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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          89      55    78      47    70      44    65      44    64
Temp          82 84   63 55 75 74   55 49 66 67   52 46 61 62   51 46 61 62
Dewpt         45 44   45 47 46 43   45 45 42 41   44 44 44 43   44 44 45 44
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NW     N      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL FW SC FW   FW FW B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10     5      30    30      40    40
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  S    C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ033-080900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
116 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      53          77          48          78          49
Temp          91 81 70 62 57 55 62 71 75 68 60 54 51 50 59 70 75 71 60 55 53 52
Dewpt         55 53 47 45 43 41 45 45 46 47 50 50 50 49 51 45 43 40 43 42 40 39
RH            30 38 44 54 59 59 54 39 36 47 69 86 96 96 75 41 32 32 53 61 61 61
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S SW
Wind spd      14 16 14 10 11 17 26 28 27 24 18 16 13 13 16 17 13 10  3  6  9 10
Wind gust     31             28 40 42 42 36 28    24       27 24
Clouds        FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 SC B1 SC CL FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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      51    75      43    68      39    61      40    62
Temp          82 82 60   52 72 67 50   45 62 62 48   42 57 57 47   42 58 58
Dewpt         36 33 39   42 42 40 43   43 41 39 42   42 43 42 43   42 43 42
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NW    NE      NE    NE      NE    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20     5      40    30      40    30
Rain shwrs                         S             S    C  C  S  C    C  C  S

$$
NDZ044-080900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
116 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      54          76          48          76          47
Temp          92 83 70 63 57 54 63 70 75 69 59 54 51 49 59 68 75 70 58 52 51 50
Dewpt         52 54 51 45 43 41 43 44 43 44 48 50 49 48 51 46 43 41 44 43 41 40
RH            26 37 51 52 59 61 48 39 32 40 67 86 93 96 75 45 32 35 59 71 68 68
Wind dir       W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  S  S  S SW
Wind spd      16 13 14 11  8 13 25 27 26 21 14 16 16 13 17 17 13 10  2  3  5  5
Wind gust           25    18 24 36 41 40 35 25    26 24 27 27 25 20
Clouds        FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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      50    78      43    69      40    61      40    61
Temp          82 82 58   51 74 70 50   45 63 64 48   42 56 57 46   42 57 57
Dewpt         38 35 39   41 43 41 44   42 43 42 44   42 46 45 46   42 46 45
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW       N     E       E    NE      NE    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20     5      40    30      50    30
Rain shwrs                         S    S        S    C  C  S  C    C  C

$$
NDZ056-080900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
216 PM CDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      56          72          50          73          51
Temp          73 76 67 61 57 56 63 68 70 66 58 54 53 52 60 67 72 69 58 54 53 52
Dewpt         68 70 63 55 50 47 51 52 53 54 54 54 53 52 53 51 50 53 52 50 49 46
RH            84 82 87 81 77 72 65 57 55 65 86100100100 78 56 46 57 80 86 86 80
Wind dir      SE  S  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W SW SW SW  S
Wind spd      14 10 11 12 11 17 25 28 27 20 17 14 13 13 16 16 13  5  5  8  9 10
Wind gust                 21 32 44 46 43 35 29 25 24 26 27 27 24
Clouds        SC SC FW FW FW FW CL SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30           5          50           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.20           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  C                                S
Tstms          S  S
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/10  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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      52    68      45    61      41    60      41    58
Temp          76 77   58 53 66 62   49 46 58 57   46 42 56 57   46 42 55 55
Dewpt         49 52   49 47 48 48   48 44 45 46   45 42 45 46   45 42 46 48
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NW    NW      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    10      30    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                           S                C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ037-080900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
216 PM CDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      61          78          52          73          48
Temp          72 76 70 68 66 61 68 74 76 73 64 59 57 55 63 70 72 70 59 54 52 52
Dewpt         69 72 70 66 61 55 54 50 51 53 54 53 52 52 54 51 50 51 52 50 48 46
RH            90 87100 93 84 81 61 43 42 49 70 80 83 90 72 51 46 51 78 86 86 80
Wind dir      SE  S  S SW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S
Wind spd      18 12 11  6  9  9 13 20 21 17 13 12 14 16 19 19 17  9  3  4  6  6
Wind gust     33 24             27 33 35 29 25 24 27 28 33 31 28
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  S
Tstms          C  C  S


Date           09/10  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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      57    78      47    67      43    63      42    60
Temp          78 79   64 57 75 73   54 49 64 63   50 46 60 60   50 44 58 58
Dewpt         50 52   52 50 52 50   48 46 46 46   46 44 46 47   45 44 48 49
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NW    NW      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL FW SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10     5      20    30      40    40
Rain shwrs                                            S  C  S    S  C  C  C

$$
NDZ001-080900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
216 PM CDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      54          70          50          75          51
Temp          77 78 67 61 58 57 61 66 68 66 59 56 54 52 58 69 74 73 62 57 54 52
Dewpt         64 59 52 48 46 47 53 54 54 54 55 54 53 51 54 52 50 50 50 48 46 43
RH            64 52 59 62 64 69 75 65 61 65 87 93 96 96 86 55 43 44 65 72 74 71
Wind dir      SW  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd      11 23 20 17 23 27 35 36 32 25 19 16 13 12 13 16 17 11  4  5  6  6
Wind gust        34 31 27 34 42 50 50 44 36 29                27
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B2 OV B2 FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          70           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                          S  L  S
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/10  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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      52    68      45    63      41    61      42    61
Temp          77 79   60 52 65 64   51 46 59 61   50 43 57 60   50 43 59 60
Dewpt         46 47   47 46 48 46   46 44 45 43   44 42 45 44   44 43 46 46
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NW     N      NE    NE      NE    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      30    10      30    30      40    40
Rain shwrs                           S  C             C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ021-080900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
216 PM CDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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          74          48          74          48
Temp          79 78 68 62 58 56 64 70 73 68 59 54 51 50 61 69 73 70 59 54 52 50
Dewpt         70 67 61 52 48 45 50 50 49 50 52 52 51 50 53 49 45 47 49 48 46 44
RH            74 69 78 70 69 66 60 49 43 52 78 93100100 75 49 37 44 69 80 80 80
Wind dir       S SW  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  N  S  S  S
Wind spd      13 10 10 10 10 16 24 27 27 20 17 13 13 13 14 16 13  8  0  4  5  6
Wind gust     24       20    31 41 42 43 35 28 25 25 25 26 26 24
Clouds        SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0          40           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                                S
Tstms          S  S
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           09/10  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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          86      51    73      43    65      40    63      41    62
Temp          78 80   59 52 70 67   50 45 62 62   48 43 59 59   48 42 59 59
Dewpt         46 44   47 46 46 42   45 43 43 39   43 42 43 40   43 41 44 42
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NW     N      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    10      40    30      40    40
Rain shwrs                           S                C  C  S    C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ043-080900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
116 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      52          77          47          78          48
Temp          88 81 69 60 55 53 61 71 75 68 58 53 49 48 58 71 76 71 58 53 51 50
Dewpt         51 50 45 42 41 39 42 43 41 42 48 48 48 47 48 44 39 36 41 40 38 37
RH            28 34 42 51 59 59 49 36 29 39 69 83 96 96 69 38 26 28 53 61 61 61
Wind dir       W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S SW
Wind spd      23 19 18 12 12 18 28 29 29 27 21 19 18 16 18 19 18 13  4  6  9  9
Wind gust                       40 44 44 40 32             29 28
Clouds        CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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          88      50    77      43    70      40    63      40    62
Temp          83 83 58   51 73 69 50   44 65 64 48   41 58 58 46   41 58 59
Dewpt         34 31 37   40 40 38 43   42 40 38 42   41 43 42 45   41 43 41
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       N     E       E    NE      NE    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20     5      40    30      50    30
Rain shwrs                         S    S        S    C  C  S  C    C  C  S

$$
NDZ045-080900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
216 PM CDT Mon Sep 7 2026

Date           09/07/26      Tue 09/08/26            Wed 09/09/26            Thu
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                      59          78          54          75          53
Temp          84 83 73 69 64 59 66 74 78 74 65 61 57 54 61 69 74 72 62 57 56 53
Dewpt         67 65 61 55 50 45 46 45 43 46 47 49 50 50 52 48 45 44 46 45 43 42
RH            57 55 66 61 60 60 48 35 29 37 52 65 77 86 72 47 35 37 56 64 62 66
Wind dir       S  S  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 11  9 12 10 11 19 23 24 19 13 14 18 18 18 17 13  8  3  6 10 10
Wind gust                       29 36 37 29             28 27 25
Clouds        B2 FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index    87 85
Max heat         87


Date           09/10  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26  Mon 09/14/26
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          87      56    79      49    69      47    61      47    61
Temp          81 82   65 57 75 74   56 49 64 66   53 48 58 60   51 47 59 59
Dewpt         44 41   44 45 47 43   44 43 43 42   44 44 46 45   45 44 47 45
PWind dir        SW       W    NW       N    NE       E    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL   CL FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10     5      30    30      50    30
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  S    C  C  C  S

$$