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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1001 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

NDZ015-030900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1001 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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                      57          86          58          72          48
Temp                   60 59 57 64 79 84 81 72 67 62 58 61 69 71 68 60 56 53 49
Dewpt                  50 51 51 55 58 57 58 58 55 54 53 56 56 55 56 55 54 52 49
RH                     69 75 80 73 49 40 46 61 65 75 83 84 63 57 65 84 93 96100
Wind dir               SE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                5  5  5  9 13 16 11 10  9  8  8 10 11 12 12 13 13 16 18
Wind gust                                                                 26 29
Clouds                 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        1.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  L
Heat index                               81
Max heat                                 84


Date           10/05  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          58      35    58      35    53      32    62      42    68
Temp          55 53   42 36 54 54   43 36 50 48   37 33 57 57   47 43 63 62
Dewpt         44 38   35 32 36 39   37 32 31 31   31 30 38 41   42 41 47 48
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       W     N      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70       5    10       5     0       0     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  S

$$
NDZ033-030900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
901 PM MDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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                      51          86          52          66          44
Temp                   61 56 52 61 78 85 80 67 61 56 52 57 63 66 63 55 52 49 45
Dewpt                  50 50 50 53 52 50 50 50 49 50 52 53 53 52 52 52 51 48 44
RH                     67 80 93 75 40 30 35 54 65 80100 86 70 61 67 90 96 96 96
Wind dir                S SE  E  E SE  S  S  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                8  6  6  9 11 11  8  9  9 10 10 11 13 13 12 13 14 18 18
Wind gust                                                                    28
Clouds                 SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.67
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Wind chill                                                                   37
Min chill                                                                    37
Heat index                               80
Max heat                                 83


Date           10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          56      32    57      31    53      33    62      40    68
Temp          53 49 38   33 54 53 41   32 49 49 37   34 58 58 45   41 65 62
Dewpt         38 31 31   30 33 35 34   30 30 30 30   31 38 38 38   38 40 40
PWind dir        NW       W    SW       W     N      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW CL CL   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40       5    10       5     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     C

$$
NDZ044-030900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
901 PM MDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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                      49          88          51          69          42
Temp                   60 55 51 62 79 86 81 65 60 55 52 58 66 68 63 54 52 48 43
Dewpt                  52 50 49 54 52 50 50 49 45 46 48 54 54 53 55 54 51 48 43
RH                     75 83 93 75 39 29 34 56 58 72 86 86 65 59 75100 96100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                5  5  5  9 12 13  9  8  8  9 11 13 13 13 13 13 17 21 25
Wind gust                                                                 32
Clouds                 SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.88
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Wind chill                                                                   33
Min chill                                                                    33


Date           10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          55      31    55      30    53      31    61      37    67
Temp          53 51 38   32 52 52 40   31 49 49 36   32 56 57 44   38 63 61
Dewpt         40 34 34   31 36 39 37   31 31 32 31   30 40 42 41   37 44 44
PWind dir        NW      NW     S       W     N      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      10    20       5     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C             S

$$
NDZ011-030900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1001 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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                      53          83          53          65          46
Temp                   62 57 54 61 75 82 78 65 59 55 53 56 62 65 61 55 53 50 47
Dewpt                  48 48 48 51 54 56 57 57 55 54 53 53 53 53 53 53 51 47 44
RH                     60 72 80 70 48 41 48 75 87 96100 90 72 65 75 93 93 89 89
Wind dir                S  W NE  E  E SE SE NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                8  5  3  5 11 11  8  9 10 10 10 11 12 12 10 11 13 16 18
Wind gust                                                                    31
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 FW B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.54
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Heat index                            82
Max heat                                 82


Date           10/05  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          56      34    57      30    50      31    60      42    66
Temp          54 49   39 34 53 53   42 31 46 45   34 35 56 56   47 43 63 60
Dewpt         40 33   29 27 31 33   32 26 27 27   28 29 37 40   41 39 43 43
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      NW    NW      SW     S       S     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW CL   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50       5     5       0     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     C

$$
NDZ037-030900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1001 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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          85          62          82          50
Temp                   60 58 57 67 79 84 80 73 72 68 63 69 77 81 73 63 59 55 51
Dewpt                  49 52 52 57 59 59 60 57 56 56 56 59 60 58 59 57 56 55 51
RH                     67 80 83 70 50 43 51 57 57 65 78 70 56 46 62 81 90100100
Wind dir                S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                6  5  6 10 13 18 14 17 17 13 10 10 10 11 10 12 12 13 17
Wind gust                          24 28 26 31 29 24                      24 27
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.62
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                             S  C  S  S  S
Heat index                            84 81                   81
Max heat                                 84                      81


Date           10/05  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          60      37    56      35    51      30    59      41    66
Temp          55 51   43 37 53 52   44 36 48 45   35 31 55 54   46 42 63 60
Dewpt         48 41   36 33 34 38   37 33 31 30   28 27 34 38   39 40 48 48
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       W    NW       W     S       S     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   CL FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         80       5     5       5     0       0     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ001-030900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1001 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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          80          51          65          44
Temp                   58 56 54 61 74 80 76 64 59 54 52 55 62 64 60 55 52 49 45
Dewpt                  45 45 45 49 53 53 54 53 53 51 50 52 52 51 51 47 45 42 39
RH                     62 66 71 65 48 39 46 67 80 90 93 90 70 63 72 74 77 77 79
Wind dir                N NE NE  E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                4  4  5 10 13 13 11 10  9  9  9 10 12 13 13 14 16 16 17
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill                                                                   38
Min chill                                                                    38
Heat index                            80
Max heat                                 80


Date           10/05  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          55      31    58      29    52      34    65      40    66
Temp          53 49   38 31 54 55   41 30 48 50   40 35 60 61   47 41 62 61
Dewpt         35 29   27 27 31 31   30 26 27 27   29 31 37 38   38 36 40 40
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      NW    NW       S     S       S     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     S

$$
NDZ021-030900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1001 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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          85          53          66          46
Temp                   61 57 55 64 79 85 80 67 61 56 54 58 64 66 62 55 53 50 47
Dewpt                  50 51 50 54 55 55 56 57 55 54 53 54 53 52 53 53 51 48 44
RH                     67 80 83 70 44 36 44 70 81 93 96 86 67 61 72 93 93 93 89
Wind dir                S SE  E  E SE SE  S SE NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                5  4  4  8 12 13  8  6  8  8 10 10 11 13 11 12 13 16 18
Wind gust                                                                 27 31
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          40          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.61
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  L
Heat index                               80
Max heat                                 84


Date           10/05  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          56      33    58      30    51      31    61      41    67
Temp          54 50   38 33 54 54   41 31 48 47   35 32 56 57   46 42 63 61
Dewpt         40 33   31 29 31 34   33 27 27 27   29 29 37 41   41 39 43 43
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       W    NW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC B1 FW CL   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60       5     5       0     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     L

$$
NDZ043-030900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
901 PM MDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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                      49          88          50          68          41
Temp                   58 54 51 61 80 87 81 63 59 54 51 56 64 67 62 52 49 45 42
Dewpt                  46 49 49 53 49 45 44 44 45 46 49 53 52 51 52 52 49 45 42
RH                     64 83 93 75 34 23 27 50 60 74 93 90 65 56 70100100100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                8  8  8  9 11 13 10  9  9 10 11 12 13 13 13 16 17 20 21
Clouds                 SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.78
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Wind chill                                                                37 33
Min chill                                                                    33


Date           10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          55      30    55      29    54      31    63      37    69
Temp          52 50 37   31 52 53 39   30 50 50 36   32 57 60 44   38 65 63
Dewpt         37 31 31   30 36 38 36   30 29 31 31   31 38 38 39   38 41 41
PWind dir        NW      NW     S       W     N      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      10    10       5     0       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     C

$$
NDZ045-030900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1001 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

Date           10/02/25      Fri 10/03/25            Sat 10/04/25            Sun
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                      57          84          60          70          49
Temp                   61 60 57 65 78 84 79 72 69 63 60 63 68 70 66 59 56 53 50
Dewpt                  48 53 53 57 59 59 59 57 53 53 54 56 57 57 57 56 56 53 50
RH                     62 78 86 75 52 43 50 59 57 70 81 78 68 63 73 90100100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                9 10 10 12 17 18 13 16 14 12 11 12 13 13 13 18 18 21 23
Wind gust                             29
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        1.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S  L  L  D  D  L
Heat index                            84
Max heat                                 84


Date           10/05  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25
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          55      38    54      37    50      36    58      44    65
Temp          53 49   43 38 51 50   44 37 47 45   38 36 54 54   48 44 61 59
Dewpt         45 39   36 33 35 41   40 34 31 32   31 30 39 43   41 41 48 50
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       W     N      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70       5    20       5     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     L                S

$$