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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1149 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

NDZ015-122100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1149 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      57          34          64          35          50
Temp                   46 56 54 43 41 38 36 40 54 63 61 49 44 40 37 39 46 46 40
Dewpt                  26 25 27 27 26 26 27 30 32 31 32 34 33 31 30 32 32 29 27
RH                     45 30 35 53 55 62 69 67 43 30 33 56 65 70 75 76 58 51 59
Wind dir                S  S  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  E SE SE  E  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                1  5  8  9 10  9  6  6  8  9  8  8  6  5  5 10 14 20 20
Wind gust                                                                 31 31
Clouds                 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  C  C  C
Snow                                                                          C
Wind chill                         35 32 30                         32    38 30
Min chill              35          35    30    29                32    31    30


Date          Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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          18    33      11    42      24    54      22    41
Temp          28 20 27 30   18 14 31 39   30 29 47 48   32 25 35 37
Dewpt         20 10  8  8    6  4  7 14   15 17 23 25   23 19 18 18
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W      SE     W      NE     N
Wind char        BZ    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50     5       5     5      10     5      20    20
Rain           C                                         S  S
Snow           C                                            S  S  S

$$
NDZ033-122100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1049 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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          33          64          31          42
Temp                   56 58 55 44 41 40 36 42 57 63 59 46 41 38 35 36 38 38 33
Dewpt                  28 27 26 25 27 26 26 28 30 29 28 29 29 29 30 30 29 26 21
RH                     34 30 32 47 57 57 67 57 35 27 30 51 62 70 82 79 70 62 61
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  E SE  N NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                6 10  9 10 11 10  6  5  6  9  9  9  8  9 12 18 24 26 21
Wind gust                                                                 36 33
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                 S  C
Snow                                                              S     C  C
Wind chill                      38 34 33 30                   32 26 26 27 26 21
Min chill                          34    30    28          36    26    25    21


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            13    32      11    46      27    53      20    40
Temp          22   16 27 29 16   15 36 42 32   32 49 47 31   25 35 34
Dewpt         14    9  7  7  6    5 12 18 19   19 23 23 22   19 18 16
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    SW       S     W       N     N
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10     0       0     5       5     5      20    20
Rain                                                     S
Snow                                                          S  S  S

$$
NDZ044-122100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1049 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      60          32          66          31          43
Temp                   58 59 57 44 41 37 33 42 58 64 60 48 44 40 36 37 40 39 34
Dewpt                  28 26 26 26 27 26 25 27 28 28 29 28 28 28 27 31 30 27 22
RH                     32 28 30 49 57 64 72 55 32 25 31 46 53 62 69 79 67 62 61
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                5 13 10 10 10  6  4  5  8 10  8  5  5  5 10 21 29 32 27
Wind gust                          20                               32 42 46 40
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S
Snow                                                              S  S  C  C
Wind chill                      38 35                            29 26 28 27 21
Min chill                          35    29    31                29    26    21


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            13    36      11    48      27    55      19    41
Temp          24   16 29 32 18   16 37 45 32   31 51 49 32   25 36 36
Dewpt         15    9  8  8  8    6 15 17 18   19 23 22 23   19 18 16
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW     W       S     W       N     N
Wind char          WY    WY      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           10     0       5     0       5     5      20    20
Rain                                                     S    S
Snow                                                     S    S  S  S

$$
NDZ011-122100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1149 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      50          32          53          29          38
Temp                   33 48 45 38 35 35 33 36 46 52 50 41 36 33 31 31 35 36 32
Dewpt                  26 27 29 29 28 28 27 28 30 32 33 33 31 29 28 26 26 25 24
RH                     75 44 53 70 75 75 78 72 53 46 52 73 82 85 88 81 69 64 72
Wind dir               SE  S  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                2  6  6  9 10 10 10 10 12 13 12 11 10 10 13 16 18 21 21
Wind gust                                                              29 33 34
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20           0           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S                                   C  C
Snow                                S                             C     C  C  C
Wind chill                      32 27 27 25 29          34 29 25 21 20 24 25 19
Min chill              25    33    27    25    24          29    21    20    19


Date          Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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          14    25      10    35      24    43      20    34
Temp          23 16 22 22   15 10 26 32   28 28 39 39   27 22 30 31
Dewpt         15  7  6  7    5  3  6 13   15 19 23 24   20 17 17 18
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W       S    NW      NE     N
Wind char        WY    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40     5       0     5      20    10      20    20
Snow           C                           S  S          S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ037-122100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1149 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      53          33          61          39          60
Temp                   42 52 49 39 37 35 33 40 54 61 58 48 44 43 41 46 55 56 46
Dewpt                  26 26 27 27 27 28 28 32 35 37 38 37 36 36 36 39 40 38 36
RH                     53 36 42 62 67 75 82 73 48 41 47 65 73 76 82 76 57 51 68
Wind dir                W  W  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  E  N NW
Wind spd                6  5  4  8 10 10 10 11 13 12 10 10 10 10  9  9 10 16 19
Wind gust                                                                    29
Clouds                 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  L  L  L
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill                      33 30 27 25 33             38 37 35          38
Min chill              27          30    25    27          38    35    36    38


Date          Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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          19    29      12    35      21    48      22    39
Temp          30 21 25 25   17 13 27 32   26 25 43 42   30 23 33 33
Dewpt         25 15 10 11    7  4  7 13   14 16 23 27   23 19 19 20
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW    NW       S     S      NE     N
Wind char        WY    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         70    30       5     0      10     5      20    20
Frzg rain      L  S
Rain           L
Snow           L  C  C  S                                   S  S  S

$$
NDZ001-122100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1149 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      51          32          56          29          37
Temp                   44 50 48 41 38 36 33 37 48 55 54 44 39 35 32 31 34 34 31
Dewpt                  32 30 31 30 29 29 28 29 33 35 35 34 32 31 29 27 27 24 21
RH                     62 46 51 65 70 75 82 72 56 47 48 68 76 85 88 85 75 66 66
Wind dir                S SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  N  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                5  6  9 10 10  9  8 10 11 12 12 12 11 12 13 18 23 26 23
Wind gust                                                                    33
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20           0          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S                                C
Snow                                                              C  C  C  C
Wind chill                      35 31 29 26 30          38 32 26 22 19 22 21 18
Min chill              32          31    26    25          32    22    19    18


Date          Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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          13    27      10    40      28    46      20    36
Temp          22 16 22 26   16 14 28 39   32 30 41 42   29 23 30 34
Dewpt         14  8  7  9    6  5 12 19   21 22 25 26   22 19 18 19
PWind dir        NW    NW       N    SE      SE     W      NE     N
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10     0       5     5      20    10      20    20
Rain                                                     S
Snow                                       S             S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ021-122100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1149 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      50          31          55          29          40
Temp                   39 49 47 39 36 35 33 38 48 55 53 43 38 34 32 32 37 37 32
Dewpt                  26 27 28 28 27 27 26 29 31 33 34 35 33 31 29 28 27 26 23
RH                     59 42 47 64 69 72 75 70 51 43 48 73 82 89 88 85 67 64 69
Wind dir                S  S  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                3  5  6 10 10  9  8  8 10 11 10 10 10 10 11 14 18 21 21
Wind gust                                                                 32 33
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  C
Snow                                                              S     C  C  C
Wind chill                      32 29 28 26 32          37 31 26 23 22 27 26 19
Min chill              29          29    26    25          31    23    21    19


Date          Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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          13    26       8    36      23    45      19    35
Temp          22 15 22 24   14 10 26 34   28 27 41 40   28 22 30 31
Dewpt         15  7  6  7    5  2  7 14   16 17 23 24   21 17 18 18
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W      SE     W      NE     N
Wind char        BZ    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30     0       0     5      20    10      30    20
Rain                                                     S
Snow           C                           S  S          S  C  S  S

$$
NDZ043-122100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1049 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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          33          64          31          40
Temp                   54 57 57 45 42 37 34 43 57 63 59 48 44 40 36 36 36 36 33
Dewpt                  28 26 26 25 27 27 25 27 28 27 28 28 29 28 29 31 29 25 19
RH                     36 30 30 45 55 67 69 53 33 25 30 46 55 62 75 82 75 64 56
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               12 13 10 10 11  9  6  5  8 10  8  6  8 10 17 26 31 31 26
Wind gust                                                              41
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                 C  C
Snow                                                              C  C  C  C
Wind chill                         36 30 28                   33 26 24 23 23 20
Min chill                          36    28    30          39    26    23    20


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            13    34      14    48      29    54      21    39
Temp          22   16 28 32 19   18 39 45 34   32 49 48 32   26 35 34
Dewpt         15   11  9  9 10    9 17 19 20   21 23 22 23   20 18 16
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW     W      SW     W       N     N
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   FW FW CL FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr            5     0       5     5       5     5      20    30
Rain                                                     S    S
Snow                                                          S  S  C

$$
NDZ045-122100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1149 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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          37          64          37          49
Temp                   48 56 53 45 43 41 39 43 56 63 61 52 47 44 40 42 47 45 36
Dewpt                  28 26 27 25 25 27 29 31 30 30 31 31 30 30 31 32 34 31 27
RH                     46 31 36 45 49 57 67 62 37 29 32 44 51 57 70 67 60 58 69
Wind dir                S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                2  9 10 13 18 16 12 10 10 12 10 11 10  9  8 14 21 27 29
Wind gust                                                                 37
Clouds                 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  C  C  C
Snow                                                                          C
Wind chill                      39 35 33 31 37                      34 39 36 23
Min chill                          35    31    31                35    34    23


Date          Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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          18    32      13    41      27    53      22    39
Temp          27 20 26 30   20 15 29 38   32 30 47 48   33 26 34 35
Dewpt         18 10  8  8    7  5  7 15   16 19 23 24   23 21 19 18
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     W       S     W      NE     N
Wind char        WY    WY      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40     5       0     5       5     0      20    20
Rain           C                                         S  S
Snow           C                                         S  S  S  S

$$