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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
208 AM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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          85          57          87          58
Temp                      52 53 62 78 83 76 66 62 60 58 65 79 85 80 71 67 63 59
Dewpt                     50 49 52 53 50 51 51 50 51 51 55 58 57 57 57 56 54 53
RH                        93 86 70 42 32 42 58 65 72 77 70 49 39 45 61 68 72 80
Wind dir                   W  W SW  S  S  S SE SE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  W
Wind spd                   3  1  1  5  6  6  6  6  6  8 10 13 16 11 10  9  8  8
Clouds                    FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Heat index                                                       80
Max heat                                 81                      84


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          76      49    57      36    57      36    60      36    64
Temp          72 69   57 51 53 52   42 38 53 52   41 37 54 53   41 38 59 58
Dewpt         57 57   55 49 44 37   34 34 36 37   35 32 36 36   36 34 42 43
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW     W       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 OV OV B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW CL   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      90    70       5    10      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  C    L  D  L  S
Tstms                     S

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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          84          53          86          53
Temp                      53 53 64 79 83 76 64 59 57 55 63 78 84 78 65 61 58 56
Dewpt                     45 45 49 48 45 45 46 48 49 49 52 51 48 49 51 51 52 52
RH                        74 74 58 34 26 33 52 67 75 80 67 39 29 36 60 70 80 86
Wind dir                  SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW
Wind spd                   6  5  5 10 11  9 10  9  9  8  8 10 10  8  8  8 10 10
Wind gust                                                     20
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL CL FW SC FW SC B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          70      44    54      32    56      33    59      36    64
Temp          66 63 51   46 51 49 39   36 51 50 39   35 54 53 40   38 59 58
Dewpt         54 52 50   42 37 31 29   31 33 32 32   31 33 34 34   35 41 43
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    SW       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 OV   OV B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      90    40      10    10      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C  D    D  C
Tstms                S    S

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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                      44          82          52          87          51
Temp                      44 51 64 78 82 76 64 59 56 53 64 79 87 80 65 60 56 55
Dewpt                     44 45 51 51 48 49 51 50 49 48 52 51 49 50 49 46 47 48
RH                       100 80 63 39 31 39 63 72 77 83 65 38 27 35 56 60 72 77
Wind dir                  SW SW  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW
Wind spd                   2  2  5 12 12 10  9  9  8  6  9 11 12  9  6  6  9 11
Wind gust                                                     23
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Heat index                                                       80
Max heat                                 81                      84


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          71      41    55      32    55      31    59      34    63
Temp          67 63 52   45 51 50 40   36 49 50 39   34 54 52 39   37 57 58
Dewpt         55 55 52   44 40 34 32   31 37 37 36   32 36 37 36   35 43 46
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    SW       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40     100    50      20    20      10     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C  D    D  C          S  S
Tstms                S    S

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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          55          82          54
Temp                      56 55 62 78 83 76 66 61 58 55 61 74 81 76 66 61 57 55
Dewpt                     50 47 48 48 47 49 50 49 49 48 51 53 55 57 57 56 54 53
RH                        80 74 60 35 28 39 56 65 72 77 70 48 41 52 73 84 90 93
Wind dir                   W  W SW  S  S  E SE  S SE  E  E  E SE  E NE  N NW NW
Wind spd                   9  5  3  4  6  6  6  6  5  5  6 11 11  9  9  9 10 10
Clouds                    FW FW CL CL CL FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Heat index                                                    81
Max heat                                 81                      81


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          69      46    55      35    56      34    56      36    63
Temp          64 61   53 47 52 49   41 37 52 50   41 37 51 51   41 39 58 58
Dewpt         55 53   49 43 39 33   32 31 32 32   31 29 33 34   33 33 41 42
PWind dir         N       N    NW       W     W       W    NW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV OV B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      70    50       5     5       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  C

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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          83          56          86          62
Temp                      56 56 67 80 83 74 64 60 58 58 67 79 85 78 72 70 68 64
Dewpt                     56 51 54 51 48 50 49 50 50 51 56 59 58 58 56 56 56 56
RH                       100 83 63 36 30 43 58 69 75 77 68 50 40 50 57 61 65 75
Wind dir                   N NW NW  W SW SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   0  4  3  3  4  2  5  5  6  8 11 14 18 14 17 16 13 10
Wind gust                                                  25 28 27 29 27 24
Clouds                    FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                         80
Max heat                           80    81                      84


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          82      51    60      37    57      36    58      35    62
Temp          78 73   61 56 54 50   42 39 53 50   41 39 54 51   40 37 57 56
Dewpt         59 59   57 53 48 42   37 34 38 38   36 34 37 36   34 33 39 40
PWind dir        SW       N    NW      NW     W       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 OV OV B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      70    80       5    10       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs             C  L  D  C
Tstms                  S

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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                      50          82          51          79          52
Temp                      54 51 59 75 81 76 63 58 55 54 60 73 79 74 63 59 56 53
Dewpt                     43 43 46 48 47 47 45 45 45 45 50 53 53 54 52 52 51 50
RH                        66 74 62 38 30 36 52 62 69 71 69 49 41 50 67 78 83 89
Wind dir                   W SW NE SE  S  W  N  E NE  N  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N
Wind spd                   2  2  3  8 10  6  4  4  5  6 10 13 12 11 10  9  9  8
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          65      44    56      33    57      33    59      37    66
Temp          62 60   51 45 52 49   40 35 52 53   41 35 54 55   42 38 60 61
Dewpt         53 50   44 38 35 29   29 28 30 29   28 29 33 33   33 33 41 41
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW     W       W     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV OV B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      60    20       5     5       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  L  S

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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                      51          84          54          85          54
Temp                      54 52 62 78 83 76 65 60 57 56 64 77 83 77 66 61 58 55
Dewpt                     48 48 52 50 47 49 51 50 49 48 53 54 55 56 56 55 55 53
RH                        80 86 70 37 28 39 60 69 75 74 67 45 38 48 70 81 90 93
Wind dir                   N  W  S  S  S  S SE SE  E  E  E SE SE  S SE NE NW  N
Wind spd                   0  2  2  5  9  6  6  5  5  5  9 11 12  8  6  6  9 10
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL CL FW SC FW FW B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          70      45    56      33    57      34    58      36    64
Temp          66 63   51 47 52 50   40 36 53 52   40 37 53 52   40 38 57 58
Dewpt         55 54   50 44 39 33   32 31 33 34   32 31 33 34   34 34 41 43
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW     W       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV OV B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      80    50       5    10       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  D  C

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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          82          51          87          51
Temp                      50 50 62 78 82 76 62 58 55 52 63 79 87 79 63 59 55 53
Dewpt                     44 44 50 46 43 44 45 48 48 48 51 48 43 44 46 47 48 49
RH                        80 80 65 32 25 32 54 69 77 86 65 34 21 29 54 64 77 86
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  W NW NW NW  N
Wind spd                   3  4  6 12 10  6  8  9  9  6  8 10 12 10  8  8  9 10
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          70      40    54      31    55      31    59      35    65
Temp          66 62 49   43 51 49 39   35 50 50 38   34 54 54 39   37 58 59
Dewpt         53 52 49   42 37 32 32   31 35 35 34   32 34 34 35   35 43 44
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    SW       W     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 OV   OV B2 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      90    40      20    20      10     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C  D    D  C          S  S
Tstms                S    S

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

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            Sat
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          81          58          85          61
Temp                      55 56 64 76 80 73 66 64 61 58 66 79 84 78 73 70 65 61
Dewpt                     50 49 54 54 52 53 51 51 51 53 56 58 58 57 55 54 54 54
RH                        83 77 70 46 38 49 58 63 70 83 70 49 41 48 53 57 68 78
Wind dir                   W SW SW  S  S SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                   4  4  4  6  9  8 10 12 12 12 13 18 18 13 16 14 12 11
Wind gust                                                     28
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                            80                      84
Max heat                                 80                      84


Date           10/04  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          73      49    55      39    54      39    56      39    61
Temp          70 66   56 50 52 49   43 40 51 48   43 39 53 50   42 39 57 56
Dewpt         57 58   56 50 44 37   36 35 38 39   37 35 38 40   36 36 43 45
PWind dir        NW       N    NW      NW     W       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   OV OV B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      90    70      10    20      10     0      10    10
Rain shwrs        S    L  D  L  S             S
Tstms                  S

$$