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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
416 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

NDZ015-092100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
416 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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                      73          36          64          42          66
Temp             49 54 67 72 66 54 47 41 36 44 58 64 59 49 47 45 43 51 61 65 61
Dewpt            46 49 52 50 46 44 42 38 35 37 36 35 37 37 36 36 36 40 44 46 47
RH               89 83 59 46 48 69 83 89 96 76 44 34 44 63 65 70 76 66 53 50 60
Wind dir         SE SW NW NW NW  N  N NW  N  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE
Wind spd          5  5  8 10 10  8  5  5  3  2  5  6  8 10 11 12 13 17 19 19 17
Wind gust                                                     23 25 29 32 32
Clouds           FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  S
Wind chill                                                    39 36
Min chill                                33    36                36    38


Date          Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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          50    69      34    53      32    54      37    54
Temp          53 51 66 56   43 35 49 49   38 33 51 51   43 38 51 50
Dewpt         48 50 51 44   36 31 32 33   32 31 35 38   39 38 42 41
PWind dir        SE    SW       W    NW      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30    60      20     5       5    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  C    S                   S  S    S  C  C  C

$$
NDZ033-092100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
316 AM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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                      72          31          66          46          71
Temp             41 52 67 71 63 49 43 37 32 43 59 66 61 50 47 50 51 55 67 70 65
Dewpt            39 43 45 42 42 42 39 36 32 37 36 37 38 39 38 39 41 46 49 51 51
RH               92 71 45 35 46 77 86 96100 79 42 34 42 66 71 66 68 72 52 51 60
Wind dir          W  W NW  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd          4  8 10 11  8  5  5  3  3  6 12 14 13 16 17 18 18 20 20 20 14
Wind gust                                            24 26 28 31 31 31 31 31 26
Clouds           SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S


Date               Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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            47    60      29    50      30    53      35    52
Temp          52   48 58 48 36   30 46 45 35   31 49 48 40   36 49 48
Dewpt         49   48 46 38 32   29 29 29 30   31 35 36 38   36 41 38
PWind dir          SE     W       W    NW      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    50      20     5      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs          C  C  C  S                     S          C  C  S

$$
NDZ044-092100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
316 AM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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                      74          25          65          45          69
Temp             36 52 69 74 65 47 38 32 27 40 57 65 61 51 50 48 46 55 64 69 64
Dewpt            36 42 45 43 43 43 38 32 26 40 38 40 41 39 38 38 40 47 51 53 53
RH              100 69 42 33 45 86100100 96100 49 40 48 63 63 68 79 74 63 57 67
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          3  6 10 10  8  5  3  2  3  6 13 16 14 18 19 21 23 23 23 21 16
Wind gust                                         26 25 28 31 33 34 34    32 26
Clouds           SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis           PF+
Wind chill                                                       38
Min chill        33    33          36    23    23                38


Date               Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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            47    60      29    51      30    51      34    53
Temp          52   48 58 48 36   30 46 46 35   31 48 48 39   35 50 50
Dewpt         52   48 47 40 33   29 30 30 31   30 36 39 39   35 42 41
PWind dir          SE     W      NW    NW       E     E       E    NW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    40      10     0      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs          C  C  C                        S          C  C  S

$$
NDZ011-092100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
416 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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                      68          33          61          42          67
Temp             46 54 65 68 61 49 43 37 34 43 56 61 57 48 46 45 43 51 63 66 61
Dewpt            46 47 47 45 41 38 35 32 30 33 35 36 37 38 37 36 36 40 45 48 49
RH              100 77 52 43 48 66 73 82 85 67 45 39 47 68 71 70 76 66 52 52 65
Wind dir         SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5 10 12  9  8  8  5  4  2  5  6  8 10 11 13 14 18 20 19 16
Wind gust                                                     24 27 32 33 33 26
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  S
Wind chill                                                    39 36
Min chill                          38    30    30                36    38


Date          Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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          48    64      33    47      29    49      33    48
Temp          54 49 61 50   40 33 44 42   34 30 45 46   38 33 45 45
Dewpt         48 48 51 42   35 30 31 31   30 29 33 34   36 33 39 39
PWind dir        SE     S       W     W      NW    NE       E    NE
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    70      30     5       5    20      20    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  L    C  S                S  S       S  C  C

$$
NDZ037-092100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
416 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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                      71          39          60          37          64
Temp             48 56 65 71 66 56 50 44 39 47 57 60 54 44 40 38 39 48 60 64 59
Dewpt            44 48 51 52 52 47 40 36 34 36 36 35 36 36 35 34 34 38 39 41 44
RH               86 74 60 51 61 72 68 73 82 65 45 39 50 73 82 85 82 68 46 43 57
Wind dir          S  S SW  W NW NW  N NW NW  N  N  N  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE
Wind spd         12 11 10 10  8 10  9  9  6  6  5  5  4  5  6  9 10 14 18 19 17
Wind gust                                                           25 29 32 29
Clouds           FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Wind chill                                                    32 32
Min chill                                34    34          35    32    36


Date          Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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          49    70      37    53      31    53      36    54
Temp          52 50 66 58   45 38 50 47   37 32 50 49   41 37 50 49
Dewpt         47 49 52 49   40 34 34 34   32 31 35 39   38 37 42 42
PWind dir        SE     S       W     W      NW     E       E    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40    60      20     5       5    20      20    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L    S                      S    S  S  C  C

$$
NDZ001-092100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
416 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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          31          66          48          74
Temp             41 50 62 67 61 48 42 36 31 41 58 66 63 54 52 50 49 55 68 74 69
Dewpt            40 42 44 43 40 37 35 33 31 34 34 35 36 37 39 39 40 45 50 51 52
RH               96 74 52 42 46 65 76 89100 76 40 32 36 52 61 66 71 69 52 44 55
Wind dir         NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd          5  8 13 13  9  5  3  2  3  5 12 17 16 18 17 17 16 18 19 19 13
Wind gust                                            26 28 27 27    28 31
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S


Date          Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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          48    58      30    47      28    51      34    49
Temp          55 49 55 46   37 31 43 44   34 29 46 47   38 34 46 47
Dewpt         51 48 47 39   32 27 29 29   29 27 33 34   35 34 39 38
PWind dir        SE     W       W    NW       N     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50    80      30     5       5    20      20    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  D  C    C                      S       S  C  C

$$
NDZ021-092100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
416 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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          32          63          42          67
Temp             46 54 68 70 63 49 43 36 32 43 57 63 58 48 46 45 43 51 62 66 61
Dewpt            46 48 48 43 43 40 37 33 31 35 35 34 37 39 37 36 36 40 44 46 48
RH              100 80 49 38 48 71 79 89 96 73 43 34 45 71 71 70 76 66 52 48 62
Wind dir          S  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5  9 11  8  6  5  4  2  3  5  9  8 10 11 13 14 18 19 20 14
Wind gust                                                  21 26 28 32 33 33 27
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  S
Obvis           PF+PF+
Wind chill                                                    39 36
Min chill                          39    31    33                36    38


Date          Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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          47    64      32    50      28    51      33    51
Temp          52 48 62 52   39 33 46 45   34 29 47 48   38 34 47 48
Dewpt         48 48 50 42   35 30 31 31   31 29 33 36   37 34 39 40
PWind dir        SE    SW       W     W       N     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30    60      20     5       5    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  L    S                   S  S    S  C  C  C

$$
NDZ043-092100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
316 AM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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                      72          32          67          47          74
Temp             40 53 68 72 64 48 42 37 33 44 60 67 62 52 51 49 48 56 68 73 69
Dewpt            38 41 42 41 43 42 41 36 33 40 39 40 41 40 40 40 42 49 53 53 55
RH               92 64 39 33 46 80 96 96100 86 46 37 46 63 66 71 80 77 59 49 61
Wind dir         NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd          6  6 10 11  9  5  4  4  5 10 17 20 19 21 20 21 20 21 20 19 14
Wind gust                                                  31    31    31
Clouds           FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                  38
Min chill        35    36          39    28    27


Date               Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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            44    59      28    50      29    53      34    53
Temp          52   46 56 47 34   29 45 46 33   30 49 50 39   35 50 49
Dewpt         52   46 44 38 33   29 29 30 30   30 36 39 38   35 42 40
PWind dir          SE     W      NW    NW       E     E       E     W
Wind char          GN    WY      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           30    50      20     0      10    10      30    30
Rain shwrs          C  C  C  S                                C  C  S
Snowshwrs                    S

$$
NDZ045-092100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
416 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date             Thu 10/09/25            Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25
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                      71          41          61          47          62
Temp             48 54 66 71 66 55 50 44 42 48 58 61 56 51 49 48 47 52 58 61 58
Dewpt            47 50 53 51 49 46 43 40 37 38 36 35 37 37 36 36 37 41 46 48 48
RH               96 86 63 49 54 72 77 86 82 68 44 38 49 59 61 63 68 66 64 62 69
Wind dir          S SW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8  6  9 10  9 10  8  8  6  5  8  9  9 13 17 19 20 21 23 23 19
Wind gust                                                        31 33 35 35 29
Clouds           FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  S  S  S


Date          Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25
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          53    66      37    51      35    50      41    52
Temp          55 53 64 53   43 37 47 46   38 35 47 47   43 41 49 48
Dewpt         50 52 52 45   36 31 31 32   32 31 35 40   40 40 44 44
PWind dir        SE    SW       W    NW      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    50      20     0      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    S                   S  S    S  C  C  S

$$