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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
131 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026

NDZ015-042100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      91          65          95          67          91
Temp                      89 85 75 70 68 66 74 87 93 90 79 73 70 67 73 84 88 84
Dewpt                     59 59 60 61 62 62 65 68 66 67 67 67 66 64 66 67 67 68
RH                        37 41 60 73 81 87 74 53 41 47 67 81 87 90 79 57 50 59
Wind dir                  SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  18 14 13 12 10  9 11 11 11 10 10  6  6  6  8 10 11 13
Wind gust                    25 24
Clouds                    SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S                    C        S  S  S  S  S  L
Tstms                            S                    S        S  S  S     S  S
Heat index                   85                91 96 93                87 91 87
Max heat               84    89    82          91    96    89          87    91


Date          Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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          66    88      62    82      54    77      51    80
Temp          71 68 80 81   69 63 78 78   61 55 73 75   58 53 75 77
Dewpt         68 66 68 67   63 56 50 47   49 48 49 48   51 50 52 53
PWind dir         E    SE       W     W       W    NW       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    60      20     5       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  L  L  S    S
Tstms          S  S  C  S    S

$$
NDZ033-042100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      91          62          94          63          88
Temp                      87 88 76 71 67 62 73 86 92 90 76 70 66 63 72 82 85 81
Dewpt                     59 55 58 59 59 59 61 59 56 55 58 60 61 60 64 65 64 64
RH                        39 33 54 66 75 90 66 40 30 31 54 71 84 90 76 56 50 56
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  S  S  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  16 18 18 14 11  9  8  9  9  9  9  8  6  8 10 12 12 14
Wind gust                 28 28 29 25
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                               S        S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                                                    S        S  S  S  S  S
Heat index                                                             84 86 83
Max heat                     88    84          85    90    85          84    86


Date               Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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            62    88      56    79      48    77      48    81
Temp          68   65 80 79 63   56 74 72 56   49 71 71 55   50 76 76
Dewpt         64   63 64 56 56   49 44 42 47   46 46 45 47   47 47 47
PWind dir           E     S       W     W       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    WY      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           60    50      30     5       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C    L  C     C
Tstms          S    S  S     S

$$
NDZ044-042100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      92          61          95          62          90
Temp                      86 88 75 70 65 61 73 87 93 89 73 69 64 62 72 84 88 82
Dewpt                     59 56 59 59 59 58 61 58 55 56 57 58 59 59 64 64 62 63
RH                        40 34 58 68 81 90 66 38 28 33 57 68 84 90 76 51 42 53
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE  E  E  E SE SE  E
Wind spd                  19 20 18 13  8  5  5  8 10  8  5  4  3  3  6 12 12 14
Wind gust                 29 32 29 24                                     23
Clouds                    FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms                                                                         S
Heat index                                                             85 88 83
Max heat                     88    83          86    91    82          85    89


Date               Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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            63    88      56    78      48    76      49    80
Temp          68   64 81 81 63   56 74 72 55   49 71 70 54   50 74 75
Dewpt         63   62 62 55 55   49 44 41 46   46 47 45 48   47 50 49
PWind dir           E    SW      NW     W       W    NW       E     S
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    WY      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    20      10     0       5     0      10    10
Rain shwrs     C    C  S
Tstms          S    S  S

$$
NDZ056-042100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      81          60          88          63          82
Temp                      80 77 67 64 62 61 70 81 86 83 71 68 66 64 69 77 80 76
Dewpt                     64 64 63 63 62 61 63 67 69 71 70 68 66 64 66 68 69 70
RH                        58 64 87 97100100 78 63 57 67 97100100100 90 74 69 82
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE  E NE  E
Wind spd                  13 16 14 12 11 10 11 11 10 10 10  8  6  8  9 10 12 12
Wind gust                    27 27 23                                        23
Clouds                    SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  L
Tstms                                                             S           S
Heat index                82                   83 90 88                   83
Max heat                     82                83    91    83                83


Date          Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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          61    80      59    76      51    72      49    76
Temp          66 65 72 72   61 59 72 70   56 52 68 68   54 50 72 72
Dewpt         66 65 69 70   61 57 54 54   52 50 52 54   53 50 53 56
PWind dir         E    SE      SW     W       W    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    WY      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80    90      30    10       5     5       0    10
Rain shwrs     L  D  D  L    C
Tstms          S  S  C  S

$$
NDZ037-042100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      85          62          87          66          85
Temp                      84 79 69 66 64 64 71 80 85 82 74 70 68 67 72 80 82 78
Dewpt                     64 63 64 63 63 63 66 70 71 71 70 68 67 66 68 71 71 72
RH                        51 58 84 90 97 97 84 72 63 69 87 93 97 97 87 74 69 82
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd                  11 11 12 10 10 10 12 14 13 11 11  9  9  9 10 11 12 11
Wind gust                                   23 25
Clouds                    SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW CL CL SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40          10          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C                       S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                            S  S  C                       S  C  S  S  S  S
Heat index                85                   83 90 86                83 86
Max heat               82    87                83    91                83    86


Date          Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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          65    82      65    80      55    73      49    75
Temp          69 68 77 76   69 66 77 75   61 56 71 71   55 52 72 72
Dewpt         69 68 72 73   69 63 58 56   53 50 53 55   54 51 55 58
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W       W    NW      NW     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 FW   CL FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    70      30     5       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  L    C
Tstms          C  S  C  C

$$
NDZ001-042100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      88          63          90          63          84
Temp                      84 86 76 72 68 64 71 84 90 88 77 72 68 64 70 79 84 81
Dewpt                     60 59 60 60 59 58 62 64 64 63 65 66 65 64 66 67 66 64
RH                        44 40 58 66 73 81 73 51 42 43 67 81 90100 87 67 55 56
Wind dir                  SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                  24 24 25 18 13 10 11 11 11 12 14 11 10 11 13 13 17 19
Wind gust                 34 36 37 28                                        29
Clouds                    CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C        C
Tstms                                                                         S
Heat index                84                   85 91 89                   86 83
Max heat                     87    83          85    91    86                86


Date          Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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          62    82      57    73      51    73      51    78
Temp          69 65 75 74   62 57 71 70   57 52 69 71   57 52 74 76
Dewpt         66 64 67 62   59 52 52 51   50 49 51 50   50 49 52 52
PWind dir         E    SE       W     W       W    NW       S     S
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    VW      WY    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 OV B2 SC   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         90    80      40    20       5     5       5    20
Rain shwrs     C  D  D  C    C  C  S  S                        S
Tstms          S  C  C  S

$$
NDZ021-042100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      87          61          91          63          85
Temp                      86 80 69 66 64 63 72 83 89 85 72 68 66 64 72 79 83 78
Dewpt                     60 61 61 60 59 60 63 67 67 67 67 66 65 64 66 68 68 69
RH                        42 52 76 81 84 90 73 59 48 55 84 93 97100 81 69 61 74
Wind dir                  SE SE  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  20 16 16 12 11 10 11 11 11  9 10  9  8  8 10 11 12 13
Wind gust                    26 27 24
Clouds                    SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                               C     S  C  C  S  S  L
Tstms                                                    S        S  S     S  S
Heat index                86 81                86 92 88                   86
Max heat               84    87                86    92    83                86


Date          Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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          61    83      58    78      49    74      47    78
Temp          66 65 76 76   62 59 75 73   56 50 71 71   54 49 74 74
Dewpt         66 65 68 67   61 55 51 47   49 48 50 48   50 48 52 51
PWind dir         E    SE       W     W       W    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    WY      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         70    80      30    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  L  D  C    C  S
Tstms          S  S  C       S

$$
NDZ043-042100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1231 PM MDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      94          60          95          61          91
Temp                      89 91 76 69 64 60 74 88 92 90 73 67 63 61 73 85 89 83
Dewpt                     55 50 55 58 58 55 54 50 48 49 53 55 57 58 62 60 59 60
RH                        32 25 48 68 81 84 50 27 22 25 49 65 81 90 68 43 37 46
Wind dir                   S SE SE SE SE  S SW SW SW  S SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd                  21 23 20 16 10  6  6  9 10  9  8  6  5  5  9 13 14 18
Wind gust                    34 32
Clouds                    CL FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms                                                                         S
Heat index                                                             85    83
Max heat               81    91    84          85    91    82          85    88


Date               Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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            63    88      54    79      47    77      49    82
Temp          67   64 82 81 60   55 75 72 54   48 73 71 54   50 77 77
Dewpt         62   62 58 52 52   47 41 39 45   45 44 42 46   45 46 45
PWind dir          SE    SW      NW     W      NW    NW       E     S
Wind char          BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           50    20      20     0       5     0      10    10
Rain shwrs     C    C  S     S
Tstms          S    S        S

$$
NDZ045-042100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
131 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026

Date             Fri 09/04/26            Sat 09/05/26            Sun 09/06/26
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                      89          67          93          68          89
Temp                      82 84 74 71 68 67 75 86 92 88 78 74 70 68 75 83 87 83
Dewpt                     60 61 61 61 62 63 66 68 65 65 64 65 64 64 66 68 67 67
RH                        47 46 64 71 81 87 74 55 41 47 62 74 81 87 74 61 52 59
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                  14 16 17 18 14 13 12 11 11 10 11 10  9  9 10 11 11 13
Wind gust                 27 26
Clouds                    SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                    S        C  S  S        C
Tstms                         S  S                    S        S     S        S
Heat index                82 84                89 94 90                86 90 86
Max heat                     86    81          89    94    86          86    90


Date          Mon 09/07/26  Tue 09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26
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          68    87      63    81      54    77      53    78
Temp          72 68 80 82   69 63 77 77   62 55 72 74   59 54 73 76
Dewpt         67 65 68 64   61 54 50 45   47 46 49 48   50 49 52 53
PWind dir        SE     S       W     W       W    NW       E    SE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    50      10     0       5     0       5    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  C                                         C
Tstms          S  S  C

$$