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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1021 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

NDZ015-160900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1021 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      44          70          45          70          52
Temp                   48 46 46 54 63 69 69 57 53 50 48 52 64 69 67 60 58 55 54
Dewpt                  43 43 43 49 50 51 53 54 53 50 48 50 51 51 53 54 54 54 54
RH                     83 89 89 83 62 53 57 90100100100 93 63 53 61 81 86 96100
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE  S SE  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                4  8  9 11 14 13  9  6  5  6  5  6 10 11 11 11 10  9  9
Wind gust                       21 26
Clouds                 FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  S                             S  S  S  S


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      53    69      52    69      49    72      51    73
Temp          67 70   59 55 67 67   57 54 66 66   55 51 68 69   56 52 70 70
Dewpt         58 59   58 55 57 57   56 53 56 56   55 51 54 54   54 52 54 53
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     E       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    40      40    40      30    10       5    10
Rain shwrs             S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C

$$
NDZ033-160900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
921 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      42          76          40          69          50
Temp                   45 44 44 55 68 75 68 54 49 46 45 50 63 68 63 57 55 54 54
Dewpt                  37 40 42 48 49 50 49 51 49 46 45 49 50 52 53 55 55 54 54
RH                     73 86 93 77 51 41 51 90100100100 96 62 57 70 93100100100
Wind dir                E  E SE SE  S  W  N  N  N NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               10 12 13 17 18  6 11 12  9  6  8  9 13 14 14 14 12 11 11
Wind gust                    24 28 28
Clouds                 FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                38 37
Min chill                    37    37


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          74      51    69      48    70      45    73      48    75
Temp          67 68 57   54 66 63 55   52 67 64 51   48 70 67 54   49 71 68
Dewpt         59 58 57   54 58 56 54   51 55 53 51   48 51 50 50   49 52 49
PWind dir        SE      SE     E      SE    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 FW SC   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      60    70      60    50      20    10       5    20
Rain shwrs     S  C  L    L  L  L  L    C  C  C  S                        S
Tstms                     S        S

$$
NDZ044-160900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
921 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          76          42          67          51
Temp                   46 45 46 55 67 76 72 57 51 48 46 52 61 67 61 57 56 55 54
Dewpt                  40 43 44 50 51 52 51 52 51 48 46 52 54 56 56 57 56 55 54
RH                     79 93 93 83 56 43 48 83100100100100 78 68 84100100100100
Wind dir                E SE SE SE  S SW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE  E SE SE  E
Wind spd               12 13 18 24 20  6  5 11 10  8  6  9 13 16 16 16 13 11 10
Wind gust                 24 29 35 31                      24 27 27 27
Clouds                 FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S                             S  S  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                39 39
Min chill                    36    38


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      51    68      48    69      45    71      47    73
Temp          65 67 58   53 65 62 54   50 65 63 51   47 67 65 52   48 69 67
Dewpt         61 59 57   53 59 58 54   50 56 53 51   46 53 51 52   48 53 51
PWind dir        SE       E    SE      SE     N       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      60    70      60    40      30    20       5     5
Rain shwrs           C    L  L  L  L    C  C  C  C          S
Tstms                           S  S

$$
NDZ056-160900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1021 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      39          65          39          66          50
Temp                   42 41 39 49 60 64 57 49 47 45 42 48 59 65 61 53 52 51 50
Dewpt                  42 41 39 46 49 51 52 49 47 45 42 48 49 49 52 52 52 51 50
RH                    100100100 89 67 63 83100100100100100 69 56 72 96100100100
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE  N  N  N NW NW  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                4  4  6 10 11  9 11  9  6  4  2  3  9 10 10 10 10 10  9
Wind gust                          21
Clouds                 FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30           5           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  S                                C  C  C


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      53    66      52    67      49    70      50    71
Temp          64 65   56 54 64 62   55 52 63 64   54 49 67 66   54 51 68 67
Dewpt         57 61   56 54 58 60   55 52 57 59   53 49 56 58   54 50 56 58
PWind dir        SE      SE     E       E     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    50      40    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    S

$$
NDZ037-160900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1021 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      41          64          42          67          49
Temp                   45 44 42 52 61 63 61 54 52 50 47 53 63 67 63 55 52 52 51
Dewpt                  43 43 42 50 50 52 55 54 52 50 47 53 52 53 54 53 52 52 51
RH                     93 96100 93 67 67 81100100100100100 67 61 72 93100100100
Wind dir               NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                2  4  6 10 12 11  6  6  3  5  6  8  9  9  8 10  9 10 10
Clouds                 FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0          40          20           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C  S                             C  C  C
Tstms                               S  S


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          68      50    66      50    67      48    69      48    71
Temp          64 65   55 53 64 64   55 52 65 64   53 50 66 66   53 50 68 67
Dewpt         59 60   55 53 58 59   54 52 57 57   53 50 55 56   53 50 56 56
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     E       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   SC B1 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    20      30    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  C       S     S    C  S  S  C    S  S

$$
NDZ001-160900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1021 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      44          67          39          68          54
Temp                   45 44 44 52 64 67 59 50 47 44 42 49 63 68 65 59 57 55 54
Dewpt                  41 41 41 48 50 51 50 48 47 44 42 49 50 52 53 54 54 55 54
RH                     86 89 89 86 60 56 72 93100100100100 62 57 65 83 90100100
Wind dir                E  E  E SE  E  N  N  N  N  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                9 11 13 13  8 14 17  9  4  3  4  8 14 18 18 17 14 13 13
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10           0           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  L
Tstms                                                                      S  C
Wind chill                38 37
Min chill                    37    37                39    39


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      56    67      53    69      50    72      50    74
Temp          68 67   58 56 65 65   56 53 67 67   54 50 69 70   56 51 71 70
Dewpt         62 62   58 56 61 59   56 53 59 58   54 50 57 56   53 50 56 55
PWind dir        SE       E     E       E     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      80    70      50    30      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     L  L    D  D  L  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S    S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ021-160900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1021 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      39          68          38          68          49
Temp                   44 42 39 52 62 68 63 50 48 45 42 51 62 68 64 55 52 51 50
Dewpt                  41 42 39 46 47 49 51 50 48 45 42 48 47 47 50 52 52 51 50
RH                     89100100 80 58 51 65100100100100 89 58 47 60 90100100100
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                6  8 10 13 14 11  8 11  8  6  5  8 11 11 11 11 11 10 10
Wind gust                       25 27
Clouds                 FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S                             S  S  C  C  C
Wind chill                   32
Min chill                    32    34                38


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          72      51    69      49    70      47    72      49    74
Temp          66 67   56 53 66 64   54 51 67 65   52 48 68 67   53 49 69 68
Dewpt         56 59   56 53 56 57   54 50 55 55   52 48 53 53   53 49 53 53
PWind dir        SE      SE     E       E     E       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    50      50    40      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S

$$
NDZ043-160900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
921 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      46          78          42          69          52
Temp                   48 47 47 57 70 77 71 55 50 47 45 52 64 68 62 56 56 56 55
Dewpt                  35 40 43 48 49 47 46 48 50 47 45 51 52 53 54 56 56 56 55
RH                     60 76 86 72 47 35 41 77100100100 96 65 59 75100100100100
Wind dir                E SE SE SE  S NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               14 19 20 23 16 10 17 16 11  9  8 12 19 21 21 20 18 14 14
Wind gust                    31 34                            33 33 31
Clouds                 FW B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S                             S  S  S  S        S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          73      52    68      49    70      46    73      47    75
Temp          68 69 57   54 66 63 54   51 67 64 50   47 70 67 52   48 72 68
Dewpt         60 57 57   54 58 55 54   50 54 50 50   47 50 48 50   47 50 47
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S     N       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   FW B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      70    80      60    50      20    20       5     5
Rain shwrs     S  S  C    L  D  D  L    C  C  C  S       S  S
Tstms                S          S  S             S

$$
NDZ045-160900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1021 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      47          69          48          67          55
Temp                   51 48 47 54 62 68 67 58 54 51 49 53 61 66 63 59 57 56 55
Dewpt                  42 44 45 51 51 52 55 54 54 51 49 53 54 55 57 57 56 56 55
RH                     71 86 93 90 67 57 65 86100100100100 78 68 81 93 96100100
Wind dir                E SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                6 12 16 18 20 17  8 10  6  9 10  9 10 11 12 14 14 13 13
Wind gust                       29 34 27
Clouds                 FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          30           0          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C                          S  S  C  C  C  C


Date           09/18  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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      55    67      54    67      51    69      52    71
Temp          64 67   58 56 64 63   57 54 64 63   55 51 66 66   56 52 68 67
Dewpt         60 61   58 56 59 59   57 54 57 56   55 51 54 54   54 52 55 54
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     E       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    30      50    50      30    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C

$$