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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
349 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

NDZ015-270900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
349 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      43          73          45          57          27
Temp          54 53 49 47 47 47 54 64 70 70 61 57 55 52 52 49 47 46 41 36 30 28
Dewpt         34 35 37 40 43 44 49 51 52 52 54 54 53 51 49 42 37 33 30 27 25 23
RH            46 50 63 76 86 89 83 63 53 53 78 90 93 96 89 77 68 60 65 69 81 81
Wind dir      SE  S SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd      24 20 17 13 11 10 11 12 13 11  9  8 10 13 19 24 26 20 14 10  5  3
Wind gust     40 34                                     32 37 40 32 25
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20         100         100          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.50        1.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                    S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                    39 38 33 29 24
Min chill                                                        38    29    23


Date           04/29  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          61      41    68      40    66      37    69      43    77
Temp          52 58   47 43 63 63   48 42 61 62   44 38 62 66   50 44 68 73
Dewpt         29 34   34 36 41 41   40 36 33 31   33 32 34 36   37 36 41 42
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW    NW      NW     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    40      20     5       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                S  S  C    S

$$
NDZ033-270900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
249 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      40          73          41          52          26
Temp          49 49 46 44 43 44 52 64 70 70 57 53 51 49 47 46 46 47 39 34 30 28
Dewpt         41 41 41 42 42 43 47 48 49 49 52 51 50 47 45 39 36 32 29 26 24 23
RH            74 74 83 93 96 96 83 56 47 47 83 93 96 93 93 76 68 56 67 72 78 81
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  W  S
Wind spd      24 19 16 13 10  8  8  8 10 11 12 11 13 19 25 26 25 19 12  8  5  5
Wind gust     37 33                                        37 36 29
Clouds        OV OV B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10          90          80          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.54        0.76           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Wind chill          39 37 37                            39 37 37    31 27 24 22
Min chill              37    36                            37    37    27    21


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          62      41    65      37    64      36    71      42    76
Temp          56 59 48   44 61 59 44   40 59 59 41   38 64 67 49   44 70 71
Dewpt         29 34 37   38 40 38 36   33 30 28 30   29 32 35 36   35 37 37
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    40      20     5       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                S  S  C  S

$$
NDZ044-270900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
249 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      40          75          41          54          24
Temp          49 49 46 44 43 44 53 65 73 72 59 53 52 49 50 47 44 45 39 34 29 26
Dewpt         41 42 43 43 43 43 50 51 52 51 52 52 51 48 49 43 39 36 33 30 25 24
RH            74 77 89 96100 96 89 60 48 48 78 96 96 96 96 86 82 70 79 85 85 92
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  E  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW SW
Wind spd      17 17 18 14 10  5  6 10 11 11 10 10 12 18 26 29 29 23 14  8  5  3
Wind gust     35 32 29 26                            28 39 43 43 35 25
Clouds        OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          90         100          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.31        1.38           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  C
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Wind chill          39 37 37                               38 34 36 31 27 23
Min chill              37    37                            38    34    27    21


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          61      38    65      36    65      34    71      40    78
Temp          53 58 45   42 61 60 44   39 60 60 41   36 64 67 48   41 71 73
Dewpt         32 36 35   37 42 40 37   34 33 30 31   30 36 38 36   35 41 41
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW      NE     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    40      20     5       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C  S

$$
NDZ011-270900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
349 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      42          68          40          52          28
Temp          53 52 49 47 45 44 53 61 67 66 58 54 52 48 44 45 47 48 40 34 31 29
Dewpt         40 38 36 37 39 41 44 48 48 49 49 48 47 45 38 34 29 25 23 22 20 20
RH            61 59 61 68 79 89 71 62 50 54 72 80 83 89 79 65 49 40 50 61 63 69
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  S
Wind spd      14 16 18 14 11 10 10  9 10 10 10 11 16 21 26 27 26 21 14  9  5  4
Wind gust     31 31 31 25                            34 43 43 40 35
Clouds        OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5          60          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.21           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                       C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C
Wind chill                39 38                         34 36 39    32 27 25
Min chill                    38                            34    36    27    23


Date           04/29  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          62      43    66      41    64      38    69      44    74
Temp          53 60   50 44 61 61   47 41 59 60   44 39 61 66   50 45 67 71
Dewpt         24 30   34 37 39 36   35 33 31 29   30 31 32 33   35 35 38 37
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW       W     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    30      20    10       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                C  S  C    S

$$
NDZ037-270900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
349 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      46          67          49          57          27
Temp          55 53 50 48 47 47 53 60 65 63 58 56 55 54 53 51 47 43 39 33 29 28
Dewpt         30 34 36 39 43 44 49 51 54 54 55 55 54 53 53 47 42 37 31 26 22 22
RH            38 48 58 71 86 89 86 72 68 72 90 96 96 96100 86 83 79 73 75 75 78
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd      20 19 18 17 14 13 17 18 18 13 12 10 10 12 18 24 26 25 21 18 14 10
Wind gust     32 31 28 27 26 24                            35 40 39 35 29 25
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10         100         100          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.38        1.09        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S  S              C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L
Snowshwrs                                                            L
Tstms                                        S  C  S  C  C  S  S  S
Wind chill                                                    39 33 29 22 18 19
Min chill                                                        33    22    17


Date           04/29  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          57      40    67      42    65      38    66      43    74
Temp          48 54   43 42 62 62   49 44 60 59   44 39 60 63   48 44 67 68
Dewpt         26 31   34 35 43 46   43 39 37 36   35 34 35 36   36 36 42 43
PWind dir         W       S    SW      NW    NW      NW     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW CL   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      20    10       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                      C    S

$$
NDZ001-270900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
349 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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          71          43          54          28
Temp          54 55 50 46 43 41 52 63 69 70 60 55 51 47 45 48 52 52 43 36 33 31
Dewpt         41 42 41 41 40 40 45 47 47 47 47 47 46 43 39 34 29 25 25 24 23 23
RH            61 61 71 83 89 96 77 56 45 44 62 74 83 86 79 58 41 35 49 61 66 72
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N SE  S
Wind spd      19 17 17 13 10  6  8  8 10 13 13 14 18 24 28 29 27 21 10  4  4  5
Wind gust     32 28                               28 34 39
Clouds        OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          50          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  C  C
Obvis                        PF PF
Wind chill                37                         39 35 39       37       25
Min chill                    36                      39    35          32    25


Date           04/29  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          66      43    64      40    64      38    73      44    75
Temp          58 65   51 44 61 61   46 41 59 61   45 39 64 71   53 45 70 73
Dewpt         30 34   40 39 39 34   34 32 31 29   30 31 35 35   36 36 39 37
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NW    NW       E     S       S    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      30    40      10     5       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs             C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ021-270900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
349 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      40          69          40          53          25
Temp          53 51 48 46 44 44 52 60 66 66 57 53 51 49 46 45 47 47 39 33 29 26
Dewpt         36 35 37 38 40 41 46 48 49 49 49 49 49 46 42 35 32 27 25 23 21 20
RH            52 54 65 73 86 89 80 64 54 54 75 86 93 89 86 68 56 45 57 66 72 78
Wind dir      SE  S SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  E NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N SE
Wind spd      20 18 18 14 11  9  9  8  9 10 10 10 14 21 26 27 26 20 13  8  4  3
Wind gust     32 31 28 25                            32 40 41 39 33 24
Clouds        OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          80          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.29        0.45           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                       L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S  S     S
Wind chill                38                            37 36 39    31 26
Min chill                    37                            36    36    26    21


Date           04/29  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          60      41    66      39    64      35    68      41    74
Temp          52 58   48 42 61 61   46 40 58 59   42 36 60 65   49 43 67 71
Dewpt         25 30   34 36 39 37   36 33 31 29   30 30 32 34   35 34 38 39
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW    NW       N     S       S    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    40      20    10       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                C  S  C    S

$$
NDZ043-270900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
249 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      39          75          41          53          25
Temp          50 51 47 44 43 42 52 65 73 72 57 53 51 49 48 45 44 46 39 33 30 27
Dewpt         42 43 43 43 43 42 48 49 49 49 51 51 50 48 48 42 39 35 31 28 25 24
RH            74 74 86 96100100 86 56 43 44 80 93 96 96100 89 82 65 73 82 81 88
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  S
Wind spd      16 17 18 14 10  5  5  8 11 11 12 12 14 21 28 31 28 23 13  8  5  5
Wind gust     27                                           42 39
Clouds        OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          90          90          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.32        1.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Wind chill             37 37                               35 34 38 31 26 24 20
Min chill              37    36                            35    34    26    20


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          62      41    62      37    64      36    72      41    77
Temp          54 59 46   44 58 58 43   39 58 60 41   37 63 68 48   42 71 73
Dewpt         34 37 38   39 42 39 37   34 33 31 31   31 36 38 37   36 40 40
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NW    NW       E     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    30      10     5       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                S     C

$$
NDZ045-270900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
349 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      45          71          48          55          28
Temp          52 50 47 47 47 47 56 63 70 69 61 57 55 54 54 49 44 41 39 36 32 28
Dewpt         36 37 39 42 45 46 51 53 53 54 54 56 54 53 53 47 39 35 32 28 25 24
RH            54 61 74 83 93 96 83 70 55 59 78 96 96 96 96 93 82 79 76 72 75 85
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd      27 26 24 20 19 17 18 18 18 17 14 13 13 17 23 27 29 26 21 17 12  9
Wind gust     40 36                                     33 41 43 37
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20         100         100          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.24        1.19        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  S  C  S
Wind chill          39                                        34 30 29 26 23 19
Min chill              39    38                                  30    26    19


Date           04/29  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          57      43    65      42    64      38    68      45    77
Temp          49 56   47 44 61 61   49 42 60 59   45 39 61 64   50 45 68 72
Dewpt         28 32   34 36 42 43   40 36 33 32   33 31 35 37   36 36 42 42
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW      NW     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr          0      10    40      20    10       0     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C    S

$$