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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

NDZ015-282100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      85          57          83          59          80
Temp                67 79 83 82 70 64 61 58 69 80 81 79 69 64 62 60 68 76 77 75
Dewpt               57 55 50 51 53 53 54 54 59 57 55 55 58 59 58 58 60 58 57 58
RH                  70 44 32 34 55 67 78 86 70 45 41 44 68 84 87 93 76 54 50 55
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  E SE SE  E  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             1  4  5  5  5  5  3  2  2  5  6  8  5  3  2  2  3  6  6  8
Clouds              CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S
Heat index             80                      80 81
Max heat               80    82                80    81


Date          Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          56    79      55    81      57    79      48    68
Temp          62 57 74 76   62 57 76 79   64 59 76 73   57 50 63 66
Dewpt         58 57 58 56   58 56 57 55   56 55 55 53   51 46 42 40
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     S       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10     5       5    20      20     5
Rain shwrs                                          S    S  S
Tstms                                               S

$$
NDZ033-282100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
849 AM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      83          55          78          55          75
Temp                70 79 81 79 67 62 59 58 67 75 77 74 64 60 59 57 65 71 73 70
Dewpt               52 49 47 46 48 48 49 51 55 54 52 53 55 55 55 55 58 57 56 56
RH                  53 35 30 31 50 60 69 77 65 48 42 48 73 84 87 93 78 61 55 61
Wind dir             S SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  S SE  E  E SE  S  N  N NE  E SE  E
Wind spd             5  9  9  9  8  6  5  4  5  6  8  8  6  5  4  4  5  8  8  6
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S                 S  S  S


Date               Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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            53    77      53    81      55    77      45    67
Temp          58   55 72 74 59   56 76 79 61   58 73 70 54   48 61 63
Dewpt         56   54 56 54 54   53 54 50 52   51 52 50 49   44 42 39
PWind dir          SE    SE       S     W       W    NW       N     N
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC SC FW   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    10       5     5       5    20      10     5
Rain shwrs     S    S                              S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ044-282100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
849 AM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      81          57          76          56          73
Temp                66 78 81 78 65 62 60 58 67 73 73 71 62 59 58 57 63 69 71 68
Dewpt               58 53 46 47 49 49 51 52 59 58 57 58 59 59 58 56 59 58 58 58
RH                  75 42 29 33 56 62 72 80 75 59 57 63 90100100 96 87 68 63 70
Wind dir             S SE SE SE  E SE SE  E SE  E  E SE  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd             1  9 10 10  6  5  5  4  5 10 10  9  5  4  4  4  5 10 10  8
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          40          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.14        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                              S  C  S  S           S  S  S


Date               Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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            53    77      52    81      54    81      45    67
Temp          57   54 71 74 58   54 76 78 59   55 76 74 55   49 62 65
Dewpt         57   54 57 56 56   53 55 52 53   50 53 52 50   44 43 41
PWind dir           E    SE      SE    SW      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    20       5     5       5    10      20     5
Rain shwrs     S    S  S                                      S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ011-282100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      84          59          83          59          82
Temp                64 77 83 82 71 66 63 61 70 81 82 81 70 65 62 60 70 78 81 78
Dewpt               56 57 53 54 56 55 54 53 56 54 52 53 55 55 55 54 57 55 54 54
RH                  75 50 36 38 59 68 72 75 61 39 35 38 59 70 78 81 63 45 39 43
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E  E SE  S  E  S SE  E  E SE  S SW  W NE SE  E SE
Wind spd             4  6  5  6  5  5  4  3  3  5  6  6  5  4  2  2  3  6  6  8
Clouds              FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                     81                         81
Max heat                     82                81    81                      81


Date          Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          58    81      58    84      58    74      47    66
Temp          64 59 77 77   64 60 79 80   64 59 71 68   53 47 61 63
Dewpt         56 56 57 55   55 56 56 54   54 55 54 51   47 44 42 40
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW       W    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 SC   SC FW SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5      10     5      10    30      20     5
Rain shwrs                                       S  C       S
Tstms                                               S

$$
NDZ037-282100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      82          58          81          58          78
Temp                68 78 81 77 67 63 60 59 69 78 80 76 66 63 60 59 68 75 77 73
Dewpt               62 61 57 58 58 58 57 57 61 60 58 59 60 60 59 59 61 60 59 60
RH                  81 56 44 52 73 84 90 93 76 54 47 56 81 90 96100 78 60 54 64
Wind dir            NW NE  E  E  E SE  S SE  S SE SE  S SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd             2  2  4  3  5  5  3  2  2  4  5  5  3  3  2  2  3  6  8  5
Clouds              CL CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                81                      81
Max heat                     81                      81


Date          Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          56    76      56    77      56    76      48    64
Temp          61 58 72 71   61 57 72 72   61 58 72 68   55 50 59 60
Dewpt         58 57 60 59   59 57 60 59   58 56 58 55   52 47 44 42
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     S       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      10    20      10    30      30    10
Rain shwrs              S          S             S  C    C  S
Tstms                   S                           S

$$
NDZ001-282100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      84          59          83          57          80
Temp                69 81 84 82 71 65 63 60 68 78 82 79 69 64 62 59 67 76 78 77
Dewpt               53 54 52 52 53 53 52 51 55 55 53 54 55 55 55 55 59 58 57 57
RH                  57 39 33 35 53 65 67 72 63 45 37 42 61 73 78 87 75 54 48 50
Wind dir            SE SE SE SE  E  E SE  S SW  S SE SE  W  S  S SW SW SE SE SE
Wind spd             4  6  8  8  5  5  5  4  5  6  8  8  5  5  4  3  4  8  8  8
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          56    82      56    84      57    75      47    67
Temp          63 57 76 80   64 57 79 82   65 58 72 70   55 50 62 66
Dewpt         56 55 58 56   55 54 57 54   54 53 55 51   48 44 44 41
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW      NW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5       5     5      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                                    S  S

$$
NDZ021-282100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      85          57          83          57          80
Temp                68 79 83 82 69 63 61 58 70 79 82 79 68 62 60 59 69 76 79 76
Dewpt               56 54 50 51 53 53 52 52 55 53 50 52 55 55 55 54 58 56 54 55
RH                  65 42 32 34 57 70 72 80 59 41 33 39 63 78 84 83 68 50 42 48
Wind dir             S  S  S SE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S SE SE  S SE  E SE  E SE SE
Wind spd             1  4  5  5  5  4  3  2  3  4  5  6  3  2  2  2  3  5  6  6
Clouds              FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          55    80      55    82      57    76      45    66
Temp          61 57 75 77   61 57 76 80   62 58 73 69   52 47 61 63
Dewpt         56 56 56 55   56 55 55 53   55 54 52 50   48 44 40 39
PWind dir        SE    SE       S    SW      SW    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10     5       5    20      20     5
Rain shwrs                                       S  S    S  S
Tstms                                               S

$$
NDZ043-282100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
849 AM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      81          56          73          55          72
Temp                68 78 81 78 65 62 60 58 66 71 72 69 61 59 57 56 62 68 70 68
Dewpt               54 49 46 46 48 49 50 52 57 56 55 56 57 58 57 56 59 58 56 57
RH                  61 36 29 32 54 62 69 80 73 59 55 63 87 96100100 90 70 61 68
Wind dir             S SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N NE NE  E  E  E
Wind spd             4 11 13 11  9  8  6  5  6 10 10 10  6  5  5  5  6 10 10 10
Clouds              SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.07        0.21
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  S  S        S  S  S


Date               Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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            52    78      51    82      54    81      45    67
Temp          56   54 72 75 57   52 77 79 60   55 75 73 54   48 62 65
Dewpt         56   54 56 54 55   52 53 50 51   50 51 50 49   45 43 40
PWind dir          SE    SE       S     W       W    NW       N     N
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    10       5     5       5    10      10     5
Rain shwrs     S    S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ045-282100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date             Thu 08/28/25            Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25
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                      81          59          78          59          76
Temp                65 75 81 78 68 64 61 59 68 75 77 73 66 63 61 59 66 72 72 70
Dewpt               57 54 49 51 53 54 55 56 61 59 58 60 61 60 60 59 62 60 59 60
RH                  75 48 33 39 59 70 81 90 78 58 52 64 84 90 97100 87 66 64 71
Wind dir             S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             2  5  8  6  8  9  8  5  6  9 10  9  6  6  5  5  6  9 10  9
Clouds              CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S


Date          Sun 08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25
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          57    75      56    78      58    79      49    65
Temp          61 57 71 72   61 57 73 76   63 58 76 72   58 50 61 63
Dewpt         59 57 59 58   58 57 58 57   56 55 56 55   51 46 43 40
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S    NW       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    20       5     5       5    10      20     5
Rain shwrs        S  S  S                                   S

$$