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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1236 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

NDZ015-150900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1236 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      37          49          40          54          46
Temp                   38 38 40 41 46 48 47 44 43 43 42 45 51 54 53 50 50 50 50
Dewpt                  34 33 33 36 37 38 39 41 41 41 41 44 44 46 48 49 50 50 49
RH                     85 82 76 82 71 68 74 89 93 93 96 96 77 74 83 96100100 96
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd                6  9 11 13 13 14 12 10  8  6  6  8 10 10 10 10  8  6  8
Wind gust                          25
Clouds                 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30          50          20          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.03        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  S  S           S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                                      S  S
Wind chill                32 33 34          38
Min chill              33    32    32          38    38    39


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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      43    58      38    54      34    59      37    59
Temp          57 56   49 45 54 53   44 40 50 48   40 35 53 52   42 40 55 53
Dewpt         52 51   48 44 45 42   40 36 37 34   33 30 34 35   34 32 37 38
PWind dir         N       W     W       W    NW       W     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      50    40      20    20       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ033-150900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1136 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      34          51          38          51          43
Temp                   35 36 39 41 47 49 47 41 41 41 41 45 49 51 50 47 47 47 46
Dewpt                  30 32 35 38 39 40 40 41 41 41 41 44 46 47 48 47 47 46 46
RH                     82 85 85 89 74 71 76100100100100 96 89 86 93100100 96100
Wind dir                E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N
Wind spd                9 11 14 17 18 18 12 11 10  9 10 10 12 12 10 10  6  8 10
Wind gust                          28
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          40          20          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.45
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  S           S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                          S  S
Wind chill             28 28 31 32          34 35 35 35
Min chill              28    28    28          34    35    36


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          54      40    56      35    53      31    59      35    57
Temp          52 49 44   42 51 50 41   37 49 46 36   33 53 52 42   39 53 50
Dewpt         48 45 44   42 42 38 36   34 33 31 29   28 32 34 34   33 37 36
PWind dir        NW       W     W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      50    40      20    10       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  L  C    C  C  S       S

$$
NDZ044-150900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1136 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      36          50          38          52          42
Temp                   38 39 39 44 48 49 47 43 42 42 41 45 49 50 50 48 48 47 46
Dewpt                  32 35 35 40 41 43 44 43 42 41 41 45 48 49 50 48 48 47 46
RH                     79 85 85 86 77 80 89100100 96100100 96 96100100100100100
Wind dir                E SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  N
Wind spd               12 17 19 20 20 18 13 11 10 10 10 11 13 13 10  9  6  9 11
Wind gust                    31 32 31
Clouds                 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30          30          30          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.09        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  S  S  S           C  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  L
Tstms                                                             S  S
Wind chill             30 30 29 35          36 36 36 35 39
Min chill              30    29    29          36    35    36


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          54      37    56      33    53      29    61      35    58
Temp          52 50 44   41 52 50 40   36 50 46 35   32 54 53 42   38 55 50
Dewpt         50 47 44   41 42 39 36   32 34 31 28   26 32 35 34   31 37 38
PWind dir        NW       W     W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40    30      20    10       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  L  C    C  C          S

$$
NDZ011-150900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1236 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      27          46          37          52          43
Temp                   29 30 32 37 43 44 44 41 41 40 40 42 49 52 50 47 47 46 46
Dewpt                  27 27 29 31 35 37 37 38 38 39 39 41 42 44 45 45 46 46 46
RH                     92 88 88 79 73 76 76 89 89 96 96 96 77 74 83 93 96100100
Wind dir               NE  E  E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd                6  8 10 12 13 13 11 10  8  6  6  8 10 10 10  8  5  5  6
Wind gust                          24 24
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          50          20          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  C  S                 C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Snowshwrs                     S
Tstms                                                                S  S
Wind chill             22 23 24 29 36 37 38 35
Min chill              22    21    24    37    35    35    35
Freeze                  W  W  W


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          54      43    54      37    51      34    55      36    55
Temp          51 51   47 45 51 49   43 40 47 46   39 36 50 49   42 39 50 49
Dewpt         48 48   46 44 45 43   39 35 37 36   33 31 35 35   35 33 37 37
PWind dir         N      NW     W       W    NW       W    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      60    50      30    30       5     5       5    20
Rain shwrs     L  L    L  C  C  C    C  S  C                           S

$$
NDZ037-150900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1236 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      30          46          38          53          46
Temp                   38 37 36 39 43 45 44 42 42 41 41 45 49 53 51 49 49 50 51
Dewpt                  34 33 31 33 36 38 39 38 40 39 40 43 45 47 48 48 49 50 51
RH                     85 85 82 79 76 76 82 86 93 92 96 93 86 80 89 96100100100
Wind dir               NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                5  6  9 10 12 13 11 10  6  6  6  9 10 11 10 10 10 10  9
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          50          30          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C  C  S              S  S  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                                   S  S  C
Wind chill                   29 32 37 39 38 36
Min chill              34    29    30    38    35    36    37


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          63      45    59      39    53      35    56      35    58
Temp          60 58   52 48 56 53   45 41 50 48   40 37 51 49   41 38 54 51
Dewpt         56 55   52 47 46 45   41 37 37 37   35 32 35 35   34 32 37 38
PWind dir        SE      SW     W       W    NW       W     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40    30      20    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  C    C  C  C  C    S     S  S
Tstms          C  S

$$
NDZ001-150900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1236 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      31          51          38          53          43
Temp                   31 32 36 39 46 49 48 44 42 41 41 43 50 53 51 48 47 46 45
Dewpt                  27 29 30 34 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 43 45 47 47 46 46 46 44
RH                     85 88 79 82 76 71 74 86 93 96 96100 83 80 86 93 96100 96
Wind dir               NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N
Wind spd                9 11 13 16 19 18 14 12  9  8  8 10 13 13 11  8  5  5  8
Wind gust                    24 26 29 29
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          30          10          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  C                 C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                                             S
Wind chill             23 23 27 30 39       38 36       37
Min chill              23    22    25          36    36    36
Freeze                  W  W  W


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          53      41    54      36    53      32    58      37    55
Temp          50 51   47 43 51 50   42 38 49 48   38 34 52 53   44 40 52 50
Dewpt         48 47   45 42 43 41   37 34 36 33   30 28 34 35   35 32 37 36
PWind dir         N      NW     W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      50    40      20    10       0     5      10    20
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  C  C  C    S  S                              S

$$
NDZ021-150900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1236 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      31          48          37          53          43
Temp                   32 34 35 40 45 47 45 41 41 40 40 44 49 53 51 47 47 47 46
Dewpt                  27 28 30 34 36 36 38 39 39 39 39 42 43 44 46 47 47 46 46
RH                     81 78 82 79 70 65 76 92 92 96 96 93 80 71 83100100 96100
Wind dir                E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd                8 10 12 13 13 14 12 10  8  6  6  8 10 10 10  8  5  5  8
Wind gust                       24 25 25
Clouds                 SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          50          20          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0        0.01        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  S  S           S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                                                S        S
Wind chill             25 26 27 32 38    39 35
Min chill              25    25    28    38    34    35    36


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          55      41    56      35    53      32    56      35    56
Temp          52 51   46 43 52 50   41 38 48 47   38 34 51 50   41 38 52 50
Dewpt         48 48   46 43 44 42   38 34 36 34   32 30 34 35   34 32 37 37
PWind dir         N      NW     W       W    NW       W    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      50    50      20    20       5     5       5    20
Rain shwrs     L  D    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S                           S
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ043-150900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1136 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      36          53          38          53          41
Temp                   39 39 39 44 48 52 48 43 42 42 42 45 49 50 50 47 47 47 46
Dewpt                  32 33 35 40 41 43 43 43 42 42 42 45 48 49 49 47 47 46 46
RH                     76 79 85 86 77 71 83100100100100100 96 96 96100100 96100
Wind dir                E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N  N
Wind spd               14 18 19 21 21 19 14 13 11 11 11 13 14 14 13 10  8  9 10
Clouds                 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S  S              S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  L
Tstms                                                          S  S
Wind chill             31 29 29 35          36 36 36 36 39
Min chill              31    28    27          35    36    36


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          52      38    54      32    53      30    61      35    57
Temp          50 48 43   41 51 50 39   35 49 46 35   32 55 54 42   38 54 49
Dewpt         48 45 43   41 41 37 36   32 33 28 28   27 33 35 34   32 37 36
PWind dir        NW       W     W       W    NW       W    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      40    30      20    10       0     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  L  C    C  C  S       S

$$
NDZ045-150900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1236 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      38          47          42          53          50
Temp                   41 42 42 44 46 47 44 43 43 42 42 45 49 52 51 51 52 52 52
Dewpt                  36 36 36 38 40 41 42 43 43 42 42 45 47 49 51 51 52 52 52
RH                     82 79 79 79 79 79 93100100100100100 93 89100100100100100
Wind dir                E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd                8 12 17 17 18 17 13 13 11 11 11 11 12 12 11 12 11 11 11
Wind gust                          28 27
Clouds                 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     30          40          20          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.02        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  C  S  S  S     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L
Tstms                                                                   S     S
Wind chill                35 34 36 39    37 36 37 36 36 39
Min chill              36    34    32    37    36    36    37


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          59      44    56      40    53      36    57      41    57
Temp          57 53   49 45 53 50   45 41 48 46   40 36 52 50   45 41 54 51
Dewpt         54 53   47 44 44 41   38 35 35 33   31 28 32 35   34 33 37 39
PWind dir         N       W     W       W    NW       W    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      50    30      20    10       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  L    C  C  C  S       S
Tstms          S

$$