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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1209 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

NDZ015-290900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1209 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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                      36          49          22          38          20
Temp                   42 41 38 41 45 47 42 33 28 26 24 26 32 35 34 28 25 23 21
Dewpt                  33 35 35 35 33 30 28 25 21 21 19 19 20 20 21 21 20 18 16
RH                     70 79 89 79 62 51 57 72 75 81 81 74 61 54 58 75 81 81 81
Wind dir                E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd               11  5  6 10 12 14 14 13 11 10 10 10 11 13 12 10 10  9 10
Clouds                 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          40           5          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                                             S
Rain                       S  S  C  C  S
Snow                                                     S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Wind chill             36       35 39    34 23 18 16 14 16 23 26 25 19 15 13 10
Min chill              36    33    31    34    18    14    14    24    15    10


Date           03/30  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          38      17    41      24    45      26    49      28    56
Temp          31 34   22 17 32 37   27 27 39 42   31 28 41 45   31 29 47 51
Dewpt         18 18   15 11 15 17   18 22 28 30   27 25 29 28   26 25 29 30
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE    SE      NE     N       E     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5      30    70      40    30      20    20
Rain                                       S  L    C        C          S  S
Snow           S       S                C  L  L    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
NDZ033-290900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1109 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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                      37          54          20          35          18
Temp                   52 46 41 42 48 52 45 31 26 24 23 24 29 33 32 25 23 22 21
Dewpt                  35 35 36 35 34 32 28 24 21 19 18 18 19 20 20 19 18 17 17
RH                     52 65 82 76 58 46 51 75 81 81 81 77 66 58 61 78 81 81 84
Wind dir                S NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               10  8 10 12 12 14 13 13 12 10 10 11 12 13 12 10 10  9  9
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          40           5          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  S  S  C  S                       C  C
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                   35 35       39 21 15 14 12 13 19 23 23 15 12 12 11
Min chill                    35    31    39    15    12    12    21    12    11


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          37      17    41      23    47      25    51      27    57
Temp          30 32 22   18 34 37 26   26 39 42 29   27 42 46 31   29 50 50
Dewpt         18 18 15   13 20 21 21   22 29 28 24   24 28 26 24   24 27 25
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE     E      NW    NW      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5      30    50      30    30      20    10
Rain                                                        S  S
Snow           C  C  S                  C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    S

$$
NDZ044-290900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1109 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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          62          21          34          19
Temp                   52 44 43 49 59 61 55 38 31 27 24 24 29 32 31 26 24 23 21
Dewpt                  34 35 36 39 40 36 33 28 24 22 21 20 22 23 23 20 20 18 17
RH                     50 70 76 68 49 39 43 67 75 81 88 84 75 69 72 78 84 81 84
Wind dir                S NW NW NW NW NW  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                6  5  8 13 17 19 16 13 11  9 10 10 13 12 11  9  8  6  8
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                                       S
Rain                             S
Snow                                               S  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                  30 22 18 14 14 18 23 22 17 15 15 11
Min chill                    38    35          22    14    13    20    15    11


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          35      16    39      23    47      24    50      26    56
Temp          28 32 22   18 33 36 26   26 40 42 29   27 42 46 31   28 49 50
Dewpt         20 20 16   14 23 24 23   24 32 30 26   25 30 26 26   24 28 26
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE     E      NW    NW      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      30     5      30    40      40    30      20    10
Rain                                          C  C          S  S
Snow           C  C  C                  C  C  C  C    C  C          S

$$
NDZ011-290900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1209 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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                      29          35          18          31          18
Temp                   33 36 31 31 33 33 29 25 22 21 19 21 26 30 28 24 22 20 19
Dewpt                  27 27 26 25 25 24 22 20 17 16 15 15 16 17 18 18 17 16 15
RH                     78 69 81 78 72 69 75 81 81 81 84 77 65 58 66 77 81 84 84
Wind dir                E NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd               18 14 16 17 16 18 17 14 13 12 11 11 12 13 13 11 10 10 10
Wind gust              29          26
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          70          10          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.08        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Frzg rain                     L  C
Rain                    S  C        L
Snow                                   L                          C  C  S  S
Wind chill             22 27 20 20 22 22 17 13  9  9  7  9 15 19 17 13 11  9  7
Min chill              22    19    18    17     9     7     7    17    11     7
Winter Weath            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           03/30  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          33      15    36      23    40      26    46      29    53
Temp          27 29   20 16 29 32   26 25 34 36   30 28 38 42   31 30 45 47
Dewpt         15 16   13 10 14 16   16 18 25 28   27 25 27 28   27 26 30 31
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE    SE      NE    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     5      10    50      40    30      20    20
Rain                                                                      S
Snow                                       C  C    C  C  C  C    S

$$
NDZ037-290900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1209 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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                      35          46          23          35          22
Temp                   38 37 36 40 44 43 37 32 29 27 26 26 32 33 31 28 26 24 23
Dewpt                  34 35 34 36 35 33 30 27 25 24 22 22 23 23 24 23 22 21 19
RH                     85 92 92 85 70 67 75 81 85 88 85 85 69 66 75 81 85 88 84
Wind dir                E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                9 10 10 12 16 18 17 16 14 13 13 13 16 16 14 13 12 12 13
Clouds                 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          50          10          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          S  C  C  C
Snow                                                        C  C  C  C  S  S
Wind chill             32 30 29 33 37 35 27 21 18 16 14 14 21 22 20 17 15 12 11
Min chill              32    29    27    27    18    14    14    20    15    11


Date           03/30  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          38      15    38      23    41      27    46      28    52
Temp          32 32   21 16 31 32   25 25 36 36   31 29 39 39   31 29 44 46
Dewpt         20 20   15 10 13 15   17 19 26 30   29 27 30 31   28 26 31 32
PWind dir         N       N     E      SE    SE       E     N       S    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     0      20    60      50    30      20    20
Rain                                          S    S                      S
Snow                                    S  C  L    C  C  C  C    S

$$
NDZ001-290900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1209 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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          38          20          33          21
Temp                   52 43 35 32 35 36 34 28 25 23 21 23 29 32 32 27 24 23 22
Dewpt                  35 35 29 26 27 26 23 20 18 16 15 16 18 20 20 20 19 18 17
RH                     52 73 78 78 72 67 64 71 74 74 77 74 63 61 61 74 81 81 81
Wind dir                E  N NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd                8 13 16 16 14 16 14 13 12 11 11 12 12 12 13 11 10  8  8
Wind gust              19
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          50           5          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  C  C  C
Sleet                               C
Snow                                                        C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Wind chill                36 25 21 25 26 24 17 14 12  9 11 19 23 22 17 14 14 13
Min chill                    25    20    24    14     9     9    21    14    13
Winter Weath            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           03/30  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          35      18    40      25    45      26    49      29    54
Temp          29 33   23 19 32 39   30 27 38 42   31 28 41 47   34 30 47 51
Dewpt         19 19   16 13 20 23   22 22 28 30   27 25 29 29   27 25 31 30
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE     E      NE    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5      10    40      20    30      10    20
Rain                                                        S             S
Snow           S                           C  C    S  S  C  S

$$
NDZ021-290900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1209 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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          40          17          33          17
Temp                   39 38 33 34 36 38 34 25 23 21 20 21 26 30 29 24 22 20 19
Dewpt                  31 32 29 28 27 26 23 21 18 17 16 16 17 19 19 19 18 16 15
RH                     73 79 85 78 69 62 64 84 81 84 84 81 68 63 66 81 84 84 84
Wind dir                E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N
Wind spd               14 10 13 16 16 16 14 13 13 11 11 11 12 13 12 11 10 10 10
Wind gust                                25
Clouds                 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          60          10          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C  C  L  C
Sleet                                  C
Snow                                                        S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill             31 31 23 24 26 29 24 13 11  9  8  9 15 19 19 13 11  9  7
Min chill              31    23    20    24    11     8     8    17    11     7


Date           03/30  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          33      14    37      22    41      24    46      26    53
Temp          27 29   20 16 28 33   25 25 35 37   28 26 37 42   31 28 44 47
Dewpt         16 17   13 11 14 17   18 20 26 29   27 24 27 28   26 25 29 30
PWind dir        NE      NE    SE      SE    SE      NE    NW       E     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5      20    60      40    30      20    20
Rain                                          S                        S  S
Snow           S       S                S  C  L    C  C  C  C    S

$$
NDZ043-290900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1109 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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          61          22          34          20
Temp                   50 47 44 49 58 59 50 39 32 28 26 25 29 32 30 26 24 23 21
Dewpt                  35 38 38 41 39 36 33 29 26 24 23 22 22 23 24 21 21 19 19
RH                     56 71 79 74 49 42 52 67 78 85 88 88 75 69 78 81 88 84 92
Wind dir                S NW NW NW NW NW  N NE NE  E NE NE  E NE NE  E NE NE NE
Wind spd                2  8 10 14 18 19 16 13 12 10 11 12 12 12 11 10 10  9  9
Clouds                 B1 SC B1 B2 SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          60          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S              S              S
Snow                                               S  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                   38             31 23 19 15 14 19 23 20 16 14 13 11
Min chill                    38    36          23    15    14    20    14    11


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          34      18    39      24    47      25    49      28    57
Temp          28 31 22   20 32 35 27   26 39 40 29   28 42 45 31   29 50 50
Dewpt         20 20 18   16 24 27 25   25 31 30 27   26 29 27 26   25 28 27
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    NE      NW    NW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20     5      30    40      40    20      20    10
Rain                                          C  C          S  S
Snow           C  C  S                  C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S

$$
NDZ045-290900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1209 AM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            Sun
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          53          24          34          22
Temp                   49 45 41 45 50 52 47 36 29 27 25 26 29 33 32 28 26 24 22
Dewpt                  34 36 37 38 38 35 32 27 24 21 20 20 22 22 23 22 21 19 17
RH                     56 70 85 76 63 52 56 69 81 78 81 78 75 63 69 78 81 81 81
Wind dir                S  S  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd                6 10  9 13 17 19 19 19 18 16 14 17 16 16 16 14 14 13 14
Wind gust              18
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          30          10          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                                             C
Rain                          S  S  S                       C  C
Snow                                                     C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C
Wind chill                   35 39          25 17 15 13 13 17 22 21 16 14 12  9
Min chill                    35    33          17    13    12    19    14     9


Date           03/30  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          35      17    38      25    44      28    46      29    54
Temp          28 32   23 17 30 34   28 29 38 39   31 29 39 43   32 30 46 49
Dewpt         19 18   14 11 17 19   21 25 31 32   28 26 29 28   26 26 31 30
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE    SE       N     N       E     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5      40    60      50    30      20    20
Rain                                       S  S    S        C    S     S
Snow           C  S    S  S             C  L  L    C  C  C  C    S  S  S

$$