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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

IAZ060-052100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          68          85          65          86
Temp             75 76 81 85 83 76 73 69 69 77 81 85 83 75 70 67 68 76 82 85 82
Dewpt            70 71 74 74 74 71 70 69 69 70 68 67 65 66 65 64 65 67 67 67 67
RH               84 85 79 70 74 85 90100100 79 65 55 55 74 84 90 90 74 61 55 61
Wind dir          S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE  E SE SE
Wind spd         10 11 13 12  9  6  5  6  6  6  8  8  5  4  3  2  2  3  3  3  4
Clouds           B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          80           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.36        0.42           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  L  C  C  D  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             86 92 90
Max heat               88    95    90          86    89    83          85    88


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          67    87      68    86      67    87      68    86
Temp          72 70 83 79   72 69 82 82   72 70 83 82   72 70 81 79
Dewpt         67 67 70 68   68 68 70 69   68 68 70 68   68 67 69 67
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SE      SE    SE      SE     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    30      20    30      30    20      30    30
Rain shwrs           S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C     S    C  C  S  C
Tstms                S  C    S  S  S  C    C  S     S    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ039-052100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          67          84          63          84
Temp             75 79 82 84 81 74 71 68 68 76 82 84 82 71 67 65 65 74 80 83 81
Dewpt            70 72 74 74 73 71 70 68 68 68 66 65 65 65 64 62 63 66 67 67 67
RH               84 79 77 72 77 90 97100100 76 58 53 56 81 90 90 93 76 65 59 63
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE  S  S
Wind spd         10 13 14 14 10  8  6  9  8  9 10  9  5  4  3  3  3  4  4  4  4
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          80           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.33        0.17           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  L  L  L  D  C
Tstms             S  C  L  L  C  S
Heat index             88 91 86
Max heat               90    92                85    86                83    86


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          65    86      66    85      66    86      66    83
Temp          69 68 83 80   70 69 82 82   71 69 83 82   71 69 81 78
Dewpt         66 66 70 69   68 67 70 68   67 67 70 69   68 67 70 67
PWind dir         S    SW       S     S      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr         10    30      30    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                S  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-052100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          67          84          63          85
Temp             74 75 81 84 81 73 71 68 68 76 82 84 82 71 68 66 66 75 80 83 81
Dewpt            70 72 74 75 74 72 70 68 68 69 68 67 67 66 65 64 65 67 69 69 68
RH               87 90 79 74 79 97 97100100 79 63 57 61 84 90 93 97 76 69 63 65
Wind dir          S  S SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE  S SE
Wind spd          9 11 12 12  9  6  5  6  6  6  8  8  5  3  2  2  2  4  3  3  4
Wind gust              23
Clouds           B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          80           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.37        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  L  C  C  D  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index             86 91 86
Max heat               86    93    84          86    88    82          84    87


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          65    85      66    85      66    85      66    83
Temp          70 68 81 79   70 68 81 82   70 69 82 81   70 69 79 78
Dewpt         67 68 71 70   69 68 72 71   69 69 72 70   68 68 70 68
PWind dir        SE    SW      SE    SE      SE     S      SE     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20    40      30    40      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms             S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  S    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ004-052100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          61          82          62          83
Temp             72 75 82 83 79 72 67 62 61 71 78 82 79 68 65 64 65 73 79 82 81
Dewpt            70 71 72 72 70 68 65 61 59 62 62 62 61 61 61 59 62 65 65 66 66
RH               93 87 72 70 74 87 93 97 93 73 58 51 54 78 87 84 90 76 62 58 60
Wind dir         SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd         10 10 11 13 13 10  9  9  9  8  8  6  5  4  3  3  4  5  6  6  5
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     70          30           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.33           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  S  C  L  C                                         S  S  S
Tstms             C  S  C  C  S                                         S  S  S
Heat index             88 88
Max heat               89    90                      83                      85


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          65    83      64    85      65    84      65    79
Temp          68 66 79 81   68 66 81 82   69 67 79 80   68 66 76 75
Dewpt         66 63 67 68   65 64 68 68   66 65 69 69   66 64 66 64
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SE       S     S      SE    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         30    30      30    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    S  C  C  C    S  C  C  C    S  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  S  C    S  C     C    S  S  S  C    S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ035-052100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          64          83          63          85
Temp             74 75 80 84 79 73 70 67 64 73 80 83 81 71 66 65 65 75 81 83 81
Dewpt            70 72 75 74 72 71 69 67 64 66 67 66 64 63 64 63 64 67 67 68 68
RH               87 90 85 72 79 93 97100100 79 65 57 56 76 93 93 97 76 63 61 65
Wind dir          S SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd         11 11 12 11  9  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  5  3  2  2  2  3  3  4  4
Clouds           B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     80          50           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.56        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        D  C  L  L  C  S
Tstms             C  C  C  L  C
Heat index             86 91
Max heat               88    94                83    86                84    87


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          65    84      65    85      66    85      65    83
Temp          68 67 80 80   69 67 81 82   69 68 81 81   69 67 79 76
Dewpt         66 66 70 70   68 66 70 69   67 67 71 70   67 66 69 67
PWind dir         S     S       E    SE      SE     S      SE     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20    40      30    40      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    S  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    S  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S  C    S  C  S  C    S  S  S  C    S  C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-052100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          67          84          65          86
Temp             74 77 82 85 82 75 71 68 68 75 81 84 83 73 69 67 68 76 82 84 83
Dewpt            70 71 74 74 74 72 71 68 68 71 71 70 69 68 66 65 66 69 69 69 70
RH               87 82 77 70 77 90100100100 87 72 63 63 84 90 93 93 79 65 61 65
Wind dir          S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE
Wind spd          8 11 13 12  8  5  5  6  5  6  6  6  5  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
Wind gust              24 23
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          60           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.36           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  L  C  L  L
Tstms             C  C  L  C  C  C
Heat index             88 92 88
Max heat               90    95    88          86    89    83          86    90


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          68    87      67    85      67    85      67    84
Temp          71 70 84 79   70 69 82 82   71 69 83 81   70 69 81 79
Dewpt         68 69 71 70   68 68 71 71   69 69 72 70   68 68 70 69
PWind dir        SE     S       E     S      SE     S      SE     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    30      30    30      30    20      30    30
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  S  C
Tstms                S  C    C     S  C    S  S  S  S    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ017-052100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          63          82          61          82
Temp             74 73 79 82 78 71 69 66 63 72 80 82 80 69 66 64 65 73 78 82 80
Dewpt            70 71 73 73 72 70 68 66 63 66 65 64 63 63 61 61 62 65 65 66 66
RH               87 93 82 74 82 97 97100100 81 60 55 56 81 84 90 90 76 64 58 62
Wind dir          S SW SW SW NW  N NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd         12 12 13 12  9  8  8  8  6  8  8  8  5  3  2  2  2  4  3  4  4
Clouds           B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     70          50           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.61        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  L  L  L  C  S                                            S
Tstms             C  C  L  L  C                                               S
Heat index                87
Max heat                     88                82    83                      85


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          64    83      64    84      64    83      64    80
Temp          68 67 78 79   68 67 81 80   69 67 80 79   69 66 77 74
Dewpt         65 65 68 68   66 66 69 68   66 66 69 68   67 66 68 65
PWind dir         S    SW       S    SE      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B2 B2
PoP 12hr         30    30      30    30      30    30      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ049-052100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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          67          84          63          84
Temp             74 77 82 83 80 74 71 67 68 76 82 84 82 71 66 64 65 74 80 83 80
Dewpt            70 71 73 74 73 71 70 67 68 69 67 66 65 64 63 62 63 66 67 67 68
RH               87 82 74 74 79 90 97100100 79 61 55 56 79 90 93 93 76 65 59 67
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE  S SE
Wind spd         10 13 14 13  9  6  6  8  8  8  9  8  5  3  3  2  3  3  3  3  3
Wind gust              25
Clouds           B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          80           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.24           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  L  L  D  C
Tstms             C  C  L  L  C  C
Heat index             87 90 85
Max heat               89    91    84          86    87                83    86


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          65    85      65    85      66    85      65    83
Temp          68 67 82 79   69 67 81 81   69 68 83 82   70 67 80 77
Dewpt         65 66 69 68   67 67 70 69   67 67 70 69   67 66 70 67
PWind dir        SE    SW       S    SE      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B2   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr         10    30      30    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                S  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ086-052100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
429 AM CDT Sat Jul 5 2025

Date             Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25            Mon 07/07/25
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                      87          68          85          65          86
Temp             75 81 87 85 83 75 72 69 70 76 81 84 83 72 69 67 68 76 82 84 82
Dewpt            70 72 74 74 73 72 71 69 70 72 71 69 68 68 66 65 66 69 69 68 68
RH               84 74 65 70 72 90 97100100 87 72 61 61 87 90 93 93 79 65 59 63
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd         10 13 14 14 10  8  6  6  8  8  8  9  6  5  4  3  4  4  3  4  4
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          80           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.30           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  L  D
Tstms                C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             94 93 89
Max heat               95    94    90          85    90    83          85    88


Date          Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25  Fri 07/11/25
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          67    89      68    86      68    86      68    86
Temp          70 70 85 82   70 70 82 82   71 70 84 83   72 70 81 81
Dewpt         67 67 71 70   68 69 70 70   69 69 70 69   68 68 70 70
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   FW FW SC B2
PoP 12hr          5    30      30    30      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                   C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$