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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

IAZ060-110900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      67          81          67          84          63
Temp             79 75 72 69 67 73 79 81 79 74 70 68 67 75 81 84 81 75 71 66 65
Dewpt            70 71 70 68 67 70 70 70 70 70 68 67 67 70 70 70 70 70 67 64 62
RH               74 87 93 97100 90 74 69 74 87 93 97100 84 69 63 69 84 87 93 90
Wind dir          W  S SW  W SW  S SE  S  W  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd          5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  3  5  5  5  4  3  3  2  2
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.03        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S        S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms             S  S        S  S  S  S  S     S  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          83      64    84      69    89      73    90      73    89
Temp          80 79   68 65 81 81   73 70 84 85   77 74 86 86   77 73 85 83
Dewpt         66 67   65 63 69 70   69 67 74 74   72 70 74 74   73 70 73 72
PWind dir        NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5     5      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S  S
Tstms                                                               S     S

$$
IAZ039-110900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      65          81          65          84          60
Temp             77 72 70 66 66 73 78 81 78 71 68 66 66 75 81 83 79 71 66 62 61
Dewpt            70 69 68 66 65 69 68 68 69 69 67 65 66 70 70 69 69 67 64 61 60
RH               79 90 93100 97 87 71 65 74 93 97 97100 84 69 63 72 87 93 97 97
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W SW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W NW  N NW NW
Wind spd          8  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  4  5  5  3  5  9  9  5  4  3  2  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S           S  S        S  S  S  S
Tstms             S           S  S        S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          81      61    82      66    86      70    88      70    86
Temp          78 78   65 63 79 79   70 67 83 84   74 72 86 85   74 72 82 80
Dewpt         64 65   63 61 68 69   67 66 72 74   72 70 75 74   72 70 72 70
PWind dir         N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      10     5      10    10      30    30
Rain shwrs                                                       S  C  S  C
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-110900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      66          81          65          84          61
Temp             78 72 70 68 66 73 79 81 78 71 68 67 66 74 81 83 80 71 67 63 62
Dewpt            70 71 69 68 65 70 69 69 71 70 68 66 66 70 71 71 71 69 65 62 61
RH               76 97 97100 97 90 72 67 79 97100 97100 87 72 67 74 93 93 97 97
Wind dir          W SW  W  W NW  S SE SW  W SE  S SW SW  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd          5  4  5  4  4  5  6  5  4  3  3  4  2  5  6  6  4  3  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S
Tstms                                     S
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                                                    88
Max heat                           83    85                85    90


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          81      62    84      67    89      71    90      71    87
Temp          78 78   66 63 81 80   71 69 84 84   76 72 86 86   75 72 83 82
Dewpt         66 67   65 63 70 71   69 68 74 75   72 70 75 76   73 70 74 73
PWind dir        NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC FW FW   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10       5     5      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                       S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                            S  S     S

$$
IAZ004-110900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      60          81          64          82          58
Temp             77 69 65 62 61 73 79 81 79 70 66 65 65 74 79 80 77 66 61 59 59
Dewpt            66 64 62 60 59 65 64 65 67 65 63 61 62 65 65 64 64 60 58 56 56
RH               69 84 90 93 93 76 60 58 67 84 90 87 90 74 62 58 64 81 90 90 90
Wind dir         NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N NW  W  W
Wind spd          8  5  5  4  4  5  6  8  6  8 10 10  9  9  9  9  5  4  3  2  2
Clouds           SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          81      63    84      68    89      70    87      68    84
Temp          77 78   66 64 80 80   71 70 84 85   76 71 83 82   72 69 80 79
Dewpt         63 65   62 61 68 69   67 66 72 74   70 67 72 73   68 66 69 69
PWind dir         S      SE     S       S     S       S     S       E     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      10    10      30    20      40    30
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  C  S  S    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ035-110900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      63          82          64          84          58
Temp             78 73 67 64 63 73 80 82 79 71 66 64 65 74 81 83 79 70 64 61 59
Dewpt            70 70 66 64 63 68 67 67 70 69 65 64 64 68 70 69 69 65 61 59 59
RH               76 90 97100100 84 65 61 74 93 97100 97 82 69 63 72 84 90 93100
Wind dir          W  W NW NW  W  S SE SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          5  5  5  4  4  4  5  4  3  4  6  6  5  6  6  6  5  3  3  2  2
Clouds           SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          82      62    84      68    89      71    90      70    86
Temp          78 79   65 63 81 80   71 69 84 85   76 72 86 84   74 70 82 81
Dewpt         65 67   63 62 70 71   68 67 74 75   72 69 75 75   71 69 72 72
PWind dir         E      SE     S       S     S       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      10     5      20    10      30    20
Rain shwrs                                            S          S  C  S  S
Tstms                                                 S          S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-110900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      67          79          67          83          65
Temp             79 74 72 68 67 73 77 79 78 72 70 69 67 73 79 82 80 73 70 68 66
Dewpt            70 71 70 68 67 70 70 71 71 71 70 69 67 70 71 71 73 70 69 68 66
RH               74 90 93100100 90 79 77 79 97100100100 90 77 69 79 90 97100100
Wind dir         NW  N SW SW  W SE SE  S  S SE  S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW NW  N NE
Wind spd          4  6  5  5  5  5  6  6  4  4  5  5  2  3  4  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     40          60          40          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.06        0.13           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S  C  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
Tstms             S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S        S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          81      64    83      68    86      70    87      71    87
Temp          79 78   68 65 79 79   71 69 82 83   76 72 83 84   76 72 83 82
Dewpt         68 70   66 64 70 72   70 68 74 76   72 70 73 76   73 70 73 75
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10       5    10       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                             S
Tstms                                                                  S

$$
IAZ017-110900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      62          80          63          82          57
Temp             75 70 66 63 62 72 77 80 77 69 65 64 64 74 80 80 77 66 62 59 59
Dewpt            69 68 65 63 62 68 66 66 67 66 63 63 63 68 69 68 66 63 59 58 57
RH               82 93 97100100 87 69 62 71 90 93 97 97 82 69 67 69 90 90 96 93
Wind dir          W NW NW NW  W SW  W SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          5  5  4  4  3  4  5  5  4  4  6  6  5  6  8  8  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms
Obvis                        PF


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          80      60    81      66    86      70    87      68    83
Temp          77 76   63 62 78 78   69 67 82 82   74 71 84 82   72 69 80 78
Dewpt         64 65   61 60 68 70   66 66 73 74   70 68 74 74   70 67 71 70
PWind dir         N      SE     S       S     S       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      10    10      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-110900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      65          80          65          83          60
Temp             76 71 68 66 65 73 78 79 77 70 67 66 66 74 80 82 79 70 66 62 61
Dewpt            70 69 68 66 65 70 69 69 70 69 67 65 66 70 70 70 70 68 64 61 60
RH               82 93100100100 90 74 72 79 97100 97100 87 72 67 74 93 93 97 97
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W  S NW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd          6  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  4  4  4  5  3  5  6  6  4  3  3  2  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.04        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S           S  S        S  S  S  S
Tstms             S           S  S        S     S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          80      61    82      66    86      70    88      70    86
Temp          77 77   65 63 78 79   69 67 81 82   74 71 85 84   74 71 82 80
Dewpt         65 66   63 61 68 70   68 66 73 74   71 69 75 75   71 70 73 72
PWind dir         N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10       5     5      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                       S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                            S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-110900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
432 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025

Date           08/10/25      Mon 08/11/25            Tue 08/12/25            Wed
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                      69          81          67          83          65
Temp             78 74 72 70 69 74 80 81 80 72 71 70 69 74 80 82 81 73 71 69 67
Dewpt            71 71 70 69 68 71 71 72 72 71 71 70 69 71 71 72 73 71 69 68 66
RH               79 90 93 97 97 90 74 74 77 97100100100 90 74 72 77 93 93 97 97
Wind dir          W  W SW SW  W  S SE  S SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  N  N
Wind spd          6  6  5  6  5  6  6  6  5  5  5  5  3  4  5  4  3  3  3  3  3
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.08        0.23        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms             C  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF
Heat index                                                    87 86
Max heat         88                83    85                84    90


Date           08/13  Thu 08/14/25  Fri 08/15/25  Sat 08/16/25  Sun 08/17/25
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          81      64    83      67    87      71    89      72    88
Temp          78 78   67 65 79 80   71 69 83 84   75 73 85 85   76 72 83 82
Dewpt         68 69   66 65 71 72   70 68 74 76   73 71 75 77   73 71 74 75
PWind dir         N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10       5    10      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S
Tstms                                                               S  S

$$