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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

IAZ060-070900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      53          77          51          71          45
Temp                   58 55 55 67 75 77 74 65 60 55 51 57 66 71 68 58 53 48 47
Dewpt                  47 46 46 50 49 48 49 50 50 47 44 42 44 44 42 43 42 40 39
RH                     67 72 72 54 40 36 41 58 69 74 77 57 45 38 39 57 66 74 74
Wind dir               SW  W  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                3  2  2  3  6  8  5  5  6  9 10  9 10 10  9  5  5  4  4
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C
Tstms                                  S  C  C


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          74      49    79      53    80      57    82      59    83
Temp          67 72   54 51 74 76   58 54 75 78   62 58 77 79   66 61 79 81
Dewpt         41 41   41 42 47 46   45 45 48 48   48 50 53 53   53 54 56 55
PWind dir         E       S    NE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ039-070900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      53          78          46          70          43
Temp                   59 54 54 68 77 77 72 63 56 49 46 54 64 68 66 55 49 45 44
Dewpt                  49 46 46 51 50 49 50 49 45 40 36 38 40 40 41 41 40 37 35
RH                     69 74 74 54 39 37 46 60 66 71 68 54 41 36 40 59 71 73 70
Wind dir                W NW  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                4  2  3  6  9 11 11 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 10  5  5  4  3
Clouds                 FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S
Tstms                                  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          73      50    79      52    80      56    83      59    83
Temp          67 71   53 51 74 75   57 53 75 77   60 58 79 78   64 60 79 79
Dewpt         38 40   41 42 46 45   45 44 47 47   47 48 53 52   53 54 56 56
PWind dir        SE       S     N      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW CL   CL CL CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ048-070900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      53          79          50          71          44
Temp                   59 54 53 67 77 77 73 63 59 53 50 56 66 70 67 57 50 46 46
Dewpt                  48 46 47 50 49 49 51 51 50 46 44 42 43 42 42 42 42 40 40
RH                     67 74 80 54 37 37 46 65 72 77 80 59 43 36 40 57 74 79 79
Wind dir               SW NW  N NE  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                3  2  2  4  8  9  8  6  8 10 10  9 10 10  9  5  5  4  4
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  S
Tstms                                  S  C  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          74      49    80      52    81      56    82      58    83
Temp          68 72   53 51 74 76   57 53 75 78   60 58 77 78   64 60 79 80
Dewpt         42 42   42 43 46 46   45 46 48 49   48 50 53 54   54 55 56 56
PWind dir         E       S    NE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL CL   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ004-070900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      51          74          48          72          46
Temp                   60 53 53 63 72 74 71 60 54 50 48 58 67 71 68 57 50 47 47
Dewpt                  43 43 44 47 47 46 44 43 43 42 42 41 41 39 36 36 36 37 38
RH                     53 69 71 56 41 37 38 53 66 74 80 53 39 31 31 45 58 68 71
Wind dir               SW  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                4  6 10 13 14 16 14 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 10  8  8  6  6
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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      51    81      53    85      57    85      59    85
Temp          74 77   58 52 76 77   57 54 79 80   62 58 80 80   64 60 80 81
Dewpt         44 41   42 39 41 39   40 40 43 41   44 44 47 47   49 50 52 50
PWind dir         S      SW     E       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     0       0     5       5     5

$$
IAZ035-070900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      53          79          50          72          44
Temp                   60 53 53 68 77 78 73 63 58 53 50 58 67 71 68 57 50 46 46
Dewpt                  47 44 45 49 47 47 48 48 47 45 43 41 41 39 38 38 40 40 40
RH                     62 71 74 51 35 33 41 58 67 74 77 53 39 31 33 49 68 79 79
Wind dir               SW  W  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                3  2  2  5  9 11 10  8  6  8  8  8  9 10  8  5  4  3  3
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S
Tstms                                  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          77      51    81      52    82      56    83      58    84
Temp          70 75   55 52 75 77   57 53 77 78   60 57 79 79   63 60 79 81
Dewpt         42 42   42 42 44 43   42 44 45 46   46 47 50 51   52 53 54 54
PWind dir        SE       S    NE      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     5       5     5

$$
IAZ094-070900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      52          73          50          70          44
Temp                   57 54 52 64 71 73 70 61 58 54 51 57 65 69 66 57 52 48 46
Dewpt                  48 47 48 51 49 48 49 50 51 51 48 47 48 47 46 45 43 42 40
RH                     72 77 86 63 46 41 47 67 77 90 89 69 54 45 48 64 71 80 79
Wind dir                S NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                2  3  3  5  9  9  6  5  5  6 10 10 11 11 10  6  6  5  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  S  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          71      47    77      51    78      55    80      58    81
Temp          66 69   52 48 72 73   57 53 74 75   60 57 76 75   63 60 78 78
Dewpt         43 43   41 41 46 47   45 46 49 49   49 52 54 53   54 56 57 56
PWind dir        NE      SE    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ017-070900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      52          75          46          69          43
Temp                   60 54 53 66 73 75 71 61 55 49 46 54 63 68 65 54 48 45 45
Dewpt                  45 43 45 49 50 49 47 45 44 41 38 37 38 37 38 38 39 38 38
RH                     58 66 74 54 44 40 42 56 66 74 73 52 39 32 37 54 71 76 76
Wind dir                W  W  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                4  3  5  9 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10  9  8  5  5  5  4
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          75      51    78      52    81      56    82      58    82
Temp          68 73   55 52 74 75   56 53 75 77   60 57 78 78   63 60 78 78
Dewpt         42 42   42 41 44 44   42 43 46 45   46 46 50 51   52 53 54 54
PWind dir         S      SW     N      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ049-070900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      52          78          47          69          42
Temp                   58 53 53 68 76 77 71 62 57 50 47 55 64 68 65 54 48 44 43
Dewpt                  46 44 46 49 49 48 50 50 47 42 39 39 41 41 41 41 40 37 35
RH                     64 71 77 51 39 36 47 65 69 74 74 55 43 37 41 61 74 76 73
Wind dir                W  W  N NE  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                4  2  2  4  6  9  8  8  9 10 10  9 10 10  9  5  5  4  3
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S
Tstms                                  S  S  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          73      48    78      51    80      55    82      57    82
Temp          66 70   51 50 74 74   55 52 74 76   59 56 77 77   63 59 78 78
Dewpt         39 40   39 41 46 45   43 44 47 47   46 48 53 53   53 53 56 56
PWind dir         E       S     N      SE     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL CL   CL FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ086-070900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1044 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

Date           05/06/25      Wed 05/07/25            Thu 05/08/25            Fri
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                      52          77          49          69          43
Temp                   57 54 54 67 74 76 74 64 59 52 49 56 64 67 66 57 51 46 44
Dewpt                  48 47 47 51 51 50 51 52 50 45 41 44 47 47 46 44 40 37 36
RH                     72 77 77 56 44 40 44 65 72 77 74 64 54 49 48 62 66 71 73
Wind dir               SW  W  N NE  E  E SE NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd                3  2  2  3  6  8  5  6  9 10 11 10 11 12 10  8  8  6  5
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C
Tstms                                  S  C  S


Date           05/09  Sat 05/10/25  Sun 05/11/25  Mon 05/12/25  Tue 05/13/25
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          71      47    78      52    80      56    82      58    82
Temp          66 68   52 49 73 74   58 53 74 76   60 58 77 77   64 60 78 79
Dewpt         42 42   40 41 48 48   45 45 49 51   48 50 55 56   55 56 59 59
PWind dir        NE      SE     N       E    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0    10       5    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S

$$