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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

IAZ060-250900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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                      54          68          49          66          52
Temp          68 66 61 58 55 54 59 63 68 68 59 54 51 51 60 64 65 63 59 57 54 53
Dewpt         48 50 48 47 48 48 49 48 46 44 44 43 42 43 44 43 42 42 44 45 47 48
RH            49 56 62 67 77 80 69 58 45 42 57 66 71 74 55 46 43 46 57 64 77 83
Wind dir       E NE NE  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       6  6  6  8  8  9 10 11 11  9  5  5  5  8 10 12 12 10  8  8  8  9
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          40           5          20          60
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.04           0           0        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  C  C  S                          S  S  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                      S  S


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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      50    71      50    73      52    78      57    80
Temp          59 61   55 52 66 68   56 54 68 70   58 56 73 76   62 60 76 78
Dewpt         50 49   49 49 50 50   50 50 52 51   50 51 53 52   50 52 53 53
PWind dir        NE       N     N      NW    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20    10      10    30      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    S                   C  C    S  S  S  S    S
Tstms          S  S                                S

$$
IAZ039-250900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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                      50          70          47          71          52
Temp          66 65 57 55 52 51 61 67 69 68 57 51 48 49 62 68 70 66 59 56 54 52
Dewpt         44 44 44 43 43 45 46 42 41 40 41 41 41 43 44 43 42 43 45 45 44 46
RH            45 46 62 64 71 80 58 40 36 36 55 68 77 80 52 40 36 43 60 66 69 80
Wind dir      NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       8  5  5  5  5  5  8 10 10  9  5  4  4  5  8 11 11 10  8  8  8  9
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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          64      51    69      50    72      52    78      55    79
Temp          62 61   54 52 66 65   54 53 68 69   57 56 75 74   60 58 76 75
Dewpt         48 48   48 48 51 50   49 49 52 51   50 50 53 51   51 52 52 52
PWind dir        NE      NE     N       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    20      10    30      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  S  S          S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                  S                           S

$$
IAZ048-250900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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          69          48          68          50
Temp          67 65 59 55 52 52 60 65 69 68 57 52 49 49 60 65 66 64 58 56 53 52
Dewpt         47 48 48 46 46 47 49 46 44 44 43 43 42 44 44 43 43 44 45 46 47 48
RH            49 54 67 72 80 83 67 50 40 42 59 71 77 83 55 45 43 48 62 69 80 86
Wind dir       E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       5  8  8  8  8  8 10 11 11 10  5  5  5  6 10 12 12 10  8  8  8  8
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5          10          60
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S     S  C  S                                   C  C  L  L  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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      49    70      49    73      52    78      55    80
Temp          59 60   53 52 65 67   54 52 67 70   57 55 73 75   60 58 76 77
Dewpt         50 49   49 49 50 51   50 51 53 52   50 51 53 53   52 52 54 54
PWind dir         E      NE     N       N    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    20      20    30      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  S  S  S       S  S  C    S  S  S  S    S
Tstms                                              S

$$
IAZ004-250900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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                      47          69          47          69          50
Temp          62 62 54 53 49 48 61 66 68 67 57 51 48 49 62 67 68 64 58 54 52 52
Dewpt         38 41 42 41 40 41 42 38 38 37 39 39 39 40 42 40 40 42 42 42 44 45
RH            41 46 64 64 71 77 49 36 33 33 51 63 71 71 48 37 36 45 55 64 74 77
Wind dir       E  E NE NE  E NE  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       6  6  6  6  5  5  9 11 11 10  6  5  5  5  9 11 12 10  8  6  6  8
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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          62      47    67      47    71      51    77      55    80
Temp          59 59   51 50 62 63   51 51 67 68   55 54 73 74   59 57 76 77
Dewpt         46 46   46 46 48 47   46 46 49 47   47 47 50 48   48 47 50 49
PWind dir         E      NE     N       N    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      20    30      20    40      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  S
Tstms                                S             S

$$
IAZ035-250900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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                      50          70          47          69          50
Temp          66 65 57 54 52 51 61 66 69 68 57 50 47 49 62 67 68 64 58 55 52 52
Dewpt         44 44 45 44 43 43 45 41 40 40 40 40 41 42 44 41 41 43 43 45 45 47
RH            45 46 64 69 71 74 56 40 35 36 53 68 79 77 52 39 37 46 57 69 77 83
Wind dir       E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       9  9  5  5  5  5  9 10 10  9  5  4  4  5  9 11 11  9  5  5  5  6
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          10          60
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                                      C  C  L  L  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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          62      48    68      47    73      51    78      55    80
Temp          59 60   51 50 64 66   52 51 67 69   55 54 74 75   59 57 76 77
Dewpt         47 47   47 48 48 49   48 49 50 50   48 48 52 51   50 50 52 52
PWind dir         E      NE     N       N    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    20      20    30      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  S    S
Tstms                                              S

$$
IAZ094-250900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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          64          50          62          51
Temp          70 68 62 59 57 54 58 61 64 63 57 54 51 51 57 59 60 60 57 55 53 52
Dewpt         52 53 53 52 51 51 52 53 51 49 47 45 45 44 45 45 46 45 45 47 49 51
RH            53 59 72 78 80 90 80 75 63 60 69 71 80 77 64 60 60 58 64 74 86 96
Wind dir       E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       6  6  8  9 10 11 12 13 13 10  9  8  9 10 12 13 13 10 10  9  9 10
Wind gust                          24                      24 24
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     50          50          20          40          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.16           0        0.03        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  C  C  C  C  S           S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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          62      49    70      50    70      51    76      55    79
Temp          58 60   54 51 66 67   55 54 67 68   57 55 73 74   61 58 76 76
Dewpt         52 51   50 50 52 52   51 51 54 52   51 52 54 53   51 52 55 54
PWind dir        NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      10    10      10    40      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  S    S                   C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms          C  S                                S

$$
IAZ017-250900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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                      46          69          45          70          50
Temp          63 63 56 53 48 48 61 66 69 67 56 49 46 48 60 67 68 65 58 54 53 52
Dewpt         38 40 42 42 40 41 43 41 40 40 40 40 39 41 44 43 42 42 42 44 44 44
RH            39 43 59 66 74 77 51 40 35 37 55 71 76 77 55 42 39 43 55 69 71 74
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       8  5  5  5  5  5  8 10  9  8  5  4  4  5  8 11 10  9  6  6  6  8
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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          62      48    67      47    71      51    77      54    79
Temp          60 59   51 50 63 63   52 52 67 68   55 55 73 74   59 57 74 75
Dewpt         47 47   47 47 49 48   47 47 50 49   48 48 51 50   49 49 51 51
PWind dir         E      NE     N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      40    30      20    30      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  C    S  S     S    S
Tstms                                S             S

$$
IAZ049-250900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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          69          45          69          50
Temp          67 65 57 54 52 51 60 66 69 67 56 49 46 48 59 66 68 64 57 54 53 52
Dewpt         46 46 44 43 44 45 47 43 41 40 41 40 41 42 43 42 41 42 44 44 45 46
RH            47 50 62 66 74 80 62 43 36 37 57 71 83 80 55 42 37 45 62 69 74 80
Wind dir       E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd       6  8  6  6  6  6 10 11 10  9  5  5  5  5  9 11 11 10  8  8  8  8
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           5           5          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S                                   C  C  C  C  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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      49    70      48    72      51    78      55    79
Temp          60 60   52 51 65 66   53 52 67 69   55 55 73 74   59 57 75 75
Dewpt         48 49   48 48 50 50   48 49 51 50   49 49 52 51   50 51 52 52
PWind dir        NE      NE     N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    20      20    30      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  S  S  S       S     C    S  S  S  S    S  S
Tstms                                              S             S  S

$$
IAZ086-250900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
331 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025

Date           05/24/25      Sun 05/25/25            Mon 05/26/25            Tue
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          67          48          67          52
Temp          71 68 62 60 57 53 58 63 66 66 57 53 50 48 58 65 66 65 59 57 56 54
Dewpt         48 49 50 49 49 49 50 50 48 46 46 44 43 42 44 44 43 43 45 46 48 49
RH            44 51 65 67 75 86 75 62 52 48 67 71 77 80 59 46 43 45 60 67 74 83
Wind dir       E NE NE  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       5  8  8  9  9 10 11 12 12 10  8  8  8  9 11 12 12 11  9  9 10 10
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          40           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.09           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  C  S                       S  S  S  S  C  C  C


Date           05/27  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25  Fri 05/30/25  Sat 05/31/25
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      51    71      50    73      53    78      56    80
Temp          61 62   56 53 67 69   56 54 69 70   58 57 74 75   62 59 76 77
Dewpt         51 51   51 50 53 52   51 51 53 52   51 52 55 53   52 53 55 53
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20    10       5    30      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  S                S  C    S  S  S  S          S  S
Tstms                     S                        S

$$