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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

IAZ060-262100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          72          93          76          96
Temp                77 80 85 84 78 75 73 73 81 88 92 90 83 81 78 77 85 93 95 93
Dewpt               72 74 75 75 74 73 72 72 76 76 77 78 77 77 75 73 76 78 78 78
RH                  85 82 72 74 88 94 97 97 85 68 62 68 82 88 91 87 75 62 58 62
Wind dir             S  S SW  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             5  4  4  4  3  3  2  3  5  5  6  6  6  6  6  5  6  6  5  5
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.13           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms                   S
Heat index                93 92             88 99106105 93 88       95108112109
Max heat               86    94    89         100   107   103    87   110   115


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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          74    93      70    82      63    76      60    75
Temp          80 76 89 89   76 70 79 78   69 64 73 73   65 61 73 73
Dewpt         77 73 76 76   74 69 71 69   66 62 63 62   61 58 60 61
PWind dir         S    SE      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         20    20      50    50      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs        S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms             S     S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ039-262100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          70          89          74          93
Temp                76 80 84 83 76 72 71 71 79 86 89 87 80 78 76 75 83 90 92 90
Dewpt               73 73 74 74 73 72 71 71 75 75 75 76 76 75 74 73 77 78 79 79
RH                  90 79 72 74 90100100100 88 70 64 70 88 91 94 94 82 68 66 70
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW
Wind spd             5  6  5  5  3  2  2  2  5  6  8  6  5  5  5  5  8  8  8  5
Clouds              B2 B1 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Obvis                                 PF  F
Heat index                91 90                95 99 98 86          92105109106
Max heat               84    92    86          96   100    96         106   111


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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          72    89      68    79      61    76      57    75
Temp          77 74 86 84   73 70 76 75   65 62 74 74   62 58 73 73
Dewpt         74 73 76 75   71 69 70 67   61 59 61 62   57 55 59 61
PWind dir        SE     E      NE    NE      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    30      60    50      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  L  C  C    S  S
Tstms             S  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ048-262100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          70          92          74          95
Temp                77 80 84 83 76 73 72 72 80 87 91 89 81 79 76 75 84 91 94 92
Dewpt               73 74 75 75 74 73 72 72 76 77 78 78 78 78 75 73 77 79 80 80
RH                  87 82 74 77 94100100100 88 72 66 70 91 97 97 94 80 68 64 68
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SE
Wind spd             5  4  5  3  3  3  2  2  5  6  6  6  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  4
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Obvis                                    PF
Heat index                92 90             86 99106104 90          94108113110
Max heat               84    93    86         100   106   102         109   116


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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          73    92      68    80      61    76      59    75
Temp          77 74 87 87   73 70 77 76   66 62 72 73   64 60 73 73
Dewpt         76 73 77 77   73 69 71 69   64 60 63 63   61 58 61 62
PWind dir        SE     E      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         30    30      60    50      30    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C  S  C    C  L  C  C    S  C
Tstms             C  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ004-262100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          69          90          71          91
Temp                76 81 85 84 75 71 69 70 78 86 89 87 80 78 74 72 80 87 90 88
Dewpt               72 72 73 73 72 70 69 69 74 75 76 77 76 75 71 70 73 76 78 77
RH                  87 74 67 70 90 97100 97 88 70 66 72 88 91 90 93 79 70 68 70
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SW  S SW  N NE  E  E
Wind spd             6  8  9  8  6  6  5  6 10 11 13 11 10 10  9  6  8  8  9  6
Clouds              B1 SC FW FW CL SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C              S
Tstms                                                    C  C                 S
Obvis                                    PF
Heat index                92 90                95100 98 85             97104100
Max heat               85    92    84          95   100    94          98   105


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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    84      65    77      58    74      56    74
Temp          75 70 80 80   69 65 73 73   63 59 72 71   60 57 71 71
Dewpt         72 69 71 71   67 64 66 65   59 55 59 61   57 55 58 60
PWind dir         E    NE      NE    NE      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         40    40      60    40      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    C  L  C  S
Tstms          S  C  C  C    C  L  S  S

$$
IAZ035-262100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          69          92          74          94
Temp                77 81 85 84 76 72 71 71 80 87 91 88 81 78 76 74 83 90 93 90
Dewpt               74 74 74 74 73 72 71 71 76 77 78 78 77 76 74 73 77 79 80 79
RH                  90 79 70 72 90100100100 88 72 66 72 88 94 94 97 82 70 66 70
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S SE
Wind spd             4  5  5  4  4  4  3  3  5  8 10  9  8  8  5  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds              B1 SC SC FW CL SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Obvis                                    PF
Heat index             86 92 91             86 99106102 88          92105112107
Max heat               86    93    84          99   106    99         108   116


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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          71    90      67    79      61    76      58    75
Temp          77 73 85 84   72 68 76 75   65 61 72 73   62 59 72 72
Dewpt         75 72 76 76   71 68 70 67   63 59 62 63   60 57 60 62
PWind dir        SE     E      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW B1 B1 SC   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         30    30      60    50      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    C  L  C  C    S  S
Tstms             C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S

$$
IAZ094-262100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          73          91          74          93
Temp                77 81 84 83 78 76 74 74 81 88 90 88 81 79 76 75 84 90 93 90
Dewpt               73 74 75 76 75 75 74 74 77 77 77 78 79 76 73 72 76 78 78 79
RH                  87 79 74 80 91 97100100 88 70 66 72 94 91 90 90 77 68 62 70
Wind dir             S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             4  5  6  4  3  3  3  4  5  6  8  5  5  6  6  5  5  6  5  4
Clouds              B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.08           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms
Heat index             86 92 91             88100104102 91          93105108107
Max heat               87    94    87         100   106   101         106   112


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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          73    92      70    84      64    75      60    75
Temp          78 74 89 89   76 72 81 78   69 65 72 71   66 62 71 72
Dewpt         76 73 77 77   74 71 73 72   69 64 64 65   62 59 60 63
PWind dir         S     S       E    NE      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10    20      40    60      40    30      10    20
Rain shwrs              S    S  C  C  L    C  C  C  S          S
Tstms                   S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ017-262100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          68          88          71          91
Temp                75 80 84 82 74 71 70 70 78 85 88 86 78 77 74 74 81 87 91 88
Dewpt               73 73 72 72 71 70 69 69 74 75 76 76 75 75 73 72 75 77 78 78
RH                  94 79 67 72 90 97 97 97 88 72 68 72 91 94 97 93 82 72 66 72
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W  W  W SE
Wind spd             5  6  5  5  4  3  3  2  5  8  9  8  8  8  6  5  6  6  5  5
Clouds              B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C
Tstms                                                       C  S
Obvis                                 PF  F
Heat index                90 87                94 99 96             87 99105102
Max heat               84    90                94   100    91          99   106


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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    86      65    77      58    75      55    75
Temp          75 72 82 82   71 67 74 73   63 60 73 72   61 57 72 71
Dewpt         73 70 73 72   68 65 68 64   59 55 59 61   56 54 58 61
PWind dir         E     E      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30    30      60    40      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    C  L  C  S    S
Tstms             C  S  C    C  L  S  S    S

$$
IAZ049-262100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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          70          89          73          93
Temp                75 79 83 82 75 72 71 71 78 86 89 87 79 78 76 75 83 90 92 90
Dewpt               73 73 74 74 73 72 71 71 76 76 76 77 76 76 74 73 76 78 78 79
RH                  94 82 74 77 94100100100 94 72 66 72 91 94 94 94 80 68 64 70
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd             6  5  5  3  3  3  3  2  4  5  6  5  5  6  6  5  6  6  5  4
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.20           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S                                      S  S
Tstms                S                                      S  S
Obvis                                    PF
Heat index                89 88                96100 99             91105107106
Max heat                     90    85          96   102    97         108   111


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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          72    90      67    79      61    74      57    74
Temp          77 73 86 86   73 69 76 74   65 61 71 72   62 58 72 71
Dewpt         75 73 76 76   72 68 70 68   63 59 61 63   59 55 59 61
PWind dir        SE     E      NE    NE      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         20    30      60    50      30    10       5    10
Rain shwrs        S  S  C    C  L  C  C    C  C
Tstms             S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ086-262100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1000 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Date             Sat 07/26/25            Sun 07/27/25            Mon 07/28/25
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                      86          73          92          76          95
Temp                75 81 84 83 77 75 74 75 80 87 90 88 81 79 78 77 84 91 94 91
Dewpt               73 75 77 76 75 75 74 74 78 78 77 78 78 78 76 75 78 80 80 80
RH                  94 82 80 80 94100100 97 94 75 66 72 91 97 94 94 82 70 64 70
Wind dir            SE  S SW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             5  8  6  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  4
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.24           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C
Tstms                C  C  C
Obvis                                    PF
Heat index             86 93 91             86 99104102 88          96108113109
Max heat               87    94    88         100   106   100         111   114


Date          Tue 07/29/25  Wed 07/30/25  Thu 07/31/25  Fri 08/01/25
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          75    93      70    82      64    76      59    75
Temp          80 77 89 88   77 72 79 77   68 64 73 72   64 61 73 72
Dewpt         77 75 78 78   75 72 74 72   67 63 65 64   62 58 62 63
PWind dir         S    SE      NE    NE      NE    NE       E     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   FW B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    20      50    60      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs           S  S    C  C  C  L    C  C  S
Tstms                S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$