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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

IAZ060-122100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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          61          86          67          89
Temp                   78 81 79 71 66 62 63 77 82 86 84 75 71 69 69 79 85 88 86
Dewpt                  66 64 63 63 62 60 59 64 63 65 68 67 66 66 66 71 71 71 72
RH                     67 56 58 76 87 93 87 64 53 50 59 76 84 90 90 77 63 57 63
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd               10  9  5  3  3  3  3  5  8  6  5  5  5  5  4  5  6  5  5
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                             90 94 92
Max heat                     84                84    88    85          92    95


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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          69    88      70    85      67    81      63    78
Temp          74 72 83 85   74 71 81 81   71 69 77 78   68 65 74 74
Dewpt         70 69 72 73   71 69 72 71   68 66 68 67   65 62 63 62
PWind dir         S     S      SE     S       E     N      NW     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    30      30    50      50    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    S  S     S
Tstms                   S    S  C  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ039-122100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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                      80          59          84          66          87
Temp                   78 79 77 68 63 60 61 76 82 84 81 73 69 68 69 79 84 86 84
Dewpt                  66 64 63 62 61 59 59 64 63 64 66 67 66 65 66 71 72 72 72
RH                     67 60 62 81 93 96 93 66 53 51 60 81 90 90 90 77 67 63 67
Wind dir               NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd               12 12  9  5  3  3  3  5 10 11  9  6  6  5  5  5  6  8  5
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                             90 93 89
Max heat                     83                83    86                91    94


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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          69    87      68    84      64    78      60    77
Temp          73 71 83 82   72 71 80 78   68 66 74 74   65 63 74 73
Dewpt         70 69 72 72   70 70 71 69   66 65 66 66   63 61 63 61
PWind dir         S     S      SE     E       E     N       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    30      40    50      50    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S        S
Tstms                S  S    S  C     C    C  C  C  S    S

$$
IAZ048-122100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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                      80          59          85          66          87
Temp                   78 80 78 69 64 61 61 76 82 85 83 73 69 68 69 79 84 87 84
Dewpt                  66 64 64 63 61 60 59 65 65 68 70 69 67 66 67 72 74 73 73
RH                     67 58 62 81 90 97 93 69 56 57 65 87 93 93 93 79 72 63 70
Wind dir               NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  S SW SW  S  S  S SW  S SW  S  S  S
Wind spd               10 10  5  3  2  2  2  5  9  9  6  5  5  4  3  5  6  5  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                             92 94 91
Max heat                     83                84    88    83          93    95


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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          69    87      68    84      65    80      61    77
Temp          73 70 83 84   73 70 80 79   69 66 75 75   66 63 72 73
Dewpt         71 70 74 74   71 70 72 72   68 66 68 67   65 61 64 63
PWind dir         S     S      SE     E       E     N       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   FW SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    30      30    50      50    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S        S
Tstms                S  S    S  C  S  C    C  C  C  S    S

$$
IAZ004-122100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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                      79          57          85          65          87
Temp                   76 78 77 67 62 59 60 74 82 85 83 73 69 67 66 77 84 86 83
Dewpt                  58 58 58 57 56 55 56 62 65 68 70 69 67 64 64 68 69 71 71
RH                     54 50 52 70 81 87 87 66 56 57 65 87 93 90 93 74 61 61 67
Wind dir               NW NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               13 11  8  5  5  6  9 13 16 14 11  9  6  5  5  5  8 10 10
Wind gust                                         25
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW SC CL FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S
Tstms                                              S
Heat index                                                                91 88
Max heat                                       84    89                88    91


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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    79      60    74      56    73
Temp          72 69 83 81   69 66 76 74   65 61 70 70   60 58 69 70
Dewpt         69 67 71 70   67 64 66 65   62 60 62 61   58 56 57 59
PWind dir         S     S       E    NE      NE     N       N     N
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   SC B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      50    50      40    20      10    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S       S  S
Tstms                S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ035-122100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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                      80          58          85          66          88
Temp                   77 79 78 67 63 60 60 75 82 85 83 73 70 68 68 78 84 87 84
Dewpt                  62 62 63 61 59 57 57 64 66 68 70 69 67 66 67 71 73 73 73
RH                     60 56 60 81 87 90 90 69 58 57 65 87 90 93 97 79 70 63 70
Wind dir               NW NW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd               10 10  5  4  3  4  4  8 10 11  9  6  5  4  3  5  6  6  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S
Tstms                                                 S
Heat index                                                             91 95 89
Max heat                     81                85    90    83          93    95


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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          69    87      66    82      63    78      58    75
Temp          72 70 83 83   71 68 79 77   67 65 72 74   63 60 71 72
Dewpt         70 69 73 73   70 68 71 69   66 64 66 65   62 59 62 62
PWind dir         S     S      SE     E      NE     N       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5    30      40    50      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S     S  S
Tstms                S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  S    S

$$
IAZ094-122100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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          62          85          66          87
Temp                   80 81 80 71 67 64 64 75 82 84 83 73 69 68 69 77 84 85 83
Dewpt                  67 67 66 65 63 62 61 65 65 66 68 69 67 66 67 71 71 71 71
RH                     65 63 62 81 87 93 90 71 56 55 61 87 93 93 93 82 65 63 67
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW  N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  6  5  3  2  2  2  4  5  5  4  4  5  4  4  5  6  5  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                             89 90 88
Max heat               84    86                85    89    83          90    92


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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          69    86      70    87      68    82      63    78
Temp          72 70 83 84   74 71 83 81   71 69 79 78   68 65 74 75
Dewpt         70 70 72 73   71 70 73 73   70 68 69 69   66 64 65 64
PWind dir         S     S       S    SW       S     W       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10    40      30    50      50    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms                   S    S  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ017-122100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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                      78          57          83          65          87
Temp                   76 78 76 66 62 59 60 75 81 83 81 72 69 67 68 77 84 86 83
Dewpt                  61 60 60 60 58 56 57 62 64 66 67 67 66 65 66 70 71 71 71
RH                     60 54 58 81 87 90 90 64 56 57 63 84 90 93 93 79 65 61 67
Wind dir               NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd               12 11  8  3  3  3  5  8 12 12 10  8  6  5  4  5  6  6  5
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  S  S
Heat index                                                             89 91 88
Max heat                                       83    86                89    91


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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    86      65    79      60    75      56    74
Temp          71 70 82 81   70 68 76 75   66 63 70 71   62 60 69 70
Dewpt         68 68 72 70   67 67 68 66   63 62 63 62   59 58 59 59
PWind dir         S     S      SE     E      NE     N       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      50    50      50    30      20    10
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S
Tstms                S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  S    S

$$
IAZ049-122100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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                      80          59          84          65          87
Temp                   78 79 77 67 63 60 61 75 81 84 81 71 68 67 67 77 84 85 83
Dewpt                  65 64 63 62 60 58 59 63 63 65 67 66 65 65 66 70 72 72 72
RH                     64 60 62 84 90 93 93 66 54 53 63 84 90 93 97 79 67 65 70
Wind dir               NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd               10 10  6  4  3  3  3  5  8  8  6  5  5  5  4  5  6  5  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                             90 91 89
Max heat                     82                83    86                90    93


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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      68    83      64    78      60    76
Temp          72 70 82 82   72 70 79 78   68 66 74 74   65 62 72 71
Dewpt         70 68 72 73   70 69 71 70   67 65 67 66   63 61 62 62
PWind dir         S     S       S     E       E     N       N     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      40    50      50    30      20    10
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms                S  S    S  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ086-122100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1217 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date             Sat 07/12/25            Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25
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          62          84          66          87
Temp                   79 81 80 70 66 63 64 76 81 84 83 73 69 68 69 78 84 85 84
Dewpt                  70 69 68 66 64 62 62 65 63 64 68 67 66 66 67 72 71 72 73
RH                     74 67 67 87 93 97 93 69 54 51 61 81 90 93 93 82 65 65 70
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd               10 10  8  4  3  3  2  4  5  4  4  4  5  4  5  5  6  5  5
Clouds                 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                                             89 91 90
Max heat                     87                83    87    83          91    93


Date          Tue 07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25
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          69    86      70    86      68    82      64    78
Temp          73 72 83 83   74 72 83 81   71 69 78 77   68 65 75 75
Dewpt         70 70 73 74   72 72 74 74   71 68 70 71   67 64 65 65
PWind dir         S     S       S    SW       S     W      NW     N
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    40      30    50      50    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms                   S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S

$$