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Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
112 FOUS53 KDMX 271927 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 IAZ060-280900- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 73 87 68 89 69 Temp 98 96 84 79 75 74 80 84 86 85 76 72 70 70 80 87 89 87 77 73 71 70 Dewpt 78 75 75 73 70 69 70 71 70 69 70 69 68 67 69 69 68 68 68 67 65 65 RH 53 51 74 82 84 84 72 65 59 59 82 90 93 90 69 55 50 53 74 81 81 84 Wind dir W NW NW NW N NE E NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S Wind spd 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 5 4 4 4 Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Obvis K K K K Heat index 115109 91 89 91 94 Max heat 116 109 90 94 88 92 95 89 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 89 69 80 66 82 65 86 66 86 Temp 86 87 74 70 78 78 70 67 79 80 69 67 84 84 70 67 84 84 Dewpt 68 68 68 69 72 70 68 67 69 68 66 65 67 66 66 65 67 66 PWind dir S SE SW N N N N S S Wind char LT LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 70 70 20 10 5 5 5 0 Rain shwrs S L L C S S Tstms S C C C S $$ IAZ039-280900- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 85 65 86 68 Temp 96 90 80 75 71 70 76 81 83 83 74 70 67 67 78 84 86 84 75 71 69 68 Dewpt 79 75 72 69 67 67 68 69 69 69 68 67 66 65 69 70 69 70 69 68 66 66 RH 58 62 77 82 87 90 76 67 63 63 82 90 97 93 74 63 57 63 82 90 90 93 Wind dir NW NW NW N N NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 10 10 8 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 Clouds SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K Heat index 114102 91 89 Max heat 116 99 85 89 86 89 92 86 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 68 78 65 81 64 84 64 85 Temp 84 84 73 69 76 75 68 66 79 79 68 66 81 82 68 65 82 83 Dewpt 71 71 68 67 71 69 67 66 69 68 65 64 68 67 65 63 68 68 PWind dir S S SE NE N N N SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 OV B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 50 70 40 20 5 5 0 5 Rain shwrs C L L C C S S Tstms C C C S C S S $$ IAZ048-280900- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 71 86 66 88 68 Temp 96 93 80 76 73 72 78 82 84 84 74 71 68 68 79 86 88 86 75 72 70 68 Dewpt 79 76 75 72 70 69 71 72 72 71 71 69 67 67 71 71 71 71 70 68 66 66 RH 58 58 85 87 90 90 79 72 67 65 90 93 97 97 77 61 57 61 84 87 87 93 Wind dir NW NW NW NW N NE E NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S Wind spd 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 Clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K Heat index 115106 86 87 90 89 91 94 91 Max heat 119 109 87 92 87 92 96 88 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 88 68 80 65 82 64 85 64 86 Temp 85 85 73 69 78 78 69 67 79 79 68 66 83 82 69 66 83 83 Dewpt 71 71 69 69 72 70 68 66 70 69 66 65 68 68 66 65 69 69 PWind dir S SE W N N N NE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 70 70 20 20 5 5 5 0 Rain shwrs S L L C S S S Tstms S C C C S S $$ IAZ004-280900- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 87 66 88 68 Temp 95 90 78 74 71 70 77 82 85 85 75 71 68 68 79 86 88 86 76 72 69 68 Dewpt 63 66 62 63 64 64 67 68 68 69 69 68 66 66 69 68 68 69 69 67 66 65 RH 35 45 58 69 79 81 71 63 57 59 82 90 93 93 72 55 52 57 79 84 90 90 Wind dir N N N N NE NE E E SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 11 9 8 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 8 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K K K K K K K K Heat Y Y Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 66 78 63 81 62 85 64 85 Temp 84 83 71 67 76 77 66 64 79 80 66 64 82 82 68 65 82 84 Dewpt 68 69 68 66 70 68 65 64 66 66 63 61 64 64 63 62 66 66 PWind dir S SE N N N NW SW S S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT LT GN BZ Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 70 60 20 5 5 0 0 5 Rain shwrs L L L C S S Tstms L C C C $$ IAZ035-280900- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 70 87 65 89 67 Temp 98 92 79 75 72 71 78 82 85 85 74 70 67 67 79 86 88 86 75 72 69 68 Dewpt 71 73 70 69 68 67 70 70 70 70 70 69 67 66 70 70 70 71 70 68 66 66 RH 42 54 74 82 87 87 76 67 61 61 87 97100 97 74 59 55 61 84 87 90 93 Wind dir N N N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 9 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K K K K K K Heat index 106100 90 90 91 93 92 Max heat 114 95 88 91 88 91 94 88 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 88 67 81 64 83 63 86 64 88 Temp 85 85 72 68 78 78 67 65 80 80 66 64 83 83 68 65 84 85 Dewpt 69 70 69 68 71 69 67 65 68 67 65 63 65 66 65 63 67 67 PWind dir S S NW N N N N S S Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 70 60 20 10 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs C L L C S S Tstms C C C C S S $$ IAZ094-280900- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 73 86 68 87 68 Temp 97 94 84 79 75 73 81 84 86 84 76 72 70 70 79 85 87 85 76 72 70 69 Dewpt 75 75 76 73 71 70 72 71 70 69 69 68 67 67 69 68 67 68 68 66 64 64 RH 50 54 77 82 87 90 74 65 59 61 79 87 90 90 72 57 52 57 76 81 81 84 Wind dir SW SE SW NW N NE E NE E E NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 8 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S Obvis K K K K K K K K K Heat index 110106 92 89 Max heat 110 108 91 92 86 90 91 86 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 69 80 66 80 65 85 65 84 Temp 83 85 74 69 79 78 69 67 79 79 68 67 82 82 69 66 83 82 Dewpt 67 68 68 68 71 70 68 66 67 67 66 65 66 66 65 64 67 66 PWind dir S S SW N N N NE SE S Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 70 70 20 10 5 5 0 0 Rain shwrs S S L L C S S Tstms S C C C S S $$ IAZ017-280900- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 85 64 86 66 Temp 94 89 78 73 69 69 75 80 83 84 73 70 67 67 78 84 86 84 74 71 68 67 Dewpt 70 72 66 67 66 66 68 69 69 70 68 66 66 66 70 71 71 72 70 68 66 66 RH 46 57 67 81 90 90 79 69 63 63 84 87 97 97 76 65 61 67 87 90 93 97 Wind dir NW NW NW NE NE NE E E E E SE SE S S S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 10 8 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 Clouds SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 5 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K K K K K K Heat index 100 96 89 90 Max heat 101 91 83 88 86 89 91 85 Heat Y Y Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 86 66 78 63 81 62 83 62 84 Temp 83 83 72 68 76 76 67 65 79 79 67 64 80 81 67 64 82 82 Dewpt 71 71 68 67 70 69 66 65 68 68 63 63 66 67 64 63 68 68 PWind dir S S SE N N NW N SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 70 70 30 20 5 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S L L C C S S Tstms S C C C S S $$ IAZ049-280900- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 85 64 87 66 Temp 95 91 79 75 71 70 76 81 84 82 73 69 66 66 78 84 86 84 74 70 68 67 Dewpt 79 77 74 70 68 67 69 70 70 70 68 67 65 65 69 70 69 70 68 66 64 64 RH 60 64 85 84 90 90 79 69 63 67 84 93 97 97 74 63 57 63 82 87 87 90 Wind dir W NW NW N NE NE NE NE NE NE E E SE SE S S S SE SE S S S Wind spd 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K Heat index 114104 91 Max heat 115 103 86 90 83 88 92 85 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 87 67 79 64 81 63 84 63 84 Temp 84 83 72 68 76 75 67 66 78 77 67 65 81 81 68 64 81 81 Dewpt 70 70 67 67 71 69 67 65 69 68 65 63 68 67 64 63 68 68 PWind dir S SE SE N N N N SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 60 70 40 20 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S L L C C S S Tstms S C C C S S $$ IAZ086-280900- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 227 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2026 Date 07/27/26 Tue 07/28/26 Wed 07/29/26 Thu 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 73 87 66 89 68 Temp 97 94 83 78 74 73 79 83 86 84 75 71 68 68 79 86 89 87 76 71 68 70 Dewpt 76 77 78 75 72 70 71 71 70 69 70 68 67 67 68 66 66 67 67 66 65 65 RH 51 58 85 91 93 90 77 67 59 61 84 90 97 97 69 51 47 52 74 84 90 84 Wind dir W W W NW N NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S Wind spd 11 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Obvis K K K K K Heat index 111109 93 88 Max heat 111 108 90 92 86 90 92 86 Date 07/30 Fri 07/31/26 Sat 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 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 90 69 79 66 80 65 86 65 86 Temp 87 87 73 70 77 76 68 67 78 77 68 67 83 83 69 66 82 83 Dewpt 66 66 67 68 70 69 68 67 69 68 67 66 67 66 66 65 67 67 PWind dir S SE S N N N N SE S Wind char LT LT LT GN GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 50 70 50 30 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C L L C C C S Tstms C C C C S S $$