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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

IAZ060-070900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      72          85          68          87          71
Temp                      76 72 76 82 85 82 76 73 70 68 74 82 87 84 77 75 73 72
Dewpt                     73 71 71 72 72 71 70 68 66 63 64 67 67 65 62 59 58 58
RH                        90 97 85 72 65 69 82 84 87 84 71 61 52 53 60 58 59 61
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                   8  8  8  9  9  8  8  8  8  9 10 11 12 11 13 12 11 11
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.34           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  S     S  S        S
Tstms                         C  S     S  S
Heat index                         87 91
Max heat                           88    92    85          86    92    85


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          96      72    85      64    83      63    85      65    86
Temp          92 91   77 72 82 80   68 64 80 79   67 64 82 81   70 66 83 81
Dewpt         69 70   71 69 64 63   62 60 60 61   59 59 62 63   61 60 63 64
PWind dir         S       W    NW      NW    NW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      80    20      10     5      20    10      20    30
Rain shwrs             L  D  S                        S             S  S  C
Tstms                  C  C                                         S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-070900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      66          82          63          81          65
Temp                      68 67 73 78 80 78 71 69 65 63 70 77 80 77 71 69 67 66
Dewpt                     68 67 68 69 69 69 68 65 61 59 63 64 64 63 62 61 59 58
RH                       100100 84 74 69 74 90 87 87 87 78 64 58 62 73 76 75 75
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                   5  5  9  9 10  8  8  9  8  9 11 13 14 13 14 14 13 12
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms                                                                         S
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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      68    81      58    79      58    81      61    81
Temp          83 84   73 68 78 76   64 59 77 75   62 59 78 76   66 62 78 76
Dewpt         68 72   71 66 62 61   59 55 58 60   57 56 61 62   59 57 62 62
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NW     W       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      90     5       5     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S    D  D                                         S  S  S
Tstms          S  S    C  C                                         S     S

$$
IAZ048-070900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      70          84          66          85          68
Temp                      73 71 75 81 83 80 73 71 68 66 72 80 83 82 75 72 70 69
Dewpt                     71 70 71 72 73 71 70 68 66 63 64 67 69 66 62 61 59 59
RH                        93 97 87 74 72 74 90 90 93 90 76 65 63 58 64 68 68 70
Wind dir                  SE  E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                   6  6  8  9  9  8  6  8  9  9 11 12 12 12 13 12 11 10
Wind gust                 17
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.43        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  S  S  S  S        S
Tstms                         S     S  S  S
Heat index                            88
Max heat                           86    89                83    89    82


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          93      68    83      61    82      61    84      63    84
Temp          88 87   74 68 80 79   66 61 79 78   65 62 80 79   68 64 81 79
Dewpt         71 73   72 67 63 64   61 58 60 62   59 58 63 64   61 60 63 64
PWind dir         S       W    NW      NW     W       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      90    10       5     5       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs        C    D  L                                         S  S  C
Tstms             C    C  C                                         S     S

$$
IAZ004-070900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      69          82          65          83          69
Temp                      70 69 74 79 81 78 70 69 68 66 72 78 82 80 74 72 71 70
Dewpt                     69 69 71 73 72 71 70 68 65 64 66 68 70 69 64 61 60 61
RH                        97100 90 82 74 79100 97 90 93 81 71 67 69 71 68 68 73
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   8  8 10 11 11 10 10 10 11 13 17 19 19 18 21 21 19 17
Wind gust                                         21       29 32 31 32    29 27
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50          20          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.41        0.67        0.03           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  C  C  S        S  S                 C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  C  S        S  S                 C  C  S


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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      62    79      55    80      58    82      60    79
Temp          83 81   68 62 76 75   60 56 77 77   62 59 79 78   65 61 76 74
Dewpt         71 71   62 54 59 61   56 53 58 60   56 55 62 63   58 56 61 61
PWind dir        SW       W    NW       W     W       S     S      SW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         50      10     0       0     0      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C                                              S        S
Tstms          S  C                                              S        S

$$
IAZ035-070900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      69          84          65          85          68
Temp                      71 70 74 80 82 79 71 70 67 65 72 78 83 81 74 73 70 69
Dewpt                     71 70 72 73 73 72 71 68 66 64 66 69 71 68 64 60 58 59
RH                       100100 93 79 74 79100 93 97 97 81 74 67 65 71 64 66 70
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                   8  6  8  9  8  8  8  8  9 10 12 13 14 13 16 16 13 12
Clouds                    SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.80        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C  C        S  S                       S
Tstms                         S     C  C  C        S  S
Heat index                            88                      88
Max heat                           84    90                      89


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          91      65    82      57    82      59    84      61    83
Temp          85 84   71 65 78 78   63 58 78 78   63 60 79 79   66 62 78 77
Dewpt         72 74   69 62 61 63   59 55 59 62   58 57 63 64   60 58 63 64
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NW     W       S     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      80     0       5     0       5    10      10    30
Rain shwrs     S  L    D  S                                            S  C
Tstms             C    C  S                                            S  S

$$
IAZ094-070900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      73          89          67          89          70
Temp                      76 74 79 86 88 83 76 73 69 67 75 85 89 86 78 75 72 71
Dewpt                     74 73 72 73 72 71 70 67 65 62 64 66 65 63 59 58 57 58
RH                        94 97 79 65 59 67 82 81 87 84 69 53 45 46 52 55 59 63
Wind dir                   E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                   5  6  6  6  8  6  8  8  8  9 10 11 12 11 11 11 11 11
Wind gust                 16
Clouds                    SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.18        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S  C
Tstms                         S  S     S  S
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                         93 95
Max heat                           94    96    83          88    93    85


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          95      73    86      62    83      62    85      65    87
Temp          92 92   80 73 83 80   68 62 79 79   67 63 82 81   69 66 84 81
Dewpt         68 67   67 68 65 63   63 61 61 61   60 59 62 62   62 61 64 64
PWind dir         S      SW    NW       N     N      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      60    30      30    10      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                L  C  S    C  C             S             S     S
Tstms                     C  C  S    C                              S     S

$$
IAZ017-070900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      66          81          62          80          65
Temp                      68 67 72 76 80 77 70 68 65 63 69 75 79 77 70 69 67 66
Dewpt                     67 67 69 70 70 70 68 66 63 61 64 66 67 65 62 60 58 58
RH                        97100 90 82 72 79 93 93 93 93 84 74 67 67 76 73 73 75
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                   6  6  9  9  9  8  8  8  9 10 13 14 17 14 17 16 16 14
Wind gust                                                  25 27 25       26
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S     S                                   S  S  C
Tstms                               S                                   S  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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      64    79      55    79      57    80      59    79
Temp          81 80   70 64 76 74   61 56 76 74   61 58 77 76   64 61 76 73
Dewpt         69 73   68 60 61 61   57 54 58 60   57 55 62 62   59 56 62 61
PWind dir         S       W    NW      NW     W       S     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         70      70     0       0     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    L  S                                         S     C
Tstms             C    C  S                                         S     S

$$
IAZ049-070900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      67          84          63          84          66
Temp                      69 68 74 79 82 79 72 69 65 63 71 79 82 79 72 70 68 67
Dewpt                     68 68 70 69 69 69 68 66 62 60 63 64 64 62 61 60 58 57
RH                        97100 87 72 65 72 87 90 90 90 76 60 55 56 68 71 70 70
Wind dir                   E  E SE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                   6  5  8  6  8  8  8  8  8  8 10 11 12 11 12 11 11 10
Clouds                    SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          93      68    83      59    81      58    83      61    84
Temp          87 86   73 68 80 77   64 59 78 76   63 59 79 78   66 63 80 78
Dewpt         68 71   70 67 62 62   59 56 58 60   58 56 61 61   59 58 62 62
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NW    NW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      90    10       5     5       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  S    D  D                                         S  S  C
Tstms             S    C  C                                         S     S

$$
IAZ086-070900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
132 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            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                      70          86          66          87          68
Temp                      73 70 77 82 85 83 74 72 67 66 74 82 86 83 74 72 70 69
Dewpt                     70 70 72 71 70 70 69 66 63 61 64 64 63 62 62 61 59 59
RH                        90100 85 69 61 65 84 81 87 84 71 55 46 49 66 68 68 70
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd                   6  6  8  8  9  9  9  8  8  8  9 10 11 10 10  9  9 10
Wind gust                                                                 19
Clouds                    SC B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC CL SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                     PF PF
Heat index                            90
Max heat                           88    91    83          84    88    82


Date           09/08  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          95      74    87      64    83      62    85      64    87
Temp          92 92   80 74 84 82   68 64 79 79   66 63 82 81   69 66 84 82
Dewpt         68 69   68 71 67 65   64 61 60 62   60 60 62 64   62 62 65 65
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NW    NW      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC FW   CL FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      60    30      10     5      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                L  C          S                S          S     S
Tstms                     C  S                                      S     S

$$