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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

IAZ060-261000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      36          39          23          43          31
Temp                      42 38 36 38 37 32 28 26 25 23 28 40 43 39 36 35 34 32
Dewpt                     38 34 29 25 20 18 16 16 16 16 18 20 22 23 24 25 26 27
RH                        86 85 75 59 50 56 60 65 68 74 66 44 43 52 61 66 72 81
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind spd                  14 16 16 17 16 10  8  5  4  2  3  6  8  5  4  3  3  3
Wind gust                 26 29    27 26
Clouds                    OV OV OV B1 FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Rain                                                                          S
Wind chill                34 29 26 29 28 24 21 19 19
Min chill                    28    25    22    18    18    18    33    31    29


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          43      21    32      17    29      17    26       9    21
Temp          41 37 28   25 30 28 23   19 26 24 21   20 23 21 15   12 19 17
Dewpt         29 27 22   19 17 17 15   11  7 10  9   13 13 12 10    7  7  7
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5     0       0     0      10    20       5     0
Rain           S  C
Snow                                                     S  S

$$
IAZ039-261000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      36          38          20          38          27
Temp                      42 39 37 36 33 28 25 23 21 21 25 33 37 33 31 31 30 28
Dewpt                     37 36 33 28 23 17 15 14 12 13 14 16 19 20 21 22 23 24
RH                        82 89 85 72 66 63 65 68 68 71 62 49 48 58 66 69 75 85
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd                  10 14 18 19 19 14 12 10  8  5  5  6  6  5  4  3  3  3
Wind gust                 21 27    31
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    S  S  S
Wind chill                36 30 27 26 22 16 13 13 12 13 18
Min chill                    30    23    15    12    11    12    26    25    23


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          40      20    30      13    25      12    22       8    21
Temp          38 33 26   22 27 25 20   16 22 20 16   15 19 18 13   11 19 16
Dewpt         28 25 20   18 18 16 12    8  6  5  4    4  9  8  5    5  6  5
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       0     0      10    20       5     0
Rain              S
Snow              S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ048-261000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      33          37          21          42          28
Temp                      42 37 34 36 35 29 25 23 23 21 26 37 41 37 33 32 31 29
Dewpt                     36 33 29 24 20 18 17 16 15 16 17 20 24 24 24 25 26 27
RH                        79 85 82 61 54 63 71 74 71 81 68 50 50 59 69 75 81 92
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SE  E
Wind spd                  16 18 18 18 17 10  8  5  3  2  3  6  8  5  4  3  2  2
Wind gust                 27 29 28 29 28
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B1 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    S  S
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill                33 27 23 26 25 20 17 17          31
Min chill                    27    21    19    16    16    21    31    28    25


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          41      19    30      15    27      13    24       7    20
Temp          38 34 25   22 27 26 20   17 23 22 18   16 21 19 13   10 17 15
Dewpt         29 26 22   18 18 18 14   10  7  7  7   10 12 12  8    6  7  7
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0      10    20       5     0
Rain           S  S
Snow           S  S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ004-261000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      25          32          18          36          19
Temp                      33 28 27 30 31 26 23 22 21 19 22 31 35 30 26 25 24 23
Dewpt                     29 23 18 16 16 14 12 11 11 10 13 16 19 19 20 19 20 19
RH                        85 81 68 55 53 60 62 62 65 67 68 53 52 63 78 78 84 84
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SE SE  E  E NE NE  N
Wind spd                  17 19 20 20 18 11  9  6  4  2  3  5  8  6  5  5  5  6
Wind gust                 28 29 31    28
Clouds                    OV OV B2 CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Snow                       S
Wind chill                20 14 13 17 19 15 13 14 15       25 28 23 19 18 17 15
Min chill                    14    10    14    12    13    17    23    18    14


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          31      14    26       8    22       8    18       4    17
Temp          29 25 21   18 24 22 16   11 18 18 14   10 15 14 10    7 14 13
Dewpt         21 20 17   13 15 14  9    2  3  4  4    4  7  6  5    2  4  4
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     0       0     0      20    10       5     0
Snow                                                  S

$$
IAZ035-261000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      29          35          19          40          24
Temp                      37 32 30 34 34 28 24 23 21 20 24 35 40 35 30 29 27 27
Dewpt                     35 28 23 19 18 15 15 13 12 13 15 17 22 23 22 23 23 24
RH                        92 85 75 54 51 58 68 65 68 74 68 47 48 61 72 78 85 88
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  S  S  S SE SE SE SE NE
Wind spd                  17 17 18 18 17 10  6  5  3  2  2  5  6  5  3  3  2  3
Wind gust                 29 31
Clouds                    OV OV OV SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    S
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill                28 21 18 23 23 18 16 16
Min chill                    20    16    17    14    15    19    30    25    22


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          38      16    29      11    25      10    21       5    19
Temp          36 30 22   20 26 24 18   14 22 20 16   13 19 16 11    9 16 14
Dewpt         26 22 19   16 17 16 12    6  4  4  4    8 10  9  6    3  5  6
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0      20    20       5     0
Snow           S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ094-261000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      37          41          23          43          32
Temp                      43 39 37 40 39 33 30 27 26 24 30 40 43 40 36 35 34 33
Dewpt                     39 35 31 26 20 18 17 16 16 17 19 20 22 24 24 26 27 29
RH                        86 85 79 57 46 53 58 63 65 74 63 44 43 52 61 69 75 85
Wind dir                   N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                  14 16 16 17 14  9  6  5  3  2  4  9  9  5  5  4  3  3
Wind gust                 29 27 26 28 25
Clouds                    OV OV OV B1 CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          C
Wind chill                35 31 28 31 31 26 23 21
Min chill                    29    26    25    20    19    18    35    29    29


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          44      21    33      17    32      18    29      10    23
Temp          42 38 29   24 30 28 23   19 29 26 22   21 27 23 17   14 21 18
Dewpt         32 29 24   20 19 17 17   14 11 13 14   15 18 15 11    8  7  7
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW       E     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      10     0       0     0      10    20       0     0
Rain           C  C
Snow                                                     S

$$
IAZ017-261000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      29          33          17          35          22
Temp                      37 33 31 32 30 24 21 20 19 18 21 30 35 30 27 26 25 24
Dewpt                     35 31 25 22 18 15 13 11 10 10 12 15 18 19 20 20 20 21
RH                        92 92 78 66 60 68 71 67 67 70 68 53 49 63 74 78 81 88
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  E SE SE  E NE
Wind spd                  13 17 19 20 19 13 11  9  8  5  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  4
Wind gust                 26 29 29 32 31
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 FW SC CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    S  S
Snow                          C
Wind chill                28 23 18 19 17 12  9  9  9 11 15 24    24 21    19 18
Min chill                    22    17    12     7     6    10    24    19    17


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          35      16    26      10    22       8    18       5    17
Temp          33 27 22   20 24 22 16   12 18 17 12   11 17 14 10    8 15 13
Dewpt         24 21 18   16 16 14  9    4  5  4  2    3  7  6  4    2  5  4
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       0     0      10    20       5     0
Snow              S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ049-261000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      35          38          19          40          27
Temp                      43 39 35 36 34 28 24 22 21 20 24 35 39 35 32 31 30 29
Dewpt                     39 34 31 26 21 17 16 15 14 13 15 17 21 22 23 24 24 24
RH                        86 82 85 67 58 63 71 74 74 74 68 47 48 59 69 75 78 81
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SE  E
Wind spd                  14 17 17 18 18 11  9  6  5  3  3  5  6  5  4  3  3  3
Wind gust                    28    29 28
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                    S  S  S
Snow                             S
Wind chill                35 30 25 26 23 18 14 14 14
Min chill                    29    23    17    12    12    13    29    25    24


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          41      18    30      13    26      12    23       6    20
Temp          38 32 25   21 27 24 19   15 22 20 16   14 19 18 11    9 17 15
Dewpt         28 26 21   18 17 16 14    8  6  7  5    8 10 10  7    5  7  7
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       0     0      10    20       5     0
Rain              S
Snow              S                                      S  S

$$
IAZ086-261000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 AM CST Mon Nov 25 2024

Date           11/24/24      Mon 11/25/24            Tue 11/26/24            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      40          42          23          43          33
Temp                      46 43 40 40 39 34 29 26 25 24 29 39 43 40 36 36 35 34
Dewpt                     42 39 35 31 27 21 20 18 17 16 17 19 22 24 25 26 27 28
RH                        86 86 82 70 62 58 69 71 71 71 60 44 43 52 64 67 72 78
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd                  12 16 17 19 17 11 10  8  5  4  4  5  6  5  5  4  4  4
Wind gust                 24 26 27 29 28
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 SC CL CL CL CL CL FW FW B1 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle                          S
Rain                                                                          S
Wind chill                   36 32 31 29 26 20 18 18 18
Min chill                    35    28    24    17    15    16    34    30    29


Date           11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24  Sun 12/01/24
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          44      22    32      17    29      16    27       9    22
Temp          41 39 30   25 30 28 23   19 27 24 20   19 24 21 16   12 19 18
Dewpt         32 31 25   21 20 18 17   13 10 12 11   12 16 15 11    8  9  9
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW       N    NE      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20     0       0     0      10    20       5     0
Rain           S  C  S
Snow                 S                                   S  S

$$