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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

IAZ060-241000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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          55          34          39          20
Temp             44 39 38 38 38 42 53 55 51 46 43 38 35 34 37 37 33 28 26 23 21
Dewpt            33 33 33 34 36 39 44 45 45 44 40 36 31 27 23 20 19 17 16 16 16
RH               65 79 82 85 92 89 71 69 80 93 89 92 85 75 56 50 56 63 65 74 81
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          9  6  6  5  5  5  6  5  4  6 11 13 13 13 14 13  9  6  5  4  3
Wind gust                                                  25
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       38                            36 30 26 25 28 28 25 22 19 17
Min chill        38    33    32    32          35    25    24    24    18    16


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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      27    39      25    36      17    31      17    27
Temp          35 35 30   28 37 35 29   27 33 30 25   20 27 24 20   18 23 22
Dewpt         17 21 23   23 26 26 26   24 24 23 20   14 13 13 12    9 13 14
PWind dir        SW      SE    NE       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      20    20      10     5       5    10
Rain                            S
Snow                               S    S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-241000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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                      34          49          32          38          18
Temp             40 36 35 34 34 37 46 49 46 42 41 37 33 34 36 35 30 26 23 21 19
Dewpt            32 31 31 32 33 36 40 42 41 41 38 35 32 29 25 21 18 17 15 13 14
RH               73 82 85 92 96 96 79 77 83 96 89 92 96 82 64 56 60 68 71 71 80
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          5  4  6  8  6  8  9  6  4  4  8 13 14 16 17 17 13 10  9  8  6
Wind gust                                         24
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             29 27 27 31                29 23 24 25 25 19 16 13 10 10
Min chill        36    29    26    27          34    21    22    18    12     9


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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          33      22    36      22    34      14    26      12    25
Temp          30 30 26   23 33 30 26   23 31 28 21   17 24 21 16   14 22 19
Dewpt         17 19 19   20 25 25 23   21 24 22 17   11 12 10  8    7 10 11
PWind dir         W      SE    NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      10    10      10     5       0    10
Snow                            S

$$
IAZ048-241000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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                      34          52          31          37          18
Temp             42 37 36 35 35 40 49 52 47 43 40 36 32 32 35 36 31 26 23 20 19
Dewpt            33 32 32 33 35 38 43 44 43 42 38 34 29 26 23 20 19 17 15 16 15
RH               70 82 85 92100 92 80 74 86 96 92 92 88 78 61 52 61 68 71 84 84
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          8  6  6  6  5  5  6  5  4  6 12 14 13 14 16 14 10  6  5  4  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             30                      32 26 22 22 25 26 22 18 16 14
Min chill        36    29    28    29          31    21    21    21    16    13


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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      23    38      22    34      14    28      14    26
Temp          32 33 27   25 35 32 26   24 31 28 21   17 25 22 16   15 21 19
Dewpt         17 21 22   23 26 26 26   23 24 23 19   13 13 13 11    7 12 14
PWind dir        SW      SE    NE       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      20    20      10     5       5    10
Rain                            S
Snow                         S  S  S       S  S

$$
IAZ004-241000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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                      31          43          23          30          14
Temp             39 35 35 33 32 34 40 42 39 35 32 27 24 25 28 29 25 21 20 18 15
Dewpt            33 32 32 31 31 34 38 38 36 34 30 26 19 18 17 16 14 14 12 11 10
RH               79 89 89 92 96100 92 86 89 96 92 96 81 74 63 58 62 74 71 73 80
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE SE  S  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  8  8  6  5  5  5  8  9 12 14 17 18 17 17 16 11 10  8  5  4
Wind gust                                      25
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       33 28 28 27 26          33 26 22 15 10 12 16 17 14 10 10 10  9
Min chill        33    27    24    25    32    22    10    10    14     9     8


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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          30      18    31      18    28       8    23       8    20
Temp          27 27 23   20 28 26 23   20 25 23 16   12 19 17 13   10 16 15
Dewpt         15 18 17   16 23 23 21   17 20 18 12    6  9  8  6    4  9  9
PWind dir        SW       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          5      20    20      10    10       5     5       5    10
Snow                      S  S

$$
IAZ035-241000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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          48          26          35          15
Temp             42 38 36 34 34 37 45 48 43 38 35 31 27 28 32 33 28 23 20 18 16
Dewpt            34 32 32 32 33 37 40 42 40 38 34 30 25 23 19 18 16 14 13 13 12
RH               73 79 85 92 96100 82 80 89100 96 96 92 81 58 53 60 68 74 80 84
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          8  8  8  6  5  5  4  4  5 10 12 16 14 14 14 14  9  6  5  4  2
Wind gust                                      23
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          32 30 28                31 26 20 16 17 22 24 19 15 12 12
Min chill        37    29    27    28    39    26    15    16    19    12    11


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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          34      20    36      20    32      11    26      11    23
Temp          31 31 25   23 33 29 24   22 29 25 18   15 23 20 15   13 20 18
Dewpt         16 19 19   20 25 24 24   21 22 20 15    9 11 10  8    5 11 11
PWind dir        SW      SE    NE       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      10    10      10     0       5    10

$$
IAZ094-241000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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                      39          55          34          40          20
Temp             44 40 40 39 40 44 53 55 51 47 45 39 35 34 38 39 33 28 25 22 21
Dewpt            33 35 35 37 38 41 45 47 46 46 43 38 33 29 25 21 19 18 17 16 17
RH               65 82 82 92 92 89 74 74 83 96 93 96 92 82 59 48 56 66 71 77 84
Wind dir         SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          9  6  8  8  8  8 10  6  3  5 11 13 13 13 13 13  6  5  4  3  2
Wind gust                                         24    24 25
Clouds           SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC CL CL FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                   34                39 31 26 25 29 31 27 22 19
Min chill        38    33    32    33          39    25    24    25    18    16


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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      27    41      25    37      18    33      18    29
Temp          35 36 30   28 39 36 31   28 34 31 24   20 29 24 20   18 25 23
Dewpt         18 22 24   25 29 28 27   26 26 24 21   16 17 15 14   11 15 15
PWind dir        SW       S    NE       N     N       N    NW      NW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5    30      30    20      10     5       5    10
Rain                         S  C  C       S  S
Snow                               C    S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-241000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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                      31          45          26          32          15
Temp             39 35 35 33 32 36 41 44 41 38 36 32 27 29 31 30 26 22 20 18 16
Dewpt            34 32 32 31 31 34 38 39 38 37 34 31 26 24 20 18 16 14 12 12 11
RH               82 89 89 92 96 92 89 82 89 96 92 96 96 81 63 60 65 71 71 77 80
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  6  8  8  6  8  6  5  4  8 12 16 17 18 18 17 12 10  9  8  5
Wind gust                                         26       28 27
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             28 26 26 30          32 28 21 15 16 19 18 15 11  9  8  7
Min chill        34    27    24    24    38    26    14    14    14     9     6


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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          30      19    33      18    30       9    23       9    21
Temp          27 28 23   21 30 26 22   21 28 24 18   14 21 18 13   11 18 16
Dewpt         16 18 17   17 23 23 21   18 21 19 14    8 10  9  6    4  9  9
PWind dir         W      SE    NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      10    10      10     5       5    10
Snow                         S  S

$$
IAZ049-241000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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                      34          51          31          37          18
Temp             41 37 35 34 34 38 48 50 46 42 40 36 32 32 35 35 29 25 22 20 18
Dewpt            32 32 32 32 33 37 41 43 43 42 39 35 31 28 25 21 19 17 15 13 14
RH               70 82 89 92 96 96 77 77 89100 96 96 96 85 66 56 66 71 74 74 84
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  6  6  8  6  6  6  5  4  5 10 13 13 14 16 14 10  8  6  5  4
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       35    29 27 28                34 27 22 22 25 25 20 16 15 12 12
Min chill        35    29    26    28          33    22    22    20    13    11


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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          34      22    37      21    34      13    28      13    24
Temp          31 31 25   23 34 30 25   23 31 26 21   17 24 20 15   13 20 18
Dewpt         17 20 20   20 26 26 24   22 24 22 18   11 13 11  9    7 12 12
PWind dir         W      SE    NE       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 B2   SC SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      20    10      10     5       0    10
Rain                            S
Snow                            S  S

$$
IAZ086-241000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
529 PM CST Sat Nov 23 2024

Date           11/23/24      Sun 11/24/24            Mon 11/25/24            Tue
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          57          37          42          20
Temp             41 38 37 37 38 42 54 57 53 49 46 42 38 37 39 40 34 30 27 23 21
Dewpt            33 33 33 35 36 39 44 47 48 47 45 41 36 33 29 25 22 20 18 17 16
RH               73 82 85 92 92 89 69 69 83 93 96 96 92 85 67 55 61 66 68 77 81
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          6  6  6  8  8  9 10  8  3  4  8 12 13 14 16 14 10  9  6  5  4
Wind gust                                         23 24 25 26 25
Clouds           SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                31 32                   35 29 28 30 32 26 22 19 16 14
Min chill        35    31    29    31                28    28    25    18    12


Date           11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24  Fri 11/29/24  Sat 11/30/24
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      26    41      25    36      17    31      15    28
Temp          35 35 30   27 38 36 30   27 33 31 26   21 27 24 19   17 23 22
Dewpt         17 21 23   23 28 28 27   26 26 26 23   17 16 15 14   11 13 15
PWind dir         W      SE     E       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      30    20      20     5       5    10
Rain                            S  C
Snow                               C    S  S  S  S

$$