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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

IAZ060-050900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      38          51          36          49          27
Temp                      38 38 44 50 50 49 47 44 41 36 39 45 48 47 39 34 30 27
Dewpt                     34 33 36 37 40 40 41 40 38 32 26 23 21 20 21 21 20 20
RH                        85 82 73 61 68 71 79 86 89 85 59 41 34 34 48 58 66 74
Wind dir                  NE  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                   5  5  8  8  5  6  5  9 13 17 20 17 17 13 10  6  5  5
Clouds                    B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          50          40           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                        33 27 30 38       33 27
Min chill                    33    34          38    26    26    39    26    20


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          56      34    51      27    56      39    67      44    70
Temp          52 55   41 34 47 47   33 27 50 54   45 40 60 64   51 45 64 65
Dewpt         25 28   27 25 22 18   19 19 24 29   32 32 40 42   40 39 42 42
PWind dir        NW       W     N      NE    SE       S     S       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20    20      30    20
Rain                                               S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-050900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      34          52          36          47          26
Temp                      34 34 43 49 51 49 45 43 40 37 39 44 47 43 35 31 27 26
Dewpt                     32 30 34 36 37 38 39 39 37 33 27 22 20 19 21 21 21 20
RH                        92 85 70 61 59 66 79 86 89 85 62 41 34 38 56 66 78 78
Wind dir                  NE  E SE SE  E NE  N  N NW NW  N NW NW  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                   4  5  9  9  5  6  4  9 12 19 21 19 19 16 10  8  5  5
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  S  C  S
Wind chill                                     37 32 27 30 36    37    24    20
Min chill                    28    31          36    26    26    36    23    19


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          56      30    46      24    52      35    64      42    68
Temp          52 53   38 30 43 42   29 24 46 49   38 35 56 58   46 42 61 61
Dewpt         26 27   26 23 17 15   16 16 20 25   27 28 35 39   39 37 41 40
PWind dir        NW      NW     N      NE    SE      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20    20      30    20
Rain                                                  S  S  S    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-050900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      35          52          34          47          26
Temp                      35 35 43 50 52 50 45 43 40 35 38 44 47 45 36 31 27 26
Dewpt                     34 32 36 37 38 39 40 39 36 30 24 22 21 21 22 21 21 20
RH                        96 89 76 61 59 66 82 86 85 82 57 41 35 38 56 66 78 78
Wind dir                  NE NE SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                   5  4  8  8  5  6  6  9 18 19 21 18 18 14 10  6  5  5
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                      37             37 28 23 27 36    38
Min chill                    30    31          36    23    23    37    25    19


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          56      31    48      24    54      37    66      42    69
Temp          52 54   39 31 44 45   30 24 48 52   42 37 59 62   47 42 63 64
Dewpt         26 29   29 24 21 18   18 18 23 29   32 31 40 43   40 39 43 43
PWind dir        NW       W     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW CL   CL CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20    20      30    20
Rain                                               S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-050900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      30          51          27          44          26
Temp                      31 30 39 46 48 47 39 33 30 27 34 41 43 41 32 29 27 26
Dewpt                     32 30 34 36 36 37 36 31 26 24 20 19 19 19 20 20 20 20
RH                       104100 82 68 63 68 89 92 85 88 56 41 38 41 61 69 74 78
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd                   5  5  9  6  5  6 16 21 18 14 18 19 16 17 10  8  6  8
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          10          50           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  C  S
Snow                                            S
Wind chill                   24 33          33 25 18 14 22 30 35 34    23    19
Min chill                    24    26          24    14    15    31    22    16


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          56      25    43      23    51      34    65      39    66
Temp          52 52   35 25 39 40   26 23 46 49   38 34 57 59   45 39 60 60
Dewpt         27 27   26 17 15 13   16 16 21 26   27 27 36 39   36 35 39 38
PWind dir         W       N     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    20      20    20
Rain                                                     S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-050900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      33          52          30          46          25
Temp                      33 33 42 48 51 49 44 40 34 31 35 42 45 43 34 30 26 25
Dewpt                     32 32 35 37 38 38 38 37 32 26 22 20 20 19 21 21 20 20
RH                        96 96 76 65 61 66 79 89 92 81 59 41 36 38 58 69 78 81
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N NW  W
Wind spd                   6  5  9  6  4  6  8 16 19 18 21 18 17 13  8  5  4  4
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  S  S  S
Wind chill                   27 36             33 22 18 23 32 39       24
Min chill                    27    28          32    18    19    35    24    18


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          56      29    46      23    53      35    65      41    68
Temp          52 54   37 29 42 42   27 23 46 50   40 35 58 60   45 41 61 62
Dewpt         26 28   27 21 18 15   16 17 22 27   29 30 38 41   39 37 41 40
PWind dir         W      NW     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW CL   CL CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      20    30      30    20
Rain                                               S  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-050900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      39          49          37          47          28
Temp                      39 39 44 46 48 47 45 44 42 38 39 44 47 45 37 34 30 28
Dewpt                     36 35 38 40 42 41 41 41 39 36 31 28 24 21 21 20 20 20
RH                        89 85 79 79 80 79 86 89 89 92 73 53 40 38 52 56 66 71
Wind dir                  NE  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   5  4  8  8  8  9  9 10 12 19 21 18 19 14 11 10 10  9
Wind gust                                                        25
Clouds                    B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          80          50          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.19        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             C  D  L  C  C  C
Wind chill                                  39 36 32 28 28 35       31 26 22 20
Min chill                    33    36          35    26    26    36    24    19


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          54      34    53      26    56      40    68      46    70
Temp          50 52   40 34 50 49   33 26 50 54   45 40 61 64   51 46 66 65
Dewpt         25 28   27 26 26 22   19 20 27 30   32 34 43 43   41 40 44 42
PWind dir         N       W     N      NE    SE       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0      20    20      30    20
Rain                                               S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-050900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      30          50          30          44          25
Temp                      32 31 39 45 49 47 42 40 34 31 35 40 43 41 32 29 26 26
Dewpt                     32 31 34 36 37 37 37 37 32 25 21 20 20 19 20 20 20 19
RH                       100100 82 70 63 68 82 89 92 78 56 44 39 41 61 69 78 74
Wind dir                  NE  E SE  S SE  N  N  N NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd                   4  4  9  6  4  5  5 13 19 19 23 19 18 14 10  8  5  5
Wind gust                                               33
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          10          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C
Wind chill                   25                32 23 18 22 30 36 35    21    20
Min chill                    24    27          32    17    17    31    21    18


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          55      27    43      23    50      34    62      39    66
Temp          49 51   36 27 39 39   27 23 44 47   37 34 54 56   44 39 59 59
Dewpt         27 27   26 18 17 14   15 15 20 25   26 27 35 39   38 35 41 40
PWind dir         W      NW     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      20    20      30    20
Rain                                                  S  S  S    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-050900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      33          51          34          47          24
Temp                      33 33 41 48 51 49 44 42 40 35 38 44 47 43 34 30 26 24
Dewpt                     32 31 34 37 38 39 39 39 37 32 26 22 20 19 20 20 20 20
RH                        96 92 76 65 61 68 82 89 89 89 62 41 34 38 56 66 78 84
Wind dir                  NE  E SE SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd                   6  5  9  9  6  6  6  9 14 19 21 19 19 14 10  6  5  5
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          40          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   C  C  C  S
Wind chill                                     36 31 25 29 35    37    23
Min chill                    28    30          36    23    23    36    21    16


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          55      30    46      23    51      35    64      41    68
Temp          50 52   37 30 43 42   28 23 46 49   40 35 57 59   46 41 61 62
Dewpt         25 27   27 22 20 16   16 16 21 26   29 29 38 41   39 37 42 41
PWind dir        NW       W     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20    20      40    20
Rain                                               S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ086-050900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Date           04/03/25      Fri 04/04/25            Sat 04/05/25            Sun
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                      39          51          39          49          27
Temp                      39 39 45 48 49 48 44 44 44 40 41 46 48 46 38 34 30 28
Dewpt                     36 34 37 40 42 42 42 41 40 38 35 30 25 22 22 22 21 20
RH                        89 82 73 74 77 80 93 89 86 92 79 53 40 38 52 61 69 71
Wind dir                  NE  E  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   8  6  9  9 10 10 11 11 12 16 20 19 19 14 12 10  9  8
Wind gust                                                        25
Clouds                    B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          70          60          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  L  L  C  C  C
Wind chill                                     37 33 31 32 38       31 24 21 21
Min chill                    33    35          37    31    30    38    23    19


Date           04/06  Mon 04/07/25  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25
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          54      34    51      25    54      38    65      44    69
Temp          49 52   40 35 48 47   32 26 49 52   44 39 58 61   50 44 64 64
Dewpt         26 29   28 27 26 20   19 19 24 29   31 32 40 43   42 40 44 43
PWind dir         N       W     N      NE    SE       S     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0      20    20      30    20
Rain                                                  S  S  S    C  S  S  S

$$