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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

IAZ060-070900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      47          68          45          68          47
Temp             55 54 53 51 48 55 65 68 63 55 52 48 45 57 65 68 63 55 51 49 48
Dewpt            52 51 51 49 46 47 44 43 45 45 45 44 43 45 45 44 43 42 40 39 39
RH               90 90 93 93 93 74 46 40 52 69 77 86 93 64 48 42 48 61 66 68 71
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          6  8  6  6  5  6  9  8  3  3  3  2  2  3  6  6  5  5  5  6  8
Clouds           OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.11           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  C  C
Tstms             S  S


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          70      55    77      53    78      59    81      61    76
Temp          67 66   59 55 73 71   59 54 75 73   64 60 78 77   68 62 74 71
Dewpt         43 45   45 47 55 55   52 49 53 53   53 52 57 55   54 54 55 52
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       E    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20     5       5     5      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S                              S  S    S  S  S
Tstms                  S  S

$$
IAZ039-070900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      44          67          41          68          41
Temp             56 53 52 47 44 55 64 66 61 53 48 43 41 54 65 67 61 51 47 43 42
Dewpt            52 50 49 46 43 45 41 42 44 45 43 40 38 40 40 40 40 39 37 36 37
RH               86 89 89 96 96 69 43 42 53 74 83 89 89 59 40 37 46 63 68 76 82
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8  6  6  5  5  6  9  9  4  3  3  3  2  3  5  6  5  5  5  8  8
Clouds           OV OV B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          69      50    74      49    76      54    78      57    76
Temp          65 63   55 51 70 67   54 49 72 70   60 55 74 73   63 58 74 70
Dewpt         41 41   43 44 50 51   48 46 50 49   50 50 54 53   53 53 54 51
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20     5       5     5      10    30      30    20
Rain shwrs             S  S                              S  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                  S  S

$$
IAZ048-070900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      44          69          43          68          45
Temp             54 52 51 47 44 56 65 68 63 55 50 46 43 57 65 68 62 52 49 47 46
Dewpt            51 50 49 46 44 47 44 43 45 46 45 44 42 45 45 44 44 42 40 38 38
RH               90 93 93 96100 72 46 40 52 72 83 93 96 64 48 42 52 69 71 71 73
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N SW NW NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          6  5  5  5  5  6  8  6  3  3  2  2  2  3  6  6  5  5  5  6  8
Clouds           OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                     40           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C
Tstms


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          70      53    76      51    77      57    80      59    76
Temp          65 65   58 53 72 70   57 51 74 72   61 58 77 75   66 59 73 70
Dewpt         44 46   46 47 56 54   52 48 53 53   53 52 57 55   54 53 54 52
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      20     5       5     5      20    30      30    20
Rain shwrs             S  S                           S  C  S    C  S  S
Tstms                  S  S

$$
IAZ004-070900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      41          68          41          70          48
Temp             54 48 45 42 41 56 65 67 61 51 46 43 41 55 67 70 64 54 51 50 49
Dewpt            40 40 39 38 37 42 40 39 39 38 37 36 36 40 41 41 41 42 41 38 37
RH               59 74 79 86 85 59 40 36 44 61 71 76 82 57 39 35 43 64 68 63 63
Wind dir          N NW  W  W  W  W NW NW  N NE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  3  4  5  5  5  8  8  4  4  4  4  4  6 11 13 10 10 10 13 13
Clouds           SC FW FW FW CL CL SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          71      51    75      48    77      57    77      54    70
Temp          66 65   56 52 72 68   53 49 73 71   61 57 74 71   61 55 67 64
Dewpt         42 45   48 49 52 47   46 45 49 50   51 50 52 51   49 47 48 42
PWind dir         S       S     N       E    SE       S     S       S    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    10      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                                            S  C  C    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-070900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      41          69          42          70          47
Temp             54 50 46 43 41 55 66 68 63 55 49 45 42 56 67 70 64 53 50 49 47
Dewpt            46 45 44 42 40 45 42 41 41 42 42 41 40 44 44 43 43 43 40 38 38
RH               74 83 93 96 96 69 42 37 44 61 77 86 93 64 43 38 46 69 68 66 71
Wind dir          N  N  N NW NW NW  N  N  N SE SE  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          5  4  4  4  4  4  6  6  3  3  3  3  2  5  8 10  8  8  8 10 11
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          70      53    77      49    77      58    79      57    74
Temp          66 65   58 53 73 69   55 50 74 72   62 58 76 74   63 57 72 68
Dewpt         43 45   47 49 55 50   49 47 51 51   51 52 54 53   51 51 51 46
PWind dir         S       S    NW       E    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20     5       5    10      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S                           S  C  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                  S  S

$$
IAZ094-070900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      49          67          44          68          47
Temp             57 55 53 52 50 55 63 66 60 53 50 47 44 57 66 68 62 54 51 49 48
Dewpt            55 54 53 52 50 49 46 44 45 46 45 43 42 46 44 44 44 42 40 39 38
RH               93 96100100100 80 54 45 58 77 83 86 93 67 45 42 52 64 66 68 68
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          9  9  9  9  8  9 11  9  4  3  3  3  2  4  6  6  4  5  5  5  6
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.28           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  L  C
Tstms             S  C  S


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          70      53    76      53    78      59    81      61    76
Temp          66 65   58 54 72 70   59 54 75 72   64 59 78 76   68 62 74 70
Dewpt         43 45   45 47 56 57   54 50 54 54   54 53 56 54   55 54 56 54
PWind dir        SE       S     S       E    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    10       5     5      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                S                              S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                     S                                      S

$$
IAZ017-070900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      41          67          40          67          42
Temp             54 49 46 42 41 55 65 67 60 51 45 42 40 53 64 67 60 50 47 44 43
Dewpt            46 45 42 41 39 44 43 41 41 40 38 37 35 40 42 41 42 41 39 36 35
RH               74 86 86 96 92 66 45 39 49 66 76 82 82 61 45 39 51 71 74 73 73
Wind dir          N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          5  4  3  3  3  5  6  8  4  3  3  3  2  4  6  8  5  5  6  9 10
Clouds           B2 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                                                                   37
Min chill                    38    39                38                      34


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          68      50    72      46    74      54    76      54    72
Temp          63 62   55 51 69 66   53 47 71 68   59 55 73 70   62 55 70 66
Dewpt         43 44   45 46 53 49   47 45 50 49   49 50 54 53   51 50 51 48
PWind dir         S       S     W       E    SE      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     5       5    10      20    40      20    20
Rain shwrs                                            S  C  C    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-070900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      44          68          42          68          42
Temp             54 52 51 47 44 54 65 66 61 53 48 44 42 55 65 68 61 50 47 44 42
Dewpt            51 50 49 47 44 46 42 43 44 44 44 41 39 42 42 42 41 40 37 36 36
RH               90 93 93100100 74 43 43 53 71 86 89 89 61 43 39 48 68 68 73 79
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8  6  6  6  6  6  9  8  3  3  3  3  2  3  5  5  4  5  5  6  6
Clouds           OV OV B2 SC FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S
Tstms                S


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          69      51    75      49    76      55    78      58    76
Temp          65 63   55 52 70 68   55 49 73 70   59 56 75 73   63 58 73 69
Dewpt         43 43   44 44 53 53   49 47 52 51   51 50 56 55   54 52 54 52
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      20     5       5     5      10    30      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  S                              S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                  S  S

$$
IAZ086-070900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Date           10/06/25      Tue 10/07/25            Wed 10/08/25            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                      51          68          43          70          42
Temp             59 57 55 54 52 57 65 67 62 53 50 46 44 57 67 69 62 52 49 45 43
Dewpt            56 55 54 53 50 49 44 41 42 44 44 43 42 43 40 39 40 38 37 38 38
RH               90 93 96 96 93 75 46 39 48 71 80 89 93 59 37 33 44 59 63 76 82
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd          8  9  9  9  8 10 11 10  5  4  3  4  2  3  5  5  4  5  5  5  5
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV B1 B1 FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     70           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.34           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  L  C
Tstms             S  C  C


Date           10/09  Fri 10/10/25  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25
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          70      51    76      52    78      57    81      61    79
Temp          67 65   55 52 72 70   58 52 75 72   61 58 78 76   67 62 77 73
Dewpt         41 41   42 44 50 53   51 49 51 52   52 52 54 54   55 55 56 55
PWind dir        SE       S     S       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20     5       5     5      10    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                S                                 S    S  C  S  S
Tstms                     S

$$