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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

IAZ060-221000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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                      30          42          27          49          38
Temp                   32 31 31 32 39 42 38 34 31 30 28 32 45 49 43 40 39 39 39
Dewpt                  27 27 27 28 30 30 30 29 28 27 27 29 31 32 33 33 34 34 36
RH                     81 85 85 85 70 62 73 82 88 88 96 88 58 52 67 76 82 82 89
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11  9  8  8  6  6  3  2  2  2  2  2  5  6  6  5  5  5  6
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             22 23 23 25
Min chill              21    21    21    34    28    24    26    39    34    33


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          56      29    37      22    36      23    37      23    34
Temp          53 50 40   33 35 32 25   23 35 33 27   25 36 33 27   25 32 30
Dewpt         42 43 36   26 20 20 19   18 19 24 23   22 26 26 25   22 22 23
PWind dir         S      NW    NW      NW     S       E    NE       N     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    10       0     5      10    30      30    30
Rain                                                        C  C          C
Snow                                                     S  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-221000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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                      30          40          25          43          34
Temp                   34 33 32 34 39 40 37 33 30 28 26 30 39 43 38 35 35 35 35
Dewpt                  30 29 29 31 33 33 31 30 28 26 26 28 31 32 32 31 31 31 32
RH                     85 85 88 89 79 76 79 89 92 92100 92 73 65 79 85 85 85 89
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               13 11 11 10 10 10  6  4  3  3  2  2  4  5  5  5  5  6  8
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             24 24 23 27 32 33 31                               29 28
Min chill              23    22    20    30    24    22    25    34    28    27


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          51      27    36      19    33      19    35      20    32
Temp          48 46 38   32 33 29 23   20 30 29 24   22 33 30 24   21 29 27
Dewpt         39 41 35   27 23 20 17   16 19 21 20   19 24 24 21   18 21 21
PWind dir        SE       N    NW      NW     W       E    NE       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    10       0     5       5    20      30    30
Snow                                                        S  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-221000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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                      28          41          25          47          36
Temp                   31 30 29 32 37 40 35 30 28 27 26 30 41 46 41 37 36 36 37
Dewpt                  27 27 27 29 30 31 30 29 27 27 26 29 32 33 33 33 33 34 35
RH                     85 88 92 88 75 70 82 96 96100100 96 70 60 73 85 89 92 92
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11  9  8  8  8  6  3  2  2  1  1  2  5  6  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             22 22 20 25 31
Min chill              21    19    18    32    26    24    25    35    30    30


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          53      26    36      19    35      20    36      20    32
Temp          50 47 37   30 33 29 23   21 32 30 24   22 33 31 24   22 29 28
Dewpt         42 42 34   25 21 20 19   18 20 24 22   21 25 25 23   21 22 23
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW    SW       E    NE       N     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    10       0     5      10    20      30    30
Rain                                                                      C
Snow                                                     S  S  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-221000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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                      24          38          22          40          30
Temp                   28 27 26 28 32 36 34 28 28 26 23 27 36 39 35 32 33 32 32
Dewpt                  25 24 23 25 28 29 28 26 24 23 23 26 30 32 31 31 31 31 31
RH                     88 88 88 88 85 75 78 92 85 88100 96 79 76 85 96 92 96 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW  W NW NE  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               12  9  8  5  4  5  3  3  3  3  3  4  6  9  9  9  9  9  8
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             17 18 17 21                         30 33 28 24 25 24 25
Min chill              17    14    15    30    22    18    20    28    24    24


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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      20    29      15    29      15    30      16    28
Temp          42 39 30   22 26 24 20   17 26 25 21   18 28 26 21   18 25 23
Dewpt         39 35 26   16 19 17 15   13 19 21 20   16 22 22 19   16 19 20
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW     S      NE     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0      10    10       0     5      10    20      20    30
Snow                      S                                 S  S    S  C  S

$$
IAZ035-221000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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          39          22          45          34
Temp                   29 27 27 30 35 38 34 28 26 25 23 29 40 44 39 35 35 35 34
Dewpt                  26 25 25 27 28 29 28 27 26 24 23 27 30 32 32 31 31 32 33
RH                     88 92 92 88 75 70 78 96100 96100 92 67 62 76 85 85 89 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW  N SW SW SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               11  8  6  6  5  4  2  2  2  2  2  2  5  6  6  6  6  6  6
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             20 19 19 23                                     29 29
Min chill              19    18    18    31    23    20    23    34    28    28


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          51      23    33      16    33      17    34      17    31
Temp          48 45 33   26 31 27 20   19 30 28 22   20 31 28 22   20 28 26
Dewpt         41 39 29   21 19 18 16   15 19 22 20   18 24 23 20   18 21 21
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW     S       E    NE       N     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    10       0     5       5    20      30    30
Snow                                                     S  S  S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-221000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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                      27          44          27          50          39
Temp                   30 30 28 32 39 44 38 34 31 30 28 34 46 50 44 41 41 40 40
Dewpt                  26 26 27 28 30 30 30 29 28 27 27 30 33 35 34 34 35 37 38
RH                     85 85 96 85 70 57 73 82 88 88 96 85 60 56 68 76 79 89 92
Wind dir               NW  N NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                9  8  8  6  5  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  6  8  6  6  8  8  8
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             21 21 20 26
Min chill              20    20    19    35    28    24    26    39    35    34


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          58      30    39      21    37      23    37      23    35
Temp          55 52 43   35 37 32 25   23 35 33 29   25 36 33 28   25 33 31
Dewpt         44 45 39   28 21 19 19   18 21 24 25   23 27 27 26   23 24 23
PWind dir         S      NW    NW      NW     S      SE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 SC FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       0     5      10    30      40    40
Rain                                                     S  C  C          C
Snow                                                     S     C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-221000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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                      26          36          22          40          30
Temp                   30 28 28 30 34 36 32 28 26 26 23 28 36 39 35 32 32 32 32
Dewpt                  27 26 26 28 31 31 29 27 25 24 23 27 30 32 31 30 29 30 30
RH                     88 92 92 92 89 82 88 96 96 92100 96 79 76 85 92 88 92 92
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW  N  S SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               13 11 10  9  9  8  5  3  3  2  2  2  4  5  6  5  6  8  9
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             19 18 19 22 26 29                            26 25 25 24
Min chill              19    17    16    26    21    20    23    29    24    22


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          47      22    30      15    30      15    32      15    28
Temp          44 41 33   26 29 25 20   17 27 25 21   19 29 25 21   18 26 24
Dewpt         39 38 29   21 21 18 15   13 19 21 18   16 22 22 18   15 19 20
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW     W      NE     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    20       0     5       5    20      20    30
Snow                         S                              S  S    S  C  C

$$
IAZ049-221000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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                      28          40          24          45          34
Temp                   32 30 29 32 37 39 35 30 27 26 25 30 40 44 38 34 34 35 35
Dewpt                  28 27 28 30 31 32 30 29 27 25 24 28 31 32 32 31 31 32 33
RH                     85 88 96 92 79 76 82 96100 96 96 92 70 62 79 89 89 89 92
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW  N  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               12 10  9  9  9  8  4  3  3  2  1  2  3  5  5  5  5  6  6
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             22 21 20 24 30                                        29
Min chill              22    19    19    29    22    22    25    34    29    29


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          52      26    36      18    33      19    35      19    32
Temp          49 46 37   30 33 29 22   20 31 29 23   21 33 29 24   21 29 26
Dewpt         40 42 35   26 22 20 17   16 19 22 22   20 24 24 22   19 21 22
PWind dir        SE       N    NW      NW    SW       E    NE       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    10       0     5       5    20      30    30
Snow                                                        S  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-221000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1015 PM CST Thu Nov 21 2024

Date           11/21/24      Fri 11/22/24            Sat 11/23/24            Sun
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          42          26          48          37
Temp                   34 33 32 34 40 42 39 34 31 29 27 32 44 48 43 39 38 38 39
Dewpt                  28 29 29 31 32 33 32 31 30 28 27 30 32 33 34 33 34 34 35
RH                     78 85 88 89 73 70 76 89 96 96100 92 62 56 70 79 85 85 85
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W NW  W  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               14 11 11 10 10  9  5  4  3  3  2  2  4  5  5  5  6  8  8
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             24 24 23 26 33 36                                     33
Min chill              23    20    20    33    26    23    26    39    32    31


Date           11/24/24  Mon 11/25/24  Tue 11/26/24  Wed 11/27/24  Thu 11/28/24
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          57      31    40      21    37      23    38      23    35
Temp          54 52 44   37 36 34 26   22 34 34 29   25 36 34 28   25 32 31
Dewpt         42 46 41   32 24 21 19   18 21 24 24   23 27 28 26   23 25 25
PWind dir         S      NW    NW      NW    SW      SE    NE       N     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    10       0     5      10    30      40    40
Rain                                                     S  C  C          C
Snow                                                     S          C  C  C

$$