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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

IAZ060-232200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      50          31          55          33          58
Temp                   44 50 42 36 35 36 34 39 51 55 48 41 40 36 33 38 50 58 49
Dewpt                  32 35 34 31 32 33 32 35 39 41 40 37 36 34 31 33 38 38 38
RH                     62 56 73 82 89 89 92 85 63 59 74 85 85 92 92 82 63 47 66
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W SW SE
Wind spd                8  9  6  8  9  9  8  8  8  9  6  8  8  8  5  4  4  6  5
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                      29 28 29 27 33             34 30
Min chill              29    37    27    26    27          33    27    28


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    52      30    54      32    59      34    49
Temp          42   40 49 45 36   31 47 47 36   34 53 52 42   35 45 43
Dewpt         39   37 39 36 33   29 33 33 30   28 34 35 32   29 29 27
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    20       5     0       0     5       5     5
Rain                C  S

$$
IAZ039-232200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      46          31          48          32          51
Temp                   40 46 38 34 33 34 33 36 45 48 43 38 36 34 32 35 45 51 42
Dewpt                  31 33 32 30 31 31 31 34 38 39 37 35 34 33 31 34 37 37 36
RH                     70 60 79 85 92 89 92 92 76 71 79 89 92 96 96 96 73 59 79
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  W  W NW NW NW NW SW SE
Wind spd                6  9  6  8 10 10  9  8  9  9  8  8  9  8  6  5  5  6  5
Clouds                 CL FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S                    S
Wind chill                      27 25 26 25 30          32 29 27 26
Min chill              26    31    24    24    25    36    27    24    26    37


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            35    48      30    49      31    54      31    43
Temp          37   37 44 42 35   31 44 42 33   32 48 47 39   33 40 37
Dewpt         35   35 39 36 32   29 33 32 29   28 35 34 32   27 26 24
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    30       5     0       0     5       5     5
Rain           S    C  C

$$
IAZ048-232200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      49          30          51          31          55
Temp                   43 49 41 34 32 34 32 36 46 51 44 39 37 34 31 36 47 55 45
Dewpt                  32 36 34 32 31 32 32 35 39 41 39 37 35 34 31 34 39 40 40
RH                     65 61 76 92 96 92100 96 76 68 82 92 92100100 92 74 57 82
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  W  W NW NW NW  W  S SE
Wind spd                8  9  6  6  9  9  6  6  8  9  6  8  9  8  5  5  5  6  5
Clouds                 CL CL FW FW B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          S
Wind chill                      28 24 26 26 30          33 30 28 25
Min chill              28    35    24    25    26    39    30    24    26


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            37    50      29    51      31    56      32    47
Temp          40   37 46 44 34   29 45 44 34   32 50 49 40   33 42 40
Dewpt         38   36 40 36 33   29 35 34 31   29 36 35 32   29 29 26
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    20       5     0       0     5       5     5
Rain           S    C  S

$$
IAZ004-232200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      51          31          54          29          55
Temp                   45 51 42 37 37 36 34 39 49 51 45 38 36 32 30 35 46 53 44
Dewpt                  33 34 33 32 33 33 32 34 37 40 39 35 32 31 29 32 37 38 37
RH                     62 52 70 82 85 89 92 82 63 66 79 89 85 96 96 89 71 57 76
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S  S
Wind spd               11 12 11 13 14 13 10 10 12 12 11 12 11 10  6  5  8 11 10
Clouds                 CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                               S                          C
Wind chill             39    35 28 28 27 26 32       39 30 28 24 23          38
Min chill              31    35    27    25    25    39    27    22    25    37


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            33    48      27    50      31    54      28    43
Temp          37   34 44 40 31   29 44 42 33   32 49 47 35   29 38 36
Dewpt         34   32 36 33 27   25 33 31 28   25 33 31 27   24 24 22
PWind dir          SW    NW      NW    NW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    20       0     0       0     5       5     5
Rain           C    C  S

$$
IAZ035-232200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      43          29          50          29          53
Temp                   38 42 36 32 33 32 31 35 45 49 43 37 35 32 29 34 44 52 43
Dewpt                  32 35 32 29 31 32 31 34 38 40 38 35 33 31 29 33 37 38 38
RH                     79 76 85 88 92100100 96 76 71 82 92 92 96100 96 76 59 82
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  W  W NW NW  W SW  S SE
Wind spd                6  8  8  9 10 10  8  6  8  9  6  8  8  6  5  3  4  6  5
Clouds                 CL FW SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          C
Wind chill                   30 25 25 24 24 29             28 26
Min chill              24    29    22    24    24    38    28    23    25    38


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            34    50      27    51      30    56      29    46
Temp          37   35 44 42 31   29 45 43 32   32 49 48 37   31 40 39
Dewpt         36   34 38 35 30   27 34 33 29   28 34 34 30   26 27 25
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    20       5     0       0     5       5     5
Rain           C    C  S

$$
IAZ094-232200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      49          31          54          33          60
Temp                   43 49 41 35 33 34 34 38 49 54 47 40 39 36 33 39 53 60 49
Dewpt                  32 36 34 31 31 32 32 34 39 42 40 37 35 34 31 34 39 38 38
RH                     65 61 76 85 92 92 92 85 68 64 76 89 85 92 92 82 59 44 66
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W  S  S
Wind spd                8  9  6  6  9 10 10  8  8  9  5  6  8  8  6  5  5  6  5
Clouds                 CL CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                      29 26 26 26 32             33 30
Min chill              27    37    25    25    25          32    26    28


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    53      31    54      33    59      34    52
Temp          44   40 50 46 36   32 48 46 36   34 53 51 42   36 48 44
Dewpt         39   38 39 36 33   29 33 32 31   29 34 34 33   29 29 26
PWind dir          SW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           20    20       0     0       0     0       5     5
Rain                S  S

$$
IAZ017-232200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      44          30          48          30          50
Temp                   39 44 37 34 34 34 33 35 43 46 42 36 35 33 31 34 43 49 39
Dewpt                  31 35 32 31 30 32 31 33 37 40 37 35 33 32 31 32 36 37 36
RH                     73 70 82 89 85 92 92 92 79 79 82 96 92 96100 92 76 63 89
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  W  W NW NW NW  W  S SE
Wind spd                8 10  9 10 13 13 10  9 10 10  9 10 10  9  6  5  5  6  6
Clouds                 CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S                    S
Wind chill             33    30 26 25 25 25 28 37    36 29 27 25 24
Min chill              24    29    23    23    24    35    27    24    24    34


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            33    47      28    49      30    52      28    41
Temp          35   34 42 40 31   29 42 40 32   32 47 45 36   30 37 34
Dewpt         34   33 37 34 30   27 33 32 29   27 34 33 29   25 24 23
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW      SW    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    30       0     0       0     5       5     5
Rain           S    C  C

$$
IAZ049-232200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      49          30          49          31          53
Temp                   42 49 40 33 32 32 32 36 45 49 43 37 35 33 31 35 46 53 43
Dewpt                  30 33 33 31 31 31 31 34 38 40 38 35 34 32 31 34 38 39 38
RH                     62 54 76 92 96 96 96 92 76 71 82 92 96 96100 96 73 59 82
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S
Wind spd                8 10  8  8 10 10  9  8  9  9  6  8  9  8  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 CL FW SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          S
Wind chill                   34 26 24 24 24 29             28 26 25
Min chill              27    34    24    24    24    39    28    24    26    38


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            36    50      29    50      30    55      31    45
Temp          38   37 45 42 33   29 44 42 32   31 49 47 38   32 41 37
Dewpt         36   35 39 36 32   28 34 33 29   28 36 35 32   27 27 25
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    20       5     0       0     5       5     5
Rain           S    C  S

$$
IAZ086-232200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1000 AM CST Sun Feb 23 2025

Date             Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue 02/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      51          32          54          33          58
Temp                   44 51 43 36 35 35 35 39 50 54 48 41 39 36 34 39 51 58 48
Dewpt                  31 34 34 33 32 33 32 36 40 42 41 39 37 35 33 36 41 40 39
RH                     60 52 70 89 89 92 89 89 68 64 77 92 92 96 96 89 68 51 71
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W SW  S
Wind spd                8  9  8  8 10 10 10 10 10  9  6  8  9  9  8  5  5  6  5
Clouds                 CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                      30 27 27 27 32             33 30 27
Min chill              28    36    26    26    27          31    26    27


Date               Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    53      31    52      32    59      34    50
Temp          42   40 50 46 36   32 46 45 35   34 52 50 42   36 46 42
Dewpt         39   38 42 37 34   30 34 33 31   30 35 36 34   30 30 28
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW       W    SW       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           30    30       5     0       0     5       5     5
Rain                C  C  S

$$