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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

IAZ060-222100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      75          54          74          56          71
Temp             52 63 68 72 72 63 59 56 54 63 71 73 69 62 60 58 56 62 67 69 67
Dewpt            48 54 52 48 50 50 51 52 51 56 57 58 57 56 55 54 53 56 57 58 59
RH               86 72 57 42 46 62 75 86 90 78 61 59 66 81 84 86 90 81 70 68 75
Wind dir          S  W NW  W  E NE SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd          9  9  6  5  4  3  4  4  5  5  8  8  5  5  5  5  6  9 11 11  9
Clouds           SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     20          30          70          70          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.14        0.35        0.54
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S     S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  L
Tstms                      S     S  C  S  S     C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    67      50    64      52    70      60    80
Temp          61 57 64 64   55 51 59 63   56 54 64 69   64 63 75 76
Dewpt         56 54 54 52   48 45 48 49   49 49 56 58   58 59 63 63
PWind dir         E     N      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70    40      10    20      30    50      50    60
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  C             S    S  C  C  C    C  C  L  C
Tstms          C  C     S                     S     S    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ039-222100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      74          49          72          53          70
Temp             51 59 67 72 69 58 53 50 51 60 69 71 67 60 56 54 53 60 66 68 65
Dewpt            47 51 52 47 48 46 45 46 49 54 57 56 56 55 53 52 51 56 56 56 56
RH               86 75 59 41 47 64 74 86 93 81 66 59 68 84 90 93 93 87 70 65 73
Wind dir         SE SW  W  W  W  E  E SE  E SE SE  S  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd         11 10 10  9  4  3  3  3  4  5  9  9  8  5  5  5  6  9 11 12 11
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          40          50          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.08        0.27        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                    S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S           C  C  C


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          53    65      47    64      49    69      57    79
Temp          57 54 62 60   51 47 59 61   53 50 63 66   60 59 72 73
Dewpt         53 51 53 49   46 43 47 47   45 45 52 54   54 56 62 62
PWind dir         E    NE      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80    40      10     5      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S                     S  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  S  S  S                           S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ048-222100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      75          50          73          54          70
Temp             51 61 67 72 72 60 56 53 51 61 69 72 68 60 57 56 54 61 66 67 65
Dewpt            48 53 49 46 47 48 48 51 51 56 58 59 58 57 55 54 52 56 58 59 59
RH               89 75 52 39 41 64 74 93100 84 68 64 70 90 93 93 93 84 75 75 81
Wind dir          S  W NW NW SE NE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          8  9  8  5  4  3  3  4  4  6  8  9  6  5  5  5  6 10 11 11 10
Clouds           SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          30          70          70          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.05        0.58        0.50
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                               S  S  S     C  C  C  S  S  S     S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          53    67      47    64      51    69      59    79
Temp          58 54 62 62   52 49 58 61   54 52 64 67   62 61 73 75
Dewpt         56 53 54 52   47 45 48 50   49 48 56 59   58 59 64 64
PWind dir        NE     N      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80    40      10    20      30    50      50    60
Rain shwrs     D  C  C  S             S    S  C  C  C    C  C  L  L
Tstms          C  S     S                           S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-222100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      73          46          70          46          61
Temp             47 56 65 71 70 56 50 47 47 58 66 69 66 56 51 49 47 51 57 60 58
Dewpt            46 45 39 35 36 37 38 38 39 44 45 44 44 45 44 42 41 44 47 49 50
RH               96 66 38 27 29 49 63 71 74 59 47 40 45 66 77 77 79 77 69 67 75
Wind dir          W  W NW  W  W SW NE  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE
Wind spd          9 13 13 10  5  4  5  4  5  8 10 11 10 10 10 11 12 13 16 17 14
Clouds           SC FW CL FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.02        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  L
Tstms                                                 S                    S  S


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          45    62      43    62      48    67      55    76
Temp          50 47 57 58   47 44 57 58   50 49 62 64   57 57 70 72
Dewpt         48 45 47 46   42 40 45 46   45 45 52 54   54 55 61 60
PWind dir        NE     N      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60    20      10    20      30    50      60    60
Rain shwrs     L  C  S                S    S  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Tstms          S  S                                 S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ035-222100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      75          48          72          51          67
Temp             50 58 67 73 71 59 53 50 49 59 67 71 67 59 55 53 52 58 63 65 62
Dewpt            48 48 43 40 42 43 43 45 46 51 54 55 54 53 52 51 50 54 56 56 56
RH               93 69 42 30 35 55 69 83 89 75 63 57 63 80 90 93 93 86 78 73 81
Wind dir          S NW NW NW SW SE SE SE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          6  9  8  5  3  2  3  3  4  5  6  8  8  5  5  5  8 10 11 11 10
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          30          60          70          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.02        0.20        0.40
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  L
Tstms                                  S        S  C  C  S              S  C  C


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          50    64      45    62      50    68      57    78
Temp          55 52 61 60   50 46 57 60   52 50 62 65   60 59 71 73
Dewpt         53 50 52 49   46 42 47 48   47 46 54 56   57 57 62 62
PWind dir        NE     N      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         70    30      10    20      30    50      60    60
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  S             S    S  C  C  C    C  L  L  C
Tstms          C  S     S                           S    S  C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-222100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      75          53          73          56          73
Temp             51 64 71 73 71 62 59 55 55 64 70 72 68 62 59 58 56 63 69 68 67
Dewpt            48 53 53 52 55 54 53 52 52 56 57 57 56 55 55 54 54 57 59 58 59
RH               89 67 53 48 57 75 80 90 90 75 63 59 65 78 87 86 93 81 70 70 75
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  S SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S
Wind spd          9 11  9  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  9 10  6  6  6  6  8 10 11 11  9
Wind gust           23
Clouds           SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          30          60          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.34        0.39        0.61
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                   S  C  C  S  S     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    68      50    65      53    70      60    79
Temp          61 58 65 64   55 51 60 63   57 55 65 69   65 62 75 74
Dewpt         58 57 57 52   50 47 51 51   51 52 58 59   59 60 64 62
PWind dir        SW     N      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80    40      20    20      40    50      50    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C    S  S  S  S    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  S  C                     S     C    S  S  C  C

$$
IAZ017-222100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      72          46          71          49          64
Temp             50 58 64 70 68 56 51 47 47 59 66 70 66 57 53 51 49 54 59 62 60
Dewpt            47 51 46 43 45 42 41 41 43 50 52 53 53 51 49 47 46 50 53 54 53
RH               89 77 52 38 43 59 68 79 86 72 61 55 63 80 86 86 89 86 80 75 78
Wind dir          S  W  W  W SW  S  S SE  E NE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd         10 10 11  9  4  3  4  4  4  5  8  9  8  6  6  8  9 10 13 13 11
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          50          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.04        0.09        0.28
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                              S  S  S              S  C  C


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          49    61      44    62      48    66      55    75
Temp          54 50 57 57   48 44 56 58   51 49 60 63   57 57 68 71
Dewpt         51 48 50 48   44 40 45 47   45 44 51 54   54 55 61 62
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80    30      10    10      30    40      50    60
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S                  S  C  C  C    C  C  L  C
Tstms          C  C  S  S                           S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ049-222100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      74          49          72          53          70
Temp             51 60 67 71 69 59 54 52 50 61 68 71 67 59 56 54 53 60 66 68 65
Dewpt            47 52 51 47 47 47 47 49 49 56 58 58 57 54 54 52 51 56 57 58 57
RH               86 75 56 42 45 64 77 89 96 84 70 63 70 83 93 93 93 87 73 70 75
Wind dir          S SW  W  W  W  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd         10 10  9  6  4  3  3  3  4  5  8  8  6  5  5  5  6  9 11 11  9
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          30          60          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.05        0.35        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                               S  S  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  S     S  C  C  C


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          53    65      46    64      48    69      57    79
Temp          57 54 62 60   51 47 58 60   52 50 62 66   60 59 73 73
Dewpt         54 52 54 50   47 43 48 48   47 46 53 56   55 56 63 63
PWind dir         E     N      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80    40      10    10      30    40      50    60
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C                  S  C  C  C    C  C  L  C
Tstms          C  S  S  S                           S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-222100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
545 AM CDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Date             Tue 04/22/25            Wed 04/23/25            Thu 04/24/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      75          54          74          56          76
Temp             52 62 70 73 71 62 59 56 54 65 71 74 69 62 60 58 56 64 72 74 70
Dewpt            47 52 55 56 57 55 54 53 52 57 58 58 58 56 55 54 53 57 59 59 59
RH               83 70 59 55 61 78 83 90 93 75 63 57 68 81 84 86 90 78 64 59 68
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  S  E SE  E SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         10 12 12 10  5  4  4  5  5  6  9  9  6  5  6  6  6  9 11 11 10
Wind gust           23
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     40          30          50          50          60
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.10        0.29        0.11        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C     C  C  C  S  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                   C  C  C  S  C  S        S  C  C  C  S           S  S  S


Date          Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25  Sun 04/27/25  Mon 04/28/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    69      50    66      52    71      59    80
Temp          62 59 65 64   55 51 61 63   56 54 66 69   63 62 76 76
Dewpt         58 57 58 54   50 47 51 51   49 49 57 58   57 59 65 65
PWind dir         S    NW      NE     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         80    50      20    10      20    40      40    60
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C    S                S  C  C    C  C  L  C
Tstms          S  C     C                           S    S  S     S

$$