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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

IAZ060-250900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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          72          48          74          52
Temp             69 60 56 51 50 63 69 71 69 60 55 52 49 63 71 74 71 61 57 55 55
Dewpt            51 51 50 48 47 49 48 47 48 49 49 48 46 49 48 48 49 50 50 49 47
RH               53 72 80 89 89 60 47 42 47 67 80 86 89 60 44 40 46 67 77 80 74
Wind dir          N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE  S  S
Wind spd         10  5  4  4  4  5  9  9  6  3  2  2  2  3  4  5  4  3  3  3  4
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          79      57    83      58    80      58    80      58    79
Temp          75 75   64 59 78 78   64 60 76 75   64 59 76 75   64 59 76 74
Dewpt         53 55   54 54 58 58   59 58 58 57   57 56 58 57   57 55 57 55
PWind dir         S      SW    SW       E     E      SE    SE       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5     5       5     5       5    10      10    10

$$
IAZ039-250900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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                      46          69          46          71          47
Temp             65 56 51 48 47 60 66 67 64 55 51 49 47 61 69 70 66 56 52 50 49
Dewpt            50 49 48 46 46 50 49 48 50 49 47 46 45 51 50 50 52 51 49 47 46
RH               58 77 89 93 96 69 54 50 60 80 86 89 93 70 51 49 61 83 89 89 89
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW  S
Wind spd         12  8  6  5  5  8 11 10  6  4  3  3  3  5  6  6  3  2  2  2  3
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          73      56    77      55    76      55    75      54    76
Temp          70 69   60 57 75 72   60 57 73 70   59 56 71 70   59 55 72 70
Dewpt         55 58   56 55 62 61   58 56 60 59   56 54 58 59   55 54 58 58
PWind dir        SW       S     W       E     E      SE    SE       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    10       5     5       5    10      10    10

$$
IAZ048-250900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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                      46          71          46          73          50
Temp             67 57 52 49 47 61 67 69 66 56 52 49 46 62 70 73 69 58 54 52 52
Dewpt            51 50 49 47 46 51 49 50 51 50 48 47 46 51 50 50 53 51 50 49 48
RH               56 77 89 93 96 70 52 51 58 80 86 93100 67 49 44 57 77 86 89 86
Wind dir          N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E SE  S  S
Wind spd          9  5  4  4  4  5  9  8  5  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  2  2  2  2  3
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL FW CL CL FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          76      55    81      56    79      56    78      56    78
Temp          72 72   62 56 76 75   61 57 75 73   61 57 74 72   61 57 73 73
Dewpt         56 59   55 54 60 62   59 57 59 59   57 56 59 59   57 54 58 58
PWind dir         S      SW     W       E    SE      SE    SE       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5     5       5    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                          S
Tstms                                                               S

$$
IAZ004-250900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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                      45          69          45          72          50
Temp             62 53 50 47 45 60 65 67 64 53 50 47 46 61 68 71 67 56 52 51 53
Dewpt            48 47 46 44 43 48 47 48 50 47 45 43 44 50 49 50 52 49 48 47 47
RH               60 80 86 89 93 64 52 50 60 80 83 86 93 67 51 47 59 77 86 86 80
Wind dir          N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW  N NW SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd         10  6  6  6  6  8 10  9  5  3  3  4  4  3  3  3  3  5  5  6  8
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW CL FW FW CL SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          74      56    77      55    75      55    76      56    75
Temp          69 71   60 57 73 73   59 56 71 71   58 57 71 71   60 57 71 71
Dewpt         58 60   56 55 61 61   57 54 59 60   56 54 59 60   56 54 58 59
PWind dir         S      SW    NE       E    SE      SE     S       E     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10     5       5     5       5    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                               S          S  S

$$
IAZ035-250900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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                      46          70          45          72          51
Temp             66 55 51 48 46 61 67 68 65 55 50 47 46 61 70 71 69 58 52 52 52
Dewpt            50 49 47 46 45 50 49 50 51 48 47 45 44 51 50 51 53 51 49 48 47
RH               56 80 86 93 96 67 52 52 60 77 89 93 93 70 49 49 57 77 89 86 83
Wind dir          N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          9  5  4  4  4  6  9  9  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  3  3  4  5
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          75      55    79      55    78      56    77      56    77
Temp          70 73   60 56 75 75   60 56 74 73   60 57 72 71   60 57 73 72
Dewpt         57 60   56 54 62 62   58 56 60 60   57 55 60 59   56 54 58 59
PWind dir         S      SW     W       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     5       5     5       5    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                                          S

$$
IAZ094-250900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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          73          48          75          52
Temp             69 61 55 52 50 64 70 72 68 59 55 52 50 65 72 75 71 61 56 54 54
Dewpt            51 52 51 49 48 50 48 48 48 49 49 48 47 50 47 47 49 48 48 48 47
RH               53 72 86 89 93 60 45 42 49 69 80 86 89 58 41 37 46 62 74 80 77
Wind dir          N  N  N  N NW  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE  S
Wind spd          6  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  3  3  4
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          78      56    80      57    79      58    79      58    79
Temp          75 73   62 57 76 76   63 59 75 74   63 59 75 73   63 59 75 74
Dewpt         51 55   55 54 56 57   59 58 58 58   57 56 58 59   57 56 57 56
PWind dir         S      SW     S       S     E      SE    SE       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    10       5     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                             S

$$
IAZ017-250900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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                      45          68          45          70          48
Temp             62 54 50 47 45 59 65 66 63 53 49 47 46 61 68 68 66 55 51 50 50
Dewpt            49 48 47 45 44 50 49 49 50 47 45 44 44 51 50 51 53 49 47 46 46
RH               62 80 89 93 96 72 56 54 62 80 86 89 93 70 52 54 63 80 86 86 86
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  S  S  S  S
Wind spd         10  6  5  5  5  6  9  9  5  2  2  3  3  3  4  4  2  2  2  3  4
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          72      54    76      54    74      54    73      53    74
Temp          68 69   59 56 73 72   58 55 71 69   57 55 70 69   57 54 70 69
Dewpt         56 60   56 54 62 62   56 54 61 60   55 53 60 59   54 52 59 59
PWind dir        SW       S    NW       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10       0     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
IAZ049-250900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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                      45          70          45          72          48
Temp             65 56 50 47 46 61 67 68 65 55 50 47 46 61 68 71 66 57 52 50 49
Dewpt            49 49 48 46 45 50 49 49 50 48 47 45 44 51 49 50 52 50 48 47 46
RH               56 77 93 96 96 67 52 51 58 77 89 93 93 70 51 47 61 77 86 89 89
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  S  S  S
Wind spd         10  5  5  5  5  6  9  9  5  3  2  3  3  3  5  4  2  2  2  3  4
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          74      54    78      55    77      55    76      54    76
Temp          70 70   60 56 75 73   60 57 73 70   59 56 72 71   59 55 73 71
Dewpt         54 58   54 53 61 61   58 55 59 58   56 54 59 58   55 53 58 57
PWind dir         S       S     W       E     E      SE    SE       E    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     5       5     5       5    10      10    10

$$
IAZ086-250900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
615 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date           08/24/25      Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25            Wed
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          72          47          74          50
Temp             68 60 54 50 48 63 69 71 68 57 53 50 49 64 71 74 70 59 55 52 52
Dewpt            51 51 50 48 48 50 48 48 49 49 49 48 46 49 47 47 50 49 49 48 47
RH               54 72 86 93100 62 47 44 51 75 86 93 89 58 42 38 49 69 80 86 83
Wind dir         NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  S  S  S
Wind spd         10  5  4  5  5  6  9  9  6  4  2  3  3  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  3
Clouds           FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW CL CL CL FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           08/27  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25  Sun 08/31/25
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          78      57    81      57    81      57    78      57    80
Temp          75 73   63 58 78 77   63 59 77 75   63 58 74 74   62 58 76 74
Dewpt         51 55   54 54 56 58   59 57 57 57   57 56 58 58   57 56 57 57
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       E     E      SE    SE      SE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    10       5     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$