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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

IAZ060-052100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      67          45          69          43          72
Temp                59 64 66 64 56 50 48 46 59 66 68 65 56 51 47 44 59 68 72 68
Dewpt               46 44 43 42 43 43 41 41 43 41 41 41 43 44 43 41 45 42 42 43
RH                  62 48 43 45 62 77 77 83 55 40 37 41 62 77 86 89 60 39 34 40
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd            12 14 12  9  5  4  4  4  6 11 11  8  4  2  2  2  3  5  4  4
Wind gust           25
Clouds              SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          51    81      61    81      62    86      61    82
Temp          53 52 75 77   66 63 76 77   67 63 80 79   66 62 77 76
Dewpt         44 42 49 51   55 54 59 60   60 59 63 62   62 60 60 59
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S    SE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      40    30      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C       S  S
Tstms                           S  C       S  S

$$
IAZ039-052100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      62          42          63          41          68
Temp                56 58 61 58 51 47 45 43 56 61 61 59 51 47 43 42 56 64 66 63
Dewpt               45 44 43 43 44 42 41 40 44 42 43 44 43 43 41 40 46 45 45 46
RH                  66 59 51 57 77 83 86 89 64 49 51 57 74 86 93 93 69 50 47 54
Wind dir            NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd            16 17 16 10  5  4  4  4  8 12 12  8  4  3  4  4  5  6  5  2
Wind gust           27
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          46    76      57    77      58    78      55    75
Temp          49 47 70 70   62 58 72 71   62 60 74 73   61 57 71 70
Dewpt         44 42 50 52   50 52 58 60   58 57 63 62   59 55 58 57
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW SC SC   SC B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      40    30      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                      C  C  S    S  S
Tstms                           S  S       S  S

$$
IAZ048-052100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      65          43          66          41          72
Temp                57 61 64 61 53 48 46 44 57 64 65 62 52 47 44 42 58 67 70 65
Dewpt               46 44 44 44 44 42 41 40 44 42 42 44 44 43 41 40 46 44 44 46
RH                  67 53 48 53 71 80 83 86 62 45 43 52 74 86 89 93 64 43 39 50
Wind dir             W NW NW  W NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW  N NW NW NE
Wind spd            17 16 12  6  4  3  3  4  8 12 11  6  3  2  2  2  3  5  4  3
Wind gust           27
Clouds              B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          48    81      59    81      60    84      59    80
Temp          51 49 74 74   64 61 75 75   65 61 77 76   64 60 75 74
Dewpt         45 42 50 53   55 55 60 62   61 59 64 63   61 59 61 60
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      40    30      20     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                   S  C  C       S  S             S
Tstms                           S  C       S  S             S

$$
IAZ004-052100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      60          40          62          39          67
Temp                51 57 59 57 48 44 43 42 54 59 60 58 48 43 42 40 56 62 66 63
Dewpt               40 41 42 41 41 40 38 38 42 41 41 43 41 40 39 38 44 44 45 48
RH                  66 55 53 55 77 86 82 86 64 51 49 57 77 89 89 92 64 52 47 58
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW SW SE
Wind spd            12 16 13 10  5  5  6  8  9 12 11  8  4  3  4  4  3  4  4  3
Clouds              B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW CL CL FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          47    77      59    78      57    76      54    75
Temp          49 50 70 72   62 60 73 73   61 59 72 71   60 57 70 71
Dewpt         43 42 54 58   57 56 62 63   59 57 62 62   57 55 60 61
PWind dir         S     S       S     S      SW    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0    20      50    20      20     5      20    20
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  S       S                S  S
Tstms                   S    S  C  S       S                S

$$
IAZ035-052100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      63          41          65          39          70
Temp                54 59 62 59 50 46 43 42 56 61 63 60 50 45 42 40 56 65 68 65
Dewpt               45 43 43 43 42 41 40 39 44 42 42 44 43 42 40 38 45 46 46 48
RH                  71 55 50 55 74 83 89 89 64 49 46 55 77 89 93 92 66 50 45 54
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW  N NW NW  E
Wind spd            10 13 13  8  5  4  5  5  8 11 11  5  3  2  2  2  3  4  3  2
Wind gust           20
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          48    79      59    80      59    81      57    78
Temp          49 50 72 73   63 60 75 74   63 60 76 74   62 59 73 73
Dewpt         43 42 53 56   56 56 61 63   61 59 65 63   59 57 61 60
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL SC B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    20      50    20      20     5      20    10
Rain shwrs           S       C  C  S       S                S
Tstms                S       S  C  S       S                S

$$
IAZ094-052100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      68          45          70          43          73
Temp                60 66 67 64 55 51 47 45 61 68 70 65 55 50 47 44 61 69 72 67
Dewpt               45 44 43 44 44 43 42 41 45 42 42 44 43 43 42 41 45 41 42 45
RH                  58 45 42 48 66 74 83 86 56 39 36 46 64 77 83 89 56 36 34 45
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  N  N  E
Wind spd            13 14 12  8  4  4  4  3  5 10 10  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  2  2
Clouds              SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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    79      59    80      61    85      61    84
Temp          54 51 74 74   64 60 73 76   66 62 79 78   66 61 78 78
Dewpt         43 42 48 52   55 54 57 59   59 58 60 61   62 60 61 61
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     S       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      30    30      10     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                      C  C
Tstms                              S

$$
IAZ017-052100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      60          41          62          39          67
Temp                50 57 58 56 49 45 42 42 54 59 60 57 48 44 42 40 55 63 65 62
Dewpt               43 43 42 43 43 41 39 38 43 42 42 44 42 40 39 38 45 45 44 45
RH                  77 59 55 62 80 86 89 86 66 53 51 62 80 86 89 92 69 52 46 54
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd            14 17 13  9  5  5  5  5  8 11 11  6  3  3  3  3  4  5  4  2
Wind gust           26
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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    75      56    76      57    77      53    73
Temp          47 48 69 69   61 59 72 70   61 59 73 71   59 56 69 69
Dewpt         42 41 52 55   55 54 60 62   59 57 63 61   56 54 59 58
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S    NE       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    20      50    30      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs              S    C  C  C  S    S
Tstms                   S    C  S  S  S    S

$$
IAZ049-052100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      63          41          64          40          69
Temp                56 59 62 58 51 47 44 43 57 62 63 60 51 46 43 41 56 65 68 63
Dewpt               45 44 43 44 43 43 41 40 44 42 42 44 43 42 40 38 45 45 44 46
RH                  66 57 50 59 74 86 89 89 62 48 46 55 74 86 89 89 66 48 42 54
Wind dir             W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW  N
Wind spd            16 17 13  8  4  3  4  4  8 12 12  5  3  2  3  3  4  5  4  2
Wind gust           27
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          46    78      57    78      58    81      56    77
Temp          49 47 71 71   62 59 72 72   63 60 76 74   62 58 73 71
Dewpt         44 41 49 53   51 52 59 60   58 57 64 63   59 56 59 59
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S     E       E     E
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW SC SC   SC B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0    10      40    30      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                      C  C       S  S
Tstms                           S  S       S  S

$$
IAZ086-052100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
945 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025

Date             Fri 09/05/25            Sat 09/06/25            Sun 09/07/25
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                      67          44          69          42          72
Temp                61 65 66 63 54 50 47 45 59 67 68 64 53 49 46 44 59 67 70 66
Dewpt               45 45 44 44 45 43 42 41 45 42 42 44 44 44 43 41 46 43 42 45
RH                  56 48 45 50 71 77 83 86 60 40 39 48 71 83 89 89 62 42 36 47
Wind dir             W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  N  N NW  N
Wind spd            14 16 13  8  4  4  5  4  6 12 12  8  4  2  3  3  4  5  4  3
Clouds              FW SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Mon 09/08/25  Tue 09/09/25  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25
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          47    81      58    82      61    86      60    82
Temp          51 49 74 75   62 60 75 76   65 62 80 79   66 61 77 76
Dewpt         45 42 46 49   49 50 56 57   57 56 62 62   62 60 60 59
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       S    SW       E     E
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     5      30    30      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                      C  C       S  S
Tstms                                         S

$$