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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

IAZ060-030900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      68          92          71          91          73
Temp             82 77 73 70 70 82 89 92 89 80 77 73 72 82 87 90 87 81 78 75 75
Dewpt            67 66 65 64 65 70 72 71 70 70 69 68 69 70 70 70 69 69 68 68 69
RH               61 69 76 81 84 67 57 51 54 72 76 84 90 67 57 52 55 67 71 79 82
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  5  5  5  5  6  9 10  8  6  8  6  6 10 12 13 10  9  9  9 10
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S  C
Heat index                         96 98 95                93 96 92
Max heat         86    83          97   100    95          94    98    91


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          88      68    85      65    85      66    85      67    85
Temp          83 82   74 69 80 81   70 67 79 81   71 68 81 81   71 69 80 80
Dewpt         72 71   70 68 69 67   67 66 68 67   66 66 68 68   67 67 69 68
PWind dir        SW       W     N      NE     E      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         50      60    20      10    10      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  S  S             S       S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S  S             S       S  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-030900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      67          90          71          91          72
Temp             84 76 71 69 69 79 86 89 87 78 74 72 72 82 88 90 87 79 76 75 75
Dewpt            65 67 66 65 66 70 71 71 71 71 70 68 69 71 72 71 70 69 68 68 69
RH               53 74 84 87 90 74 61 56 59 79 87 87 90 69 59 54 57 72 76 79 82
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  4  4  3  4  5  9 10  6  5  6  6  6 10 12 13 10  9 10 10 10
Clouds           FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  S  S  S  S                                S  S  C
Tstms                S  C  C  S  S  S  S                                S  S  S
Heat index                         91 95 94             87 95 96 92
Max heat         88    84          92    98    92          96    98    90


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          87      67    83      64    82      63    83      65    84
Temp          83 81   72 69 79 79   69 66 78 78   68 66 80 79   69 67 81 80
Dewpt         72 72   70 67 68 67   65 64 66 66   65 64 68 67   66 65 69 68
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    30      10    10      20    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  C  S                     S  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S  S                     S  S  C    S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ048-030900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      67          91          70          89          72
Temp             82 75 71 69 69 79 88 90 88 78 75 72 71 81 86 88 86 79 76 74 73
Dewpt            67 68 67 65 66 71 74 74 74 71 70 69 69 72 72 73 72 71 70 69 71
RH               61 79 87 87 90 77 63 60 63 79 84 90 93 74 63 61 63 77 82 84 93
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  5  5  4  4  6  9  9  6  6  6  6  5 10 12 12 10  9  9  9  9
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S  S                                            C  C  C
Tstms                S  S  S                                            C  C  S
Heat index                         96100 96             86 93 95 92
Max heat         87    82          98   102    93          94    97    91


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          86      67    83      64    83      65    83      65    83
Temp          82 81   72 68 79 79   68 65 78 80   69 67 80 80   69 67 79 79
Dewpt         74 73   70 68 69 69   67 65 69 69   66 66 69 69   67 67 71 69
PWind dir        SW       W     N      NE     E      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      60    20      10    20      20    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  S  S             S       S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  S             S       S  C  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-030900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      64          90          70          88          71
Temp             84 75 70 66 66 77 86 90 87 77 74 72 71 80 85 87 85 77 75 73 72
Dewpt            66 68 66 64 64 69 71 72 72 70 68 66 67 70 70 71 70 69 68 67 67
RH               55 79 87 93 93 76 61 56 61 79 82 81 87 72 61 59 61 76 79 81 84
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  5  6  5  5  8 11 12 10 10 11 11 11 14 19 18 14 13 13 13 13
Wind gust                                                     29
Clouds           FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S                                         S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                C  S                                         S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                         91 97 94                90 93 90
Max heat         89    84          91    98    91          91    93    87


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          83      64    81      60    80      63    81      63    82
Temp          79 78   68 65 77 78   65 62 76 77   66 65 77 78   68 65 78 79
Dewpt         70 69   65 63 64 64   62 60 64 64   62 62 67 66   64 62 66 66
PWind dir        SW      NW     N       E    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      40    10      10    10      20    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S                           S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C  S                           S  S  C    C  C     S

$$
IAZ035-030900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      67          91          71          90          72
Temp             83 75 70 68 68 79 88 91 88 79 75 72 72 82 87 88 85 79 76 74 73
Dewpt            68 68 66 65 66 70 73 73 72 70 69 68 69 72 72 72 71 69 69 69 69
RH               61 79 87 90 93 74 61 56 59 74 82 87 90 72 61 59 63 72 79 84 87
Wind dir          S  S  S SE SE  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  5  5  5  5  6  9 10  8  6  8  8  8 10 14 14 12 10 10 10 10
Clouds           FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S                                         S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                C  S                                         S  S  C  C  C
Heat index                         95100 95                93 95 90
Max heat         88    83          96   101    92          94    96    88


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          86      66    83      62    83      64    83      65    84
Temp          81 80   70 67 78 79   67 64 78 80   67 66 80 80   68 66 79 79
Dewpt         73 72   68 66 67 68   65 63 67 67   64 64 68 68   66 65 69 68
PWind dir        SW       W     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      50    20      10    10      20    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    C  S     S                     S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C    C  S     S                     S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-030900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      67          90          69          88          71
Temp             80 75 71 69 69 80 87 89 88 78 74 71 70 80 86 88 85 79 75 73 72
Dewpt            69 66 65 65 66 71 72 72 72 70 69 68 69 71 71 71 70 69 69 69 70
RH               69 74 81 87 90 74 61 57 59 76 84 90 97 74 61 57 61 72 82 87 93
Wind dir          S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  5  5  5  5  6  9  9  6  6  6  6  5  9 11 12 10  9  9  9 10
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S  C
Heat index                         93 95 94                91 94 90
Max heat         83                95    97    92          94    95    89


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          86      68    84      65    85      66    85      66    83
Temp          81 81   73 69 80 81   69 67 80 81   70 67 81 80   70 69 79 79
Dewpt         72 72   71 69 70 69   67 67 69 69   68 66 69 69   68 68 70 70
PWind dir         S      SW     N      NE     E      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      60    30      20    20      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  C  C       S  S  S       S  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S  C       S  S  S       S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-030900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      64          88          69          88          71
Temp             82 74 70 66 66 76 84 88 86 77 74 71 70 80 85 88 85 78 76 74 73
Dewpt            65 67 65 65 65 69 71 72 72 71 69 68 68 71 72 71 70 69 68 68 69
RH               56 79 84 97 97 79 65 59 63 82 84 90 93 74 65 57 61 74 76 82 87
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  4  4  4  4  6  9  9  8  6  8  9  8 11 14 14 11 10 10 11 11
Clouds           FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20           5           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S                                C  C  C
Tstms             S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S                                C  C  S
Heat index                         89 95 92                91 94 90
Max heat         87    81          89    95    89          92    95    87


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          84      64    80      61    80      61    81      63    82
Temp          81 79   70 67 77 77   67 64 75 76   66 65 77 78   68 66 78 78
Dewpt         72 71   68 65 66 66   63 61 64 65   63 62 67 66   64 64 67 67
PWind dir        SW       W     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      60    20      10    10      20    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  L    L  C  S  S                     S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S  S                     S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ049-030900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      66          90          69          90          71
Temp             82 74 70 68 68 79 88 90 86 77 74 71 70 82 87 89 86 78 76 73 73
Dewpt            65 66 65 65 65 69 71 71 71 69 68 68 68 70 70 70 70 68 68 67 69
RH               56 76 84 90 90 72 57 54 61 76 82 90 93 67 57 54 59 71 76 81 87
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  4  4  4  4  5  9  9  6  5  6  6  6 10 12 13 10  9  9 10 10
Clouds           FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C           S                                S  S  S
Tstms                S  C  C           S                                S  S  S
Heat index                         94 96 92                92 94 91
Max heat         85    82          94    99    91          93    96    88


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          87      67    83      63    83      63    83      65    83
Temp          83 80   71 68 79 79   68 65 79 79   68 66 80 79   68 66 80 79
Dewpt         71 72   68 66 67 68   65 63 66 66   65 64 67 67   65 65 69 68
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      60    20      10    10      20    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  C    L  C  S  S                     S  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C  C  S  S                     S  S  C    S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ086-030900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
617 PM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date           07/02/25      Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat
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                      68          91          70          91          72
Temp             82 75 72 70 70 81 88 90 89 79 74 71 72 83 87 90 88 79 76 75 75
Dewpt            66 66 65 65 66 70 71 71 71 69 69 68 69 72 70 70 69 69 68 69 70
RH               58 74 79 84 87 69 57 54 56 72 84 90 90 70 57 52 54 72 76 82 84
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S SW  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  4  5  5  5  6  9  9  6  5  6  6  6  9 11 11 10  9  9  9  9
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms                                                                         S
Heat index                         94 97 95             88 92 96 93
Max heat         85    82          95    99    91          94    97    91


Date           07/05  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          89      69    84      66    85      66    85      65    86
Temp          84 84   75 72 80 81   69 68 80 82   70 69 81 82   70 69 82 81
Dewpt         72 72   71 70 70 69   68 68 68 69   67 67 69 69   67 67 70 69
PWind dir         S      SW    NW      NE     E      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    30      20    20      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  C  C       S  S  S       S  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  C    C  C  S  C       S  S  S       S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$