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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

IAZ060-052100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      48          28          57          32          48
Temp             37 38 44 48 46 39 34 30 28 42 53 57 56 46 41 37 34 38 44 47 45
Dewpt            33 30 23 19 20 21 21 21 21 23 23 23 27 27 26 26 24 21 18 17 16
RH               85 73 43 31 35 48 58 69 75 46 31 27 32 47 55 64 66 50 35 30 31
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W NW NW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         16 17 17 17 13  6  4  3  4  4  6  9  5  5  8 10 11 13 13 12 10
Wind gust        27 27
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       28 29 36                                     30 25 30 37    39
Min chill        27    26    37    29    23    26          35    24    25    38


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          26    56      41    69      46    68      43    69
Temp          32 27 49 53   45 42 62 63   51 46 61 63   50 43 63 65
Dewpt         17 18 24 30   32 34 44 47   44 41 42 39   38 37 40 41
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE     S      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                              S       S

$$
IAZ039-052100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      47          27          57          30          45
Temp             37 39 44 47 44 35 31 29 28 43 53 56 54 44 39 34 30 35 40 43 40
Dewpt            34 30 21 18 19 20 21 21 21 25 24 25 27 28 27 26 21 18 16 15 13
RH               89 70 39 31 36 54 66 72 75 49 32 30 35 53 62 72 69 49 37 32 33
Wind dir         NW  N  N NW  N  N NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         16 20 19 19 14  8  4  3  4  6 11 12  9  6  9 11 13 16 16 16 12
Wind gust        26
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       28 29 36 39 36 29 25                         26 19 24 32 36 33
Min chill        27    27    35    24    22    25          32    18    19    32


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          23    52      36    63      43    66      42    68
Temp          28 24 45 48   39 37 56 57   47 43 58 58   48 42 62 61
Dewpt         15 15 19 24   26 29 39 43   42 39 42 41   39 37 40 40
PWind dir        NE     S      SE    SE      NE    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                              S

$$
IAZ048-052100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      47          27          57          30          46
Temp             36 38 43 46 44 36 31 29 28 42 53 57 55 45 39 35 31 36 42 45 43
Dewpt            32 27 22 19 20 21 22 21 21 25 24 24 28 28 28 27 23 20 18 17 16
RH               85 64 43 34 38 54 69 72 75 50 32 28 35 51 64 72 72 52 37 32 33
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W  W NW NW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         18 19 18 18 14  6  4  3  3  5  9 11  8  6  9 10 12 14 14 13 10
Wind gust        29 29
Clouds           B2 SC SC FW CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       26 28 35 39 37 30                         33 27 21 27 34 39 37
Min chill        25    25    37    25    23    25          32    19    22    36


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          24    55      38    68      43    66      41    69
Temp          29 25 47 52   41 39 60 60   48 44 60 61   47 41 62 63
Dewpt         18 17 23 30   32 34 44 47   44 41 43 41   39 37 40 42
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE     S       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                      S

$$
IAZ004-052100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      44          27          57          25          42
Temp             29 34 39 42 41 32 30 29 28 42 52 56 52 41 34 29 25 30 37 41 38
Dewpt            24 22 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 25 27 25 28 27 25 20 17 16 14 13 12
RH               81 61 46 39 41 61 66 69 71 50 38 30 39 57 69 69 71 55 38 31 34
Wind dir         NW  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         17 20 17 18 14  8  6  6  8 10 12 13 12 12 13 14 14 17 16 14 12
Clouds           FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       17 22 30 34 33 25 22 22 20 36          34 25 18 13 19 27 33 30
Min chill        17    18    31    21    19    22          25    13    13    29


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          22    54      35    63      40    65      38    66
Temp          26 23 45 49   39 36 56 56   44 40 58 58   44 39 61 61
Dewpt         15 15 21 26   28 29 40 42   40 36 39 38   36 34 37 37
PWind dir        NE     S      SE    SE      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      10    30      30    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                         S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                      S

$$
IAZ035-052100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      46          26          57          27          44
Temp             33 37 41 45 43 34 30 27 27 42 53 57 54 43 37 32 28 33 39 43 40
Dewpt            29 24 20 19 19 21 21 21 20 24 24 24 27 29 27 24 21 18 17 15 14
RH               85 59 42 35 38 58 69 78 74 48 32 28 35 57 67 72 75 53 40 32 34
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         16 19 18 16 12  5  3  3  4  6 10 11  8  6 10 10 11 13 14 13 10
Wind gust        26
Clouds           SC FW FW FW CL FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       22 27 32 38 36                            30 24 19 23 31 36 33
Min chill        22    21    33    26    22    25          29    17    18    33


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          23    55      36    65      41    66      39    67
Temp          27 24 46 50   40 37 58 57   46 42 59 58   45 40 61 62
Dewpt         16 16 22 28   30 32 42 45   43 39 42 40   38 35 40 39
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE     S       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    40      40    30       5    10
Rain shwrs                      S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                      S

$$
IAZ094-052100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      47          28          55          32          50
Temp             38 38 42 46 44 37 33 30 29 41 50 55 53 43 39 36 34 41 47 48 45
Dewpt            36 32 28 22 21 20 20 20 21 24 24 25 26 26 25 25 25 24 21 20 18
RH               92 79 57 38 39 50 58 66 72 50 36 31 35 51 57 64 69 50 35 33 33
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         16 17 18 17 13  8  6  6  5  5  5  8  5  5  6  9 11 13 14 13 10
Wind gust        28 29    27
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       29 28 34 39 38 31 27 23 23                33 29 26 33
Min chill        29    25    36    25    22    24          32    24    26


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          26    57      41    69      46    67      42    69
Temp          32 27 49 54   46 42 63 64   52 46 61 61   50 43 64 64
Dewpt         18 18 26 31   33 37 46 47   45 43 42 39   38 37 40 41
PWind dir        NE    SE       S     S       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      40    20       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S  S  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                              S

$$
IAZ017-052100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      44          27          56          26          42
Temp             34 36 39 43 41 32 30 28 28 41 51 55 51 41 36 31 27 31 36 40 37
Dewpt            30 24 20 19 20 21 21 21 20 25 27 26 28 28 27 23 18 15 15 14 12
RH               85 61 46 38 42 63 69 75 71 52 39 32 41 59 69 72 68 51 42 34 35
Wind dir          N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         17 20 19 18 14  6  5  5  5  9 12 13 10  9 11 13 13 16 17 14 11
Wind gust        28
Clouds           B1 FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       22 25 30 35 33 26 24 22 22 35          35 28 21 16 20 26 32 30
Min chill        21    21    32    23    20    22          26    15    16    29


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          22    51      34    60      41    64      39    66
Temp          26 24 43 47   37 35 53 54   44 41 57 56   45 40 59 60
Dewpt         15 15 20 25   26 29 40 42   40 37 42 40   38 35 40 39
PWind dir        NE     S      SE    SE       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                      S  S

$$
IAZ049-052100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      47          25          57          29          45
Temp             36 38 44 46 42 34 30 26 25 42 52 56 53 42 38 34 29 34 41 43 40
Dewpt            33 29 21 18 19 20 20 20 19 24 24 24 27 27 27 26 21 18 16 15 15
RH               89 70 39 32 39 56 66 78 78 48 33 29 36 55 64 72 72 51 36 32 36
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         17 21 20 19 14  6  5  3  3  6 10 11  8  5  8 10 12 14 16 14 10
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       26 28 35 38 34 28                         32 26 19 25 33 36 33
Min chill        26    25    34    24    19    24          31    18    19    32


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          22    52      36    65      43    66      41    68
Temp          27 23 45 48   39 37 57 58   46 43 59 58   46 41 61 61
Dewpt         16 15 21 27   28 31 42 45   43 40 42 40   39 37 40 40
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE     S       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      40    30      10     5
Rain shwrs                      S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                              S       S

$$
IAZ086-052100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
614 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date             Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon 04/07/25
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                      48          28          55          32          48
Temp             38 40 44 48 45 37 33 30 28 41 50 55 53 43 40 37 34 39 44 47 44
Dewpt            35 34 31 23 20 21 21 21 21 24 25 25 28 28 27 26 26 23 21 19 17
RH               89 79 60 37 36 52 61 69 75 50 37 31 38 55 59 64 72 52 39 32 33
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         14 19 19 19 14 10  8  5  5  5  5  9  6  6  8 10 11 14 16 14 11
Wind gust        27                                                 25
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       29 30 36    38 30 27 24                   34 30 25 30 37    37
Min chill        29    28    37    25    22    24          32    23    24    36


Date          Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          25    55      40    68      45    67      43    69
Temp          31 26 48 52   43 42 61 62   51 46 60 61   50 44 63 63
Dewpt         18 18 23 29   31 33 45 48   45 43 44 42   40 38 42 42
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE     S       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL CL FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      50    30      10     5
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                              S

$$