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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

IAZ060-080900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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          44          70          55
Temp             61 57 51 48 45 55 65 68 62 53 49 46 44 54 66 69 65 60 59 57 56
Dewpt            45 45 46 44 42 43 44 43 43 40 37 35 36 41 44 44 44 44 43 44 45
RH               56 64 83 86 89 64 46 40 50 61 63 65 73 61 45 40 46 55 55 62 66
Wind dir          N NW NW  N  E  E SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  4  3  3  2  4  5  6  5  5  5  5  5  9 11 11  9  8  6  6  6
Clouds           CL FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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      54    77      61    80      61    75      60    77
Temp          73 71   61 55 74 73   66 62 77 76   68 61 72 72   65 61 74 73
Dewpt         53 55   54 51 55 54   53 52 57 56   57 56 59 57   56 56 59 57
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      10    20      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                                 S       S  S  C  S    S  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S                S

$$
IAZ039-080900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      39          65          38          68          51
Temp             61 55 48 42 39 52 62 65 58 47 43 40 39 52 65 68 62 55 54 53 52
Dewpt            41 41 41 38 34 37 35 33 34 33 32 34 36 41 41 40 39 40 41 42 43
RH               48 59 77 86 82 56 36 30 40 58 65 79 89 66 41 36 43 57 61 66 71
Wind dir          N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  5  4  3  3  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6 10 12 13 10  9  9  9  9
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  S  S


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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      50    75      56    77      58    74      57    76
Temp          70 68   55 51 72 69   62 57 74 73   64 58 72 69   61 57 73 70
Dewpt         49 51   49 47 50 51   50 49 54 54   55 54 56 56   54 53 56 56
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      10    20      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                                 S  S    S  C  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S                S  S

$$
IAZ048-080900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      42          68          42          69          54
Temp             61 56 49 46 43 55 65 68 61 51 46 44 42 53 65 69 64 58 57 56 54
Dewpt            44 44 45 43 40 43 42 43 43 40 36 34 36 42 45 45 44 45 45 44 45
RH               53 64 86 89 89 64 43 40 51 66 68 68 79 66 48 42 48 62 64 64 71
Wind dir          N NW  N NE  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  6 10 11 12  9  8  6  6  5
Clouds           FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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      52    76      59    79      59    74      57    76
Temp          73 70   58 53 73 72   63 60 76 74   65 59 72 70   62 58 73 71
Dewpt         54 55   54 51 55 54   53 52 57 57   57 55 59 57   56 54 59 57
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SE       E     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      20    20      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  S       S  S  C  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                                  S  S

$$
IAZ004-080900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      38          69          45          70          51
Temp             60 52 44 40 38 52 65 68 61 52 48 46 45 56 66 70 65 59 57 55 52
Dewpt            37 35 33 32 31 35 38 40 39 40 37 34 33 38 40 43 44 46 47 48 49
RH               42 52 65 73 76 52 37 36 44 63 65 63 62 51 38 38 46 62 69 77 89
Wind dir          N  N NE  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd          8  6  4  3  4  6 10 12 10 10 10 11 13 17 19 19 13 12 10 10  8
Wind gust                                                     31
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                           39
Min chill                    34    36                36


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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          77      49    75      58    77      54    72      52    71
Temp          73 69   55 50 72 70   62 59 74 72   61 54 69 66   56 53 68 66
Dewpt         54 51   48 48 51 51   50 49 54 53   50 48 51 51   50 49 54 53
PWind dir        NW       E    SE       S     S       W    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      20    30      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                              S

$$
IAZ035-080900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      41          69          43          70          53
Temp             61 56 48 44 41 55 66 68 62 51 47 44 44 55 66 69 65 59 57 55 53
Dewpt            39 40 40 39 36 40 41 41 42 41 37 35 34 40 42 43 44 45 46 46 47
RH               44 55 74 82 82 57 40 37 48 68 68 70 68 57 42 39 46 60 67 72 80
Wind dir          N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  4  4  3  3  6  8 10  8  6  6  8 10 12 14 16 12 10  9  9  6
Clouds           FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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      52    77      59    79      57    74      56    75
Temp          75 71   57 53 73 71   63 60 75 74   63 57 71 68   59 56 72 70
Dewpt         54 53   50 50 52 52   51 51 55 55   55 52 56 54   53 52 56 55
PWind dir         S       E    SE      SE     S       S    SE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      20    30      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  S    S  C  C  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-080900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      43          68          45          69          53
Temp             59 55 48 46 43 56 65 68 61 52 49 47 45 56 66 69 64 59 57 55 54
Dewpt            46 44 45 44 43 47 45 45 45 42 38 36 37 42 44 45 44 44 43 44 46
RH               62 66 89 93100 72 48 43 56 69 66 65 73 59 45 42 48 57 59 66 74
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  5  4  3  3  4  6  6  4  4  5  5  5  9 10 10  5  5  5  6  6
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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    77      61    80      61    75      61    77
Temp          72 70   61 56 74 72   66 61 77 76   68 61 72 71   65 61 74 71
Dewpt         53 56   55 52 56 55   54 53 57 56   57 56 59 59   57 57 59 59
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 FW   SC B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      10    20      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                                 S          S  C  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S          S  S

$$
IAZ017-080900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      37          65          38          67          51
Temp             59 52 44 39 37 50 61 64 57 47 43 40 39 51 64 67 61 56 55 53 52
Dewpt            39 38 36 33 31 36 36 37 37 36 34 32 33 39 42 42 42 42 43 44 44
RH               47 59 73 79 79 58 39 37 47 65 70 73 79 63 45 40 49 59 64 71 74
Wind dir          N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  5  4  3  3  5  6  6  5  5  5  6  8 11 13 14 10 10  9  9  6
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                           33
Min chill                    33    36          38    31    36


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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      48    73      56    75      55    72      53    71
Temp          72 68   54 49 70 68   61 57 72 71   62 56 71 65   58 54 68 67
Dewpt         52 52   49 47 52 51   50 49 54 55   53 51 55 54   52 51 56 54
PWind dir        SW      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      10    30      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                                 C  C    S  S  C  C    S     S  C

$$
IAZ049-080900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      40          67          38          68          51
Temp             60 55 49 43 40 53 63 66 59 47 43 41 39 53 65 68 62 55 54 53 52
Dewpt            40 40 44 40 36 39 38 38 36 35 33 32 35 41 42 42 41 41 42 42 43
RH               47 57 83 89 85 59 39 36 42 63 67 70 85 64 43 39 46 59 64 66 71
Wind dir          N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  5  4  4  3  4  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  9 11 11  8  8  6  8  8
Clouds           FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  S  S


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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      50    75      57    77      58    74      57    75
Temp          70 68   56 51 72 69   62 58 74 73   64 58 71 69   61 57 73 70
Dewpt         51 53   51 48 52 52   51 49 55 55   55 54 58 57   54 53 58 57
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      10    20      20    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                                 S  S    S  S  C  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                         S                        S  S

$$
IAZ086-080900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
430 PM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Date           10/07/25      Wed 10/08/25            Thu 10/09/25            Fri
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                      43          68          40          70          51
Temp             60 55 49 46 44 56 65 68 61 50 46 42 40 55 67 70 64 56 54 53 52
Dewpt            41 42 45 44 42 42 39 37 36 35 34 36 38 42 41 40 41 42 42 42 42
RH               49 61 86 93 93 59 38 32 39 56 63 79 92 61 39 33 43 59 64 66 69
Wind dir          N  N  N  N NE  E  E NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  5  4  4  4  5  5  6  4  4  4  5  5  8  9  9  5  5  5  6  6
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S


Date           10/10  Sat 10/11/25  Sun 10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25
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    77      58    81      61    77      61    78
Temp          69 68   60 55 74 72   64 59 78 76   67 61 74 73   65 61 75 73
Dewpt         48 51   50 48 52 52   51 52 55 55   55 56 58 57   56 56 59 58
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      10    10      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S          S  S  S

$$