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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

IAZ060-231000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      20          45          32          53          32
Temp                28 24 22 21 28 41 45 42 37 34 33 32 37 48 53 46 40 38 35 33
Dewpt               21 20 19 19 25 33 36 35 31 31 31 31 34 39 41 39 37 35 33 31
RH                  75 84 88 92 88 73 70 76 79 89 92 96 89 71 64 76 89 89 92 92
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             5  6  5  5  6  8  9  8  9  9 10  6  6  8  8  6  8  8  8  6
Clouds              FW SC SC B1 SC FW CL SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          22 16 14 13 22          30 27 25 26                32 28 27
Min chill              15    12    15    36    26    23    26          31    26


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          55      37    51      31    52      29    55      32    44
Temp          48 48 41   38 47 46 36   31 46 44 33   30 47 47 37   34 40 38
Dewpt         38 39 37   35 37 34 32   29 33 31 27   24 29 29 28   28 24 22
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    30      10     0       0     5      10     5
Rain                 S    C  C

$$
IAZ039-231000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      15          40          28          46          31
Temp                25 19 17 16 25 36 40 35 30 29 29 31 35 42 45 41 37 35 33 32
Dewpt               18 17 15 15 23 31 34 33 30 29 30 30 33 37 38 36 35 33 32 31
RH                  74 92 92 96 92 82 79 92100100104 96 92 82 76 82 92 92 96 96
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             5  6  5  5  5  8  9  9  9  9  9  8  6  9  9  8  9  9  9  8
Clouds              FW SC B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Wind chill          18 10  9  7 18    34 29 22 20 21 24 28 36    35 30 28 25 26
Min chill              10     7    10    28    19    19    24    34    27    24


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          49      33    48      30    48      28    49      28    39
Temp          42 41 36   35 43 41 34   30 42 39 31   28 42 41 34   31 36 33
Dewpt         36 35 35   34 37 34 31   29 33 30 26   23 28 28 26   25 23 20
PWind dir         W       S    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      50    20      10     5       0     5      10    10
Rain                 C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-231000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      18          41          28          49          30
Temp                27 21 19 19 26 38 41 36 31 29 28 31 35 43 48 42 38 35 34 31
Dewpt               21 20 18 17 25 33 36 34 31 30 28 30 34 39 41 39 36 35 33 31
RH                  78 96 96 92 96 82 82 92100104100 96 96 86 77 89 92100 96100
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             5  6  5  4  5  8  8  8  8 10 10  6  6  8  9  8  8  9  8  6
Clouds              FW SC B1 B2 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Wind chill          20 13 11 12 19 32       23 21 19 24 29          32 28 27 24
Min chill              12    11    12    30    19    18    25    37    27    24


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          52      35    49      29    49      28    53      29    42
Temp          44 44 39   36 44 43 34   29 43 41 31   28 45 44 35   31 37 35
Dewpt         39 39 37   35 38 36 32   29 34 32 27   24 31 30 28   27 24 22
PWind dir         W       S    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    30      10     5       0     5      10     5
Rain                 C    C  C

$$
IAZ004-231000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      22          46          28          52          29
Temp                29 24 23 23 28 38 46 42 35 32 30 33 37 46 50 42 37 35 32 30
Dewpt               25 23 22 22 26 34 34 33 32 32 30 30 34 38 40 38 34 32 30 28
RH                  85 96 96 96 92 85 63 70 89100100 89 89 73 68 86 89 89 92 92
Wind dir             S SW  W SW SW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             9  9  8  9  9 11 13 11 13 14 13 11 11 13 13 12 12 12 10  8
Clouds              SC B1 B2 B1 FW CL SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S
Wind chill          20 15 13 13 19 31    36 26 22 19 24 29       35 29 27 24 22
Min chill              14    12    12    34    22    17    25    35    26    22


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          51      32    47      28    48      27    51      22    36
Temp          43 42 36   33 42 40 31   29 41 39 30   28 42 41 31   26 32 31
Dewpt         36 36 33   31 36 33 28   25 32 28 24   21 26 25 23   20 18 17
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      30    20       5     0       0     5       5     5
Rain                 C    C  S

$$
IAZ035-231000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      16          40          28          47          28
Temp                25 20 18 17 24 36 40 36 32 31 29 30 34 42 45 40 36 34 32 30
Dewpt               20 19 17 16 24 34 37 34 31 31 30 30 33 38 39 37 34 32 31 29
RH                  81 96 96 96100 92 89 92 96100104100 96 86 79 89 92 92 96 96
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             6  6  5  5  6  8  9  8  9 11 11  6  6  8  9  8  8  8  6  5
Clouds              FW SC B2 B2 FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  S  S
Wind chill          17 12 10  9 16 30 34 29 24 21 19 23             30 27 26 24
Min chill              11     9    10    28    20    19    24    35    27    23


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          50      32    49      28    49      27    52      26    40
Temp          41 41 36   34 43 42 31   29 43 40 30   28 43 42 33   29 35 33
Dewpt         36 36 34   33 37 34 29   27 33 30 25   23 28 27 26   23 22 19
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      50    20      10     0       0     5      10     5
Rain                 C    C  S

$$
IAZ094-231000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      19          44          29          52          32
Temp                26 22 20 20 28 40 44 40 35 33 30 32 37 47 52 44 40 38 36 33
Dewpt               19 18 18 19 25 34 36 36 32 31 30 30 34 39 40 39 37 35 34 32
RH                  74 84 92 96 88 79 73 85 89 92100 92 89 74 63 82 89 89 92 96
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             8  8  8  6  8  9 10  8  9 10 11  9  8  8  8  6  6  8  8  6
Clouds              FW FW SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          18 13 10 11 20 34       28 25 21 24 31             32 29 27
Min chill              12     9    12    33    25    19    25    39    32    26


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          56      38    52      31    53      30    56      33    47
Temp          49 48 42   40 48 45 36   31 47 44 33   30 47 47 38   34 43 39
Dewpt         39 39 39   36 36 34 32   29 33 30 27   24 29 30 29   30 26 22
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 SC B1 SC   FW SC SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    20       5     0       0     5      10     5
Rain                      C  S

$$
IAZ017-231000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      17          41          28          45          29
Temp                24 19 18 18 24 36 41 35 32 31 29 31 33 40 42 39 36 34 32 30
Dewpt               19 18 17 17 24 32 35 33 31 31 29 30 32 37 38 37 34 32 32 29
RH                  81 96 96 96100 85 79 92 96100100 96 96 89 86 92 92 92100 96
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             6  8  6  6  6  9 10 10 11 13 13 10  9 10 10 10 10 10 10  9
Clouds              SC B1 B2 B2 FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  S  S
Wind chill          16  9  8  9 16 29 34 27 23 21 18 22 25 33 36 32 29 26 24 22
Min chill               9     7     8    27    21    17    22    32    26    22


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          47      32    47      29    46      26    49      24    36
Temp          40 38 34   33 41 39 31   29 39 37 29   26 40 39 31   27 32 30
Dewpt         35 34 33   31 36 33 29   27 33 29 24   21 27 26 24   21 20 18
PWind dir         W       S    NW      NW    NW       W    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    20      10     5       0     5      10     5
Rain                 C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ049-231000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      17          40          27          47          29
Temp                28 21 19 18 24 37 39 34 31 29 29 31 34 42 46 41 37 35 32 30
Dewpt               22 20 18 17 23 32 34 32 31 29 29 30 33 38 40 37 35 33 32 30
RH                  78 96 96 96 96 82 82 92100100100 96 96 86 79 85 92 92100100
Wind dir             S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             8  6  6  6  6  8  9  8  9 10 10  9  8  9  9  8  8  9  8  6
Clouds              FW SC B1 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Wind chill          20 12 10  9 16 31 33 27 23 20 20 23 27          31 28 25 23
Min chill              11     9     9    27    19    17    23    35    27    22


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          50      34    48      29    48      27    51      28    40
Temp          43 41 37   35 44 41 32   29 42 39 30   27 42 42 33   31 36 33
Dewpt         37 36 36   34 37 35 31   27 33 30 25   23 29 29 27   25 23 21
PWind dir         W       S    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    30      10     5       0     5      10     5
Rain                 C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-231000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
845 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date           02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25            Tue
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      20          45          28          53          32
Temp                28 23 21 21 28 41 45 38 32 30 30 33 38 48 52 46 41 38 36 33
Dewpt               22 20 19 19 25 33 36 35 32 30 30 32 34 40 43 41 38 37 34 32
RH                  78 88 92 92 88 73 70 89100100100 96 85 74 71 83 89 96 92 96
Wind dir            SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             6  8  8  8  9 10 10  9  9 10 10 10 10 10 10  8  9  9  9  9
Clouds              FW FW SC SC SC FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S
Wind chill          22 14 11 11 19 35 39 32 24 21 20 25 31          35 32 29 26
Min chill              14    10    11    29    20    18    26          31    25


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          54      37    50      31    51      29    55      33    44
Temp          48 47 41   39 48 44 36   31 46 44 33   30 46 46 38   35 41 38
Dewpt         40 39 38   37 39 36 33   30 34 32 27   25 30 30 29   30 26 23
PWind dir         W       S    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      40    30      10     5       0     5      10    10
Rain                 S    C  C  S

$$