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

IAZ060-060900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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                      36          48          28          57          32
Temp                      40 37 40 45 48 46 39 34 30 28 42 53 57 56 46 41 37 34
Dewpt                     35 33 28 21 19 20 21 21 21 21 23 23 23 27 27 26 26 24
RH                        82 85 62 38 31 35 48 58 69 75 46 31 27 32 47 55 64 66
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W NW NW  W  W NW  N
Wind spd                  14 16 17 17 17 13  6  4  3  4  4  6  9  5  5  8 10 11
Wind gust                 25 27 27
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                32 28 31 38                                     30 25
Min chill                    27    27    37    29    23    26          35    24


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          48      26    56      41    69      46    68      43    69
Temp          44 45   32 27 49 53   45 42 62 63   51 46 61 63   50 43 63 65
Dewpt         18 16   17 18 24 30   32 34 44 47   44 41 42 39   38 37 40 41
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   CL CL CL FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                      S       S

$$
IAZ039-060900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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                      36          47          27          57          30
Temp                      40 38 40 45 47 44 35 31 29 28 43 53 56 54 44 39 34 30
Dewpt                     35 34 28 20 18 19 20 21 21 21 25 24 25 27 28 27 26 21
RH                        82 85 62 36 31 36 54 66 72 75 49 32 30 35 53 62 72 69
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N NW  N  N NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd                  14 17 19 19 19 14  8  4  3  4  6 11 12  9  6  9 11 13
Wind gust                 25 27
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                32 28 31 37 39 36 29 25                         26 19
Min chill                    27    27    35    24    22    25          32    18


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          45      23    52      36    63      43    66      42    68
Temp          40 40   28 24 45 48   39 37 56 57   47 43 58 58   48 42 62 61
Dewpt         16 13   15 15 19 24   26 29 39 43   42 39 42 41   39 37 40 40
PWind dir         N      NE     S      SE    SE      NE    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                      S

$$
IAZ048-060900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

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


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          46      24    55      38    68      43    66      41    69
Temp          42 43   29 25 47 52   41 39 60 60   48 44 60 61   47 41 62 63
Dewpt         18 16   18 17 23 30   32 34 44 47   44 41 43 41   39 37 40 42
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                              S

$$
IAZ004-060900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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                      28          44          27          57          25
Temp                      32 29 33 39 42 41 32 30 29 28 42 52 56 52 41 34 29 25
Dewpt                     28 24 20 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 25 27 25 28 27 25 20 17
RH                        85 81 58 44 39 41 61 66 69 71 50 38 30 39 57 69 69 71
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  19 17 19 17 18 14  8  6  6  8 10 12 13 12 12 13 14 14
Wind gust                 29
Clouds                    B1 CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                20 17 22 30 34 33 25 22 22 20 36          34 25 18 13
Min chill                    17    18    31    21    19    22          25    13


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          42      22    54      35    63      40    65      38    66
Temp          37 38   26 23 45 49   39 36 56 56   44 40 58 58   44 39 61 61
Dewpt         14 12   15 15 21 26   28 29 40 42   40 36 39 38   36 34 37 37
PWind dir         N      NE     S      SE    SE      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    30      30    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                                 S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                              S

$$
IAZ035-060900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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                      31          46          26          57          27
Temp                      37 32 36 42 45 43 34 30 27 27 42 53 57 54 43 37 32 28
Dewpt                     33 27 23 19 19 19 21 21 21 20 24 24 24 27 29 27 24 21
RH                        85 81 59 39 35 38 58 69 78 74 48 32 28 35 57 67 72 75
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                  18 17 19 18 16 12  5  3  3  4  6 10 11  8  6 10 10 11
Wind gust                    28
Clouds                    OV SC CL SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Wind chill                27 21 25 33 38 36                            30 24 19
Min chill                    21    20    35    26    22    25          29    17


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          44      23    55      36    65      41    66      39    67
Temp          39 40   27 24 46 50   40 37 58 57   46 42 59 58   45 40 61 62
Dewpt         17 14   16 16 22 28   30 32 42 45   43 39 42 40   38 35 40 39
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    40      40    30       5    10
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S

$$
IAZ094-060900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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          47          28          55          32
Temp                      41 37 39 43 46 44 37 33 30 29 41 50 55 53 43 39 36 34
Dewpt                     37 35 32 27 22 21 20 20 20 21 24 24 25 26 26 25 25 25
RH                        85 92 76 53 38 39 50 58 66 72 50 36 31 35 51 57 64 69
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd                  12 17 19 18 17 13  8  6  6  5  5  5  8  5  5  6  9 11
Wind gust                 25 29 29 28 27
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                34 27 29 35 39 38 31 27 23 23                33 29 26
Min chill                    27    25    36    25    22    24          32    24


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          50      26    57      41    69      46    67      42    69
Temp          47 45   32 27 49 54   46 42 63 64   52 46 61 61   50 43 64 64
Dewpt         21 18   18 18 26 31   33 37 46 47   45 43 42 39   38 37 40 41
PWind dir         N      NE    SE       S     S       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    30      40    20       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                      S

$$
IAZ017-060900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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                      32          44          27          56          26
Temp                      36 33 36 40 43 41 32 30 28 28 41 51 55 51 41 36 31 27
Dewpt                     34 29 22 18 19 20 21 21 21 20 25 27 26 28 28 27 23 18
RH                        92 85 56 41 38 42 63 69 75 71 52 39 32 41 59 69 72 68
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                  17 18 20 19 18 14  6  5  5  5  9 12 13 10  9 11 13 13
Wind gust                 28 29 31
Clouds                    B2 B1 CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                26 22 25 31 35 33 26 24 22 22 35          35 28 21 16
Min chill                    20    21    32    23    20    22          26    15


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          42      22    51      34    60      41    64      39    66
Temp          36 37   26 24 43 47   37 35 53 54   44 41 57 56   45 40 59 60
Dewpt         15 12   15 15 20 25   26 29 40 42   40 37 42 40   38 35 40 39
PWind dir         N      NE     S      SE    SE       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL   CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    30      40    30       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  S

$$
IAZ049-060900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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                      35          47          25          57          29
Temp                      39 36 39 44 46 42 34 30 26 25 42 52 56 53 42 38 34 29
Dewpt                     35 32 27 20 18 19 20 20 20 19 24 24 24 27 27 27 26 21
RH                        85 85 62 38 32 39 56 66 78 78 48 33 29 36 55 64 72 72
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW  W NW  N  N
Wind spd                  16 18 19 19 19 14  6  5  3  3  6 10 11  8  5  8 10 12
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 FW SC FW FW CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                31 26 29 36 38 34 28                         32 26 19
Min chill                    25    25    34    24    19    24          31    18


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          45      22    52      36    65      43    66      41    68
Temp          41 40   27 23 45 48   39 37 57 58   46 43 59 58   46 41 61 61
Dewpt         16 15   16 15 21 27   28 31 42 45   43 40 42 40   39 37 40 40
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    30      40    30      10     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                      S       S

$$
IAZ086-060900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
229 AM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Date           04/04/25      Sat 04/05/25            Sun 04/06/25            Mon
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          48          28          55          32
Temp                      42 38 41 45 48 45 37 33 30 28 41 50 55 53 43 40 37 34
Dewpt                     39 36 35 32 23 20 21 21 21 21 24 25 25 28 28 27 26 26
RH                        89 92 79 60 37 36 52 61 69 75 50 37 31 38 55 59 64 72
Wind dir                   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd                  13 16 19 19 19 14 10  8  5  5  5  5  9  6  6  8 10 11
Wind gust                 24 28
Clouds                    B2 SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                35 29 31 37    38 30 27 24                   34 30 25
Min chill                    29    28    37    25    22    24          32    23


Date           04/07  Tue 04/08/25  Wed 04/09/25  Thu 04/10/25  Fri 04/11/25
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          48      25    55      40    68      45    67      43    69
Temp          44 44   31 26 48 52   43 42 61 62   51 46 60 61   50 44 63 63
Dewpt         21 17   18 18 23 29   31 33 45 48   45 43 44 42   40 38 42 42
PWind dir         N      NE    SE      SE     S       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    30      50    30      10     5
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  S  C  C
Tstms                                      S

$$