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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

IAZ060-112100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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                      56          34          67          39          72
Temp                44 51 56 54 45 41 36 34 43 59 66 63 53 48 42 40 50 65 71 67
Dewpt               33 30 29 32 32 32 32 30 33 38 40 41 41 40 39 38 41 46 46 47
RH                  65 44 35 43 60 70 85 85 67 45 38 44 64 74 89 92 71 50 41 49
Wind dir             N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd            11 10  8  8  4  4  4  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  5  9 10  8
Wind gust                       14
Clouds              FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          38
Min chill              33          37    28    29                36    39


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          54    77      40    51      27    47      29    65
Temp          57 54 72 67   52 44 45 43   34 27 40 43   33 31 55 59
Dewpt         48 49 50 48   43 36 32 26   21 16 18 21   22 22 30 35
PWind dir        SE     S       S     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0    60      90    40      20     5       0     0
Rain                               C  S
Rain shwrs              L    D  L
Snow                                       S  S
Tstms                   C

$$
IAZ039-112100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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                      53          31          63          38          70
Temp                42 47 51 49 41 37 34 31 40 55 62 58 49 44 40 38 49 63 68 63
Dewpt               31 29 27 28 28 28 25 23 28 36 39 39 39 39 36 35 40 45 45 46
RH                  65 49 39 44 59 70 69 72 62 49 43 49 68 82 85 89 71 52 43 54
Wind dir             N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            14 13  9  8  6  8  6  6  4  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  6 11 11 10
Wind gust                          20 17
Clouds              FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL 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          34                28 25
Min chill              30          31    24    25          39    32    37


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          52    77      41    53      24    42      24    58
Temp          54 53 69 67   53 46 46 39   30 24 36 38   29 27 48 52
Dewpt         46 49 54 52   49 43 36 28   20 15 19 20   20 19 27 34
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    30     100    60      20    10       0     0
Rain                               L  C    S
Rain shwrs              C    D  L
Snow                                  C    S  S
Tstms                   C    C

$$
IAZ048-112100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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                      54          33          66          39          71
Temp                40 47 53 50 42 38 35 33 42 57 64 60 50 46 41 39 49 64 69 65
Dewpt               31 31 30 32 31 31 31 29 33 39 41 42 41 40 39 38 42 46 47 48
RH                  70 53 41 50 65 76 85 85 70 51 43 51 71 79 92 96 77 52 45 54
Wind dir             N NE NE  E  E  E SE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            12 11  9  8  4  5  4  5  4  4  5  4  5  5  4  4  6 10 11 10
Wind gust                             14
Clouds              SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          32
Min chill              27          34    26    29                32    37


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          52    77      38    49      24    45      27    62
Temp          55 53 70 65   50 43 43 40   30 24 37 40   30 29 52 56
Dewpt         48 50 52 51   45 39 33 26   20 16 19 22   21 21 31 36
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5    50      90    50      20     5       0     0
Rain                               C  C
Rain shwrs              C    D  L
Snow                                  C    S  S
Tstms                   C    S

$$
IAZ004-112100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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          29          63          35          70
Temp                32 39 44 43 35 32 31 30 40 55 62 57 45 41 37 35 46 61 67 62
Dewpt               25 24 25 25 26 25 26 27 33 38 39 38 36 34 34 33 39 43 44 44
RH                  75 54 47 49 69 75 81 88 76 53 43 49 70 76 89 92 76 51 43 52
Wind dir             N NE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S SW  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd            13 12  8  8  5  6  6  6  6  6  6  5  5  5  5  6 11 17 19 14
Clouds              SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          22 31          26 24 23                      29
Min chill              19    34    26    22    23          37    28    33


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          50    74      30    42      17    37      21    54
Temp          52 51 66 62   50 36 34 32   23 19 31 33   24 25 44 47
Dewpt         43 45 49 49   44 33 27 21   14 11 17 18   16 16 27 29
PWind dir        SE    SE       S    NW      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        BZ    WY      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0    40      90    80      20     5       0     5
Rain                               D  S
Rain shwrs              C    D  D
Snow                               D  L    S
Tstms                   S    S

$$
IAZ035-112100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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                      50          30          64          36          70
Temp                37 43 49 46 38 35 33 32 40 56 63 58 48 43 38 36 48 63 68 63
Dewpt               29 28 28 28 29 28 28 29 33 39 40 41 39 39 37 35 41 45 46 46
RH                  72 55 44 49 70 75 82 88 76 53 43 53 71 86 96 96 77 52 45 54
Wind dir             N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  E NE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd            11 11  8  6  5  5  4  5  5  4  5  3  4  4  3  4  6 11 12 10
Wind gust                             14
Clouds              FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC
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 37                26
Min chill              27          29    25    25                32    37


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          51    75      34    46      21    43      24    60
Temp          54 52 69 64   50 41 39 36   26 22 35 37   27 27 50 53
Dewpt         46 48 51 50   45 38 30 24   18 13 18 20   20 19 28 34
PWind dir        SE    SE       S    NW      NW    NW       S     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    50      90    60      20     5       0     0
Rain                               L  C
Rain shwrs              C    D  L
Snow                               S  C    S
Tstms                   S    S

$$
IAZ094-112100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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                      60          37          69          42          73
Temp                49 57 60 56 47 42 39 37 46 63 69 64 54 49 44 42 53 67 71 67
Dewpt               35 34 34 35 35 36 35 34 37 42 42 43 44 42 41 40 45 48 47 48
RH                  58 42 37 45 63 79 85 89 71 46 37 46 69 77 89 93 74 50 42 50
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd            13 11 10  8  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  9 10  8
Wind gust                       16    16
Clouds              FW SC FW CL CL SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          54    77      41    52      28    49      32    66
Temp          57 54 72 63   51 44 47 44   35 28 42 44   35 33 57 60
Dewpt         49 49 49 45   40 37 31 25   21 17 18 21   23 23 31 35
PWind dir        SE     S       S     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0    50      70    20      10     0       0     0
Rain                               S
Rain shwrs              C    L  C
Tstms                   C

$$
IAZ017-112100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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          30          61          36          68
Temp                37 42 47 44 36 34 32 30 39 54 60 55 45 41 38 36 46 60 65 61
Dewpt               27 25 23 25 25 26 27 25 29 36 38 38 37 36 35 34 39 43 44 44
RH                  67 50 38 47 64 72 81 81 67 50 44 53 73 82 89 92 76 53 46 53
Wind dir             N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S SE
Wind spd            12 11  8  6  6  6  6  6  6  5  5  4  4  4  4  5  8 13 14 11
Wind gust                             19
Clouds              SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW SC
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 36       30 28 26 23
Min chill              27    38    27    23    22          37    30    34


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          51    75      34    48      19    38      22    54
Temp          51 51 67 65   52 44 39 34   25 21 31 33   25 25 44 48
Dewpt         44 47 52 50   48 40 32 25   17 13 17 19   18 16 25 32
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5    40      90    70      20    10       0     0
Rain                               L  L
Rain shwrs              C    D  L
Snow                               S  L    S  S
Tstms                   S    C

$$
IAZ049-112100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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                      53          30          64          37          70
Temp                41 47 52 49 40 37 33 30 40 56 63 58 48 43 39 37 49 63 68 62
Dewpt               30 28 28 30 29 30 26 25 30 37 39 40 39 38 36 35 41 46 46 47
RH                  65 47 39 48 64 75 75 81 67 49 41 51 71 82 89 92 74 54 45 58
Wind dir             N NE NE  E  E  E SE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd            16 13  9  8  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  6 10 11  8
Wind gust                          18
Clouds              FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          33                27 23
Min chill              29          31    23    26          39    32    36


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          51    76      38    51      23    44      24    60
Temp          53 51 69 64   50 44 44 39   29 24 36 38   28 27 50 53
Dewpt         46 48 52 50   46 40 34 26   19 15 18 20   20 19 29 34
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5    40      90    50      20     5       0     0
Rain                               C  C
Rain shwrs              C    D  L
Snow                                       S  S
Tstms                   C    C

$$
IAZ086-112100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
916 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Date             Tue 03/11/25            Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25
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                      59          34          67          41          73
Temp                50 56 59 55 47 43 38 34 44 59 67 62 53 48 44 41 51 66 71 67
Dewpt               36 34 34 36 35 34 30 29 34 41 43 43 43 42 41 39 44 49 50 49
RH                  58 43 39 49 63 70 73 82 68 51 42 50 69 80 89 92 77 54 47 52
Wind dir             N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E NE NE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd            11 13 11  9  8  9  6  8  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  9  9  8
Clouds              FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL 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                         37    27
Min chill                          36    26    28                35


Date          Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25
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          53    78      43    54      28    47      29    64
Temp          57 55 72 67   53 48 49 44   35 29 40 43   33 31 55 59
Dewpt         49 51 54 51   47 39 36 29   23 19 21 22   23 23 31 36
PWind dir        SE    SE       S     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0    40      90    30      20     5       0     0
Rain                               C       S
Rain shwrs              C    D  C
Snow                                       S  S
Tstms                   C    S

$$