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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

IAZ060-292100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      89          67          85          62          85
Temp                   83 86 85 77 72 69 69 75 81 84 82 73 68 64 64 76 82 85 83
Dewpt                  73 73 72 71 70 68 68 69 67 65 63 64 61 59 60 63 62 62 62
RH                     72 65 65 82 93 97 97 82 63 53 53 73 78 84 87 64 51 46 49
Wind dir               SE  S SW NE  W NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               10  6  5  4  5  5  6  8  9 10  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  4
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          60          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.23        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  D  L  C  C        S  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  C  S  S        S  S
Heat index             89 93 91
Max heat               90    93    92          85    87    82          84    86


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          64    89      68    90      72    91      73    90
Temp          70 67 85 85   73 70 86 86   76 73 88 88   79 75 86 85
Dewpt         62 62 66 66   66 66 69 69   68 69 71 69   69 69 72 71
PWind dir        SW    SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   FW SC FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0    10      20    10      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs                   S  S                   S    C  C  S  C
Tstms                        S  S                   S    S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ039-292100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      89          67          84          62          84
Temp                   85 84 83 74 72 69 69 76 82 83 80 71 66 63 64 75 82 84 81
Dewpt                  72 72 72 70 69 67 67 68 66 63 64 63 62 60 61 64 64 62 64
RH                     65 67 70 87 90 93 93 76 58 51 58 76 87 90 90 69 55 48 56
Wind dir                S SW SW  N  N NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd               11 10  6  5  4  5  5  8 10 12 10  6  5  6  6  9 10 10  6
Clouds                 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.08        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  L  C  S     S  S
Tstms                      C  C  C  C  S  S     S  S
Heat index             91 89 88
Max heat               93    91    84          85    86                83    85


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          63    86      66    88      69    91      72    89
Temp          68 66 83 83   71 69 85 84   74 72 87 86   77 74 85 84
Dewpt         62 62 66 67   66 66 69 70   68 68 73 71   70 70 72 72
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    10      20    20      50    50
Rain shwrs                   S  C             S  S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                        S  C             S  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-292100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      88          66          84          62          85
Temp                   82 85 85 75 71 68 67 76 81 83 80 70 65 63 63 75 81 83 82
Dewpt                  73 73 74 71 69 68 67 69 68 66 65 64 61 60 61 65 64 64 66
RH                     74 67 70 87 93100100 79 65 57 60 81 87 90 93 71 56 53 58
Wind dir               SE SW SW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd               10  6  5  5  4  5  5  8  9 10  9  5  4  5  5  5  6  6  4
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.15        0.09           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  D  C  C  C        S  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  C  C  S        S  S
Heat index             87 91 93
Max heat               88    96    90          85    86                83    86


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          63    87      66    88      71    90      72    89
Temp          68 66 83 84   71 69 84 85   74 72 87 86   77 74 85 83
Dewpt         62 63 68 70   67 67 71 72   69 69 74 73   70 70 74 73
PWind dir        SW    SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      20    10      20    30      40    40
Rain shwrs                   S  S             S     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                        S  S             S     C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-292100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      83          63          82          59          84
Temp                   80 81 78 71 67 65 65 73 80 81 77 67 62 60 62 74 80 82 80
Dewpt                  66 68 68 67 65 61 62 64 61 60 61 59 58 57 57 61 59 60 63
RH                     62 65 71 87 93 87 90 73 52 49 58 75 87 90 84 64 49 47 56
Wind dir               SW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W
Wind spd                9  9  9  5  5  5  6 10 13 14 11  6  6  8  8  8  8  6  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.05        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  S
Tstms                   C  C  C  S


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          62    85      64    87      70    89      70    85
Temp          66 64 80 81   68 67 82 83   74 71 84 84   74 71 81 80
Dewpt         59 60 66 67   64 63 69 70   67 67 71 71   67 67 70 70
PWind dir        SW    SW       S     S       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    20      30    10      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs           S  S    C  C             S     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S    C  C             S     C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ035-292100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      87          66          84          61          85
Temp                   81 84 81 73 69 67 67 75 81 83 79 69 64 62 63 75 82 84 82
Dewpt                  71 70 71 69 68 67 66 67 65 64 63 61 60 59 59 63 62 62 64
RH                     72 63 72 87 97100 97 76 58 53 58 76 87 90 87 66 51 48 55
Wind dir               SW  W  N NE NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd                8  8  5  5  4  5  5  6  9 11  9  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  4
Clouds                 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          50          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.17        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  C  C           S  S
Tstms                   S  C  C  C  C           S  S


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          63    88      66    89      71    90      72    88
Temp          67 66 83 82   70 68 84 84   74 72 86 86   76 74 84 82
Dewpt         61 62 68 69   66 66 71 71   68 69 74 72   69 69 73 71
PWind dir        SW    SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    20      30    20      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs              S    C  S     S       S     C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S    C  S     S       S     C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-292100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      87          67          83          62          84
Temp                   80 84 85 77 72 69 69 74 81 82 80 71 67 63 63 75 81 83 81
Dewpt                  74 73 73 72 70 69 68 70 69 68 67 65 63 60 60 64 63 63 64
RH                     82 70 67 85 93100 97 87 67 63 65 81 87 90 90 69 54 51 56
Wind dir                S  S  S  E  W  W NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                8  5  5  4  5  5  6  8  9 10  6  5  4  5  5  4  5  5  4
Clouds                 B2 B1 SC B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.24        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  L  D  C  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  L  C  S  S  S
Heat index                90 92
Max heat               86    93    90          86    87                83    86


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          64    87      66    88      70    90      71    90
Temp          68 66 84 84   71 69 84 84   74 72 87 86   76 73 86 85
Dewpt         62 62 66 67   64 66 69 70   68 69 72 71   69 69 72 72
PWind dir        SW    SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      10    10      10    20      30    40
Rain shwrs                      S                   S    S  C  S  C
Tstms                           S                   S    S  C  S  C

$$
IAZ017-292100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      85          64          82          59          83
Temp                   81 80 79 72 68 66 66 73 80 81 77 68 64 62 63 74 80 82 80
Dewpt                  69 70 69 68 66 65 65 65 63 63 61 61 60 59 59 63 62 61 63
RH                     67 72 72 87 93 97 97 76 56 54 58 78 87 90 87 69 54 49 56
Wind dir                S  W  N NE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd                8  8  6  5  4  4  5  8 10 12 10  6  5  6  6  8  9  8  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     70          50          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.39        0.02        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L  C  C  C  S        S  S
Tstms                   S  L  C  C  C  S        S  S


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          62    85      64    86      69    88      71    86
Temp          66 65 80 81   69 67 82 82   73 71 84 83   76 73 82 80
Dewpt         60 61 66 67   65 65 69 69   67 68 73 71   68 68 71 70
PWind dir         W    SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      30    20      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs           S  S    C  C  S  S       S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S    C  C  S  S       S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ049-292100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      88          67          84          61          84
Temp                   83 84 83 73 70 68 68 77 81 83 78 69 65 62 62 75 81 83 80
Dewpt                  72 72 71 69 67 67 67 67 66 63 64 62 60 59 60 63 62 62 63
RH                     70 67 67 87 90 97 97 71 60 51 62 78 84 90 93 66 53 49 56
Wind dir               SE SW SW  W  N  N NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd               11  8  5  4  4  5  5  6  9 11  9  5  5  5  5  6  6  6  5
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW CL FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     50          60          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.06        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  L  L  C  C        S  S
Tstms                      S  C  C  C  S        S  S
Heat index             88 90
Max heat               88    90    85          84    85                83    85


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          62    87      66    88      69    90      72    89
Temp          67 65 83 83   70 68 84 84   73 71 87 86   76 73 85 83
Dewpt         61 62 66 67   65 65 69 70   67 67 72 71   69 69 72 71
PWind dir         W    SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    10      20    20      40    40
Rain shwrs                   S  C             S     S    C  C  C  C
Tstms                        S  C             S     S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-292100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1101 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Date             Sun 06/29/25            Mon 06/30/25            Tue 07/01/25
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                      89          68          84          63          85
Temp                   83 85 86 78 73 70 69 74 80 82 83 71 67 65 65 75 81 84 82
Dewpt                  73 73 73 73 72 70 68 70 69 68 66 65 63 62 62 65 64 63 64
RH                     72 67 65 85 97100 97 87 69 63 57 81 87 90 90 71 56 49 55
Wind dir                S  S SW  S SW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               10  9  6  5  5  5  6  8 10 11  9  6  5  5  6  6  6  6  5
Clouds                 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     40          60          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.15        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  L  L  L  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                      S  C  C  C     S  C  S  S
Heat index             89 92 93
Max heat               91    95    91          84    87                83    86


Date          Wed 07/02/25  Thu 07/03/25  Fri 07/04/25  Sat 07/05/25
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          64    88      67    90      70    92      73    92
Temp          68 67 84 86   71 70 85 86   74 73 88 89   78 75 87 87
Dewpt         63 63 65 67   65 66 68 68   67 68 71 71   69 69 72 72
PWind dir         W     W      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    10      20    20      30    40
Rain shwrs                      S             S     S    S  C  C  C
Tstms                           S             S     S    S  C  S  C

$$