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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

IAZ060-210900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      62          81          63          83          64
Temp             73 68 65 63 63 73 79 81 80 72 67 64 66 74 79 82 80 73 68 66 66
Dewpt            64 63 62 62 62 64 63 64 64 64 63 63 63 66 65 65 65 65 64 64 64
RH               73 84 90 97 97 73 58 56 58 76 87 97 90 76 62 56 60 76 87 93 93
Wind dir         SE  S  S NW  N  E SE  N NE NE  E NW NW NW  W NW  N  E  S SW  W
Wind spd          4  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C                    S  S              S
Tstms                            S  C  C                    S  S              S
Obvis                         F


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          85      65    86      65    85      64    87      68    89
Temp          82 81   70 68 83 83   70 67 82 83   71 68 85 85   74 71 87 86
Dewpt         66 66   66 65 67 66   65 65 66 65   64 63 67 65   65 65 67 66
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NE     E      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    10       5     0       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C
Tstms          S  C

$$
IAZ039-210900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      62          80          63          81          63
Temp             73 68 65 62 63 73 78 80 78 70 66 64 65 74 78 79 77 70 67 65 66
Dewpt            64 65 63 62 62 66 65 65 66 66 64 63 64 67 66 66 66 66 65 65 65
RH               73 90 93100 97 79 64 60 67 87 93 97 97 79 67 64 69 87 93100 97
Wind dir          W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NE  E  E NE NE SE SW NW SW  S  S SW SW
Wind spd          3  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          10          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.04        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S              S  C  C              C  C  C  C              C
Tstms             S              S  C  C                 C  C  C              S
Obvis                     PF  F


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          83      65    82      63    82      62    84      65    86
Temp          80 78   69 66 79 78   68 64 79 80   67 65 82 81   71 68 84 83
Dewpt         68 67   66 65 67 66   65 63 65 64   63 63 64 64   64 64 68 66
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      10    30       5     5       5     5       0    10
Rain shwrs     C  C          S  C
Tstms          C  C          S  C

$$
IAZ048-210900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      60          81          62          81          63
Temp             73 67 63 61 62 72 79 80 79 70 66 63 64 73 78 80 78 70 67 65 65
Dewpt            63 64 62 61 61 66 65 66 65 65 64 63 64 67 68 67 67 67 66 65 65
RH               71 90 97100 97 81 62 62 62 84 93100100 81 71 65 69 90 97100100
Wind dir         SE SE SE NW  N NE  E  S NE NE  E  N  N NW NW NW  W  S  S SW  W
Wind spd          3  2  2  2  2  2  4  3  3  2  2  1  1  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  1
Clouds           B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C              S  S  C  C              C
Tstms                            S  C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Obvis                     PF  F


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          84      64    84      63    83      63    85      66    88
Temp          80 80   68 66 81 81   68 65 81 82   69 66 82 83   71 69 85 85
Dewpt         69 68   67 66 69 67   65 65 68 67   64 64 69 68   65 66 70 69
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    20       0     5       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     C  C             S
Tstms          C  C             S

$$
IAZ004-210900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      61          81          63          81          63
Temp             74 68 63 61 62 72 79 81 80 70 66 64 65 73 78 78 78 70 67 65 65
Dewpt            65 64 63 61 61 65 65 65 64 64 63 62 62 66 65 65 65 65 64 62 63
RH               74 87100100 97 79 62 58 58 81 90 93 90 79 64 64 64 84 90 90 93
Wind dir          S  S SW SW  W SE SE SE  N  E  S  W  W  W  S  W  W  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          4  3  2  2  2  2  4  4  4  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  4  2  3  3  4
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          10          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S              S  C  C                    C  C
Tstms             S              S  C  C                    C  C
Obvis                     PF  F


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          84      63    82      61    82      64    85      68    87
Temp          79 79   67 65 78 79   66 64 79 81   68 67 82 83   72 70 84 84
Dewpt         66 66   64 63 65 64   62 62 64 63   62 62 67 66   65 63 67 66
PWind dir         W      NW     N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      10    10       5     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs        C
Tstms             C

$$
IAZ035-210900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      59          81          61          82          62
Temp             73 67 62 60 60 72 79 81 80 69 65 62 64 74 78 79 78 69 66 64 64
Dewpt            65 64 62 60 60 66 66 66 66 65 64 62 64 67 68 67 67 66 64 64 64
RH               76 90100100100 81 64 60 62 87 97100100 79 71 67 69 90 93100100
Wind dir          S  S  S SW  W  W  S SW  S SE  S SW NW  W  W  W NW  S  S SW SW
Wind spd          3  3  2  1  1  2  3  3  2  2  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40           5          40           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S              S  C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Tstms             S              S  C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Obvis                     PF  F


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          83      63    83      61    83      62    86      66    88
Temp          80 80   67 65 81 80   66 64 80 81   67 65 82 83   71 68 85 84
Dewpt         68 68   66 65 68 67   64 63 67 66   63 63 69 68   65 65 70 68
PWind dir         W       W     N       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40       5    20       0     5       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C             S
Tstms          S  C             S

$$
IAZ094-210900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      62          79          62          82          63
Temp             73 68 64 62 62 72 78 79 78 70 66 63 64 75 79 79 78 71 67 65 66
Dewpt            63 63 63 62 62 64 64 64 65 65 63 62 64 66 65 65 65 66 65 65 65
RH               71 84 97100100 76 62 60 64 84 90 97100 74 62 62 64 84 93100 97
Wind dir          E  S  E  N NE  E NE NE  N  E NE  N NW NW NW NW NW NE SE SW  W
Wind spd          3  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.06           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  C                    S  S              S
Tstms                      S  S  S  C  C                    S  S              S
Obvis                        PF


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          84      64    86      64    85      65    87      67    88
Temp          81 80   68 66 83 83   69 67 83 83   70 67 85 84   72 70 85 85
Dewpt         67 67   67 66 67 68   67 66 66 66   66 66 68 67   66 66 69 67
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NE     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    10       5     5       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C
Tstms          S  C

$$
IAZ017-210900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      59          79          61          80          62
Temp             72 66 62 60 60 71 77 79 77 69 65 62 63 73 77 78 76 69 66 64 64
Dewpt            65 64 62 60 60 65 65 65 65 64 63 61 62 66 66 65 65 65 64 62 63
RH               79 93100100100 81 67 62 67 84 93 97 97 79 69 64 69 87 93 93 97
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  W  S SE SE NE  E SE SE  E SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          4  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          10          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S              S  C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Tstms             S              S  C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Obvis                     PF  F


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          82      63    80      59    81      59    83      64    86
Temp          79 77   66 64 78 76   65 62 78 79   66 64 81 81   70 67 84 82
Dewpt         67 66   65 63 66 64   62 61 64 63   61 61 65 65   63 63 67 66
PWind dir         W      NW     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      10    20       0     5       5     5       0    10
Rain shwrs     S  C             S
Tstms          S  C             S

$$
IAZ049-210900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      60          79          61          80          62
Temp             71 66 62 61 61 72 77 79 78 69 65 62 63 73 77 78 77 69 65 63 64
Dewpt            66 63 62 61 61 66 65 65 66 65 63 62 63 67 67 67 67 65 64 63 64
RH               84 90100100100 81 67 62 67 87 93100100 81 71 69 71 87 97100100
Wind dir          N  N NW NW  N  N  E NE NE NE NE NW  N NW  W NW NW  S  S SW SW
Wind spd          3  1  2  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  1  2  2  2
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40           5          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03        0.01        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S           S  C  C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Tstms             S           S  C  C  C              S  S  C  C              S
Obvis                         F


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          82      63    82      62    82      61    83      65    85
Temp          79 78   67 65 80 78   66 64 79 80   67 64 81 81   69 67 84 83
Dewpt         68 68   66 65 69 67   64 63 66 65   63 63 67 67   64 64 69 68
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NE     E      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40       5    20       5     5       5     5       0    10
Rain shwrs     S  C             S
Tstms          S  C             S

$$
IAZ086-210900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
559 PM CDT Sat Jul 20 2024

Date           07/20/24      Sun 07/21/24            Mon 07/22/24            Tue
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                      61          81          62          83          63
Temp             72 67 64 61 62 74 79 81 79 70 65 63 64 74 80 82 80 71 67 65 66
Dewpt            63 63 62 61 62 64 63 63 63 64 63 62 63 66 65 65 64 65 65 64 65
RH               73 87 93100100 71 58 54 58 81 93 97 97 76 60 56 58 81 93 97 97
Wind dir          N NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  S  W  W NW NE  N NE  E  S SW SW
Wind spd          3  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          30           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  C  S                    S  S
Tstms                         S  S  C  S                    S  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           07/23  Wed 07/24/24  Thu 07/25/24  Fri 07/26/24  Sat 07/27/24
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          85      65    86      64    85      64    86      66    88
Temp          81 81   69 68 83 82   69 67 82 82   69 67 84 84   71 69 86 84
Dewpt         67 66   66 66 68 67   66 65 67 65   65 65 67 65   65 66 68 66
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    20       5     5       5     5       0    10
Rain shwrs        C             S
Tstms             C             S

$$