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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

IAZ060-142100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      94          75          96          70          85
Temp                   89 93 94 85 80 77 77 86 93 95 92 82 76 72 70 76 81 83 82
Dewpt                  72 73 74 74 72 70 69 72 73 73 74 73 71 69 67 67 66 65 65
RH                     57 52 53 70 77 79 76 63 52 49 56 74 85 90 90 74 60 55 56
Wind dir               SW  W SW SE  S  S  S SW SW SW  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd               10 10  5  4  5  6  8 10 10  9  8  6  6  6  6  8  9  9  8
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.24           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  C
Heat index             96101104 93          92102106101 87
Max heat               97   105   105    85   103   107    98          83    85
Heat                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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    81      57    79      58    80      58    81
Temp          69 65 77 78   64 59 75 76   63 60 76 78   65 61 78 79
Dewpt         62 60 59 58   55 54 56 55   55 55 56 56   56 56 58 58
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5      10    10

$$
IAZ039-142100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      91          74          91          68          82
Temp                   88 89 90 81 77 75 75 84 89 90 85 77 74 70 68 76 79 81 78
Dewpt                  73 74 75 74 74 72 72 73 74 74 73 72 70 67 66 66 65 63 63
RH                     61 61 62 79 90 90 90 70 61 60 67 85 87 90 93 71 62 54 60
Wind dir               SW  W  W SW SE SE SE  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                9  8  5  2  3  4  6 10 12 10  8  5  5  5  6  9 10 10  8
Clouds                 FW SC FW FW FW B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          20          30          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.16        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                 C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                      S  S                 S  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index             97 97100 86          90 97100 93
Max heat               97   101    98          98   101    90          82    82


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          61    78      56    76      56    79      57    80
Temp          65 62 75 74   61 58 73 74   61 58 74 75   64 60 76 77
Dewpt         60 58 59 56   55 54 55 56   55 55 56 57   57 57 58 59
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ048-142100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      93          74          93          68          82
Temp                   87 91 92 83 78 76 76 84 91 92 88 79 74 70 68 75 80 81 79
Dewpt                  74 74 76 76 73 71 71 73 75 75 75 74 71 68 67 67 67 66 65
RH                     65 58 60 80 85 85 85 70 60 58 66 85 90 93 97 76 65 60 62
Wind dir               SW  W SW SE SE SE  S SW SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                8  9  4  3  4  5  6  9 10  9  6  6  6  6  6  9  9 10  8
Clouds                 FW FW CL CL FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C  S  S
Heat index             95101105 90          90102104 98
Max heat               95   107   105         103   105    95          83    84
Heat                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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    79      56    77      56    78      57    80
Temp          65 63 76 76   61 58 73 75   61 58 75 76   62 60 76 78
Dewpt         61 60 60 59   55 55 57 57   55 56 58 59   57 57 60 60
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW CL FW SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5      10    10

$$
IAZ004-142100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      91          72          89          63          80
Temp                   85 88 90 80 77 74 74 83 86 86 83 74 69 65 63 72 76 77 76
Dewpt                  73 71 73 73 71 70 70 72 72 71 69 67 64 62 59 62 60 59 59
RH                     67 57 58 79 82 87 87 70 63 61 63 79 84 90 87 71 58 54 56
Wind dir                N  N NE  E SE SE SE  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                8  6  5  5  5  9  9 10 11 12 11 10 10  9  8 10 10 10  9
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5          30          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S        S  S
Tstms                               S  S        S  S
Heat index             92 94 98             88 92 91
Max heat               93   100    95          96    94    84
Heat                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          59    76      54    76      56    79      58    80
Temp          63 60 72 72   58 56 72 73   60 58 74 76   62 60 76 77
Dewpt         58 55 56 52   53 53 53 53   53 54 55 56   55 55 57 58
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S

$$
IAZ035-142100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      93          72          91          65          82
Temp                   88 90 92 80 77 74 74 83 89 91 87 76 71 67 65 75 78 80 78
Dewpt                  75 74 76 75 72 71 70 74 75 75 74 71 67 65 64 65 65 63 63
RH                     66 60 60 85 85 90 87 74 64 60 65 85 87 93 97 71 64 56 60
Wind dir                W NW  S SE SE SE SE SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                5  5  3  3  5  6  6  8  9  9  6  6  6  6  5  8  9  9  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S
Heat index             98100104 85          90 99101 95
Max heat               98   106   102          99   102    90                82
Heat                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          59    77      53    76      54    78      57    79
Temp          64 61 75 74   58 56 73 74   59 56 75 76   61 59 77 77
Dewpt         60 57 60 57   53 54 57 56   54 54 58 58   56 56 60 60
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5      10    10

$$
IAZ094-142100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      94          75          97          71          86
Temp                   88 92 92 82 79 76 76 86 94 96 93 81 77 73 71 77 83 84 81
Dewpt                  73 73 75 74 71 69 69 72 74 74 75 74 71 70 70 71 70 68 67
RH                     61 54 58 77 77 79 79 63 53 49 56 79 82 90 97 82 65 59 63
Wind dir               SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SE  E  N  N NE  N  N  N
Wind spd               12 12  6  5  6  9  9 10 12 12  8  8  6  6  8  8  8  9  6
Wind gust                                   20
Clouds                 CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.23           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  S  S        S
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  C  S  S        S
Heat index             96101103 88          92105108105 87
Max heat               97   103   102         107   110   101          89    89
Heat                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          65    81      58    79      57    80      58    81
Temp          69 66 79 77   65 60 76 75   62 59 77 76   63 60 78 78
Dewpt         65 62 62 60   58 56 57 56   56 57 57 57   57 57 58 58
PWind dir        NE    NE      NE    NE       E     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10       5     0       0     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
IAZ017-142100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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          70          88          63          79
Temp                   86 88 87 77 75 72 73 80 86 87 82 73 69 65 64 72 76 77 74
Dewpt                  75 74 74 74 72 70 70 72 73 73 72 69 66 62 62 63 62 61 60
RH                     70 63 65 90 90 93 90 77 65 63 72 87 90 90 93 73 62 58 62
Wind dir               NW NW NW NE SE SE SE SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                5  5  4  3  4  6  8 10 11 10  8  8  8  8  8  9 10 10  6
Clouds                 B1 FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.23           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C
Tstms                                           C  C
Heat index             95 97 95                93 94 87
Max heat               95    97    95          94    95    83


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          58    74      53    75      54    78      55    78
Temp          62 59 73 70   58 56 72 71   58 57 74 73   61 59 75 74
Dewpt         58 56 57 55   53 52 54 54   53 53 56 56   55 55 58 58
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE       E     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ049-142100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      90          73          92          68          82
Temp                   87 88 90 80 77 75 75 84 90 91 87 77 73 69 68 75 79 80 79
Dewpt                  74 75 75 74 72 71 71 73 74 74 74 72 70 67 66 67 65 64 64
RH                     65 66 62 82 85 87 87 70 60 58 65 85 90 93 93 76 62 58 60
Wind dir               SW  W  W SE SE SE  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                9  9  4  3  4  5  6 10 11 10  6  5  5  6  8  8  9 10  8
Clouds                 FW FW CL CL SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.05        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C  S  S
Heat index             95 98100             90100102 96
Max heat               95   102   100         102   103    92          82    83


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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          60    78      55    76      55    78      57    79
Temp          65 61 76 75   60 56 73 74   60 57 74 75   61 59 76 77
Dewpt         60 57 59 57   54 53 55 56   55 54 57 57   55 55 58 59
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5     5       0     0       0     5       5    10

$$
IAZ086-142100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1016 AM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024

Date             Sun 07/14/24            Mon 07/15/24            Tue 07/16/24
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                      94          75          96          71          85
Temp                   91 93 92 82 79 76 77 86 93 96 93 82 77 73 72 77 82 84 81
Dewpt                  73 73 75 74 72 70 71 73 74 75 75 74 73 71 70 71 70 68 67
RH                     56 52 58 77 79 82 82 65 54 51 56 77 87 93 93 82 67 59 63
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW NE  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd               14 13  9  5  5  6  9 11 13 13 10  8  6  6  8  9 10 10  8
Clouds                 CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          10          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0        1.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  C
Heat index            100103102 88          92104108105 88
Max heat              101   103   101         106   110   100          87    88
Heat                    Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 07/17/24  Thu 07/18/24  Fri 07/19/24  Sat 07/20/24
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    80      58    78      57    79      57    81
Temp          69 65 78 77   64 60 74 74   61 59 75 75   63 60 77 77
Dewpt         63 60 62 60   57 56 57 56   56 56 57 58   57 57 59 59
PWind dir         N     N       N    NE      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5       0     0       0     5       5     5

$$