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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

IAZ060-140900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      54          64          59          76          61
Temp             67 61 58 57 56 56 59 62 62 61 60 59 60 64 73 76 72 66 65 62 61
Dewpt            39 39 40 41 43 46 50 53 55 55 56 57 57 59 61 61 60 59 58 56 56
RH               36 44 51 55 62 69 72 72 78 81 87 93 90 84 66 60 66 78 78 81 84
Wind dir          N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          6  9  9  8  8  8  8  8  6  5  4  5  5  6  8  8  8  6  6  8  9
Clouds           SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  S  C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S
Tstms                                           S  S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          81      62    78      53    71      45    65      45    73
Temp          79 76   68 62 75 73   62 54 68 65   52 46 62 59   49 46 69 67
Dewpt         58 56   55 53 57 58   59 52 50 43   40 38 37 35   37 37 43 44
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr          5       0    30      50    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C    C  C     S    S
Tstms                           S    S

$$
IAZ039-140900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      46          62          51          67          54
Temp             63 54 51 49 48 54 59 60 60 55 55 52 53 56 64 67 63 58 57 56 56
Dewpt            38 39 39 39 39 41 43 46 48 50 52 52 51 52 53 54 53 54 53 52 52
RH               39 57 63 68 71 61 55 60 64 83 90100 93 86 67 63 70 86 86 86 86
Wind dir          N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          9  8  8  8  9 10 10 10  9  6  6  6  8  9  9 10  9  8  8 10 10
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          50          60          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.15        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C  C  C  L  L  C  C              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          77      60    77      52    70      44    63      41    70
Temp          73 72   65 60 74 72   61 53 68 63   50 45 60 57   46 42 67 64
Dewpt         55 55   55 54 55 56   57 52 49 43   40 38 37 35   36 35 40 40
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    30      60    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C                C    L  C     S    S  S
Tstms          S

$$
IAZ048-140900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      51          62          55          73          58
Temp             65 57 54 53 52 56 58 61 60 56 57 56 57 62 70 73 69 63 61 60 59
Dewpt            38 39 39 41 41 44 48 51 52 54 54 55 56 58 59 61 59 59 57 56 56
RH               37 51 57 64 66 64 69 70 75 93 90 96 96 87 68 66 70 87 87 87 90
Wind dir          N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8  8  6  8  8  9  9  8  6  5  4  5  5  6  8  8  8  6  6  8  9
Clouds           SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          50          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.09        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          81      60    77      51    71      44    65      42    72
Temp          77 75   66 60 74 71   59 52 68 63   50 44 61 59   47 43 68 66
Dewpt         59 57   56 54 58 59   57 51 50 43   40 37 37 35   36 36 42 43
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         10       5    30      50    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                   C  C    C  S     S    S
Tstms                           S

$$
IAZ004-140900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      46          56          46          68          56
Temp             55 49 47 47 47 51 54 54 51 46 48 47 48 55 63 67 64 58 58 57 57
Dewpt            37 37 37 36 36 39 39 43 45 44 45 47 48 52 55 57 57 56 55 55 54
RH               51 63 68 65 65 63 57 66 80 93 89100100 90 75 70 78 93 90 93 90
Wind dir          N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8  8  9  8  9 10 11 11 10  8  6  5  6  8 10 11 10 10 10 13 14
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          80          80          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.14        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  C  L  D  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                                                                S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          79      57    73      46    65      40    62      41    69
Temp          74 73   63 58 70 67   53 47 63 58   45 41 59 56   43 43 66 63
Dewpt         58 54   53 52 55 53   46 42 41 36   35 33 33 31   32 32 39 39
PWind dir         S       S    SW       W     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      10    40      10    10       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S             C  C

$$
IAZ035-140900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      47          60          51          72          57
Temp             60 50 48 48 47 52 57 58 57 52 52 52 53 59 68 72 67 61 60 59 58
Dewpt            36 39 39 38 39 42 43 46 48 49 50 52 52 56 57 59 58 57 57 56 55
RH               41 66 71 68 74 69 59 64 72 89 93100 96 90 68 64 73 87 90 90 90
Wind dir          N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          9  8  8  8  8  9  9 10  8  5  5  5  5  8  9 10  9  9  9 10 11
Clouds           SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          60          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.07        0.14        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C        S  S  C  C


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          80      59    76      48    70      42    65      42    72
Temp          76 74   65 59 73 70   56 49 67 62   48 43 61 59   45 43 69 65
Dewpt         58 55   54 53 56 56   51 46 45 38   37 35 35 32   34 35 40 41
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      10    40      30    10      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   C  C    C

$$
IAZ094-140900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      56          69          61          78          59
Temp             65 61 59 57 57 59 63 68 67 63 62 61 62 67 75 78 73 67 65 61 61
Dewpt            53 49 45 47 48 52 55 59 60 59 60 60 60 62 62 62 62 60 59 58 57
RH               65 65 60 69 72 78 75 73 78 87 93 97 93 84 64 58 68 78 81 90 87
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE  E SE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          5  5  6  6  8  6  6  5  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  8
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          80      60    78      53    71      45    64      45    72
Temp          78 74   67 61 75 72   62 54 68 63   51 46 61 57   48 46 68 65
Dewpt         57 55   54 53 57 59   60 54 52 47   41 38 39 38   37 38 44 46
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW CL   CL FW CL CL
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      60    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C    L  C  S  S    S  S
Tstms                           S    C

$$
IAZ017-140900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      43          58          48          65          53
Temp             58 49 46 44 46 52 57 57 55 50 50 48 50 54 61 64 62 56 55 55 55
Dewpt            37 39 38 37 37 39 40 43 44 44 47 48 49 52 53 54 53 53 53 52 52
RH               45 68 73 76 71 61 53 59 66 80 89100 96 93 75 70 72 90 93 90 90
Wind dir          N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8  8  6  6  8  8  9  9  8  6  5  5  6  8  8  9  8  8  8 10 11
Clouds           SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          60          70          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.21        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C  L  L  L  L  C  C              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   S     S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          76      58    73      48    67      41    61      40    69
Temp          71 71   63 59 70 67   57 49 65 60   47 42 58 55   44 41 66 63
Dewpt         57 55   54 52 56 56   53 46 45 38   37 36 36 33   33 33 40 40
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5    40      30    10      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C             C  C    C
Tstms          S

$$
IAZ049-140900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      50          62          53          70          56
Temp             63 55 53 51 50 55 57 60 59 56 55 54 55 60 67 70 66 60 59 57 56
Dewpt            38 38 39 39 40 43 46 49 51 52 53 54 53 56 56 57 56 55 54 53 53
RH               39 53 59 63 68 64 67 67 75 86 93100 93 87 68 63 70 84 83 86 90
Wind dir          N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          9 10  9  9  9 10  9  9  6  5  5  5  5  6  8  8  6  6  6  8  9
Clouds           SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          50          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.09        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C              C  C  S
Tstms                                                                         S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          79      59    77      51    71      43    64      42    70
Temp          75 73   65 59 74 71   59 52 68 63   50 44 61 58   45 42 67 64
Dewpt         58 56   55 53 56 57   57 52 50 45   39 37 37 35   34 35 41 42
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr         20       0    30      50    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     S                C    C  C     S    S
Tstms          S                S

$$
IAZ086-140900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
601 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu
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                      57          69          59          76          59
Temp             69 63 62 59 58 61 64 67 65 63 62 60 61 65 73 76 71 65 63 61 60
Dewpt            55 51 47 47 48 51 54 57 58 56 57 57 56 58 59 59 59 57 57 55 54
RH               61 65 58 64 69 70 70 70 78 78 84 90 84 78 62 56 66 75 81 81 81
Wind dir          N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          6  8  8  8  8  8  8  6  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  8
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S     S     S  S                    S  S


Date           10/16  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          80      61    81      56    72      46    65      45    72
Temp          77 75   67 62 78 75   64 57 70 65   53 46 62 59   48 45 69 65
Dewpt         57 57   57 55 57 58   61 57 55 50   43 40 39 38   38 38 43 44
PWind dir        SE       S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr          5       0    20      70    30      30    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S    L  L  C  C    C  S
Tstms                           S    C

$$