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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

IAZ060-242100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      74          49          73          48          74
Temp                   72 73 71 61 56 51 49 63 69 71 69 60 55 52 50 63 71 74 71
Dewpt                  52 50 51 51 50 48 47 50 48 48 49 50 50 48 47 50 48 48 50
RH                     49 44 49 70 80 89 93 62 47 44 49 69 83 86 89 62 44 40 47
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  N NE
Wind spd               11 13  9  5  4  4  4  5  9  9  5  3  2  2  2  3  4  4  4
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW CL CL FW CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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    79      57    80      58    79      60    80
Temp          56 53 74 75   64 58 77 76   63 59 76 75   65 61 76 77
Dewpt         50 47 52 54   53 53 56 57   57 55 58 57   58 55 56 57
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S      SE     E      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                                                        S

$$
IAZ039-242100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      70          46          69          46          71
Temp                   68 68 65 55 51 48 46 60 66 67 64 55 51 48 47 61 69 70 66
Dewpt                  53 52 51 50 48 46 46 50 50 49 50 49 47 46 45 51 50 50 53
RH                     59 57 60 83 89 93100 69 56 52 60 80 86 93 93 70 51 49 63
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               16 16 11  6  5  5  5  8 11 11  6  4  3  3  3  4  6  5  3
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          48    73      54    77      55    76      57    76
Temp          52 49 70 69   59 56 73 72   60 57 74 71   61 58 73 72
Dewpt         49 46 54 57   55 53 60 61   59 55 61 61   58 55 60 61
PWind dir         W    SW       S    SW      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       5     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S

$$
IAZ048-242100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      72          47          71          46          73
Temp                   70 71 68 57 52 49 47 61 67 70 66 56 51 48 47 61 70 72 68
Dewpt                  53 52 52 51 49 46 46 51 49 50 51 50 49 48 45 52 50 51 53
RH                     55 51 57 80 89 89 96 70 52 49 58 80 93100 93 72 49 48 59
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd               13 13  8  5  4  4  4  5  9  9  5  2  2  2  2  2  4  4  3
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          49    77      55    80      56    77      58    79
Temp          53 50 72 72   61 56 75 74   60 57 75 73   63 59 75 74
Dewpt         50 48 54 58   54 53 58 60   58 55 60 59   59 57 58 61
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      10     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                     S

$$
IAZ004-242100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      68          45          69          45          72
Temp                   65 67 65 53 50 47 45 60 65 67 64 53 49 47 46 61 68 71 68
Dewpt                  52 50 49 46 46 44 43 48 47 48 49 46 45 43 43 49 48 49 52
RH                     63 54 56 77 86 89 93 64 52 50 58 77 86 86 89 65 49 46 57
Wind dir               NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  W  W  W NW  N  N SE
Wind spd               16 14 10  6  5  6  5  8 10 10  5  3  3  3  3  3  4  4  4
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          49    75      54    77      55    76      58    76
Temp          52 51 70 71   60 56 74 74   59 57 72 72   61 59 71 72
Dewpt         48 46 55 58   54 52 58 60   57 55 59 60   58 57 59 60
PWind dir         S     S       S     S       S    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0     5      10     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                     S

$$
IAZ035-242100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      70          46          70          45          72
Temp                   68 70 67 56 51 48 46 61 67 68 65 55 50 47 46 61 69 71 68
Dewpt                  53 51 51 49 47 45 45 50 49 50 51 49 48 46 45 51 50 51 53
RH                     59 51 56 77 86 89 96 67 52 52 60 80 93 96 96 70 51 49 59
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N NE
Wind spd               12 13  9  5  4  5  4  5  9  9  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          49    75      54    79      56    78      58    77
Temp          52 51 70 71   60 55 75 74   59 57 74 73   62 59 74 73
Dewpt         49 47 55 58   54 52 60 61   58 56 60 61   59 57 60 61
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      10     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                     S

$$
IAZ094-242100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      75          49          73          49          74
Temp                   73 74 71 60 55 52 49 64 70 71 68 59 54 51 50 64 71 73 71
Dewpt                  49 50 52 52 51 49 48 50 48 48 49 49 49 48 47 50 48 48 50
RH                     43 43 51 75 86 89 96 60 45 44 51 69 83 89 89 60 44 41 47
Wind dir               NW NW  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd               12 11  6  4  4  3  3  4  6  8  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  3
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW 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


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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    78      57    77      56    78      58    79
Temp          56 52 74 73   63 58 73 72   61 57 75 75   64 59 76 75
Dewpt         49 47 51 53   53 53 57 58   58 55 56 57   57 56 56 58
PWind dir         E     S       S     S       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      20    20      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                      S  S                           S  S

$$
IAZ017-242100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      67          44          67          44          69
Temp                   65 66 65 54 50 46 44 59 65 66 62 52 49 47 46 60 67 68 66
Dewpt                  53 52 51 48 47 45 44 50 49 49 50 47 46 44 44 51 50 50 53
RH                     65 61 60 80 89 96100 72 56 54 65 83 89 89 93 72 54 52 63
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               14 14 10  5  5  6  5  6 10 10  5  2  2  2  2  3  4  3  2
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          47    72      54    76      54    74      56    75
Temp          51 49 68 68   58 55 73 72   59 55 73 70   60 58 71 70
Dewpt         47 46 55 58   54 52 60 62   56 55 61 61   57 55 61 61
PWind dir        SW     S       S    SW       S    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     5      10     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S

$$
IAZ049-242100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      70          45          70          45          71
Temp                   69 70 66 56 50 47 45 60 67 68 64 55 50 48 46 61 68 70 66
Dewpt                  52 52 52 50 48 45 45 50 49 49 50 49 47 45 44 51 50 50 52
RH                     55 53 61 80 93 93100 69 52 51 60 80 89 89 93 70 52 49 61
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd               14 14 10  5  4  5  5  6  9  9  5  3  2  2  3  3  4  4  2
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          47    74      54    77      55    76      56    77
Temp          52 49 71 70   60 55 74 73   60 56 74 71   61 58 74 72
Dewpt         49 46 54 57   53 52 58 60   57 54 61 60   58 55 59 60
PWind dir        SE     S       S    SW      SE    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     5       5     5       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                        S

$$
IAZ086-242100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1214 PM CDT Sun Aug 24 2025

Date             Sun 08/24/25            Mon 08/25/25            Tue 08/26/25
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                      74          48          73          47          74
Temp                   73 73 70 59 54 50 48 63 69 71 67 57 53 50 48 64 71 73 69
Dewpt                  53 50 51 52 50 47 48 50 48 48 49 49 49 48 46 50 47 47 50
RH                     49 44 51 78 86 89100 62 47 44 52 75 86 93 93 60 42 40 51
Wind dir               NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd               13 14 10  6  5  5  5  6  9 10  5  3  2  3  3  3  5  5  3
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25  Sat 08/30/25
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          49    78      56    80      56    79      58    80
Temp          54 51 74 73   62 58 77 76   62 57 76 75   64 60 77 76
Dewpt         49 47 50 54   53 52 55 57   57 55 58 59   58 55 56 57
PWind dir        SE     S       S     S       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                     S  S

$$