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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

IAZ060-050900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      71          91          74          87          68
Temp                      74 75 84 89 91 89 81 78 75 74 80 83 83 81 77 74 70 70
Dewpt                     70 70 71 70 69 69 69 68 68 69 72 72 73 71 72 71 68 68
RH                        87 84 65 54 49 52 67 71 79 84 77 70 72 72 85 90 93 93
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd                   5  6 10 13 13 10  9  9 10 11 13 16 13 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.13        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S  C  L  C  C  S  S
Heat index                      89 94 96                   88 89 86
Max heat                           95    98    94    82    89    91    85


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          86      66    86      67    87      67    87      66    87
Temp          82 83   71 68 82 84   71 69 82 83   71 69 82 83   71 68 82 83
Dewpt         67 66   66 65 67 67   67 66 69 68   68 67 69 68   68 66 68 67
PWind dir         N       N     N       E     S       S     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW SC B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      20    30      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  S  C    S        S
Tstms                                   S  C  C    C  S  S  S    S        S

$$
IAZ039-050900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      71          91          72          86          67
Temp                      72 75 83 89 91 89 79 76 74 74 80 84 83 80 75 72 69 69
Dewpt                     70 71 72 71 69 68 68 67 68 69 71 72 73 72 71 70 68 67
RH                        93 87 70 56 49 50 69 74 82 84 74 67 72 77 87 93 97 93
Wind dir                   S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd                   5  8 10 13 13 10  9  9 10 11 14 17 16 12  9  8  8  6
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0          10          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.20        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S  C  L  L  C  S  S  S
Heat index                      89 95                      90 89
Max heat                           96    97    91          91    91


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          85      64    85      65    85      66    85      64    85
Temp          81 81   69 67 82 82   69 68 81 81   70 68 82 81   69 67 82 81
Dewpt         67 66   65 64 67 66   65 65 68 68   66 66 68 67   65 64 67 66
PWind dir         N       N     N      NE    SW      NE    NE      NE     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC FW   SC B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      20    30      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                   S  C  S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-050900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      71          91          72          85          67
Temp                      73 75 83 88 89 87 79 75 73 73 77 82 82 81 74 72 69 68
Dewpt                     70 71 72 72 72 71 70 69 69 70 73 74 75 73 72 70 68 67
RH                        90 87 70 59 57 59 74 82 87 90 87 77 79 77 93 93 97 97
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW  N
Wind spd                   5  6 11 13 13 10  9  9 10 11 13 14 13 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.23        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                              S  C  C  L  C  C  S  S
Heat index                      88 95 96 93                87 89 86
Max heat                           96    98    90          90    90    85


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          84      64    85      65    85      66    85      65    85
Temp          80 81   69 66 81 82   69 67 80 81   70 68 80 81   69 67 81 81
Dewpt         68 67   66 65 68 68   66 66 70 70   68 67 71 70   68 66 70 69
PWind dir         N       N     N       E     S      SE     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW SC B2 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      20    40      40    40      20    30
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     C
Tstms                                   S  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S     C

$$
IAZ004-050900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      71          90          71          83          62
Temp                      73 75 82 87 88 86 79 77 74 72 75 80 79 77 71 67 64 62
Dewpt                     69 68 70 69 69 69 68 68 68 69 70 71 70 69 67 64 60 59
RH                        87 79 67 55 54 57 69 74 82 90 84 74 74 76 87 90 87 90
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd                   9 11 16 19 19 16 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 12 10 10  9  9
Clouds                    CL FW CL SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          50          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.16        0.16        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  C  C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                        C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                            93
Max heat                           92    93    89          84    83


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          82      61    83      63    83      64    84      63    84
Temp          77 79   65 63 78 80   67 66 79 80   68 66 79 81   68 65 80 78
Dewpt         61 62   61 61 63 64   63 63 66 67   65 63 66 67   63 63 66 66
PWind dir         N       N    NW       S    SW      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B2 SC   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      30    50      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                              C  C  C    C  C  S  C    S     S  S
Tstms                                   C  S  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  S

$$
IAZ035-050900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      71          90          72          85          64
Temp                      73 75 83 88 89 86 78 76 73 73 77 81 82 80 73 70 67 65
Dewpt                     70 70 72 71 71 70 69 68 69 69 71 72 73 72 70 68 65 63
RH                        90 84 70 57 56 59 74 76 87 87 82 74 74 77 90 93 93 93
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N
Wind spd                   8  9 12 16 16 12 10 11 11 12 14 14 13 10  6  6  6  5
Clouds                    CL CL CL SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          70          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.22        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  S  C  C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                        S  S  C  C  C  L  L  C
Heat index                      88 94 95 91                   88
Max heat                           95    97    89          86    90


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          83      63    84      64    85      66    85      65    85
Temp          80 80   67 65 80 81   68 67 81 81   69 67 80 81   68 67 81 80
Dewpt         65 65   64 63 66 66   65 65 69 70   67 67 69 69   66 65 69 67
PWind dir         N       N    NW      SE    SW       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      20    40      40    30      20    30
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  S  C    S        C
Tstms                                   S  C  C    S  S  S  C    S        C

$$
IAZ094-050900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      69          89          72          85          69
Temp                      72 72 81 87 89 86 78 76 74 73 79 82 82 82 75 73 71 70
Dewpt                     69 70 72 71 70 71 69 69 70 70 72 72 73 73 73 72 71 70
RH                        90 93 74 59 54 61 74 79 87 90 79 72 74 74 94 97100100
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W NW
Wind spd                   5  5  9 11 11  9  8  9  9 10 13 14 13 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds                    CL FW CL SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.16        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  L  C  C  S  S
Heat index                      86 92 94 91                88 87 88
Max heat                           94    96    90          89    91    86


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          86      67    86      68    86      67    85      66    86
Temp          82 82   70 68 82 83   71 70 82 81   70 69 82 82   70 68 82 82
Dewpt         69 68   68 67 69 68   68 69 72 70   68 68 71 70   68 68 69 69
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E     S       S     E       E    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      20    40      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  S                     S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     S
Tstms             S                     S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S        S

$$
IAZ017-050900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      70          89          71          83          63
Temp                      72 75 82 88 89 86 78 76 73 73 77 80 81 77 72 70 67 65
Dewpt                     70 70 71 70 70 69 69 68 68 69 70 72 72 70 70 67 64 63
RH                        93 84 69 55 54 57 74 76 84 87 79 77 74 79 93 90 90 93
Wind dir                   S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N
Wind spd                   6  9 12 16 16 12 10 11 12 12 16 17 16 11  9  8  8  8
Clouds                    FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          80          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.28        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C  L  C  S
Heat index                      87 93 94
Max heat                           93    95    88          84    85


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          82      61    83      63    83      63    83      62    82
Temp          78 79   67 64 79 80   68 66 79 79   68 67 79 80   67 65 79 79
Dewpt         63 63   62 62 64 64   63 63 67 67   65 65 66 66   64 63 66 66
PWind dir         N       N    NW      SE    SW      NE    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC FW SC   SC B2 B2 B2   B1 SC B2 SC   FW FW SC B2
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      20    40      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  S  C    S     S  S
Tstms                                   S  C  C    S  S  S  C    S     S  S

$$
IAZ049-050900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      69          90          72          85          66
Temp                      72 74 83 88 89 86 77 75 73 73 80 83 82 80 74 71 68 67
Dewpt                     69 70 71 69 68 68 67 67 67 69 71 72 72 72 70 69 67 66
RH                        90 87 67 54 50 55 71 76 81 87 74 70 72 77 87 93 97 97
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd                   5  6 10 12 13 10  8  9 10 11 14 17 16 11  8  6  6  5
Clouds                    FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.21        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S  C  L  L  C  S  S
Heat index                         93                      88
Max heat                           95    96    89          88    89


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          84      63    85      64    85      65    84      64    84
Temp          80 80   68 65 81 82   69 67 81 81   69 67 81 81   68 66 80 81
Dewpt         66 66   64 64 67 67   65 64 67 68   66 66 69 68   65 64 67 67
PWind dir         N       N     N      NE    SW       E    NE      NE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      20    30      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs                              S  S  C    C  C  S  C    S  S     S
Tstms                                   S  S  C    S  S  S  S    S  S     S

$$
IAZ086-050900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
215 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date           07/03/25      Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun
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                      70          92          72          88          70
Temp                      72 75 84 88 91 88 79 75 73 74 81 85 85 82 76 74 72 71
Dewpt                     69 70 72 69 68 69 69 68 68 70 72 72 73 72 73 72 71 71
RH                        90 84 67 54 47 54 72 79 84 87 74 65 67 72 90 93 97100
Wind dir                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW
Wind spd                   5  6  9 11 11 10  8  8  9 10 13 16 14 11  9  8  6  6
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds                    CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                      89       93             86 91 91 87
Max heat                           94    97    92          92    92    84


Date           07/06  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          86      67    86      67    87      67    86      66    86
Temp          81 82   71 69 82 83   71 70 83 83   71 69 82 83   70 69 82 83
Dewpt         71 70   67 67 69 69   67 68 71 70   68 68 70 70   68 67 69 69
PWind dir        NW       N     N      SE    SW       S    NE      NE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    10      10    30      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S                        S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms          S  S                        S  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  S

$$