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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

IAZ060-022100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      88          68          91          72          91
Temp             67 78 85 88 85 77 74 70 70 82 89 91 88 80 77 73 74 82 87 89 86
Dewpt            62 64 64 65 67 66 65 64 66 70 72 71 70 71 69 68 69 71 71 70 69
RH               84 62 50 47 55 69 74 81 87 67 57 52 55 74 76 84 84 69 59 54 57
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5  8  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  9  9  8  6  8  8  8 11 13 13 11
Wind gust                                                                 24
Clouds           FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S                                      S
Tstms                            S  S  S                                      S
Heat index                                     96 98 93                93 95 91
Max heat               88    92    88          97    99    92          93    96


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          74    88      70    85      66    84      65    85
Temp          79 75 84 84   76 71 81 81   70 67 80 81   70 67 79 79
Dewpt         69 69 72 72   71 69 69 68   67 64 66 66   66 65 69 67
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    NW       N    NE       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    50      60    30      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    L  C  S  C    S  S  S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  C  S

$$
IAZ039-022100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      87          67          90          71          90
Temp             66 77 85 86 84 75 71 69 69 79 87 89 86 78 74 72 73 82 87 89 86
Dewpt            62 65 64 65 66 66 66 66 66 70 71 71 72 71 70 69 69 71 72 71 71
RH               87 67 50 50 55 74 84 90 90 74 59 56 63 79 87 90 87 69 61 56 61
Wind dir         SW  W  W SW SW  S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  5  8  8  5  3  4  3  4  6  9 10  6  5  6  8  8 11 13 14 11
Clouds           FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          30          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C
Tstms                         S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C
Heat index                                     93 95 93                94 95 92
Max heat               87    89    85          94    97    90          95    96


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          73    87      69    84      64    82      64    83
Temp          77 75 84 83   74 72 80 79   69 66 79 79   68 66 79 79
Dewpt         69 70 72 72   71 70 69 68   64 63 65 65   64 64 68 67
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    NW       N     N       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    50      60    30      20    20      30    40
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    L  C  S  C    S  S  S  S    S  C  C  C
Tstms             C  C  C    C  S  S  C       S  S  S    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ048-022100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      87          67          91          70          89
Temp             65 77 84 86 85 76 71 69 69 79 86 89 87 78 75 72 72 81 86 88 85
Dewpt            62 65 67 67 69 68 66 65 66 71 74 74 74 72 70 69 69 72 73 73 72
RH               90 67 57 53 59 76 84 87 90 77 68 61 65 82 84 90 90 74 65 61 65
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  6  8  8  5  5  5  4  4  6  9  9  6  6  6  6  6 10 13 13 11
Wind gust                                                                 24
Clouds           SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  C        S  S                          S
Tstms                            C  C  C        S  S                          S
Heat index                                     94 98 94             86 94 96 91
Max heat               87    91    88          95    99    92          95    98


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          73    87      68    84      64    83      64    83
Temp          77 74 82 83   74 70 80 80   68 66 78 79   68 66 78 79
Dewpt         70 71 74 74   72 69 70 69   66 64 68 67   65 65 70 69
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW       N    NE       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    50      60    30      20    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    L  C  S  C    S  S  S  S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S    S  S  C  S

$$
IAZ004-022100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      85          65          90          71          89
Temp             64 74 82 84 83 73 69 67 66 77 85 88 85 77 74 72 72 80 85 87 84
Dewpt            60 63 64 67 68 67 65 64 64 68 71 73 72 70 68 67 67 70 70 71 70
RH               87 69 55 57 61 81 87 90 93 74 63 61 65 79 82 84 84 72 61 59 63
Wind dir         SW SW  S  S SW SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  6 10 10  6  5  5  5  6  9 10 12 10 10 11 12 12 17 20 20 17
Wind gust                                                              31 32
Clouds           B2 B1 FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  C  S  C  C  S        S  S                    S  S  C
Tstms             S     S  C  S  C  C  S        S  S                    S  S  C
Heat index                                     90 96 91                90 93
Max heat               84    88    85          91    97    86          90    93


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          71    85      65    81      61    80      62    81
Temp          75 72 80 81   70 65 77 78   65 62 75 78   66 64 76 78
Dewpt         68 68 71 71   66 61 63 64   60 59 62 64   62 62 65 66
PWind dir         S    SW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        BZ    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60    60      30    20      10    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  L    C        S             S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  S  C    C        S             S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-022100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      87          67          91          71          89
Temp             64 76 84 86 84 75 70 69 68 79 87 89 87 78 75 72 72 81 86 88 85
Dewpt            60 64 66 68 69 67 66 65 66 70 73 74 72 71 69 68 69 71 71 72 71
RH               87 66 55 55 61 76 87 87 93 74 63 61 61 79 82 87 90 72 61 59 63
Wind dir         SW SW SW  S  S SE  S  S SE  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5  8  9  6  5  5  5  5  6  9 10  8  8  8  8  9 12 16 16 13
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.06        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  C  C  C        S  S                    S  S  C
Tstms                      S  S  C  C  C        S  S                    S  S  C
Heat index                                     95 98 94                92 95 90
Max heat               86    91    86          97    99    91          94    97


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          72    87      68    84      62    82      64    83
Temp          76 74 82 81   72 68 80 79   67 64 78 79   67 65 78 78
Dewpt         69 69 73 73   70 66 67 66   63 62 65 66   64 64 68 68
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    60      50    20      20    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L    C  S     S    S        S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C    C  S     S             S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-022100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      86          68          89          69          88
Temp             66 77 83 85 83 75 72 69 69 80 87 89 86 78 74 72 71 80 85 87 84
Dewpt            62 65 65 66 67 66 65 64 66 71 72 72 72 71 69 69 69 71 71 71 70
RH               87 67 55 53 59 74 79 84 90 74 61 57 63 79 84 90 93 74 63 59 63
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  6  6  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  9 10  6  6  6  6  6 10 13 13 11
Wind gust                                                                 24
Clouds           FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Tstms                                                                         S
Heat index                                     94 96 93                90 93 89
Max heat               87    90    84          94    97    91          91    94


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          71    87      69    84      65    83      66    83
Temp          75 73 84 83   74 70 80 79   69 67 80 80   69 68 81 80
Dewpt         70 70 72 73   71 70 71 70   67 66 69 69   67 67 70 69
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    NW       N     E       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    50      60    40      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  C  S  C    S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ017-022100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      85          64          88          69          88
Temp             65 76 82 84 81 73 69 66 67 76 84 87 84 77 74 72 72 79 85 87 84
Dewpt            60 64 64 66 67 67 65 64 65 69 71 72 72 71 69 68 68 71 71 71 71
RH               84 66 55 55 63 81 87 93 93 79 65 61 67 82 84 87 87 77 63 59 65
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  6  6  6  5  4  4  4  4  6  9  9  8  6  8  9  9 12 16 17 13
Wind gust                                                              26
Clouds           SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          30           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C                          C
Tstms                      S  S  C  C  C  S  S  S  C                          C
Heat index                                     89 94 90                90 93 89
Max heat               84    87                90    94    88          91    94


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          71    85      66    81      61    80      61    81
Temp          76 73 81 80   72 68 77 77   66 64 76 77   66 64 76 77
Dewpt         68 68 72 71   69 65 65 65   62 61 63 64   62 62 66 66
PWind dir         S    SW       W    NW       N    NE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    60      50    20      20    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L    C  S  S  S    S        S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S             S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-022100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      86          66          90          70          89
Temp             65 77 84 86 83 74 70 68 68 79 87 89 85 77 74 72 72 81 87 89 85
Dewpt            62 65 64 64 67 66 65 64 65 69 71 71 72 70 69 67 68 71 71 70 70
RH               90 67 51 48 59 76 84 87 90 72 59 56 65 79 84 84 87 72 59 54 61
Wind dir         SW  W SW SW SW  S  S SE  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5  6  6  5  4  4  4  5  5  9  9  6  5  6  6  8 10 13 13 11
Wind gust                                                                 24
Clouds           FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.13           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  C  C  S  S  S  S                          S
Tstms                         S  C  C  C  S  S  S  S                          S
Heat index                                     93 96 90                93 94 90
Max heat               87    89    85          94    97    87          93    95


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          72    87      68    84      64    82      63    83
Temp          76 74 84 82   73 70 80 79   68 66 79 79   67 66 79 79
Dewpt         69 69 72 72   71 68 69 68   64 63 65 65   64 64 67 67
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    NW       N    NE       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    50      60    30      30    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  C  C    L  C  S  C    C  S     S    S  C  C  C
Tstms          S  C  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S     S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-022100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
545 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025

Date             Wed 07/02/25            Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25
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                      87          68          91          70          91
Temp             66 78 83 86 85 75 72 70 70 81 87 89 87 78 74 72 74 82 87 89 88
Dewpt            63 66 65 65 67 67 65 65 66 71 71 72 72 70 69 69 69 71 71 70 70
RH               90 67 55 50 55 76 79 84 87 72 59 57 61 76 84 90 84 69 59 54 55
Wind dir          W  W  W SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5  5  6  5  4  5  5  5  6  9  9  6  5  6  6  6  9 11 12 10
Clouds           FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S
Tstms                                  S
Heat index                                     94 96 94                93 95 93
Max heat               86    91    88          95    97    91          93    96


Date          Sat 07/05/25  Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25
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          73    90      71    84      66    84      65    84
Temp          76 75 84 85   75 73 80 80   70 68 80 81   69 68 80 81
Dewpt         70 71 72 72   71 71 72 71   67 66 68 68   66 66 70 69
PWind dir         S    SW      SW     W       N    NE       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    40      60    40      30    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms             S     C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  C    S  S  S  C

$$