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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

IAZ060-102100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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                      77          44          70          54          81
Temp             58 66 74 76 67 58 53 47 44 54 65 70 64 59 57 56 55 65 77 81 78
Dewpt            55 59 61 54 48 44 43 42 40 43 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 52 56 58 57
RH               90 78 64 46 50 59 69 83 86 66 48 42 52 64 69 74 77 63 48 46 48
Wind dir          S  W NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE
Wind spd          5  9  9 10  6  5  4  4  4  5  8  9  9  9 10 11 12 14 17 18 13
Wind gust                                                           25 28 29 25
Clouds           B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          58    69      46    65      51    69      52    75
Temp          69 59 66 64   53 47 62 63   56 51 66 65   57 53 72 70
Dewpt         59 52 46 42   41 40 44 45   48 46 50 49   49 49 52 51
PWind dir         S     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         20    20      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  S  S                     S
Tstms          S  S

$$
IAZ039-102100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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          40          69          49          76
Temp             57 64 72 72 62 53 48 43 40 54 65 69 63 54 53 51 49 60 73 76 72
Dewpt            52 57 56 47 41 41 39 38 38 41 42 41 44 44 45 46 47 50 52 53 53
RH               83 78 57 41 46 64 71 82 92 61 43 36 50 69 74 83 93 69 48 45 51
Wind dir          S  W NW NW  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 10 12 13  8  6  5  4  3  5  8  9  8  9 10 12 13 17 18 20 18
Wind gust                                                              28 32 28
Clouds           B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          56    68      43    65      47    66      47    72
Temp          64 57 65 62   48 43 62 60   52 48 63 62   52 47 67 66
Dewpt         55 53 45 41   40 38 41 42   44 44 46 46   46 44 48 47
PWind dir         S    NW       N    NE       E     E       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      10    10      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S                  S                S  S
Tstms             S

$$
IAZ048-102100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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                      76          42          70          52          80
Temp             58 65 73 75 65 55 50 45 42 54 65 70 64 56 55 54 52 63 75 79 76
Dewpt            55 60 57 50 43 41 41 39 39 43 44 44 45 46 46 47 48 52 56 58 58
RH               90 84 57 41 45 59 71 79 89 66 46 39 50 69 72 77 86 67 52 49 54
Wind dir          S  W  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          6  8 10 11  6  5  4  3  3  5  8 10  9  9 10 12 13 17 17 18 13
Wind gust                                                              29 31 25
Clouds           B2 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          55    68      44    65      49    68      50    74
Temp          67 56 65 62   50 44 62 62   53 49 65 64   54 50 71 68
Dewpt         58 51 44 41   40 38 43 44   47 46 50 49   48 47 52 50
PWind dir         S     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      10    10      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  S                     S  S             S  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
IAZ004-102100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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          40          69          53          78
Temp             52 61 68 69 60 50 46 41 40 53 64 68 63 56 56 55 54 61 72 78 74
Dewpt            51 49 40 38 37 35 35 35 35 39 38 38 39 41 43 45 46 51 53 55 55
RH               96 65 36 32 42 56 65 79 82 59 38 33 41 57 62 69 74 70 51 45 51
Wind dir         NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          9 13 14 12  6  5  3  4  5 10 13 14 13 16 14 18 19 21 24 23 17
Wind gust                                               26 26 29 29 33 34 36 28
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  C


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          45    62      39    59      43    64      47    71
Temp          62 46 59 56   43 39 56 55   47 44 61 60   50 47 66 65
Dewpt         51 39 37 35   34 34 38 38   40 40 45 44   43 44 47 44
PWind dir         W     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      10    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S                S       S  S          S  S  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
IAZ035-102100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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          41          70          54          80
Temp             56 65 72 73 63 54 48 43 41 53 65 70 64 57 56 55 54 63 74 79 76
Dewpt            55 56 51 41 38 38 37 37 37 41 41 39 41 44 45 46 47 52 54 55 56
RH               96 73 48 31 39 54 65 79 85 64 41 32 43 62 66 72 77 67 50 44 50
Wind dir         SW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd          4 11 12 11  6  5  3  4  4  6 10 12 10 12 12 16 17 19 19 20 17
Wind gust                                                           29 29 32
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S        C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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    67      42    63      46    67      48    74
Temp          66 52 63 60   47 42 60 60   50 46 65 64   52 49 70 68
Dewpt         54 45 39 36   37 36 39 40   43 44 48 46   46 46 49 47
PWind dir        SW     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      10    20      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S             S       S  S             S  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
IAZ094-102100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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                      76          45          70          55          81
Temp             56 64 72 75 68 60 54 48 46 55 66 70 64 59 58 57 55 65 78 81 77
Dewpt            55 59 62 59 57 52 46 43 43 46 49 49 49 49 49 50 51 55 58 58 58
RH               96 84 71 58 68 75 74 83 89 72 54 47 58 69 72 77 86 70 50 46 52
Wind dir          S SW  W  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  9  6  6  4  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  5  6  8 10 11 13 16 17 11
Wind gust                                                           25 27 29 21
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          59    69      48    65      51    69      53    74
Temp          69 60 66 63   54 49 62 61   55 52 67 65   58 53 71 68
Dewpt         59 56 50 46   43 42 47 48   49 49 53 53   51 50 53 52
PWind dir         S     N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    20      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        S  S
Tstms             S

$$
IAZ017-102100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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                      71          39          67          49          75
Temp             56 63 69 69 59 50 46 42 39 53 64 67 61 54 53 51 50 59 70 74 71
Dewpt            52 55 47 40 38 37 37 36 36 41 42 41 41 42 43 44 46 50 53 54 54
RH               86 75 45 35 45 61 71 79 89 64 45 39 48 64 69 77 86 72 55 50 55
Wind dir          W NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 11 12 12  5  4  3  3  3  5  8 10  9 10 10 13 16 18 20 19 17
Wind gust                                                  20 24 26 29 32 33 28
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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    64      40    60      44    63      45    69
Temp          63 50 61 57   45 40 57 56   48 45 60 59   49 46 65 63
Dewpt         54 46 40 37   36 35 39 40   41 41 45 45   43 43 48 47
PWind dir         S    NW       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      10    20      20    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  S  S  S             S    S                S  C  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
IAZ049-102100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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          40          69          49          78
Temp             56 63 73 74 63 54 48 43 40 53 65 69 62 54 53 51 50 61 73 77 73
Dewpt            54 58 57 50 43 41 40 38 38 41 42 42 44 44 45 46 47 51 54 55 56
RH               93 84 57 43 48 61 74 82 92 64 43 37 52 69 74 83 89 70 51 47 55
Wind dir         SW  W NW  N  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 10 11 11  6  6  5  4  3  5  6  8  6  8  8 11 12 16 18 19 14
Wind gust                                                              29 29 25
Clouds           B2 B1 FW CL CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    C


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          55    68      43    65      47    67      48    73
Temp          65 56 65 62   49 43 62 60   52 48 64 63   53 48 69 67
Dewpt         57 52 45 42   40 38 41 43   45 44 48 47   47 46 51 49
PWind dir         S     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    20      10    10      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  S                     S                   S
Tstms             S

$$
IAZ086-102100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
643 AM CDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date             Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25
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          43          69          51          79
Temp             55 61 70 74 68 59 52 46 43 54 65 69 63 55 54 53 52 63 76 79 75
Dewpt            52 57 60 59 57 49 45 42 41 45 46 46 46 47 47 48 49 52 56 57 57
RH               90 87 71 59 68 69 77 86 93 71 50 44 54 74 77 83 89 67 50 47 54
Wind dir          S SW  W NW  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          6  9  9  8  5  6  5  5  4  5  6  6  5  6  6  9 10 13 14 14 12
Wind gust                                                              26 26 23
Clouds           OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Tstms


Date          Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          60    72      47    67      51    69      51    74
Temp          67 61 70 65   53 48 64 63   55 51 66 65   56 52 71 68
Dewpt         57 58 53 48   44 41 44 46   48 48 50 51   48 48 51 51
PWind dir         S    NW       N    NE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    20      10    10      10     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     S  S  S

$$