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

IAZ060-042100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      91          73          86          68          86
Temp             75 83 89 91 88 80 77 74 73 80 84 86 83 77 73 70 70 76 81 85 83
Dewpt            70 71 69 68 69 70 70 70 71 73 72 74 73 71 70 68 68 69 68 67 66
RH               84 67 52 47 54 72 79 87 93 79 67 68 72 82 90 93 93 79 65 55 57
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          6 10 13 13 11  8  9  9 11 13 16 14 10  6  5  5  6  6  8  6  5
Clouds           CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.15        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  C  L  C  S
Heat index          88       93             85 90 94 89
Max heat               95    97    94          92    95    86          85    88


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          66    88      68    87      68    87      65    86
Temp          71 69 83 85   72 70 83 82   72 69 83 82   70 67 82 82
Dewpt         66 66 67 67   67 67 70 69   69 67 68 66   66 65 67 66
PWind dir        NE     E      SE    SW       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10     5      20    40      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                           S  C  C    C  S  S  C    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-042100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      91          72          85          67          84
Temp             75 83 89 91 88 79 75 73 74 82 84 84 80 74 72 70 69 75 81 83 81
Dewpt            71 73 71 68 69 68 68 68 70 72 73 74 73 72 70 69 67 68 68 68 67
RH               87 72 56 47 54 69 79 84 87 72 70 72 79 93 93 97 93 79 65 61 63
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          8 10 13 14 11  9 10 10 11 14 17 17 11  9  9  8  8  9 10 10  6
Wind gust                                   25
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          80          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.22        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  C  L  D  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  L  L  C  S
Heat index          90 95                      90 91
Max heat               96    97    89          91    93                84    86


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          64    85      65    86      65    85      64    84
Temp          69 67 81 82   70 68 83 81   70 68 82 80   68 66 81 80
Dewpt         65 64 67 67   66 65 70 69   67 66 68 66   65 64 66 66
PWind dir         N    SE       S    SW      NW     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      20    40      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                           S  C  C    C  C     S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-042100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      91          72          84          67          85
Temp             75 83 88 91 88 79 75 73 74 80 83 84 81 74 71 68 69 76 81 83 82
Dewpt            71 72 71 70 71 70 70 70 71 73 74 74 74 72 70 68 68 69 68 68 68
RH               87 70 57 50 57 74 84 90 90 79 74 72 79 93 97100 97 79 65 61 63
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          6 10 13 13 11  8  9 10 11 13 14 14 10  6  5  5  5  8  8  6  5
Clouds           CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          80          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.46        0.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  L  L  D  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  C  L  C  S
Heat index          89 95 97 93                89 92
Max heat               95    98    90          90    94                84    88


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          64    86      67    86      65    85      64    84
Temp          69 67 82 83   71 68 82 80   70 68 81 81   68 66 80 80
Dewpt         67 66 69 69   67 67 72 71   69 67 70 68   66 65 69 68
PWind dir        NE    SE      SE    SW       N     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      20    50      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                           S  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-042100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      90          71          82          62          81
Temp             75 83 88 90 88 78 76 73 71 75 82 82 78 71 68 64 64 71 78 80 79
Dewpt            68 70 69 69 69 69 68 68 69 71 72 70 69 67 65 61 61 62 62 63 62
RH               79 65 54 50 54 74 76 84 93 87 72 67 74 87 90 90 90 73 58 56 56
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         11 17 19 19 16 13 13 14 14 16 16 16 13 10 10 10 10 10  9  9  6
Wind gust                 29 26       25 25
Clouds           FW CL SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          50          70          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.16        0.16        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C  L  C  L  L
Tstms                            S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             93 95                   87
Max heat               94    96    88          87    87                      81


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          61    84      65    83      63    84      63    83
Temp          66 63 79 81   68 67 79 80   68 65 79 81   67 65 79 79
Dewpt         61 60 63 65   64 64 67 67   64 62 64 65   62 62 65 64
PWind dir         N     S       S     W      NW     N       E     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    20      30    50      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs              S    S  C  C  C    S  C  S  C       S  S  S
Tstms                   S    S  C  C  C    S  S  S  S       S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-042100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      90          72          84          65          84
Temp             75 83 88 90 87 79 75 74 73 77 82 84 80 73 70 67 66 74 79 83 81
Dewpt            70 72 71 70 71 70 69 70 71 72 73 74 71 70 68 66 65 66 66 65 66
RH               84 70 57 52 59 74 82 87 93 85 74 72 74 90 93 97 97 76 64 55 60
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9 13 16 16 13 10 11 11 12 13 14 13 10  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  5
Wind gust                             21
Clouds           CL CL SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          80          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.32        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  L  L  D  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C  L  S
Heat index          89 94 96 93                87 91
Max heat               95    97    90          90    93                82    85


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          63    85      66    85      65    85      64    84
Temp          67 65 81 82   70 68 81 80   68 66 81 81   67 65 80 80
Dewpt         64 63 67 67   66 66 70 69   67 66 67 67   64 64 67 67
PWind dir        NE    SE       S    SW      NW     N       E    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      20    50      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                           S  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-042100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      89          72          85          68          85
Temp             72 81 88 89 87 79 75 74 73 80 84 85 83 75 72 70 69 76 82 84 83
Dewpt            70 72 70 70 71 70 70 70 71 73 72 74 73 72 71 70 69 72 70 69 69
RH               93 74 55 54 59 74 84 87 93 79 67 70 72 90 97100100 87 67 61 63
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd          5  9 11 11  9  8  8  9 10 13 14 13 10  6  5  5  5  5  6  6  5
Clouds           FW CL SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          60          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.13        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  L  L  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S  C  C  C  C  S     S  S     S
Heat index          86 93 94 93                90 93 89
Max heat               94    96    91          92    94    86          88    90


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          66    87      67    86      67    86      65    85
Temp          70 68 83 83   71 70 83 82   71 69 83 82   69 67 83 82
Dewpt         67 67 69 68   67 68 71 70   69 68 69 68   66 65 68 67
PWind dir        NE     E       S    SW       W     N      NE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW SC   FW SC SC B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    40      40    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                         C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms                              C  C    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-042100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      89          71          82          63          82
Temp             75 82 88 89 85 77 75 72 72 75 80 82 78 71 70 67 66 72 79 81 79
Dewpt            70 72 71 69 70 70 69 68 70 71 73 73 71 70 67 66 64 64 64 65 65
RH               84 72 57 52 61 79 82 87 93 87 79 74 79 97 90 97 93 76 60 58 62
Wind dir         SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9 12 16 16 12 10 11 12 12 16 17 16 11 10  9  8  9  9  9  8  5
Wind gust                             23 23
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          90          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.46        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  L  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                  S  C  C  L  L  C  S
Heat index          87 94 94 90                   87
Max heat               94    94    88          86    87                      84


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          61    83      65    84      63    82      61    82
Temp          67 64 79 80   69 68 80 79   69 66 78 79   67 65 78 79
Dewpt         63 61 65 65   64 64 68 67   65 64 65 65   63 62 65 64
PWind dir        NE    SE       S    SW      NW     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      30    40      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                      C  C  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                           C  C  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-042100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      90          72          84          67          84
Temp             74 83 88 90 87 77 75 73 73 81 84 84 80 74 70 68 68 75 81 83 81
Dewpt            70 72 70 67 69 68 67 68 70 72 72 73 73 71 69 67 67 67 67 67 67
RH               87 70 55 47 55 74 76 84 90 74 67 70 79 90 97 97 97 76 63 59 63
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          6 10 13 13 11  8  9 10 11 14 17 16 11  9  6  6  6  8  8  6  5
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          80          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.27        0.39           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  L  L  D  C  C
Tstms                                     S  C  L  L  C  S
Heat index          88 93                      89 90
Max heat               94    96    90          91    92                84    86


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          63    85      65    86      65    85      63    83
Temp          68 66 81 82   70 68 83 81   69 67 82 80   67 65 80 79
Dewpt         64 64 67 67   65 65 70 69   67 66 68 66   64 64 66 66
PWind dir         N     E      SE    SW      NW    NW      NE     E
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   SC B1 SC B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      20    40      40    40      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S  C  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                           S  C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-042100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
429 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025

Date             Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25            Sun 07/06/25
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                      92          72          87          70          85
Temp             75 84 89 92 89 78 75 73 74 84 87 87 84 76 73 71 71 76 81 84 83
Dewpt            70 71 69 67 68 69 68 69 70 73 72 72 73 72 72 71 70 72 71 70 70
RH               84 65 52 44 50 74 79 87 87 70 61 61 70 87 97100 97 87 72 63 65
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N
Wind spd          6 10 11 12 10  8  8  9 10 13 16 14 12  9  8  8  8  8  8  8  6
Wind gust                                         25
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          50          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11        0.32           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  C  C  L  L  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                        S  C  C  L  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Heat index          89                      91 93 94 90
Max heat               95    96    90          96    95    89          85    91


Date          Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25  Thu 07/10/25
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          66    87      67    88      68    86      65    85
Temp          71 69 82 84   71 70 84 83   72 70 82 82   69 67 81 82
Dewpt         69 68 69 68   67 68 71 71   69 69 70 68   66 66 67 67
PWind dir         N     E      SE    SW       W     N       N    NE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW SC   FW SC SC B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    10      10    40      40    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                         S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S  S
Tstms                              S  C    S  C  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$