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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

IAZ060-032100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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                      93          71          91          73          87
Temp             73 82 89 91 89 80 76 72 72 83 88 91 89 81 78 76 75 80 82 84 83
Dewpt            66 70 72 71 71 71 70 68 69 71 70 69 69 69 69 69 70 71 72 72 71
RH               79 67 57 52 56 74 82 87 90 67 55 49 52 67 74 79 84 74 72 67 67
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          5  5  9  9  8  5  6  6  6 10 12 13 10  9  9 10 10 12 14 12 10
Wind gust                                                                 23
Clouds           SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             96 98 95             88 94 96                      90 88
Max heat               99   100    95          96    98    91          87    92


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          67    84      65    85      67    85      67    86
Temp          74 69 80 82   70 67 81 82   71 69 81 82   71 69 83 83
Dewpt         69 67 66 66   66 65 67 67   66 66 69 69   68 66 70 69
PWind dir         W     N      NE    SE      SE    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    10      10    10      20    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  S                           S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  S                           S  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-032100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          70          91          72          86
Temp             69 79 87 90 87 78 75 72 72 84 89 91 89 79 76 74 75 81 84 84 82
Dewpt            66 69 71 71 72 71 70 68 69 72 72 70 69 69 68 68 69 72 72 72 72
RH               90 72 59 54 61 79 84 87 90 67 57 50 52 72 76 82 82 74 67 67 72
Wind dir         SE  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          3  6  9  9  6  5  6  6  6 10 13 13 10  9 10 10 11 14 16 16 12
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S     S                                      C  C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  S     S                                      S  C  C  C  C
Heat index             93 96 94             90 96 96                   90 90
Max heat               94    98    90          98    98    90          91    91


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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    82      63    83      64    84      66    85
Temp          72 68 79 79   68 66 79 80   69 67 80 80   70 68 82 81
Dewpt         69 67 66 66   64 63 66 65   63 64 69 69   67 66 68 68
PWind dir         W     N      NE     E      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    10       5     5      20    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  S                           S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  S                           S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-032100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          70          89          72          85
Temp             70 80 87 90 88 78 75 71 72 83 87 89 87 78 76 74 74 79 80 83 81
Dewpt            67 70 74 74 74 72 70 69 69 72 72 71 71 70 69 70 71 73 74 74 73
RH               90 72 65 60 63 82 84 93 90 70 61 56 59 76 79 87 90 82 82 74 77
Wind dir          S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          4  5  9  9  8  6  6  5  5 10 12 12 10  9  9  9 10 13 14 12 10
Clouds           SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             96100 96             88 95 96 94                85 89 86
Max heat               97   102    95          96    98    91          86    90


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          65    83      63    84      66    85      66    85
Temp          71 68 79 80   68 66 78 81   69 67 80 81   70 68 81 82
Dewpt         70 68 67 68   65 65 68 68   66 67 71 72   68 68 71 71
PWind dir        NW     N      NE     E      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    10       5    10      20    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  S                           S  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          C  S                           S  C  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-032100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          70          90          71          84
Temp             68 79 87 90 88 78 74 72 72 82 87 89 87 79 76 74 72 76 80 81 78
Dewpt            66 70 72 71 71 70 68 66 67 70 70 70 70 69 68 67 68 70 71 71 69
RH               93 74 61 54 57 76 82 81 84 67 57 54 57 72 76 79 87 82 74 72 74
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW
Wind spd          5  8 10 12 10 10 11 11 12 16 18 18 16 14 14 14 16 17 17 16 12
Wind gust                                      29 31
Clouds           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0          10          40          60
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0        0.09        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                                   S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  S
Tstms             S                                   S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Heat index             94 96 94                92 95 92
Max heat               94    98    93          92    96    88          83    85


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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    80      61    82      64    83      64    83
Temp          66 63 75 77   65 63 77 79   68 65 78 80   69 66 79 80
Dewpt         63 60 62 62   61 60 63 65   63 63 67 68   65 63 66 67
PWind dir        NW     N      NE    SE       S    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20     5       5    10      30    40      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                              C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          S                              C  S  C    C  S     S

$$
IAZ035-032100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          70          90          72          85
Temp             69 79 88 92 88 78 75 72 72 82 87 89 87 79 76 74 73 77 81 83 80
Dewpt            66 70 73 72 73 71 70 68 69 71 72 71 71 69 69 68 70 71 73 73 72
RH               90 74 61 52 61 79 84 87 90 69 61 56 59 72 79 82 90 82 77 72 77
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          4  5  9 10  8  6  8  8  8 11 14 14 12 10 10 11 11 13 14 13 10
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                                         C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms             S                                         C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             95100 95                94 95 92                   89 85
Max heat               97   102    93          95    96    90          86    89


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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    82      63    84      65    85      65    85
Temp          69 65 78 79   66 64 78 80   68 67 78 81   69 67 81 81
Dewpt         67 64 65 65   63 63 66 66   65 65 70 71   67 66 69 69
PWind dir        NW     N      NE    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    10       5    10      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     C                              C  C  C    C  S  S  C
Tstms          C                              C  S  C    C  S  S  C

$$
IAZ094-032100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          69          88          72          85
Temp             70 80 88 89 86 78 74 71 70 81 86 88 86 78 76 74 73 78 82 83 82
Dewpt            66 71 72 72 72 71 70 69 69 72 71 71 70 70 69 70 70 72 72 73 72
RH               87 74 59 57 63 79 87 93 97 74 61 57 59 76 79 87 90 82 72 72 72
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd          5  6  8  9  5  6  6  5  5  9 11 12 10  9  9  9 10 12 13 12  9
Wind gust                                                              24
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             95 96 92                92 94 91                87 89
Max heat               96    98    93          94    95    89          89    90


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          67    83      64    85      67    85      67    86
Temp          72 69 80 80   68 66 81 81   70 69 81 82   70 69 83 82
Dewpt         69 68 68 68   65 66 69 69   67 68 71 71   68 68 71 71
PWind dir         W     N      NE     E      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    20      10    20      20    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  S          S  S       S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  C  S  S             S       S  S  C    C  S  S  C

$$
IAZ017-032100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          69          89          71          83
Temp             67 78 86 89 86 78 75 71 72 82 87 89 86 78 76 74 73 77 80 81 78
Dewpt            65 70 72 73 72 71 70 68 68 71 71 70 70 69 68 67 69 71 71 72 71
RH               93 76 63 59 63 79 84 90 87 69 59 54 59 74 76 79 87 82 74 74 79
Wind dir         SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          4  5  9 10  8  6  8  8  9 12 14 14 12 11 11 12 13 16 16 16 11
Wind gust                                                              26
Clouds           SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5          30          60
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S        S                                C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms             S        S                                C  C  C  C  C  L  C
Heat index             91 96 92                93 95 91
Max heat               92    97    90          93    95    88          84    86


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          62    80      61    81      63    82      64    83
Temp          69 65 76 77   66 64 77 78   67 65 77 79   69 67 79 80
Dewpt         67 63 64 64   62 61 64 64   63 63 67 68   66 65 67 67
PWind dir        NW     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40     5       5     5      30    40      30    20
Rain shwrs     C                              C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C                              C  S  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-032100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          69          90          72          86
Temp             70 79 87 89 86 77 73 71 71 82 88 90 88 78 75 74 74 80 82 84 80
Dewpt            66 69 71 71 71 70 69 67 68 71 70 69 68 68 67 67 69 71 71 72 71
RH               87 72 59 56 61 79 87 87 90 69 55 50 52 71 76 79 84 74 69 67 74
Wind dir         SE  S  S SW SW SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd          4  5  9  9  6  5  6  6  6 10 12 13 10  9  9 10 11 13 16 14 10
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           5           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Tstms             S  S                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             93 95 91             87 93 95                   87 89
Max heat               95    99    90          94    96    89          88    92


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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    83      63    83      64    84      65    85
Temp          71 68 79 79   67 66 78 80   68 67 81 80   70 68 82 81
Dewpt         69 66 65 66   63 63 65 65   63 64 69 69   67 66 68 68
PWind dir         W     N      NE     E      SE    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    10       5    10      20    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     L  S                           S  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms          C  S                           S  C  C    C  S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-032100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
700 AM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Date             Thu 07/03/25            Fri 07/04/25            Sat 07/05/25
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          70          91          72          88
Temp             72 82 88 90 88 78 75 72 73 84 89 91 89 78 76 74 75 82 85 86 83
Dewpt            66 70 72 72 71 71 69 69 69 72 70 69 69 69 69 69 70 72 72 72 73
RH               81 67 59 56 57 79 82 90 87 67 54 49 52 74 79 84 84 72 65 63 72
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          5  6  8  8  5  5  6  5  5  9 11 11 10  9  9  9 10 12 14 14 11
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  L
Tstms                                                             S  S  C  C  C
Heat index             94 97 94             90 94 96 94             87 90 92 89
Max heat               95    99    90          96    97    91          92    93


Date          Sun 07/06/25  Mon 07/07/25  Tue 07/08/25  Wed 07/09/25
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          68    84      65    85      66    86      68    86
Temp          74 70 80 82   69 68 81 82   70 69 82 82   71 70 82 83
Dewpt         71 70 68 69   66 66 68 68   67 67 69 69   69 68 70 70
PWind dir        SW    NW      NE     E      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60    30      10    10      20    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  C                     S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  S  C                     S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$