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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

IAZ060-192100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      59          42          53          43          65
Temp             41 48 54 58 57 49 46 44 45 48 50 50 50 50 48 45 44 49 58 63 64
Dewpt            31 30 27 27 28 30 30 30 31 37 44 46 46 47 45 41 40 42 43 45 47
RH               67 49 35 30 33 48 53 57 58 65 80 86 86 89 89 86 86 77 57 52 54
Wind dir          N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd          9 11  9  6  6  5  6  9 10 11 13 14 16 13 12 13 13 14 13 11  5
Wind gust                                   21 25 27 26
Clouds           B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5          90          90          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.78        0.31           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   L  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S
Wind chill       35                                           39 37
Min chill        34    36                38    39                37    38


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          47    74      49    73      53    71      53    70
Temp          51 51 70 70   57 52 69 69   58 55 68 70   59 56 66 67
Dewpt         44 46 54 53   49 45 49 51   49 50 55 54   51 49 52 52
PWind dir        SE    SW       W     E       E    SE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         30    50      30    40      50    50      50    50
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S    S             S  S     C    S  S

$$
IAZ039-192100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      57          38          54          42          59
Temp             40 46 53 56 54 45 41 38 39 48 51 50 48 47 47 45 43 46 53 58 56
Dewpt            34 34 29 28 28 30 30 29 29 36 41 43 42 44 45 44 40 41 42 42 42
RH               79 63 39 34 36 55 65 70 67 63 68 77 80 89 93 96 89 83 66 55 59
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          9 12 10 10  6  5  5  6  8 12 14 18 19 16 13 14 16 18 18 16 10
Clouds           SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.36        0.70           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  L  D  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S
Wind chill       32                      33                   39 35 38
Min chill        31    34          37    32    36          39    34    33


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          40    72      46    73      50    71      50    69
Temp          43 43 64 66   54 47 68 67   55 51 64 66   56 51 64 64
Dewpt         39 39 52 53   48 44 48 48   46 46 52 53   49 46 50 50
PWind dir         E     S       W    NE       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20    50      30    20      40    40      50    40
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                S  C    S             S        S    S

$$
IAZ048-192100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      58          39          53          41          64
Temp             39 47 54 57 56 47 42 41 41 48 50 49 48 47 45 43 42 47 56 62 61
Dewpt            30 30 27 27 28 29 30 30 30 35 42 45 46 46 45 41 40 42 44 45 46
RH               70 51 35 31 34 49 62 65 65 60 74 86 93 96100 93 93 83 64 54 58
Wind dir         NW  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  N NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd         10 12 10  8  5  4  5  8  9 12 13 16 17 14 13 14 14 16 14 12  5
Wind gust                                      25 27 27
Clouds           B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5          90          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.57        0.44           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S
Wind chill       31                      35                39 35 34
Min chill        30    33          38    34    37          38    33    35


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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    74      46    73      51    71      50    70
Temp          48 48 68 69   54 49 69 68   55 53 66 67   56 53 65 65
Dewpt         43 45 55 54   48 44 48 50   48 49 55 55   51 49 52 52
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     E       E    SE      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    50      30    30      50    50      50    50
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S                  S  S     S    S  S

$$
IAZ004-192100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      56          34          55          39          63
Temp             32 43 50 55 55 44 39 37 36 47 53 52 49 44 42 40 39 47 56 61 60
Dewpt            26 27 25 24 24 26 28 28 28 30 32 36 40 40 38 37 37 39 39 38 39
RH               78 53 37 30 30 49 64 70 72 51 44 54 71 86 86 89 92 74 53 42 46
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE  N  N NW NW NW NW SE
Wind spd          8 10 10  9  5  5  8  8  6 11 12 14 16 14 13 13 13 14 14 11  8
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          80          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.22        0.36           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  L  D  D  L  L  S  S
Wind chill       23 37             33    30             37 35 32 31
Min chill        23    27          33    30    33          34    31    33


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          42    72      42    70      47    67      44    67
Temp          46 45 65 67   49 44 64 65   51 48 61 60   49 46 61 62
Dewpt         39 42 47 43   39 36 38 39   40 41 48 47   44 41 46 46
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     N       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    20      40    50      40    40
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    S  S     S    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S                           S

$$
IAZ035-192100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      57          37          53          39          63
Temp             36 45 52 55 55 46 42 39 39 48 51 49 47 44 42 40 40 47 56 61 61
Dewpt            30 28 26 26 26 29 29 28 29 32 37 43 43 41 40 39 38 41 42 42 43
RH               79 51 36 32 32 51 60 64 67 54 59 80 86 89 93 96 92 79 59 49 51
Wind dir         NW  N  N NW  N  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          8 11 10  8  4  5  5  8  8 11 13 16 17 13 12 13 13 13 13 10  5
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.45        0.43           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   S  L  D  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                 S
Wind chill       28 39                   33             38 35 32 33
Min chill        28    31          36    32    35          35    31    35


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          44    73      44    72      49    69      47    69
Temp          46 47 66 68   52 46 67 67   53 51 63 64   53 49 63 65
Dewpt         41 44 51 49   43 40 43 45   45 46 52 52   47 45 49 48
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW    NE       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40    40      30    30      40    50      50    50
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                S  S                  S  S     S    S  S

$$
IAZ094-192100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      59          44          56          43          66
Temp             42 48 55 59 56 50 49 48 47 47 51 54 54 52 48 45 44 50 59 65 64
Dewpt            32 32 30 29 31 31 31 31 35 43 48 50 49 50 45 43 42 44 45 46 49
RH               67 54 38 32 38 48 50 51 63 86 89 86 83 93 89 93 93 80 60 50 58
Wind dir          N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  N  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd         10 10  9  8  6  5  9 11 12 12 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 11  5
Wind gust                                24 24 26 28 27
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          90          80           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        1.13        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  D  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  C  S
Wind chill       35                                           39 37
Min chill        35    38                                        37    39


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          50    75      50    73      53    72      53    69
Temp          53 51 70 70   57 52 69 68   58 56 68 68   61 56 66 66
Dewpt         47 48 55 54   50 48 52 53   52 52 57 55   53 52 55 53
PWind dir         S    SW      SE     E       E    SE       E    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20    40      40    50      50    60      60    60
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  L  L  L
Tstms                   S    C  S          C  S     C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-192100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      54          34          54          38          58
Temp             35 43 49 52 51 43 39 36 35 47 52 50 47 43 42 40 39 43 51 56 56
Dewpt            30 29 28 28 28 29 29 28 28 32 36 40 41 40 40 38 37 39 41 41 41
RH               82 57 44 39 41 57 67 72 75 56 54 68 79 89 93 92 92 86 68 57 57
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  N NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         10 12 11  9  5  4  5  5  6 11 13 16 17 14 13 16 16 18 18 13  8
Clouds           SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.29        0.67        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  D  D  D  D  D  C  C
Wind chill       28 37                   29             35 34 32 30 35
Min chill        28    31          34    29    33          33    30    31


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          39    69      43    70      47    67      46    66
Temp          42 42 61 64   49 45 64 64   52 48 59 60   51 47 60 62
Dewpt         38 39 50 50   44 40 44 46   43 43 49 50   46 43 48 48
PWind dir         E     S       W     N       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    50      30    20      40    50      50    40
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    C  S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                S  S                  S        S    S

$$
IAZ049-192100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      57          38          54          41          61
Temp             39 46 53 56 53 45 42 40 40 48 50 49 48 46 47 43 41 46 53 59 58
Dewpt            31 30 27 27 28 29 30 29 29 35 42 44 44 45 45 42 39 41 42 44 44
RH               73 53 36 32 38 53 62 64 64 60 74 83 86 96 93 96 92 83 66 57 59
Wind dir         NW  N NW NW  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          9 12 10  9  6  6  6  9  9 12 14 18 19 13 12 14 14 17 17 13  6
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          90          90          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.50        0.56           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                   C  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S
Wind chill       32                   34 33                   36 33 39
Min chill        31    34          36    33    35                32    34


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          42    72      46    72      50    71      50    69
Temp          45 45 66 66   53 47 67 66   54 51 66 66   56 51 64 63
Dewpt         40 42 54 53   48 44 48 49   47 47 54 54   50 47 51 51
PWind dir         E     S       W    NE       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30    50      30    30      40    50      50    50
Rain shwrs        C  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S    S             S  S     S    S  S

$$
IAZ086-192100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date             Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25
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                      61          44          57          45          64
Temp             44 50 56 59 58 50 48 47 46 49 51 53 54 55 52 49 46 49 56 62 61
Dewpt            35 36 33 32 33 33 33 32 35 43 48 49 51 53 50 46 43 44 45 46 48
RH               70 58 42 36 39 52 56 56 65 80 89 86 90 93 93 89 89 83 66 56 62
Wind dir         NW  N NW NW  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         10 11 10  9  6  6 10 12 12 13 17 18 17 14 13 14 16 17 18 14  8
Wind gust                                23 26 27 28 28 25 24 26 26 27
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          90          90          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.68        0.38           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  D  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C
Wind chill                                                       39
Min chill        39                                              38    39


Date          Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          46    75      50    75      53    73      54    71
Temp          50 48 70 70   57 52 70 70   58 56 70 70   61 56 67 67
Dewpt         45 45 55 56   51 49 52 53   52 52 57 56   54 52 55 55
PWind dir        SE     S       W     E       E    SE       E    NE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20    50      40    40      50    50      60    60
Rain shwrs        S  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Tstms                        C  S          C  S     S    S  S     S

$$