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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

IAZ060-082200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      23          14          32          21          29
Temp                      22 18 14 14 15 18 21 30 32 30 28 28 26 24 24 28 29 25
Dewpt                      7  9 10 11 13 14 17 21 24 26 26 26 24 21 20 20 19 19
RH                        52 67 84 88 92 84 84 69 72 85 92 92 92 88 84 71 66 78
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   9  6  9  9  9 10 10 13 12  6  6  6  8  9  9 11 11  8
Clouds                    CL SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                                  C  C
Wind chill                12  9  3  2  2  6 10 19 23 23 22 20 18 14 14 18 19 17
Min chill                     6     1     0     6    19    19    13    12    15


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            15    30      21    28      12    21       6    19
Temp          21   17 27 27 25   24 27 23 18   15 19 18 12    9 16 17
Dewpt         17   14 18 20 22   22 22 18 14    9 10 10  7    3  6  8
PWind dir          NW    SW       S    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      10    10       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ039-082200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      24          12          30          21          29
Temp                      23 18 15 14 12 12 17 26 30 27 26 25 23 22 23 27 27 24
Dewpt                      3  7  8  8 10 10 12 17 21 24 24 22 20 19 19 19 18 16
RH                        41 61 73 76 91 91 80 68 69 88 92 88 88 88 84 71 68 71
Wind dir                   W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   9  6  6  8  9  9 10 13 12  6  6  6  8  9 10 12 13 10
Clouds                    CL FW SC B1 SC SC B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                               S  C  C
Wind chill                13  9  5  3  0  0  5 14 20 20 18 16 14 12 12 16 16 14
Min chill                     8     2    -1     0    17    15    10    10    14


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            13    28      19    27       9    17       2    15
Temp          18   15 24 25 22   21 24 22 16   12 16 14  8    5 12 13
Dewpt         13   10 13 15 18   18 20 16 12    7  7  6  3   -1  2  4
PWind dir          NW     W      SE     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC B1 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      10    20       5     0       0     0
Snow                              S  S

$$
IAZ048-082200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      22          12          31          20          29
Temp                      22 16 13 12 13 15 20 28 31 28 27 26 24 22 22 26 27 24
Dewpt                      7 11 10 11 12 13 17 22 26 28 26 25 23 21 20 21 20 19
RH                        52 80 87 96 96 92 88 78 81100 96 96 96 96 92 81 74 81
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   9  6  8  9 10 10 11 12 12  5  6  8  8  8 10 12 12  8
Clouds                    CL SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                               S  C  C
Wind chill                11  6  2  0  1  2  8 18 22 22 20 17 15 13 12 15 17 15
Min chill                     4     0    -1     2    19    16    11    11    13


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            13    28      19    26       9    19       3    18
Temp          18   14 24 25 22   22 24 21 15   12 16 15  9    5 13 14
Dewpt         15   13 17 20 22   21 21 17 13    9 10  9  5    2  6  8
PWind dir          NW    SW      SE     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      20    20       5     0       0     0
Snow                         S    S  S

$$
IAZ004-082200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      22          14          31          18          26
Temp                      21 17 14 14 14 15 19 28 31 27 24 23 21 19 20 23 24 20
Dewpt                      4  9 11 12 13 13 16 21 25 25 23 21 19 17 17 17 16 15
RH                        47 70 88 92 96 92 88 75 78 92 96 92 92 92 88 77 71 81
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  13 11 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 11 12 14 13 10
Clouds                    FW B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                               C  C  C
Wind chill                 8  4  0  0  0  2  7 18 22 17 12 11  9  7  7 10 12  9
Min chill                     4     0     0     3    16    11     7     6     9


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max             9    26      13    21       2    13      -4    13
Temp          14   10 21 22 19   16 18 15 10    5  9  8  2    0  9  9
Dewpt         11    7 14 16 17   14 14 11  7    1  3  2 -2   -5  3  4
PWind dir          NW     S      NE     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC B1 B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr            0     5      20    10       0     0       0     0
Snow                         S    S

$$
IAZ035-082200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      22          13          31          19          28
Temp                      22 17 13 13 13 15 20 28 31 28 26 24 22 20 22 26 26 23
Dewpt                      6 11 10 12 12 13 17 22 25 26 24 23 20 19 19 19 18 16
RH                        49 77 87 96 96 92 88 78 78 92 92 96 92 96 88 74 71 74
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  11  9  9 10 11 10 10 12 11  6  8  9  9  8 10 12 12  8
Clouds                    CL SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                               S  C  C
Wind chill                10  6  1  0 -1  2  9 17 22 21 17 15 12 10 11 15 15 14
Min chill                     4    -1    -1     4    20    14     9     9    13


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            11    28      16    25       7    17       0    17
Temp          16   12 24 25 22   19 22 19 12    9 15 13  7    3 13 13
Dewpt         13   10 16 19 19   18 18 14 10    5  7  6  2   -1  4  6
PWind dir          NW     S       E     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      20    20       0     0       0     0
Snow                         S    S  S

$$
IAZ094-082200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      23          10          32          21          30
Temp                      22 13 10 10 11 15 17 28 32 28 27 27 26 23 23 28 29 25
Dewpt                      8  9  8  8 10 12 15 21 24 26 26 26 24 22 21 21 21 19
RH                        54 84 91 91 96 88 92 75 72 92 96 96 92 96 92 75 72 78
Wind dir                  SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   9  9  9  9 10 12 12 16 14  5  6  6  8  8  9 10 10  6
Clouds                    CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                                  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                12  0 -3 -3 -3  2  4 16 21 22 20 19 18 14 13 18 20 17
Min chill                    -2    -4    -5     1    15    18    13    11    15


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            13    28      20    30      12    23       8    21
Temp          20   15 24 25 23   24 27 24 17   15 21 19 13   11 18 17
Dewpt         17   15 19 21 23   24 23 19 15   12 13 12  9    7  9  9
PWind dir          NW    SW       S    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       5    10       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ017-082200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      22          12          29          19          26
Temp                      21 17 14 14 12 12 17 26 29 26 24 22 21 20 21 24 24 20
Dewpt                      3  7  9  9 10 10 13 18 21 24 22 21 19 18 17 18 16 15
RH                        45 64 80 80 91 91 84 71 72 92 92 96 92 92 84 77 71 81
Wind dir                  SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  10  8  9  9 11 10 11 12 11  6  9 10 10 10 11 13 13 10
Clouds                    FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          30          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                               C  C  C
Wind chill                10  6  2  2 -2 -1  4 15 19 18 15 11 10  9  9 12 12  9
Min chill                     4     0    -2    -1    16    11     9     8     9


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            10    25      15    23       4    14      -2    12
Temp          15   11 21 22 20   18 20 17 11    7 11  9  4    1  8  9
Dewpt         11    8 13 15 16   15 16 14  8    4  5  4 -1   -4  1  4
PWind dir          NW    SW       E     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0      20    20       0     0       0     0
Snow                              S  S

$$
IAZ049-082200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      22          11          30          20          28
Temp                      21 15 13 12 11 13 18 27 30 26 25 24 23 21 22 26 26 23
Dewpt                      5  8  9  9 10 10 14 20 23 25 25 23 21 19 19 20 19 17
RH                        49 73 84 87 96 87 84 74 75 96100 96 92 92 88 78 74 77
Wind dir                  SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   9  6  8  9  9 10 11 14 13  5  6  6  8  8 10 12 12  8
Clouds                    CL SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                          S  S
Snow                                               S  C  C
Wind chill                10  5  1 -1 -2 -1  5 16 20 19 18 16 14 11 12 15 16 14
Min chill                     3    -3    -3     0    16    16    11    11    14


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            12    28      19    27       9    18       2    16
Temp          17   13 24 23 21   21 24 21 15   11 16 13  8    5 12 12
Dewpt         14   10 16 18 19   20 21 16 12    7  8  7  4    0  4  6
PWind dir          NW    SW      SE     N      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      20    20       5     0       0     0
Snow                         S    S  S

$$
IAZ086-082200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
145 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date             Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      23          11          31          21          30
Temp                      22 17 13 11 12 13 18 27 31 28 27 27 26 24 25 28 29 25
Dewpt                      6  8  9 10 11 11 14 20 24 25 26 26 24 23 22 22 22 20
RH                        49 67 84 96 96 91 84 74 75 88 96 96 92 96 88 78 75 81
Wind dir                   W SW  S SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   9  6  9 10  9 11 12 14 14  8  8  8  8  9  9 11 11  8
Clouds                    CL FW FW SC SC B1 B1 FW SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                12  7  1 -3 -1 -1  5 15 21 20 19 19 18 15 15 18 19 16
Min chill                     6    -3    -3     0    14    17    14    14    16


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            14    29      21    30      13    22       7    19
Temp          21   17 26 26 25   24 29 26 20   16 20 19 14   11 16 17
Dewpt         17   14 18 21 22   23 25 21 16   12 13 12  9    6  8  9
PWind dir          NW    SW       S     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC B1 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      10    20       5     0       0     0
Snow                                 S  S

$$