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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

IAZ060-280900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      53          76          53          73          49
Temp                      56 55 66 72 75 73 64 60 56 55 66 70 72 70 62 55 51 51
Dewpt                     52 52 55 54 48 48 48 48 48 50 51 49 48 46 45 45 45 46
RH                        86 90 68 53 38 41 56 64 74 83 58 47 42 42 54 69 80 83
Wind dir                  NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   4  5  9 13 17 13 10  9  8  6  9 12 12 10  5  4  4  4
Wind gust                             28
Clouds                    FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          20           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S     S                    S  S
Tstms                            S     S


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      52    77      59    74      60    77      57    81
Temp          70 72   57 54 74 75   63 59 71 71   63 60 74 76   64 60 76 78
Dewpt         46 45   46 46 49 49   47 49 53 52   52 54 56 56   55 55 57 57
PWind dir        NE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   CL FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      40    50      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                      S    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                   C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-280900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      51          71          52          68          47
Temp                      51 52 63 67 70 64 58 56 54 54 62 65 67 65 57 51 47 49
Dewpt                     48 49 53 56 54 51 51 52 51 51 52 50 48 46 46 45 44 46
RH                        89 89 70 68 57 63 77 86 90 90 70 58 50 50 67 80 89 89
Wind dir                   N NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW  N  N
Wind spd                   6  6 10 11 14 13 10 10 10 10 13 16 17 13  8  5  4  5
Wind gust                             26
Clouds                    CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0          60          20          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.01        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  L  S           S  S  C  C
Tstms                               C  C  S                 S


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          71      49    75      53    75      57    76      56    79
Temp          69 69   53 52 72 72   58 54 71 71   61 59 73 74   61 59 76 76
Dewpt         47 45   47 44 46 46   44 44 48 50   51 53 55 55   54 54 55 55
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    30      40    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                         S    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-280900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      51          74          52          71          47
Temp                      53 53 63 71 72 70 61 57 54 55 64 67 70 67 58 53 48 48
Dewpt                     51 52 56 55 51 50 50 50 50 51 52 50 48 46 46 45 44 46
RH                        93 96 78 57 48 49 67 77 86 86 65 54 45 47 64 74 86 93
Wind dir                  NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   4  4  9 14 16 13 10  9  8  6 10 13 14 11  6  4  3  4
Wind gust                             28 24
Clouds                    FW FW B1 SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                      0          40           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  S              S
Tstms                            S  S  S


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      51    76      57    73      58    76      56    79
Temp          69 71   54 53 73 73   62 57 70 70   61 59 72 74   62 58 76 77
Dewpt         47 46   47 47 50 49   47 48 53 52   53 54 57 56   55 55 57 58
PWind dir        NE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      40    40      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                           S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                   S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-280900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      51          70          49          67          45
Temp                      54 54 63 67 67 64 57 54 51 52 59 64 66 64 55 48 46 47
Dewpt                     50 52 54 49 48 50 50 49 48 48 49 48 46 43 43 43 43 43
RH                        86 93 72 52 50 60 77 83 89 86 69 56 48 46 64 83 89 86
Wind dir                   W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   5  5 14 17 21 19 13 11  9 10 13 18 19 16  9  5  4  5
Wind gust                          27    29
Clouds                    SC B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     30          60          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.14        0.01        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  C  S           S  S
Tstms                      S  S  S  C  C  S


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          71      51    75      56    71      55    74      54    78
Temp          66 71   53 53 71 72   60 57 66 67   58 56 71 71   58 56 73 73
Dewpt         46 44   45 45 49 49   48 49 53 52   52 52 55 54   51 51 55 54
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE    SE       S     S       W    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   CL FW SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      60    50      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                      C    C  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     S
Tstms                           S    S  C  S  S    S  S  S  S    C  S     S

$$
IAZ035-280900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      51          73          50          69          46
Temp                      52 53 64 71 71 69 60 56 53 52 62 67 69 67 57 50 46 48
Dewpt                     50 52 55 51 47 47 49 49 49 49 50 49 46 44 44 44 44 44
RH                        93 96 73 49 42 45 67 77 86 89 65 52 44 43 62 80 93 86
Wind dir                  NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   4  4 10 16 20 14 11  9  6  6 10 14 14 12  6  4  3  3
Clouds                    FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     10          30          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S     C  C              S  S
Tstms                               C  C


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      50    75      56    73      56    75      54    79
Temp          69 71   53 52 73 73   60 57 69 69   60 57 71 73   59 56 75 76
Dewpt         46 43   45 46 49 48   47 49 53 51   53 53 56 54   54 53 56 55
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW   CL FW SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      50    50      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                      S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                           S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-280900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      54          76          53          74          50
Temp                      58 57 67 72 75 74 64 60 55 55 67 72 73 72 62 57 51 51
Dewpt                     57 55 58 57 51 51 50 48 49 49 52 51 51 51 50 47 47 46
RH                        96 93 73 59 43 44 60 64 80 80 59 48 46 48 65 69 86 83
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd                   5  5  6 13 14 11  8  8  6  6  8 10 11  8  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                             26
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                          S


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      52    77      59    73      60    76      57    79
Temp          69 72   56 54 74 75   63 60 71 71   63 60 74 74   63 60 76 77
Dewpt         48 47   47 47 52 52   51 52 56 55   55 55 59 58   58 57 58 60
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      40    50      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                      S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-280900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      48          69          49          66          44
Temp                      49 50 61 68 66 62 57 54 51 51 59 63 65 62 53 48 45 46
Dewpt                     47 48 54 54 51 50 51 50 48 49 49 48 47 45 44 44 43 44
RH                        93 93 78 61 58 65 80 86 89 93 69 58 52 54 71 86 93 93
Wind dir                   N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   6  6  9 14 14 14 11 11 10 10 13 18 18 13  8  5  4  5
Clouds                    FW SC B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      5          60          20          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.18        0.01        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  L  L  S           C  S  S  S
Tstms                            C  C  C  S                 S


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          70      47    73      53    72      55    74      53    78
Temp          67 68   51 49 71 70   58 54 68 68   58 57 71 71   59 55 74 73
Dewpt         47 45   45 44 47 47   45 46 50 50   51 52 55 54   53 52 55 54
PWind dir        NE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     S       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      40    40      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                           S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S     S
Tstms                                         S    C  S  S  C    C  S     S

$$
IAZ049-280900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      50          72          51          69          47
Temp                      51 51 63 68 68 65 57 54 52 52 63 67 68 65 56 51 47 49
Dewpt                     49 49 54 56 53 51 50 50 50 50 52 50 48 46 45 45 44 45
RH                        93 93 72 65 59 60 77 86 93 93 67 54 49 50 66 80 89 86
Wind dir                  NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   6  6  8 12 14 13 10  9  9  9 11 13 14 11  6  5  4  5
Clouds                    FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 SC FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          50          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12        0.01        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C              S  S  S  S
Tstms                            S  S  C


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          72      49    75      53    74      56    76      55    80
Temp          69 70   53 51 72 72   58 54 70 70   60 57 73 74   61 58 76 76
Dewpt         47 45   46 45 47 47   45 45 50 49   52 53 56 55   54 54 56 56
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      30    40      50    40      30    20
Rain shwrs                           S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms                                      S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ086-280900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
229 AM CDT Mon May 27 2024

Date           05/26/24      Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24            Wed
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      53          75          53          73          49
Temp                      55 54 65 71 75 72 61 58 54 55 65 71 71 70 61 53 49 51
Dewpt                     52 52 55 57 54 52 53 51 50 51 54 52 50 50 49 47 46 47
RH                        90 93 70 61 48 49 75 77 86 86 68 51 47 49 65 80 89 86
Wind dir                  NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   6  8  9 11 13 12  9  9  9  9 11 13 13 10  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                             25
Clouds                    FW FW FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                      0          30          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S                    S  S
Tstms                               S  S                    S  S


Date           05/29  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24  Sun 06/02/24
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          73      51    76      56    75      59    77      59    81
Temp          69 71   55 53 73 74   61 57 71 72   63 60 73 76   64 61 76 78
Dewpt         48 47   48 47 48 49   47 47 51 52   53 55 57 58   58 57 58 59
PWind dir        NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW CL FW FW   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      20    30      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                              S  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  C  S  S
Tstms                                      S  S    C  C  C  C    S  C  S  S

$$