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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

IAZ060-262100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      74          55          76          53          74
Temp          62 60 64 69 73 71 64 60 56 56 66 73 75 72 64 60 55 53 65 71 74 72
Dewpt         58 58 60 61 60 57 56 53 52 52 55 53 50 48 48 47 46 47 47 47 47 46
RH            87 93 87 76 64 61 75 78 86 86 68 49 41 42 56 62 72 80 52 42 38 39
Wind dir      SE  E NE NW  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd       8  8  5  9 10  9  8  6  6  6 10 13 17 13 10  9  6  6 10 12 12  9
Wind gust                                      24 28 24
Clouds        OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          10          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  C  S                          S  S
Tstms          C  C  S                          S  S


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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          49    74      53    79      60    76      60    78
Temp          57 50 71 73   59 56 76 77   66 62 73 73   65 61 74 76
Dewpt         45 45 45 46   46 47 52 54   53 55 58 58   57 56 57 56
PWind dir         N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL CL   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    20      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                            S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                 S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ039-262100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      67          51          73          51          69
Temp          58 58 60 64 67 65 58 56 53 53 65 71 70 67 61 56 53 52 61 66 69 67
Dewpt         52 54 57 59 59 55 53 51 49 50 54 55 53 51 51 50 48 47 48 47 47 45
RH            80 86 90 84 75 70 83 83 86 89 68 57 55 56 70 80 83 83 62 50 45 45
Wind dir      SE SE SE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      10 13  9  8 11 11 10 11  9 10 11 14 16 13 11 11 10 10 13 16 17 12
Wind gust                                         26
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     80          10          40           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.24           0        0.15           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  D  L  C  S              S  S  C  C              S  S  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  C  S                 S  C  C


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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    72      50    77      57    75      58    77
Temp          51 48 69 70   56 53 74 74   62 59 71 72   62 59 74 73
Dewpt         45 46 47 46   46 46 50 51   50 51 56 56   56 55 57 56
PWind dir        NW    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    20      40    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                            S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                         S  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ048-262100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      72          54          74          51          73
Temp          59 59 62 68 72 70 61 58 55 56 65 72 73 70 61 58 53 51 64 70 72 70
Dewpt         56 57 59 61 60 58 56 53 52 52 56 55 51 50 49 48 47 47 48 48 48 46
RH            90 93 90 78 66 66 84 83 90 86 73 55 46 49 65 69 80 86 56 45 42 42
Wind dir       E  E  E  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd       9  9  6  9 11 10  8  8  8  8 11 16 18 13 10  9  6  6 10 14 13 10
Wind gust                                         28 24
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          10          30           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  C  C                          C  C
Tstms          C  C  C                          S  C


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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      52    78      58    75      57    76
Temp          53 48 69 73   56 55 75 75   64 60 72 72   62 59 73 74
Dewpt         44 45 46 47   46 47 53 54   54 55 59 59   57 56 58 57
PWind dir         N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    20      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                            S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ004-262100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      70          53          72          48          69
Temp          57 56 61 64 69 68 59 55 54 55 64 69 71 67 57 53 50 49 60 66 69 66
Dewpt         51 53 56 57 56 53 53 51 50 51 54 49 47 48 48 45 44 45 47 47 44 42
RH            80 90 84 78 63 59 80 86 86 86 70 49 42 50 72 74 80 86 62 50 40 42
Wind dir      SE  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd       9  6  8 10 13 12  6  5  6  8 12 18 19 19 13 10 10 10 13 17 18 14
Wind gust                                         29 31
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          20          30           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.01        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  S  S              S  S  C  C
Tstms             C     S  S                 S  C  C


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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    72      52    78      57    73      55    76
Temp          49 47 67 70   56 54 74 74   62 58 70 71   59 58 71 73
Dewpt         42 44 45 44   45 46 53 54   54 54 56 54   53 52 53 53
PWind dir         N     E      SE     S       S     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL CL   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10    40      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                         S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                 S    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ035-262100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      71          52          74          49          71
Temp          57 57 61 66 70 68 60 55 53 54 65 72 73 69 60 56 50 50 63 68 71 69
Dewpt         55 56 58 59 58 55 54 52 50 52 55 52 49 48 47 47 45 45 48 47 45 43
RH            93 96 90 78 66 63 81 90 89 93 70 49 43 47 62 72 83 83 58 47 39 39
Wind dir      SE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd      10  8  6  9 11 11  8  6  6  6 12 17 19 16 11  8  6  6 11 14 14 11
Clouds        B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50           5          30           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  S  S                    C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  S  S                    S  C


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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      51    78      57    74      56    76
Temp          50 47 70 73   56 54 75 75   62 59 71 71   60 57 73 74
Dewpt         43 44 46 44   45 46 52 53   54 55 58 56   55 54 56 54
PWind dir         N     E      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    30      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                            C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                 S    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-262100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      75          56          76          52          75
Temp          62 61 67 71 74 71 65 61 57 57 66 73 75 73 63 59 54 53 65 72 75 73
Dewpt         60 60 62 63 62 61 59 58 55 54 58 56 52 50 49 48 48 48 50 49 50 50
RH            93 97 84 76 66 71 81 90 93 90 75 55 45 44 60 67 80 83 58 44 41 44
Wind dir       S SE  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd       8  6  6  8  9  9  6  8  6  6 10 13 16 11  9  8  6  5  8 11 11  8
Wind gust                                      24 26
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          20           5           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  C  C        S
Tstms          C  C  C        S


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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    74      53    78      60    75      60    77
Temp          56 51 71 73   59 56 76 76   65 62 72 73   64 61 74 76
Dewpt         47 46 48 49   48 49 55 57   57 59 61 59   59 59 59 59
PWind dir         N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW CL CL   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0      10    30      50    40      40    30
Rain shwrs                            C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms                                 S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-262100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      66          49          71          49          67
Temp          56 55 58 62 64 63 56 53 51 52 63 69 67 64 58 54 50 49 59 64 66 64
Dewpt         51 54 56 58 56 53 51 50 48 49 53 53 51 50 49 47 45 45 46 47 45 44
RH            83 96 93 87 75 70 83 89 89 89 70 57 56 60 72 77 83 86 62 54 47 48
Wind dir      SE SE  E  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd      10 10  6  8 10 12  9  8  8  9 11 14 14 16 12 11 10 10 13 17 18 13
Wind gust                                         25
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70           5          50           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.23           0        0.16           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C  C              S  S  C  C              S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  S  S                 S  C  C


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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    71      49    76      55    73      55    74
Temp          48 46 67 70   54 53 72 73   60 58 70 70   59 57 71 71
Dewpt         44 44 46 44   45 46 50 51   52 51 56 56   54 53 55 54
PWind dir         N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL CL FW FW   CL FW SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    20      50    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                            S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                         C  C  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ049-262100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      70          52          74          50          71
Temp          57 57 61 66 68 67 59 55 53 54 66 71 70 67 59 56 52 51 62 68 70 68
Dewpt         54 56 59 60 59 57 54 52 50 50 55 55 53 50 49 49 48 47 48 47 47 46
RH            90 96 93 81 73 70 83 90 89 86 68 57 55 54 69 77 86 86 60 47 44 45
Wind dir      SE  E SE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd       9 11  8  9 11 11 10 10  8  9 11 14 13 13 10 10  9  9 12 14 14 10
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          10          40           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.13           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S  S                    C  C
Tstms          C  L  C  S  S                    S  C


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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    73      50    78      57    74      57    77
Temp          51 48 69 71   55 53 74 74   62 58 71 72   62 59 74 74
Dewpt         44 45 46 46   45 46 50 51   52 52 57 57   56 55 57 56
PWind dir         N    NE      SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    20      40    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                            S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  C  S  C    C  C  S  C

$$
IAZ086-262100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
314 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024

Date             Sun 05/26/24            Mon 05/27/24            Tue 05/28/24
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                      75          55          76          54          73
Temp          61 61 66 70 73 71 64 60 57 57 66 72 75 71 63 59 55 54 64 70 73 71
Dewpt         57 60 63 63 63 60 58 55 53 53 56 57 54 52 51 50 49 49 51 49 48 49
RH            87 97 90 78 71 68 81 84 86 86 70 59 48 51 65 72 80 83 63 47 41 46
Wind dir      SE SE  S SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      10 10  9  9 10 10  9  9  9  9 11 14 16 12 10 10  9  9 11 13 13  9
Wind gust                          19             26
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          10          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.03        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  C                       S  S
Tstms          C  L  C  C                       S  S


Date          Wed 05/29/24  Thu 05/30/24  Fri 05/31/24  Sat 06/01/24
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          49    74      52    79      59    76      60    79
Temp          56 50 70 72   57 55 75 76   64 60 73 74   65 62 75 76
Dewpt         47 46 47 48   47 48 52 53   53 54 59 58   58 58 58 58
PWind dir         N    NE       E    SE      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL CL CL   CL FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    10      40    40      30    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  C  C  C    S  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  S  S  C    S  C  S  C

$$