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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

IAZ060-190900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      28          60          28          42          27
Temp             35 30 29 31 33 43 55 59 57 45 39 34 30 31 38 42 40 34 31 29 27
Dewpt            10 11 12 14 18 26 32 31 30 29 28 23 13  9  5  5  5  6  8  9 11
RH               35 44 48 49 53 51 41 34 35 53 64 64 49 39 25 21 23 30 37 42 50
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd         11  9 13 16 13 13 16 18 11  8  8  8 11 12 12 11  9  6  6  6  8
Wind gust                 28
Clouds           FW FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       26 21 18 20 24 36             33 27 20 21 30 36 34    24 22 19
Min chill        25    17    16    24          32    20    20    32    23    18


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          46      35    49      27    44      31    49      34    49
Temp          39 43   38 35 44 42   32 27 39 41   35 32 42 45   40 37 45 44
Dewpt         17 21   25 29 30 26   23 19 21 23   26 28 35 36   36 35 37 34
PWind dir        SE      SE     N       N    NE       E    SE       E    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10      60    30      10    40      60    80      80    70
Rain shwrs             C  L  C  S          S  C    C  L  L  D    D  L  L  L
Snowshwrs                                     C    C  L  S             S
Tstms                                                       S    S  C

$$
IAZ039-190900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      26          55          23          39          22
Temp             33 29 26 27 29 41 53 55 48 40 33 27 23 27 34 38 35 28 25 24 23
Dewpt            11 11 12 14 18 27 31 30 28 26 21 13  6  4  3  2  1  2  3  3  3
RH               39 46 55 57 63 57 43 38 46 57 61 55 47 37 26 21 23 32 38 39 41
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW  N  N NE NE  E
Wind spd         11 10 13 13 12 17 20 23 17 13 13 13 13 17 17 16 10  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                 25 23          27
Clouds           FW SC SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       25 20 15 16 18 32          32 24 16 11 14 24 29 27 21 18 17 16
Min chill        24    13    14    18          22    10    10    25    17    14


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          42      28    43      21    39      26    45      33    50
Temp          37 39   30 29 39 37   27 22 35 35   28 27 38 40   36 35 45 42
Dewpt          9 17   24 25 29 25   20 14 19 20   21 23 31 33   33 33 37 34
PWind dir        SE      SE     N       N    NE       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20      80    30      10    40      60    80      80    70
Rain shwrs             S     C  S             C    C     L  D    D  L  L  L
Snowshwrs         S    D  L  C             S  C    C  L  L  D    S  S
Tstms                                                                  S  S

$$
IAZ048-190900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      27          58          25          42          24
Temp             33 28 27 30 30 43 54 58 53 43 35 29 26 29 36 40 37 31 28 26 25
Dewpt            11 13 14 16 20 28 33 31 30 28 26 21  8  6  5  4  3  5  6  9  9
RH               39 53 57 55 66 55 45 36 41 55 69 72 46 37 27 22 23 32 38 48 50
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd         10 10 13 16 11 13 17 19 12 10  9 10 11 14 13 12  9  5  5  5  6
Wind gust              24 28 21
Clouds           FW SC FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       25 19 16 18 21 35          37 28 20 16 18 27 32 30 25 22 19 17
Min chill        24    15    15    20          27    14    16    28    20    16


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          45      31    46      24    41      28    47      31    47
Temp          39 41   34 32 42 38   28 24 37 38   31 29 41 42   37 34 44 42
Dewpt         16 21   25 28 30 25   21 16 21 22   24 26 33 35   35 34 37 33
PWind dir        SE      SE     N       N    NE       E     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20      60    30      10    40      60    80      80    70
Rain shwrs        S    L  L  C  S          S  C    C     L  D    D  L  L  L
Snowshwrs         S    L  S  S             S  C    C  L  L       S  S  S
Tstms                                                       S    S

$$
IAZ004-190900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      28          52          17          35          21
Temp             35 28 29 30 29 38 47 52 47 35 29 23 19 22 29 33 31 25 23 22 22
Dewpt             8 10 12 17 24 31 31 29 27 24 19 11  2  1 -1 -1 -1  1  2  2  3
RH               32 46 48 58 81 76 53 41 45 64 66 59 47 39 27 23 24 34 39 41 43
Wind dir          W SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E
Wind spd         14 17 18 16 12 18 20 21 17 13 13 13 17 18 16 13 10  8  6  6  8
Wind gust              29    23             24    24
Clouds           SC FW FW CL FW B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs                                                                     S
Wind chill       25 16 17 19 19 28          26 18 10  4  7 17 24 22 16 15 14 13
Min chill        22    12    14    15    39    16     2     4    20    13    11


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          39      23    38      17    33      21    40      25    39
Temp          33 35   28 24 33 32   21 19 29 29   24 24 33 35   29 27 34 34
Dewpt         10 18   21 21 22 18   13 11 14 16   19 21 26 28   25 25 28 26
PWind dir        SE       E     N       N    NE       E     E      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         40      50    20      10    50      70    80      80    60
Rain shwrs                                    C             D    D     L  L
Snowshwrs      S  C    C  C  S             C  C    C  L  L  D    D  L  L  L

$$
IAZ035-190900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      27          56          21          39          22
Temp             33 27 27 29 29 40 52 56 51 40 32 26 23 26 34 37 35 28 25 24 24
Dewpt            10 11 13 17 21 30 32 30 28 26 23 16  5  3  2  1  0  1  4  5  5
RH               38 50 55 60 72 67 46 37 41 57 69 65 45 36 25 21 22 30 40 43 43
Wind dir         SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E
Wind spd          9 11 14 13 10 13 18 19 13 10 10 11 12 14 13 12  9  6  5  5  5
Wind gust              25 24
Clouds           FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       25 17 15 18 19 32          33 24 15 11 14 24 29 28 21 18 17 16
Min chill        25    15    15    19          23    10    11    26    17    14


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          43      27    43      20    38      25    45      28    44
Temp          37 39   31 28 39 36   25 22 34 34   28 27 38 39   33 30 39 38
Dewpt         13 19   22 25 26 21   17 14 17 19   21 24 31 32   30 29 32 30
PWind dir        SE       E     N       N    NE       E     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr         30      60    20      10    40      70    80      80    70
Rain shwrs             L     S  S             C    L     L  D    D  L  L  L
Snowshwrs         C    L  C                C  C    L  L  L  S    S  S  S  L

$$
IAZ094-190900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      28          63          31          45          28
Temp             34 29 29 30 31 44 59 63 57 48 40 35 33 35 40 44 41 35 32 31 29
Dewpt            12 12 13 15 18 26 32 32 32 31 30 28 22 16 12 10 10 10  9 10 12
RH               39 48 51 53 58 49 36 31 38 51 67 75 63 45 31 24 27 35 37 41 48
Wind dir          W SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          9  8 12 16 13 13 13 16 10  8  8  9 11 12 10 10  9  8  9 10 10
Wind gust                 27 25
Clouds           CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       26 20 19 19 21 37                29 24 26 33 38 35 28 25 22 20
Min chill        25    17    17    22          34    23    23    34    24    19


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          48      36    53      29    47      34    55      38    54
Temp          41 44   39 38 47 46   33 29 42 43   37 36 46 48   45 44 48 45
Dewpt         17 24   28 34 35 31   26 22 24 27   29 33 39 41   42 43 40 36
PWind dir        SE       S     N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10      50    40      10    40      60    80      90    70
Rain shwrs             C  C  C  S    S     S  C    C  L  D  D    D  D  L  L
Tstms                                                       S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-190900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      25          51          18          35          19
Temp             31 26 26 27 28 39 50 51 45 35 28 23 19 23 30 34 31 24 22 21 20
Dewpt            10 11 12 15 20 29 30 29 26 23 16  8  2  1  0 -2 -3 -1 -1 -1 -1
RH               41 52 55 60 71 67 46 42 47 61 60 52 47 38 27 21 22 33 36 37 39
Wind dir          W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E
Wind spd         14 13 16 14 13 18 21 24 18 14 13 14 14 18 16 14 10  6  5  5  6
Wind gust              27 26    29             25 25
Clouds           SC SC FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       21 15 13 15 17 29       37 26 17  9  5  9 19 24 22 16 15 13 11
Min chill        20    10    12    15    35    15     3     5    20    12     9


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          39      24    38      17    33      21    41      27    42
Temp          34 35   27 25 35 33   22 18 30 29   24 23 34 37   31 29 38 37
Dewpt          7 15   21 22 25 21   16 11 16 18   18 20 28 30   28 27 32 30
PWind dir        SE       E     N       N    NE       E     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20      70    20      10    40      60    80      80    70
Rain shwrs                                    C          L  D    D     L  L
Snowshwrs         S    L  C  S             C  C    C  L  L  D    S  L  S  L

$$
IAZ049-190900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      25          57          23          40          22
Temp             32 26 25 26 28 41 54 57 50 39 34 28 24 28 35 39 35 28 25 23 22
Dewpt            11 11 12 14 18 27 32 31 29 27 24 17  6  5  4  3  2  3  5  7  6
RH               41 52 57 60 66 57 43 37 44 62 66 63 45 37 26 21 24 33 42 50 49
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E
Wind spd         10 10 13 13 12 14 18 20 14 11 10 10 12 16 13 12  8  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                 24
Clouds           FW SC SC CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       24 16 13 14 17 33          33 26 19 13 16 26 31 28 22 18 16 15
Min chill        22    12    12    19          25    11    12    27    17    14


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          43      28    45      22    40      25    46      31    49
Temp          38 39   31 29 41 37   27 22 36 35   28 27 40 41   36 34 44 42
Dewpt         12 19   24 26 30 25   21 15 20 21   23 25 32 34   34 34 37 34
PWind dir        SE      SE     N       N    NE       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20      70    30      10    40      60    80      80    70
Rain shwrs             L  L  C  S          S  C    C     L  D    D  L  L  L
Snowshwrs         S    L  L  C             S  C    C  L  L  S    S  S  S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
IAZ086-190900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
530 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Date           03/18/24      Tue 03/19/24            Wed 03/20/24            Thu
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                      27          61          29          44          26
Temp             33 28 27 29 32 44 58 61 56 45 37 33 30 33 40 42 40 33 30 28 27
Dewpt            12 12 14 15 17 25 31 32 31 31 28 25 16 10  8  7  8  8  9 10 13
RH               41 50 57 55 53 47 36 33 38 58 70 72 55 38 26 23 26 34 41 46 55
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E
Wind spd         10  9 12 14 16 16 17 19 12 10 10  9 12 13 13 11  9  8  6  8  8
Wind gust                 26 27
Clouds           CL FW CL FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       25 19 16 18 21 37          39 30 25 20 24 32 36 34 26 23 20 19
Min chill        24    14    14    22          27    19    20    32    21    17


Date           03/21  Fri 03/22/24  Sat 03/23/24  Sun 03/24/24  Mon 03/25/24
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          46      35    51      28    46      32    51      38    56
Temp          40 42   37 35 45 44   32 28 41 41   35 33 44 46   42 43 51 48
Dewpt         17 22   25 31 33 30   26 21 23 25   27 29 36 38   39 41 43 39
PWind dir        SE      SE     N       N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10      60    40      10    30      50    80      80    70
Rain shwrs             C  L  C  S          S  C    C  C  L  D    D  D  L  L
Snowshwrs                                             C  S
Tstms                                                       S    S  C  S  S

$$


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