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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

IAZ060-222100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          48          69          39          63
Temp             39 56 64 69 69 61 57 51 50 61 67 68 66 54 49 44 40 49 58 62 61
Dewpt            26 31 37 40 43 44 42 42 41 39 33 34 33 34 35 35 33 33 32 32 31
RH               59 38 37 35 39 53 57 71 71 44 28 28 29 46 58 70 76 54 37 32 32
Wind dir          S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE
Wind spd          8 19 25 26 20 11  9  5  6 12 19 21 16 11 10  6  5  6  6  6  8
Wind gust        18 33 36 39 35             23 33 36 26
Clouds           FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S
Tstms                         S     S
Wind chill       33
Min chill        33    37                                        36    38
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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    70      54    72      57    75      57    73
Temp          48 45 65 66   58 57 66 69   63 58 71 72   61 57 67 69
Dewpt         33 35 42 43   47 52 58 57   56 55 57 55   54 54 57 55
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    30      90   100      70    40      70    60
Rain shwrs              C    L  D  D  D    L  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Tstms                        C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-222100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          45          66          34          60
Temp             36 55 64 67 66 59 53 47 46 59 65 65 61 52 44 38 34 44 54 59 57
Dewpt            27 32 33 37 41 44 40 38 36 37 35 36 37 38 35 29 26 27 28 28 28
RH               69 41 31 33 40 57 61 71 68 44 33 34 41 59 70 70 72 51 36 30 33
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE
Wind spd          8 17 26 26 20 14 10  8  9 14 21 24 18 13 11 10  8  8  6  8  8
Wind gust        18 29    37 34 26          26 36 36 29
Clouds           FW SC B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                 S  S
Wind chill       30                                        38 31 27
Min chill        28    34                                  36    27    29
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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          39    67      49    68      56    74      54    72
Temp          43 40 62 63   53 51 61 65   60 58 70 69   57 54 67 66
Dewpt         29 29 38 38   41 46 54 57   56 55 57 55   53 52 56 55
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   B1 B2 OV OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0    10      80   100      90    50      60    70
Rain shwrs                   C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Tstms                        S  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-222100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          46          67          37          63
Temp             37 54 64 69 69 59 53 48 47 58 64 66 62 52 45 41 37 47 57 61 60
Dewpt            28 33 37 41 43 43 39 38 37 37 35 36 35 36 36 34 31 31 32 31 30
RH               70 45 37 36 39 55 59 68 68 45 34 33 36 54 70 76 79 53 38 32 32
Wind dir          S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E SE SE
Wind spd          8 19 26 26 18  9  9  6  9 14 20 21 16 12  9  6  5  6  6  6  8
Wind gust        19 33 37 40 31             26 34 34 26
Clouds           FW SC B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S
Wind chill       30
Min chill        30    33                                        32    34
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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          42    69      52    71      56    75      54    72
Temp          46 43 64 65   55 55 64 67   60 56 69 70   57 54 66 67
Dewpt         32 34 42 43   47 51 58 58   56 54 57 56   53 53 57 55
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    30      90   100      80    40      60    60
Rain shwrs              C    L  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Tstms                        C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-222100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          43          60          34          61
Temp             37 52 63 69 68 53 48 45 43 54 58 60 56 47 41 37 34 45 54 60 58
Dewpt            28 34 38 41 38 33 31 30 30 34 36 37 35 34 33 31 29 29 29 28 28
RH               70 50 39 36 33 46 51 55 60 46 44 42 45 60 73 79 82 53 38 29 32
Wind dir          S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd         12 25 28 24 17 10 10 11 12 20 24 24 20 13 10  6  5  8  9 10 10
Wind gust        23 41       27             33 37 37 31
Clouds           SC B1 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                       S
Wind chill       29                   39 36                35
Min chill        29    33                36                35    29    31
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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          43    69      50    68      52    67      47    63
Temp          47 44 63 64   54 52 60 64   56 53 62 62   51 48 56 59
Dewpt         30 33 40 40   45 49 55 55   53 51 51 48   46 46 48 48
PWind dir        SE     S      SE    SE       S     W       N    NE
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    20      80   100      80    30      40    60
Rain shwrs              S    C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  C  C  L
Tstms                        C  C  C  C    C  C             S  S  C

$$
IAZ035-222100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          45          65          35          63
Temp             37 53 64 70 70 57 50 46 46 56 63 64 60 49 43 38 35 46 56 61 60
Dewpt            28 34 37 41 41 38 34 32 32 34 35 36 34 34 35 33 30 31 30 28 28
RH               70 48 37 35 35 49 54 58 58 43 35 35 37 56 73 82 82 55 37 28 29
Wind dir          S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE
Wind spd         10 21 27 25 14  9  8  8  9 14 23 21 17 11  8  6  5  5  8  8  9
Wind gust           35 41 39
Clouds           SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S
Wind chill       30
Min chill        29    33                39                38    30    34
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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          42    69      51    70      54    72      49    70
Temp          46 43 64 65   54 53 64 65   58 54 67 67   54 50 63 64
Dewpt         30 34 40 41   46 51 57 56   55 52 53 51   49 49 54 51
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE       S    SW      NE    SE
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5    30      90   100      80    30      50    60
Rain shwrs              C    L  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  C  L  L
Tstms                        C  C  C  C    C  C          S  C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-222100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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                      69          51          69          40          64
Temp             37 55 64 69 67 61 56 54 52 59 66 68 65 53 48 43 41 51 59 63 62
Dewpt            28 35 39 41 43 43 45 47 49 49 40 35 35 35 35 36 36 38 38 37 36
RH               70 47 40 36 42 51 66 77 89 69 38 29 33 50 60 76 82 61 45 38 38
Wind dir         SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE
Wind spd          9 18 23 25 17 14 11  9  8  9 14 19 13  9  9  6  6  8  6  5  8
Wind gust        19 31 34 37 32 28             25 31
Clouds           FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          60          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  L
Tstms                               S  S
Wind chill       31
Min chill        30    34                                        36    39
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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    70      55    72      57    76      58    72
Temp          49 46 65 66   59 57 67 68   63 58 72 71   62 60 68 69
Dewpt         36 38 45 47   50 56 62 59   58 56 60 59   58 57 60 57
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10    40      90   100      70    50      70    60
Rain shwrs           S  C    L  D  D  D    L  C  C  C    L  L  L  C
Tstms                        S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-222100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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                      68          43          63          31          59
Temp             37 52 62 66 66 55 48 44 43 56 59 61 58 47 40 34 32 42 52 57 56
Dewpt            27 33 36 40 42 40 35 33 32 35 36 37 36 36 32 27 25 26 26 26 26
RH               67 48 38 38 42 57 60 65 65 45 42 41 44 65 73 75 75 53 36 30 31
Wind dir          S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE
Wind spd         10 20 27 26 14 10 10 10 11 16 23 24 19 13 10  8  6  6  8  8  8
Wind gust        20 35 39 40 25 21          28 36 39
Clouds           FW B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC FW B1 SC SC B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                    C  S
Wind chill       30                      37                33 27 26
Min chill        29    33                36                33    24    28
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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          39    67      48    66      54    70      49    66
Temp          41 40 61 62   51 50 58 62   56 54 65 64   51 49 59 61
Dewpt         27 30 38 38   42 47 53 56   55 52 53 51   48 48 51 51
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE       S    SW       N     E
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B1 OV OV OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0    10      80    90      90    40      50    60
Rain shwrs                   C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  C  L  L
Tstms                        S  C  C  C    C  C          S  S  S  C

$$
IAZ049-222100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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                      68          45          67          34          61
Temp             35 54 63 67 66 58 53 47 46 59 64 66 61 50 45 39 34 44 54 60 58
Dewpt            26 31 35 38 42 43 41 38 37 38 35 36 35 36 36 32 29 30 30 30 29
RH               69 41 35 34 42 57 64 71 71 45 34 33 38 58 70 76 82 57 40 32 33
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE
Wind spd          8 18 26 26 20 12  9  6  8 13 21 21 17 12  9  9  6  6  5  6  6
Wind gust           29    37 35 23          24 36 37
Clouds           FW SC B2 OV B2 SC SC SC B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S
Wind chill       29                                           32 28
Min chill        28    33                                  39    27    30
Wind                    Y  Y


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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          39    68      49    69      55    74      53    72
Temp          43 40 63 63   53 51 62 65   60 56 69 69   57 54 67 66
Dewpt         30 31 40 40   44 49 56 57   56 55 57 56   53 53 57 55
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0    20      90   100      80    40      60    70
Rain shwrs              S    C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  L
Tstms                        S  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-222100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date             Mon 04/22/24            Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24
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          69          40          62
Temp             37 55 63 67 66 61 58 53 52 58 66 69 65 54 48 44 41 48 57 60 60
Dewpt            29 33 34 37 40 41 42 44 46 49 42 36 36 36 37 36 34 35 34 34 34
RH               72 43 34 33 38 48 55 71 80 72 42 30 34 50 65 73 76 60 42 37 37
Wind dir         SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E
Wind spd          8 17 21 23 18 18 16 11 10 11 17 20 14 11 10 10  9  9  8  6  8
Wind gust        18 27    33 31 31 28          28 31 26
Clouds           CL SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL CL FW SC FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     10          60          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  S
Wind chill       31                                           38 35
Min chill        30    36                                        34    36


Date          Thu 04/25/24  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24
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          42    68      53    71      60    77      59    73
Temp          47 43 63 65   56 55 65 68   63 61 72 72   62 60 68 69
Dewpt         33 34 41 43   46 51 59 59   58 58 61 60   57 57 60 58
PWind dir        SE    SE      SE    SE       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    WY      WY    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC FW SC   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0    20      90   100      80    50      70    70
Rain shwrs              S    L  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    L  L  L  L
Tstms                        S  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$


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