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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

IAZ060-042100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      89          65          87          58          64
Temp             66 77 87 89 83 76 72 68 65 73 84 87 82 74 68 62 59 60 61 63 62
Dewpt            61 59 59 56 54 55 54 53 54 56 57 57 58 60 62 60 57 56 55 55 53
RH               84 54 39 33 37 48 53 59 68 55 40 36 44 62 81 93 93 87 81 75 72
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         11 16 19 20 17 13 13 13 14 19 20 19 11 10  8  6  8  6  8  8  6
Wind gust           27 33 35 31 27    25 26 33 33 31
Clouds           CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.65        0.60
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          51    66      44    67      47    71      55    75
Temp          57 52 63 61   50 44 64 62   52 47 67 66   58 55 72 68
Dewpt         53 50 48 46   43 39 43 43   42 40 49 50   50 50 55 50
PWind dir         N     N      NE     E      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW CL CL FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    10       0     5      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C                           S  S       S  S
Tstms          S  C                                      S  S

$$
IAZ039-042100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      89          63          86          54          65
Temp             64 78 88 89 83 74 71 66 63 73 83 85 80 72 65 60 55 59 62 64 61
Dewpt            61 61 57 55 55 55 53 53 52 55 55 55 57 59 60 57 53 52 51 51 50
RH               90 56 35 32 38 51 53 63 67 53 38 36 45 64 84 90 93 78 67 63 67
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         10 16 21 23 18 16 14 14 14 20 23 21 13 12 10  9  8  8  8  8  5
Wind gust              33 36 29 28    26 25 32 35 34 24
Clouds           CL CL CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.58        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          48    67      41    67      43    69      51    72
Temp          53 48 64 60   47 41 64 61   48 43 66 64   55 51 68 65
Dewpt         49 45 43 40   38 37 39 40   39 39 45 46   47 47 51 47
PWind dir         N     N      NE     E      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC FW   CL CL CL CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40     5       0     5      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C                           S  S       S  S
Tstms             S                                         S

$$
IAZ048-042100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      89          64          86          54          63
Temp             65 77 87 89 83 73 70 66 64 73 83 85 80 70 65 59 55 58 61 63 60
Dewpt            61 60 59 58 56 56 54 53 53 56 57 58 60 62 61 57 53 53 52 53 51
RH               87 56 39 35 40 55 57 63 67 55 41 40 51 76 87 93 93 83 72 70 72
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         10 16 19 20 17 13 13 13 13 19 20 18 10  9  8  8  6  8  8  6  5
Wind gust           27 34 35 28 27    25 25 33 34 31
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.94        0.34
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                              S  C  C  C


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          48    68      42    68      45    70      52    74
Temp          54 48 65 61   48 42 65 62   50 45 67 65   56 52 71 68
Dewpt         51 47 46 44   40 37 42 43   42 40 48 50   50 50 52 50
PWind dir         N     N      NE     E      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC FW   FW CL CL FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40     5       0     5      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C                           S  S       S  S
Tstms          S  C                                      S

$$
IAZ004-042100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      90          65          84          47          63
Temp             66 75 86 90 84 74 71 68 65 72 80 83 75 60 54 50 47 54 60 62 59
Dewpt            61 59 58 56 56 55 53 51 51 53 54 53 52 47 44 42 41 43 42 40 39
RH               84 58 39 32 38 51 53 54 60 51 41 36 45 62 69 74 79 66 51 44 47
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         17 21 28 28 23 21 20 20 20 25 26 21 13 13 11 10  9 10  9  8  4
Wind gust        27 34 40 44 36 39 31 34 34 39 37 33
Clouds           CL SC FW FW FW FW CL CL SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  S  S        S  S  S  S
Tstms                                           S  S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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    67      40    69      44    70      50    72
Temp          48 44 64 60   46 40 65 63   48 45 66 64   55 50 69 65
Dewpt         39 35 37 35   34 34 38 35   38 38 43 47   47 46 49 47
PWind dir        NW     N      SE     S       S     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW FW   CL CL CL FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5     0       0     5      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                                 S  S  S  S
Tstms                                               S

$$
IAZ035-042100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      89          65          84          51          64
Temp             67 77 87 89 83 74 71 67 65 72 81 83 78 68 60 55 51 56 61 63 60
Dewpt            62 60 59 56 54 55 53 53 52 55 55 55 57 57 51 48 45 47 46 45 45
RH               84 56 39 33 37 51 53 61 63 55 41 38 48 68 72 77 80 72 58 52 58
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  N
Wind spd         13 18 23 25 21 18 17 18 18 21 21 20 11 10 10 10  9  9  8  8  5
Wind gust        24 31 34 37 33 32    29 31 34 33 31
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          30          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.21        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                              C  C  S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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    69      41    70      43    71      51    74
Temp          51 45 66 62   46 41 67 63   48 43 67 67   56 52 71 68
Dewpt         45 42 40 37   37 35 38 38   39 39 45 47   49 48 50 47
PWind dir         N     N       E    SE      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   CL CL CL FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20     5       0     5      20    20      20     5
Rain shwrs     S                           S  S  S       S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
IAZ094-042100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      87          62          85          60          70
Temp             64 75 85 87 80 73 70 65 63 73 82 85 80 73 69 65 60 65 69 68 62
Dewpt            61 60 58 54 53 55 54 54 55 57 57 56 57 58 60 62 60 61 60 60 58
RH               90 60 40 32 39 53 57 68 75 57 43 37 45 59 73 90100 87 73 76 87
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW  N NE  N  N  N
Wind spd         10 14 18 19 13 11 12 12 13 19 19 18 10  9  5  5  5  5  5  6  6
Wind gust           26 32 33 24 21    23 24 32 32 29
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW CL FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.26        0.36
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  L
Tstms                                                 S  C  C  C  S     S     S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          52    64      45    67      47    69      54    74
Temp          57 53 62 59   51 45 64 61   51 48 66 64   57 55 71 67
Dewpt         57 53 50 50   46 41 44 44   42 41 50 51   50 51 55 52
PWind dir         N    NE      NE     E      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr         60    20       5     5      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     L  L  S                        S  S  S    S  S
Tstms          S  C  S                              S    S  S

$$
IAZ017-042100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      88          63          82          50          63
Temp             65 75 85 87 81 74 70 66 63 71 79 81 76 66 58 53 50 56 61 62 58
Dewpt            61 61 59 57 56 55 53 51 51 54 56 56 58 56 49 47 44 46 46 45 45
RH               87 62 41 36 42 51 55 58 65 55 45 42 54 70 72 80 80 69 58 54 62
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         12 18 23 24 19 18 17 17 18 23 23 19 11 11 10  8  6  8  6  5  4
Wind gust           31 35 37 33 33    29 31 36 36 32
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0          30          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.20        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                              C  C  S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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    66      39    67      42    68      50    71
Temp          50 44 63 59   45 40 64 61   47 43 65 63   54 51 68 64
Dewpt         43 40 38 38   35 35 39 38   37 37 44 46   46 47 50 47
PWind dir         N     N      NE    SE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   CL CL CL CL   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5       0     5      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    S  S  S    S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
IAZ049-042100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      88          62          86          53          64
Temp             64 76 86 87 81 73 69 65 62 72 82 85 80 70 64 59 54 58 61 63 60
Dewpt            61 61 59 57 56 54 53 52 52 56 57 57 58 59 61 58 54 53 53 52 52
RH               90 60 40 36 42 51 57 63 70 57 43 39 47 68 90 96100 83 75 67 75
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         10 14 20 21 16 12 12 13 13 19 21 19 11  9  8  6  6  8  6  6  5
Wind gust           25 34 33 26 25    24 24 32 34 31
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.80        0.38
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          48    66      41    67      43    69      51    72
Temp          54 48 63 60   47 41 64 60   48 43 66 64   55 51 69 66
Dewpt         50 46 46 43   38 36 41 41   39 38 47 48   48 48 53 49
PWind dir         N     N      NE     E      SE     S       S     W
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW CL CL CL   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    10       0     5      20    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  C                           S  S       S  S
Tstms             C                                      S

$$
IAZ086-042100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
615 AM CDT Sat Oct 4 2025

Date             Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon 10/06/25
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                      88          63          87          62          74
Temp             64 77 86 87 81 74 71 66 63 75 84 87 81 74 72 67 63 68 72 72 65
Dewpt            60 60 57 56 55 55 55 54 55 57 56 55 56 56 58 59 61 62 60 60 59
RH               87 56 37 35 41 51 57 65 75 54 38 34 42 53 61 75 93 81 66 66 81
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd          9 12 16 16 11 10 11 11 11 17 18 17 10  9  8  6  5  5  5  6  6
Wind gust           24 27 28 23 23    23 24 31 31 27
Clouds           CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  L  L  C  C  L
Tstms                                                       S  S  S     S


Date          Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          53    66      44    68      45    71      53    74
Temp          58 54 63 60   50 44 65 61   50 46 68 65   56 53 71 67
Dewpt         57 53 50 49   44 40 41 43   41 40 47 49   48 49 53 51
PWind dir         N     N      NE     E       E    SE       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 SC   FW CL CL CL   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70    20       0     0      20    20      30    10
Rain shwrs     L  L  S                        S  S       S  C
Tstms          S  C  S                                   S  S

$$