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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

IAZ060-142100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          67          90          70          88
Temp             65 78 86 89 87 78 72 69 68 81 86 89 87 78 74 72 72 79 82 85 83
Dewpt            63 68 68 68 69 69 67 65 66 72 71 70 70 70 69 70 69 72 73 73 73
RH               93 71 55 50 55 74 84 87 93 74 61 54 57 76 84 93 90 79 74 67 72
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd          2  5  6  6  6  5  5  5  5  6  9  8  5  5  6  6  5  8  9  9  9
Clouds           FW CL FW CL FW CL CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index                                     91 94 92                87 92 90
Max heat               91    95    91          93    96    90          89    94


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          67    79      63    81      67    87      70    86
Temp          72 68 75 75   67 65 76 78   70 70 82 83   75 72 82 83
Dewpt         69 66 68 66   65 63 66 68   67 68 72 72   70 69 72 71
PWind dir         N     N       N     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    30      20    10      30    30      40    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S                C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  C                     C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-142100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          66          87          70          84
Temp             63 78 85 87 85 76 71 68 68 79 85 87 85 76 73 71 72 78 81 81 78
Dewpt            61 68 69 69 70 69 67 65 66 71 71 70 71 71 70 69 70 73 73 72 71
RH               93 71 59 55 61 79 87 90 93 77 63 57 63 85 90 93 93 85 77 74 79
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd          2  5  8  9  6  5  5  6  5  9 10 10  6  5  6  5  5  8 10 10  9
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.68
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                          S  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index                                     90 92 90                   86
Max heat               90    92    87          90    94    87          86    87


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          64    76      62    79      65    83      67    84
Temp          68 66 73 73   65 64 75 76   68 67 78 78   71 69 80 79
Dewpt         67 64 67 65   63 61 65 66   66 66 70 71   69 69 71 71
PWind dir         N     N       N     E      SE     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60    30      20    10      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  C    S                C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          C  C  C  S                     S  C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ048-142100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          66          88          69          85
Temp             64 78 86 88 86 76 72 68 68 79 85 87 86 76 73 71 70 76 80 82 80
Dewpt            62 68 69 70 71 70 68 66 66 72 72 72 72 71 71 70 70 72 73 74 72
RH               93 71 57 55 61 82 87 93 93 79 65 61 63 85 93 97100 87 79 77 77
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd          2  5  6  8  6  5  5  5  5  8 10  8  6  5  5  5  5  8  9  9  9
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.10        0.74
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Heat index                93 91                92 95 92                   88
Max heat               90    95    90          93    96    89          85    90


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          64    78      61    79      66    85      68    85
Temp          70 66 73 74   66 63 76 77   69 68 80 81   72 69 80 81
Dewpt         69 66 67 66   64 62 66 68   67 68 72 73   70 69 73 72
PWind dir         N     N       N     E      SE     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60    30      10    10      30    40      40    20
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  C    S                C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C  S                     C  C  S    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-142100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          67          88          66          78
Temp             66 77 84 87 86 76 73 69 68 78 86 87 85 74 71 68 67 71 75 77 74
Dewpt            64 67 69 70 70 70 68 64 64 69 70 70 71 70 68 66 66 67 67 68 68
RH               93 71 61 57 59 82 84 84 87 74 59 57 63 87 90 93 97 87 76 74 82
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SE NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          6  6 10 12 11 10 10 11 11 13 14 13 10  9  9  8  8  9 10 11 11
Clouds           FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.42        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C
Heat index                92 91                91 92 90
Max heat               89    94    90          91    93    86


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          58    73      56    78      63    81      63    81
Temp          63 59 69 71   61 59 73 75   66 65 77 78   67 65 77 79
Dewpt         61 57 59 60   58 56 61 64   64 63 68 69   66 64 67 68
PWind dir         N     N      NE    SE       S     S       E     E
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40    20       5    10      40    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  S                        C  C  S    S  C  S
Tstms          C  C  S                        C  C  S    S  S

$$
IAZ035-142100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          66          88          68          83
Temp             64 77 85 88 85 77 71 68 68 78 85 87 85 75 71 70 69 74 78 80 77
Dewpt            62 68 70 71 72 71 68 66 66 71 73 72 72 71 69 68 68 70 72 72 71
RH               93 74 61 57 65 82 90 93 93 79 67 61 65 87 93 93 97 87 82 77 82
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SE  S SW  W NW  N
Wind spd          3  6  9 10  8  6  6  8  6 10 10 10  8  6  6  6  5  8  9  9 10
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.26        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                       C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index             90 94 91                92 94 91
Max heat               91    95    87          92    96    87                84


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          61    75      59    79      64    84      66    84
Temp          66 63 72 72   63 61 74 76   67 67 79 80   70 67 79 80
Dewpt         66 62 65 64   61 60 65 66   66 66 71 72   69 67 70 71
PWind dir         N     N       N     E      SE     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    30      10    10      30    40      40    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  S                     C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C                        C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-142100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          66          88          70          90
Temp             66 78 85 88 85 77 71 67 68 80 85 87 85 77 74 71 72 80 86 88 86
Dewpt            64 69 68 68 68 68 66 66 67 72 71 70 71 71 70 70 71 74 74 75 74
RH               93 74 57 52 57 74 84 97 97 77 63 57 63 82 87 97 97 82 68 66 68
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW NW
Wind spd          2  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  8  6  5  5  6  6  6  9 10 10  9
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             S  S  C  C  C
Obvis           PF+
Heat index                                     90 92 91             85 94 98 94
Max heat               89    92    88          91    95    88          95   100
Dense Fog         Y


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          69    81      64    83      68    88      70    88
Temp          74 70 77 77   68 66 78 80   71 70 85 84   75 72 84 84
Dewpt         71 69 70 69   66 66 68 71   70 69 73 73   71 70 73 73
PWind dir         S    NW      NE     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         50    40      20    20      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S       C  C  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S        S       C  C  S    S  C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-142100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          65          87          67          80
Temp             64 78 84 87 84 75 71 68 67 78 84 87 84 74 71 69 69 73 76 78 74
Dewpt            62 67 69 70 70 70 68 65 65 70 71 70 70 70 68 67 68 69 70 70 69
RH               93 69 61 57 63 84 90 90 93 76 65 57 63 87 90 93 97 87 82 76 84
Wind dir         SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  N
Wind spd          4  6  8  9  8  6  6  8  8 10 12 10  8  5  6  5  5  8  9  9  9
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.18        0.25
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                                       C  C  C  S  C  C  C
Heat index                92                   89 92
Max heat               89    92    88          89    93    85


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          60    73      57    77      63    81      64    81
Temp          66 62 69 71   62 60 73 74   67 66 76 78   69 67 77 78
Dewpt         64 60 63 62   59 58 62 64   64 65 68 69   67 66 68 68
PWind dir         N     N       N     E      SE     S       S     E
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50    30      10    10      30    40      40    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  S                     C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  C                        C  C  C    S  C     S

$$
IAZ049-142100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          65          87          69          84
Temp             63 78 84 86 84 74 70 67 67 78 84 86 85 75 72 71 71 77 80 81 79
Dewpt            60 67 68 69 70 68 66 64 65 70 71 70 71 70 69 69 69 72 73 72 72
RH               90 69 59 57 63 82 87 90 93 76 65 59 63 84 90 93 93 85 79 74 79
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd          3  5  6  6  6  5  5  6  5  8  9  8  5  5  6  5  5  8  9  9  8
Clouds           FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.67
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Heat index                   89                89 91 90
Max heat               89    91    87          91    94    87          84    87


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          64    77      61    79      64    84      67    84
Temp          68 65 73 73   64 63 75 76   67 67 79 79   70 69 80 80
Dewpt         68 64 66 65   63 61 65 67   66 66 71 71   69 68 71 71
PWind dir         N     N       N     E      SE     S       S    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60    30      20    10      30    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  C    S                C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          L  C  C  S                     C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ086-142100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
631 AM CDT Mon Jul 14 2025

Date             Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed 07/16/25
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          67          88          70          90
Temp             66 78 85 88 85 75 71 69 69 80 85 87 85 77 74 72 72 80 85 87 84
Dewpt            65 70 68 68 69 68 67 66 68 72 71 72 72 73 72 71 71 75 75 76 75
RH               97 76 57 52 59 79 87 90 97 77 63 61 65 87 93 97 97 85 72 70 74
Wind dir          S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S SE  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          2  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  6  5  6  5  6  8  9 10  9
Clouds           SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  L
Tstms                                                             S  S  C  C  L
Obvis           PF+
Heat index                                     90 94 91             85 93 97 92
Max heat               88    92    88          91    95    88          95    98
Dense Fog         Y


Date          Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          69    81      65    81      67    88      71    88
Temp          74 70 78 76   68 66 77 78   70 70 82 83   74 72 84 83
Dewpt         73 69 71 70   67 66 68 70   69 69 73 74   72 71 73 73
PWind dir        SW    NW       N     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60    40      20    20      30    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     L  C  C  C    S  S  S  S       C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms          L  C  C  C       S     S       C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$