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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

IAZ060-070900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      43          72          50          80          59
Temp             64 55 49 45 43 59 67 71 67 57 53 53 52 66 76 79 75 67 65 63 60
Dewpt            42 44 43 42 40 45 43 43 44 44 44 43 42 46 50 51 50 51 52 51 53
RH               45 66 80 89 89 60 42 36 43 62 71 69 69 48 40 38 41 56 63 65 78
Wind dir         NW  N NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  3  2  1  2  2  3  3  4  5  5  6  8 11 13 13 11 10  9  9  9
Wind gust                                                  24 24
Clouds           SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          82      62    86      61    87      63    89      66    89
Temp          76 76   67 63 82 81   67 63 83 81   69 64 85 83   72 66 86 84
Dewpt         59 61   61 59 63 62   62 60 62 60   60 57 60 57   58 56 58 56
PWind dir         S       S    SE       E    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5     5      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S       S                                            S
Tstms                  S                                            S

$$
IAZ039-070900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      40          68          47          75          57
Temp             59 50 45 42 40 56 64 67 63 52 48 48 50 61 70 73 70 64 62 59 58
Dewpt            43 43 42 40 39 46 44 44 47 46 44 43 43 47 51 53 53 51 49 47 49
RH               55 77 89 93 96 69 48 43 56 80 86 83 77 60 51 49 55 63 62 64 72
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  4  3  3  2  4  5  4  2  2  4  5  9 11 13 14 12 12 11 11 10
Clouds           B1 FW CL CL FW CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                      S  S


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          75      57    81      58    80      58    82      61    83
Temp          69 70   62 59 76 75   62 58 76 74   63 59 78 75   67 63 79 76
Dewpt         58 60   57 56 64 64   60 57 62 62   58 55 61 61   57 55 61 61
PWind dir         S      SE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5       5     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     C  S    S  S                                         S
Tstms          S  S    S  S

$$
IAZ048-070900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      39          70          49          79          58
Temp             62 52 47 43 39 58 66 69 65 54 51 51 50 64 74 77 73 65 62 61 59
Dewpt            44 44 43 41 38 46 44 45 47 46 44 43 42 48 52 54 53 53 53 53 53
RH               52 74 86 93 96 64 45 42 52 74 77 74 74 56 46 45 49 65 72 75 80
Wind dir         NW  N NW NW NW  N NW  W SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  3  2  1  2  2  3  3  2  4  5  6  8 11 13 13 10  9  9  9  8
Wind gust                                                  24 24
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                                   S  C  S


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          81      60    83      60    84      61    87      64    87
Temp          74 74   64 61 79 78   65 60 80 78   67 62 81 79   69 65 83 80
Dewpt         61 63   61 59 65 65   63 59 64 63   60 57 62 61   59 56 60 60
PWind dir         S      SE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5    10      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     S       S  S                           S             S
Tstms          S       S                              S             S

$$
IAZ004-070900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      39          68          50          75          58
Temp             58 48 43 41 39 55 63 67 63 52 51 53 52 61 70 74 70 64 62 60 60
Dewpt            42 41 39 38 37 44 44 44 47 45 43 43 45 51 56 59 59 57 57 57 57
RH               55 77 86 89 92 66 50 43 56 77 74 69 77 70 61 59 68 78 84 90 90
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW SW  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  4  3  3  2  2  3  4  4  6  9 11 13 17 18 18 13 12 10 10  9
Clouds           SC FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                          S  C  S  C  C  S


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          78      57    79      58    79      61    81      63    83
Temp          72 72   61 59 74 74   61 59 75 75   65 62 76 76   67 64 78 76
Dewpt         63 64   59 57 64 64   59 57 64 65   59 56 63 64   59 57 63 63
PWind dir         S       E     E       E    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     0      10    10      30    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S                                      C  S       S  C  S
Tstms          S                                      S  S          S  S

$$
IAZ035-070900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      39          69          50          77          58
Temp             60 50 45 41 39 56 65 68 65 53 52 52 52 62 72 75 72 64 62 60 59
Dewpt            43 43 41 39 37 46 44 44 47 45 44 43 43 49 54 56 56 55 56 56 56
RH               53 77 86 92 92 69 46 42 52 74 74 71 71 62 53 52 57 73 81 87 90
Wind dir          N  N NW NW NW  N SW SW SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  5  6  9 10 13 16 16 11 10 10 10  9
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  S


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          80      58    82      59    82      61    85      64    86
Temp          74 74   62 59 78 77   63 60 78 77   66 62 80 78   67 64 81 79
Dewpt         62 63   61 58 65 65   61 58 64 63   60 57 62 62   59 57 62 62
PWind dir         S      SE     E       E    SE      SE    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     0       5    10      20    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     S       S                              S          S  S  S
Tstms          S       S                              S          S  S

$$
IAZ094-070900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      43          73          49          78          58
Temp             65 55 48 45 43 60 69 72 67 57 53 51 50 65 75 77 73 67 63 61 59
Dewpt            44 44 42 41 41 45 43 44 47 46 44 43 41 46 48 50 52 53 52 52 52
RH               46 66 80 86 93 58 39 37 49 67 71 74 71 50 38 39 48 61 67 72 78
Wind dir         NW  N  N  N  N  E  E SE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  4  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  8 10 13 13  9  8  8  8  8
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  S


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          81      60    85      61    87      62    88      65    87
Temp          74 75   66 61 82 80   68 62 84 81   69 63 84 82   70 66 85 81
Dewpt         57 60   58 57 61 62   60 58 59 60   58 57 58 59   57 55 57 57
PWind dir         S       S     S      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5     5      10     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     S

$$
IAZ017-070900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      38          66          46          73          57
Temp             57 48 44 40 38 55 63 65 62 50 47 50 51 60 69 72 69 62 60 59 58
Dewpt            43 42 40 39 37 45 44 44 46 43 42 42 41 47 53 55 54 54 52 53 53
RH               59 80 86 96 96 69 50 46 56 77 83 74 68 62 57 55 59 75 75 80 83
Wind dir         NW NW  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  4  3  3  3  2  3  3  2  3  5  8 10 13 16 14 11 10 10 10  9
Wind gust                                                     26
Clouds           SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                          S  S     C  C


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          75      56    79      56    78      57    80      61    82
Temp          69 70   61 58 75 73   60 58 75 73   63 59 76 75   66 63 78 76
Dewpt         61 62   59 57 64 63   58 55 62 62   57 55 62 62   58 55 63 62
PWind dir         S      SE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     0       5    10      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  S    S                              S  S          S  S
Tstms             S    S                                            S

$$
IAZ049-070900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      40          68          47          76          57
Temp             60 51 45 42 40 56 65 67 64 52 48 48 49 61 72 75 70 64 62 59 58
Dewpt            43 43 41 39 38 46 45 44 46 44 43 42 41 47 51 53 53 50 49 48 49
RH               53 74 86 89 92 69 48 43 52 74 83 80 74 60 48 46 55 60 62 67 72
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  4  2  2  2  2  3  2  2  3  5  5  8 11 13 13 10 10  9 10  9
Wind gust                                                  24
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                      S  S


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          78      57    81      58    81      58    83      62    85
Temp          71 72   63 59 77 75   63 59 78 75   65 60 79 77   67 63 81 77
Dewpt         59 60   56 57 64 65   61 57 63 63   58 55 62 61   57 54 61 61
PWind dir         S      SE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5       5     5      10    10      20    10
Rain shwrs     C       S  S                                         S
Tstms          S       S                                            S

$$
IAZ086-070900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
431 PM CDT Sat Sep 6 2025

Date           09/06/25      Sun 09/07/25            Mon 09/08/25            Tue
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                      42          71          47          79          58
Temp             63 53 47 44 42 59 67 70 66 54 50 49 49 64 75 78 73 65 62 61 59
Dewpt            43 43 42 41 40 46 44 43 46 44 43 43 42 47 48 50 51 49 47 46 48
RH               48 69 83 89 93 62 43 38 48 69 77 80 77 54 38 37 46 56 58 58 67
Wind dir         NW  N NW NW NW  N NW NW NE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  3  5  5  6 10 12 11  9  9  9  9  9
Clouds           FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C


Date           09/09  Wed 09/10/25  Thu 09/11/25  Fri 09/12/25  Sat 09/13/25
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          81      59    86      60    87      60    88      63    89
Temp          74 75   65 61 82 80   66 61 83 81   68 62 84 82   70 64 86 82
Dewpt         55 57   54 54 61 62   61 58 61 61   59 56 58 57   56 55 57 58
PWind dir         S       S    SW       E     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5      10     5      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     C       S  S
Tstms                  S

$$