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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

IAZ060-020900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      56          78          60          72          45
Temp             71 66 61 58 56 68 76 78 76 67 64 62 60 68 71 67 64 57 52 49 46
Dewpt            56 58 58 57 56 59 57 57 58 59 59 59 58 62 62 58 52 49 47 44 42
RH               59 75 90 96100 73 52 48 54 75 84 90 93 81 73 73 65 75 83 83 86
Wind dir          E NE NE  N  N NE  N NW  W SW SW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd          4  3  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  3  4  5  5  9 11 12 12  9  6  5  5
Clouds           SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.23           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                              S  C  S  C  S


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          69      52    68      45    71      47    74      52    77
Temp          64 66   61 55 66 65   52 46 68 67   52 48 71 70   56 53 72 72
Dewpt         43 46   51 48 45 43   44 42 43 45   46 44 47 48   48 48 51 52
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NW    NW       E     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      30     5       0     0       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs             S  C
Tstms                  S

$$
IAZ039-020900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      54          77          58          69          43
Temp             70 63 58 56 54 67 75 76 72 64 61 60 59 65 65 64 62 54 49 46 44
Dewpt            55 56 55 54 53 58 59 59 61 60 59 58 58 61 59 54 50 48 45 43 41
RH               59 78 90 93 96 73 58 56 68 87 93 93 96 87 81 70 65 80 86 89 89
Wind dir          E  E  E  N NE SW  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          3  2  2  1  1  2  5  5  5  4  5  6  6 10 12 14 13 10  8  6  5
Clouds           FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          20          40          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.19           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S        C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                  S        C  C  C  S  C
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          65      49    65      43    66      44    69      47    72
Temp          61 61   55 51 62 60   48 45 64 62   49 45 66 65   52 49 69 67
Dewpt         44 47   49 47 46 45   44 42 46 47   45 43 48 50   47 45 52 54
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      40     5       0     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs             C  C
Tstms                  S

$$
IAZ048-020900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      55          78          58          71          43
Temp             71 65 59 56 55 67 75 77 75 64 62 60 59 67 69 66 62 54 49 46 43
Dewpt            57 59 58 56 55 61 60 60 61 60 60 59 58 63 60 55 51 49 46 43 41
RH               61 81 96100100 81 60 56 62 87 93 96 96 87 73 68 67 83 89 89 93
Wind dir          E NE NE NE  N  N NW  W SW SW  W SW  W  W NW  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd          3  2  2  1  1  2  3  4  3  3  4  5  5  8 10 13 11  9  5  5  5
Clouds           SC FW B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          30          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.17           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                           S  C  C  S  C


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          67      50    67      43    69      45    72      50    75
Temp          63 64   58 51 64 62   48 44 66 65   50 46 68 67   53 50 71 69
Dewpt         44 48   51 47 46 46   44 42 45 48   46 44 49 51   48 47 53 55
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW    NW      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      30     5       0     0       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs             C  C
Tstms                  S

$$
IAZ004-020900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      57          75          56          65          41
Temp             69 64 60 58 57 65 71 75 73 64 61 59 57 60 60 62 59 50 46 44 42
Dewpt            61 60 59 57 56 61 61 61 62 59 59 58 56 56 52 50 46 43 41 39 38
RH               76 87 96 96 96 87 71 62 68 84 93 96 96 87 75 65 62 77 83 82 86
Wind dir         SE  S SW  W SW  W  W SW SW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          3  2  3  3  4  5  9 10  8  8  8  6  8 12 16 18 13 10  8  6  6
Clouds           SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          70          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.19        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S     L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                         S  S  S     C  C  S  S  S


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          67      47    62      42    66      43    68      50    73
Temp          60 63   53 49 58 58   46 44 61 62   47 45 64 64   52 51 69 68
Dewpt         44 50   47 42 45 44   41 39 45 48   44 42 49 52   48 47 55 58
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW    NW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      30     0       0     0       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs             C
Tstms                  S

$$
IAZ035-020900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      55          77          58          69          41
Temp             71 63 58 56 55 67 73 76 74 64 61 60 58 65 65 65 62 52 47 44 42
Dewpt            57 58 58 56 55 61 61 61 61 61 59 59 58 61 56 52 49 47 43 41 40
RH               61 84100100100 81 66 60 64 90 93 96100 87 73 63 62 83 86 89 93
Wind dir          E  E SE  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW  W
Wind spd          3  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  5  5  5  5 10 12 14 13  9  5  5  5
Clouds           FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          60          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C  C     S
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          69      48    66      42    69      44    72      49    75
Temp          62 64   56 50 63 61   47 43 65 63   49 46 67 66   52 50 70 70
Dewpt         44 49   50 45 46 45   43 40 45 48   45 43 49 52   48 47 55 56
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW    NW       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      40     0       0     0       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs             C
Tstms                  S

$$
IAZ094-020900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      56          75          58          75          45
Temp             66 64 61 58 56 67 73 75 73 64 61 60 58 69 73 71 62 56 52 48 46
Dewpt            57 58 58 57 56 60 57 58 60 60 59 58 58 62 63 62 57 53 49 46 43
RH               73 81 90 96100 78 57 55 64 87 93 93100 78 71 73 84 90 89 93 89
Wind dir         SE  N  N  N  N NE NE  N SW  W  W SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd          2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  6 10 10 10  8  5  5  5
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.26        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                 C  C  C  C


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          68      52    68      45    71      47    73      52    73
Temp          64 65   58 54 66 63   51 46 67 65   52 49 69 68   56 53 70 69
Dewpt         44 49   49 49 47 47   45 43 43 48   47 45 47 51   48 49 52 54
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NW    NW      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    10       0     0       0     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                S                                            S
Tstms                     S

$$
IAZ017-020900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      54          75          56          65          40
Temp             67 62 57 56 55 66 72 73 72 63 61 59 57 61 62 62 59 51 47 44 42
Dewpt            54 55 54 54 55 61 62 61 62 59 59 59 57 58 55 51 47 44 42 40 39
RH               63 78 90 93100 84 71 66 71 87 93100100 90 78 67 64 77 83 86 89
Wind dir          E SE  S SW SW  W  W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          2  1  1  1  1  2  5  6  5  5  6  6  6 10 13 14 13 10  6  5  5
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds           FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          70          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.20        0.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S  S  S  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                            S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          64      46    62      41    65      42    67      47    72
Temp          60 60   53 48 60 58   46 43 62 60   46 44 64 63   50 49 68 67
Dewpt         44 48   49 45 46 45   41 40 46 47   43 41 49 50   45 45 54 55
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW    NW      NW    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      40     0       0     0       0     0       5    10
Rain shwrs             C
Tstms                  S

$$
IAZ049-020900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      54          77          58          70          41
Temp             69 63 58 55 54 67 75 76 72 64 61 59 58 65 68 65 61 53 48 44 43
Dewpt            55 56 55 53 53 59 59 59 60 59 58 58 57 61 61 55 51 48 45 41 40
RH               61 78 90 93 96 75 58 56 66 84 90 96 96 87 78 70 70 83 89 89 89
Wind dir          E  E  E NE NE  E  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          2  2  2  2  1  2  2  3  2  3  5  5  5  9 10 13 11  9  6  5  5
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          30          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.32           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                           S  C  C  S  C


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          65      48    65      42    67      43    70      48    72
Temp          61 62   56 51 62 60   48 43 64 62   49 45 66 65   52 49 69 67
Dewpt         44 47   49 47 47 46   43 41 46 48   45 42 49 51   46 45 53 54
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      40     5       0     0       0     0      10    10
Rain shwrs             C  C
Tstms                  S

$$
IAZ086-020900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
545 PM CDT Mon Sep 1 2025

Date           09/01/25      Tue 09/02/25            Wed 09/03/25            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                      55          80          58          75          45
Temp             71 65 61 57 56 70 77 80 77 66 62 60 59 71 72 71 64 56 52 49 46
Dewpt            54 56 56 55 54 58 55 55 57 57 58 58 58 62 63 62 57 53 49 47 45
RH               55 73 84 93 93 66 47 42 50 73 87 93 96 73 73 73 78 90 89 93 96
Wind dir          E  E NE NE NE  E NE NW  W  W  W  W SW  W  W NW  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          4  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  3  5  5  9 10 12 11  9  8  6  5
Clouds           SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.31        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S  C  C


Date           09/04  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25  Sun 09/07/25  Mon 09/08/25
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          69      52    70      44    71      46    74      51    76
Temp          65 65   58 54 66 65   51 46 68 67   52 47 70 70   55 52 71 70
Dewpt         43 45   48 49 46 45   45 44 43 46   47 44 45 48   48 47 50 53
PWind dir         W      SW    NW      NW    NW       N    NE       E     S
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW CL CL FW   CL FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      30    10       0     0       0     0      10    20
Rain shwrs                C                                            S
Tstms                     S

$$