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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

IAZ060-161000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                       1          28          22          37          26
Temp                       3  4  9 20 27 24 25 26 28 27 28 34 36 31 29 29 29 30
Dewpt                     -3 -3  0  7 13 17 22 24 26 25 27 28 29 27 26 27 27 27
RH                        75 72 66 56 55 74 88 92 92 92 96 78 75 85 88 92 92 88
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  2  5 10 11 10 11 10 10 10 10 11  9  5  5  8  9 10
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                      -1  9 17 14 14 16 19 17 19 26 30 25 22 21 20 21
Min chill              -3    -4    -5    10    11    16    17    24    20    20


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          44      16    21       2    10      -3     9      -3    18
Temp          40 36 29   20 18 15  9    4  6  9  3   -2  4  8  1   -2 12 15
Dewpt         32 30 23   12  5  1 -4   -7 -9-10-11  -12-11 -9-11  -11 -5  0
PWind dir        SW       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B2 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ039-161000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                       0          25          21          37          25
Temp                       1  1  6 17 24 23 23 23 26 26 29 34 35 29 27 27 27 28
Dewpt                     -5 -5 -3  3 10 14 19 21 24 25 27 27 27 25 25 24 25 25
RH                        75 75 66 53 54 68 84 92 92 96 92 75 72 85 92 88 92 88
Wind dir                   W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  2  5 12 13 12 12 11 11 13 13 14 12  5  5  8 10 11
Wind gust                                               24
Clouds                    CL CL FW SC B2 OV B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                  C
Wind chill                      -6  4 11 10 11 13 15 15 18 24 27 23 20 18 17 18
Min chill              -3    -6   -10     7     8    12    15    22    17    16


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          43      14    20      -2     7      -7     6      -6    15
Temp          39 34 27   18 17 13  6    1  2  6 -1   -5  1  5 -3   -6  8 11
Dewpt         31 28 21    9  3  0 -5  -10-12-13-14  -14-14-12-15  -15 -9 -5
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ048-161000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      -3          27          21          36          24
Temp                       0  1  6 18 25 24 25 26 26 26 27 33 35 28 26 27 27 28
Dewpt                     -4 -5  0  8 16 19 23 23 25 25 27 30 30 28 26 26 26 27
RH                        83 75 76 64 68 81 92 88 96 96100 89 82100100 96 96 96
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  2  5 10 12 10 10 10 10 11 10 11 10  5  5  8  9 10
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                      -4  6 14 13 14 16 16 15 17 24 28 22 19 19 18 19
Min chill              -2    -8    -8     9    12    14    14    22    18    17


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          42      13    19      -1     7      -6     8      -5    16
Temp          38 33 26   17 16 13  6    1  4  6  0   -5  2  7 -2   -5 10 13
Dewpt         33 30 22   10  4  1 -4   -8-10-10-12  -13-10 -9-11  -12 -4  1
PWind dir         W       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ004-161000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                       0          30          23          36          25
Temp                       0  2  7 20 29 29 26 26 26 24 26 32 35 29 27 29 29 28
Dewpt                     -6 -5  0 11 20 24 25 24 26 23 24 27 27 26 25 26 26 27
RH                        75 72 72 67 69 81 96 92100 96 92 81 72 88 92 88 88 96
Wind dir                   S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                   5  9 13 17 19 16 14 13 13 14 13 13 11  8 11 14 16 14
Wind gust                             29 26
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill               -12-13 -9  5 16 17 14 15 14 11 14 22 27 21 17 18 17 17
Min chill             -10   -14   -14     8    14    11    11    20    17    16


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          40       6    13      -8     3     -12     3     -10    15
Temp          36 31 19    9 10  7  1   -5 -2  2 -5  -11 -3  2 -6   -9  8 10
Dewpt         29 23 13    0 -2 -5 -9  -15-15-13-15  -17-15-12-16  -17 -8 -2
PWind dir        NW       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ035-161000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      -5          29          21          37          24
Temp                      -1  1  7 20 27 26 25 24 25 24 26 33 35 29 27 27 27 28
Dewpt                     -6 -5  0 10 18 21 24 23 24 23 26 28 29 27 26 26 26 27
RH                        79 75 72 64 68 81 96 96 96 96100 82 78 92 96 96 96 96
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  3  8 12 13 11 10 10 10 11 10 11 10  5  6  9 10 10
Clouds                    B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                -7 -8 -5  7 15 15 14 14 15 14 16 25 28 23 20 18 17 19
Min chill              -9    -9   -10     9    12    12    12    22    17    17


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          42       9    16      -5     7      -8     6      -7    16
Temp          38 32 23   13 13 10  4   -2  2  5 -2   -7  1  5 -4   -6 10 12
Dewpt         32 26 18    5  1 -3 -7  -12-13-13-13  -15-12-11-14  -14 -5 -1
PWind dir         W       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ094-161000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                       5          26          19          38          26
Temp                       6  6 10 20 25 20 22 24 28 27 29 36 37 30 28 27 28 28
Dewpt                     -3 -2  0  6 11 16 20 22 26 25 27 30 29 27 26 27 27 28
RH                        66 69 63 54 55 84 92 92 92 92 92 79 72 88 92100 96100
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  3  5 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 10  8  5  5  8 10 10
Clouds                    B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                       0  8 14  9 11 14 18 17 20 28 31 24 21 19 19 19
Min chill               2    -2    -4     8     8    14    17    23    18    18


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          43      18    23       4    12      -3    11      -2    17
Temp          39 34 30   22 20 17 11    6  9 10  4   -2  6  9  1   -2 12 14
Dewpt         32 30 26   15  7  2 -1   -5 -8-10 -9  -11-11 -9-11  -11 -4  1
PWind dir        SW       N     N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B2 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ017-161000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      -1          26          21          35          24
Temp                       0 -1  5 17 24 24 23 24 26 26 27 31 33 28 26 26 27 28
Dewpt                     -7 -7 -3  6 14 19 22 22 25 25 26 27 27 25 24 24 25 25
RH                        71 75 69 61 65 81 96 92 96 96 96 85 78 88 92 92 92 88
Wind dir                  SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                   3  5 10 13 16 13 13 12 13 14 14 14 11  5  8 10 12 12
Wind gust                             26 24          25
Clouds                    FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                -7-12-10  3 10 12 11 13 15 14 16 21 25 22 18 16 16 17
Min chill              -5   -12   -14     7     9    13    13    20    16    15


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          40       9    15      -8     3     -11     3     -10    14
Temp          36 31 22   13 11  8  1   -5 -1  1 -5  -10 -3  2 -6   -9  7  9
Dewpt         31 25 16    4  1 -3 -8  -13-13-13-15  -16-15-13-16  -17 -9 -4
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ049-161000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                      -3          25          19          36          24
Temp                      -1  0  5 16 23 22 21 23 24 24 27 33 34 27 25 25 26 27
Dewpt                     -6 -5 -1  7 13 15 20 20 23 24 27 28 29 26 24 24 25 26
RH                        79 79 76 67 65 74 96 88 96100100 82 82 96 96 96 96 96
Wind dir                  SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  2  5 11 13 11 11 10 10 11 11 13 10  5  5  8 10 11
Clouds                    SC SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                      -6  4 11 10 10 11 14 13 17 23 26 20 18 17 16 17
Min chill              -7    -9   -10     6     8    12    13    19    16    16


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          42      14    19      -3     7      -7     6      -6    15
Temp          37 33 26   17 16 12  5   -1  3  5 -1   -5  1  5 -3   -6  9 11
Dewpt         32 29 21    9  5  0 -4  -10-11-12-12  -14-12-11-13  -14 -7 -2
PWind dir        SW       N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ086-161000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1214 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date           01/14/25      Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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                       2          26          20          37          25
Temp                       4  5 10 21 26 22 22 24 26 26 29 34 36 30 28 28 29 29
Dewpt                     -3 -3  0  5 10 14 18 21 25 25 27 29 29 27 26 27 27 27
RH                        72 69 63 49 50 71 84 88 96 96 92 82 75 88 92 96 92 92
Wind dir                  SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  2  5 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 10  5  5  8 10 11
Wind gust                                   23 23    23
Clouds                    FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                       0 10 15 11 10 12 15 15 18 25 29    21 20 20 20
Min chill              -3    -4    -4     9     8    11    15    24    19    18


Date           01/17/25  Sat 01/18/25  Sun 01/19/25  Mon 01/20/25  Tue 01/21/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          46      19    24       3    11      -2    10      -2    17
Temp          41 36 32   23 21 18 11    6  7 10  4   -1  5 10  1   -1 12 14
Dewpt         33 32 26   16  8  3 -1   -5 -8-10-10  -11-10 -9-10  -11 -5  1
PWind dir        SW      NW     N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B2 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$