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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

IAZ060-230900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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                      65          78          52          75          49
Temp                   70 67 65 71 76 77 74 64 59 55 54 66 73 74 71 63 57 53 51
Dewpt                  67 66 65 61 57 56 55 55 54 52 51 54 53 53 52 53 51 49 47
RH                     90 97100 71 52 48 51 73 83 90 90 65 49 48 51 70 80 86 86
Wind dir                W NW NW  N NW NW  N  N NW NW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                4  4  6 10 12 13 10  5  4  4  5  8 11 12  9  5  4  4  4
Clouds                 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms                   S


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          72      48    75      51    79      56    79      59    79
Temp          69 68   54 50 71 71   56 52 75 76   62 58 75 76   64 60 75 75
Dewpt         47 47   48 46 47 48   48 46 49 52   52 52 55 56   56 56 57 56
PWind dir        NW       N     N      SE    SW      SW     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-230900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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                      62          73          50          70          46
Temp                   69 64 62 67 71 71 67 58 55 53 51 63 68 68 65 56 52 49 48
Dewpt                  67 64 61 58 56 56 54 54 52 50 49 54 54 52 51 49 48 46 45
RH                     93100 97 73 59 59 63 86 90 89 93 72 61 57 60 77 86 89 89
Wind dir                W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                4  5  8 12 14 16 12  8  5  5  6 10 13 14 11  8  5  5  5
Clouds                 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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      46    71      48    74      53    77      54    75
Temp          66 63   51 48 69 66   52 49 71 70   58 55 74 71   59 56 73 70
Dewpt         48 49   47 46 49 50   48 46 52 56   53 52 59 59   55 53 57 58
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       S    SW       S    SW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL FW   CL FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S

$$
IAZ048-230900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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                      63          75          50          73          46
Temp                   69 65 63 68 73 74 70 60 55 53 51 64 71 72 68 58 53 49 47
Dewpt                  68 65 63 59 56 57 56 55 53 51 50 55 54 54 53 52 50 47 46
RH                     97100100 73 55 55 61 84 93 93 96 73 55 53 59 80 89 93 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                2  3  6 10 13 13 10  5  3  3  4  8 11 12  9  5  4  4  4
Clouds                 B2 SC FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms                   S


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          71      46    73      49    78      54    78      57    78
Temp          67 66   51 47 70 69   53 50 73 73   60 55 75 73   62 58 74 73
Dewpt         48 49   48 46 48 51   49 46 52 55   53 52 57 59   56 54 57 58
PWind dir        NW       N     N      SE    SW       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S

$$
IAZ004-230900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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          71          49          69          44
Temp                   64 59 56 64 67 69 68 56 53 51 50 62 67 68 64 54 49 47 46
Dewpt                  63 55 51 53 52 53 53 51 50 48 47 52 51 50 49 46 45 44 43
RH                     97 87 83 67 59 57 59 83 89 89 89 70 56 52 58 74 86 89 89
Wind dir                W NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                5  9 10 14 18 16 10  6  5  6  6 11 14 14 11  6  5  5  5
Clouds                 FW CL CL FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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      45    72      49    77      54    77      55    75
Temp          64 64   49 46 68 68   53 51 72 72   59 55 72 72   59 56 71 71
Dewpt         45 48   45 44 47 51   48 46 53 58   54 52 58 59   55 54 58 59
PWind dir         N      NW    NW       S    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                             S

$$
IAZ035-230900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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                      59          73          49          73          46
Temp                   66 63 59 65 71 71 69 58 54 51 50 63 70 71 66 56 51 48 46
Dewpt                  66 63 57 57 55 55 56 53 51 49 49 54 53 53 52 50 47 46 45
RH                    100100 93 75 57 57 63 83 90 93 96 72 55 53 61 80 86 93 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                3  5  8 12 13 13  9  5  4  4  5  9 12 13  9  5  4  4  4
Clouds                 B1 SC FW CL SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          70      45    72      49    78      54    77      55    76
Temp          66 65   50 46 69 68   53 50 73 72   59 55 75 73   60 56 73 72
Dewpt         48 50   47 45 49 52   48 46 54 58   53 52 58 60   56 54 58 59
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SE     S       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S

$$
IAZ094-230900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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                      65          80          52          75          51
Temp                   69 68 66 73 78 80 76 63 58 55 53 67 73 74 71 63 59 56 53
Dewpt                  64 65 65 65 61 57 57 56 55 53 52 54 53 53 55 55 54 52 49
RH                     84 90 97 76 56 45 52 78 90 93 96 63 49 48 57 75 83 86 86
Wind dir               SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                3  3  5  9 10 10  8  5  3  3  3  5  9  9  5  4  4  3  3
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Tstms                      S


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          72      48    74      50    77      56    76      57    76
Temp          69 68   54 49 71 71   55 51 74 73   60 57 72 73   62 59 73 72
Dewpt         48 49   48 46 47 48   48 46 49 53   53 52 55 57   58 57 58 57
PWind dir         N       N     N       E     S      SW     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                               S  S       S  C  S
Tstms                                                    S

$$
IAZ017-230900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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          70          48          68          43
Temp                   65 62 57 64 68 68 66 55 52 51 50 61 66 66 63 53 49 47 46
Dewpt                  64 60 55 56 55 55 54 51 50 49 48 53 52 52 50 48 45 45 43
RH                     97 93 93 75 63 63 65 86 93 93 93 75 61 61 62 83 86 93 89
Wind dir                W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  6  9 13 16 14 10  6  5  5  5 10 13 14 10  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                                                  24
Clouds                 SC FW CL FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          66      44    69      47    73      52    75      53    74
Temp          64 63   49 46 67 65   50 48 69 69   57 54 72 70   57 54 71 70
Dewpt         48 50   45 44 49 51   46 45 54 58   53 51 59 60   54 52 59 59
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       S    SW      SW    SW      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW CL FW   CL FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S

$$
IAZ049-230900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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                      62          74          49          71          46
Temp                   68 64 62 68 72 73 69 58 54 51 50 63 69 70 66 56 52 48 47
Dewpt                  67 64 62 59 57 56 55 54 51 49 49 54 53 53 52 50 47 45 44
RH                     97100100 73 59 55 61 86 90 93 96 72 57 55 61 80 83 89 89
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  4  8 11 13 13 10  5  5  5  5  9 12 13  9  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 B2 SC FW FW FW SC FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms                   S


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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      46    72      48    76      53    77      54    76
Temp          66 64   51 47 69 67   52 49 71 71   59 55 74 72   60 56 73 71
Dewpt         48 49   47 45 47 49   47 45 50 55   52 50 57 58   54 52 57 57
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SE     S       S    SW      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL CL   CL FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                             S  S

$$
IAZ086-230900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1029 PM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Date           08/22/25      Sat 08/23/25            Sun 08/24/25            Mon
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                      66          79          52          75          49
Temp                   68 68 66 73 78 77 72 62 57 54 53 66 72 73 70 61 57 53 51
Dewpt                  65 65 65 66 61 58 57 56 54 52 52 55 53 53 54 53 52 50 48
RH                     90 90 97 79 56 52 59 81 90 93 96 68 51 49 57 75 83 89 89
Wind dir               SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW
Wind spd                3  5  5 10 11 12 10  6  5  5  5  9 11 11  9  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC CL CL CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S
Tstms                      S


Date           08/25  Tue 08/26/25  Wed 08/27/25  Thu 08/28/25  Fri 08/29/25
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          71      48    72      49    77      55    78      56    77
Temp          68 67   53 49 69 69   55 51 73 73   61 57 75 74   62 58 74 73
Dewpt         48 49   49 47 47 49   48 47 50 54   52 52 56 57   56 54 56 57
PWind dir        NW      NW     N       E     S       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW CL CL FW   CL FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                          S  S  S

$$