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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

IAZ060-310900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      63          75          61          73          56
Temp          82 78 71 67 65 63 67 74 74 73 67 66 63 63 66 71 72 71 64 61 59 58
Dewpt         60 62 64 64 63 62 62 63 63 63 63 62 62 61 61 60 60 59 59 58 57 56
RH            47 58 79 90 93 97 84 69 69 71 87 87 97 93 84 68 66 66 84 90 93 93
Wind dir      SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE NE NE NE  N
Wind spd       5  6  6  5  5  5  6  8  8  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  4  3  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          50          40          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.25        0.15        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C              S  S
Tstms          S  S  S  S  S  S     C  C  S  S  S     S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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    67      44    64      46    72      48    77
Temp          75 74   62 60 64 62   51 46 61 62   51 49 69 69   55 50 72 72
Dewpt         57 57   57 57 52 45   42 40 39 40   41 42 45 46   48 45 49 49
PWind dir         E       W    NW      NW    NW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      30    30       5     5      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                C  C
Tstms                     S  S

$$
IAZ039-310900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      58          75          55          75          54
Temp          77 74 65 61 59 58 67 74 75 71 63 59 57 58 65 71 75 71 62 58 55 55
Dewpt         64 65 63 61 59 58 60 61 61 60 58 56 55 54 57 58 59 59 57 56 54 53
RH            64 74 93100100100 78 64 62 68 84 90 93 86 75 63 58 66 84 93 96 93
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       6  5  5  5  5  5  8  9  8  5  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                       S
Tstms          S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          77      55    64      42    59      44    67      46    71
Temp          74 72   60 57 61 59   47 43 56 56   47 46 64 62   51 47 68 66
Dewpt         58 59   57 55 52 46   40 39 40 41   41 40 46 49   46 44 50 52
PWind dir         S       W    NW      NW    NW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC B1 B2 SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      40    40       5     5      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs        S       C  C
Tstms                     C  S

$$
IAZ048-310900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      61          76          59          74          55
Temp          81 75 68 65 63 61 68 74 75 72 66 63 61 60 66 71 73 71 63 59 57 56
Dewpt         63 65 65 63 62 61 63 63 64 63 64 62 60 59 62 61 61 60 60 58 56 55
RH            54 71 90 93 97100 84 69 69 73 93 97 97 96 87 71 66 68 90 96 96 96
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E NE NE
Wind spd       6  6  5  5  5  5  6  8  8  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          40          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.08        0.12        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S     S  C  C  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  S  S              S  S  S
Tstms          C  S     S  S        S  S  S     S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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      55    66      42    63      44    72      46    75
Temp          74 73   61 57 63 61   48 43 59 59   49 47 67 67   52 47 71 70
Dewpt         58 59   58 56 51 46   42 40 39 41   41 42 46 48   47 45 50 51
PWind dir         S       W    NW      NW    NW       W    NW      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW   CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr         20      50    30       5     5      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S       S  C  C
Tstms                  S  C  S

$$
IAZ004-310900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      59          75          58          73          56
Temp          77 74 64 61 59 59 66 73 75 73 63 61 59 59 65 70 71 70 61 58 58 57
Dewpt         62 64 63 61 59 59 62 63 63 63 61 60 58 58 61 61 62 61 59 58 57 56
RH            60 71 97100100100 87 71 66 71 93 97 96 96 87 73 73 73 93100 96 96
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  6  5  5  5  5  8  9  9  6  5  4  3  3  4  5  5  4  3  4  4  4
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40          30          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.01        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S              S  S  S  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S  C
Tstms          S                    S  S                    S  S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          77      51    61      40    60      44    68      46    72
Temp          72 71   59 53 58 57   45 41 56 58   47 46 64 64   50 47 68 68
Dewpt         60 60   57 51 45 41   38 37 38 39   40 40 45 46   43 43 49 52
PWind dir        SW      NW     N      NW    NW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      60    20       5     5       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  L  S
Tstms             C    C  S

$$
IAZ035-310900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      60          76          58          74          55
Temp          80 76 66 62 61 60 65 74 75 72 65 63 60 59 65 70 72 70 62 58 57 56
Dewpt         64 65 65 62 61 60 63 63 63 63 62 61 60 59 61 61 61 61 60 58 57 56
RH            58 69 97100100100 93 69 66 73 90 93100100 87 73 68 73 93100100100
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E NE NE
Wind spd       8  6  5  5  5  5  6  8  9  5  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  4  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          50          40          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.08        0.06        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S     S  S  C  C  S  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S        S  S  S
Tstms          C  S        S        S  C  S                 S  S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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      54    65      41    63      44    71      46    75
Temp          73 72   59 55 62 59   47 42 58 59   47 46 66 65   51 47 70 69
Dewpt         59 59   57 54 48 44   39 38 39 41   40 41 45 48   45 44 50 52
PWind dir        SW       W     N      NW    NW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      50    20       5     5       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  S    C  C  S
Tstms             S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-310900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      64          72          60          70          57
Temp          81 77 70 68 65 64 68 71 71 69 65 63 62 62 64 66 69 67 63 61 59 58
Dewpt         59 61 62 62 62 62 63 63 63 63 64 63 62 61 62 60 60 60 59 58 58 57
RH            47 58 76 81 90 93 84 76 76 81 97100100 97 93 81 73 78 87 90 96 96
Wind dir      SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd       5  3  4  5  5  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  3  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          50          50          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.04        0.31        0.21           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S        S  S  S
Tstms             S  S  C  C  S  S  S  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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      55    68      43    64      45    72      47    75
Temp          72 71   60 58 65 61   50 45 61 60   50 48 67 67   53 49 72 71
Dewpt         57 59   57 57 56 48   44 41 39 41   42 42 46 48   48 46 50 52
PWind dir        NE       W    NW       N    NW       W     W      NW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   FW SC B1 B1   FW FW SC SC   SC SC FW FW   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      20    40       5     5       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S          S  C  S
Tstms                     S  S

$$
IAZ017-310900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      57          75          55          73          54
Temp          76 74 64 60 58 58 67 73 75 71 61 58 56 58 65 70 72 70 61 58 56 56
Dewpt         64 64 62 60 58 57 61 62 62 61 59 56 54 53 58 60 59 60 58 56 55 54
RH            66 71 93100100 96 81 68 64 71 93 93 93 83 78 71 64 71 90 93 96 93
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd       6  5  4  4  4  4  6  8  6  5  3  2  2  2  3  4  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S              S  S  S  S              S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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      52    61      40    58      43    67      45    70
Temp          73 71   59 55 59 56   44 42 55 55   46 45 63 62   49 47 67 66
Dewpt         59 60   57 53 48 43   38 37 40 41   39 39 46 48   43 43 50 52
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NW    NW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      50    30       0     5      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C  C
Tstms             S    C  C  S

$$
IAZ049-310900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      58          75          56          74          53
Temp          79 73 66 62 60 58 65 73 75 71 64 60 57 59 65 70 74 70 62 58 55 54
Dewpt         64 65 64 62 59 58 61 62 62 62 61 59 56 55 59 59 59 59 57 56 54 53
RH            60 76 93100 96100 87 68 64 73 90 96 96 87 81 68 59 68 84 93 96 96
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd       8  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  6  4  3  3  3  3  4  5  4  2  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          20          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02        0.19           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S           C  S  C  C        S  S  S  S
Tstms          S                    S  S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          77      54    65      41    60      43    69      45    72
Temp          74 72   60 56 62 59   47 42 57 57   47 45 65 64   51 47 69 67
Dewpt         58 59   56 55 52 45   40 38 40 41   40 40 47 48   46 43 50 52
PWind dir         S       W    NW      NW    NW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20      40    30       5     5      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs        S       C  C
Tstms                     S  S

$$
IAZ086-310900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
300 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

Date           08/30/25      Sun 08/31/25            Mon 09/01/25            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                      62          77          59          75          55
Temp          83 77 70 67 64 62 70 76 77 74 67 64 61 60 68 73 75 72 63 60 58 56
Dewpt         62 64 64 63 62 60 62 62 62 63 62 61 58 58 59 58 57 58 57 56 55 54
RH            49 64 81 87 93 93 76 62 60 69 84 90 90 93 73 59 54 61 81 87 90 93
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E NE NE NE
Wind spd       5  6  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  4  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  4  3  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.31        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S        S  C     S  C        C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  S        S        S  S


Date           09/02  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25  Fri 09/05/25  Sat 09/06/25
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          77      56    70      43    63      45    71      47    75
Temp          75 73   61 59 67 61   49 45 60 59   49 48 67 66   53 49 71 69
Dewpt         57 58   57 57 55 49   44 40 39 41   42 41 46 48   47 45 50 52
PWind dir        NE       W    NW      NW    NW       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW SC B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         10      20    50       5     5      10    10       5     0
Rain shwrs                S  C  C
Tstms                        S  S

$$