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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

IAZ060-160900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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                      67          90          70          86          67
Temp             78 73 70 68 69 78 85 88 88 79 75 72 72 77 82 82 78 73 71 69 68
Dewpt            70 68 67 65 66 69 68 67 66 68 67 67 68 68 69 68 67 67 67 66 66
RH               76 84 90 90 90 74 57 50 48 69 76 84 87 74 65 63 69 81 87 90 93
Wind dir         SE  E SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SE SE NW
Wind spd          5  4  4  4  4  6  8  9  9  6  6  6  6  6  6  8  8  6  8  8  9
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     40           5          30          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.26        0.02        0.01        0.43        1.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  S                 S  S  C  C  S  S  L  L  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms             C  S  S                 S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  C  C  C  S


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    85      66    90      76    93      75    92
Temp          77 79   68 64 81 83   71 69 84 88   81 77 89 90   81 77 88 88
Dewpt         67 66   63 61 64 64   63 65 70 71   70 68 70 69   68 68 69 67
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      10     5      10    10       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     C  C
Tstms          S  C

$$
IAZ039-160900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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          86          68          85          65
Temp             78 71 70 68 68 75 82 85 84 75 72 70 70 77 81 82 80 72 69 67 66
Dewpt            69 69 67 65 66 67 67 67 67 66 66 66 67 68 67 65 65 66 65 64 65
RH               74 93 90 90 93 76 61 55 57 74 81 87 90 74 63 56 60 81 87 90 97
Wind dir         SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W SW  W  N  N NE  E NE
Wind spd          5  4  4  4  5  6  9 10 10  8  8  6  5  6  8  8  6  5  5  6  9
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          30          50          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.09        0.12        0.50        0.63
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms             C  C  S  S  S  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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      61    85      64    89      72    93      74    92
Temp          78 77   66 64 81 82   69 67 84 84   76 75 89 90   79 75 88 88
Dewpt         64 63   62 60 62 62   61 62 67 67   68 68 70 70   68 68 69 68
PWind dir         N      NW    NW       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      20    10      20    10      20     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  C    S                S             S
Tstms          S  C    S                S             S

$$
IAZ048-160900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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          88          69          84          65
Temp             79 71 69 67 68 77 84 87 86 77 73 71 70 76 80 81 78 71 69 67 67
Dewpt            71 69 67 66 67 69 70 70 69 69 68 67 69 69 69 69 68 67 67 66 66
RH               77 93 93 97 97 76 63 57 57 76 84 87 97 79 69 67 71 87 93 97 97
Wind dir          E  E SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W SW  S  S  S  E  E  E  N
Wind spd          5  4  4  4  4  8  9 10 10  8  6  6  5  6  6  8  8  6  6  6  8
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          10          40          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.08        0.02        0.41        0.75
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S                 C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms             C  C  S                 C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  C  S
Heat index                            92
Max heat         85                90    94    88          84    85


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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      61    85      65    89      74    93      74    92
Temp          76 77   65 64 80 83   69 68 83 86   79 76 88 89   79 75 88 88
Dewpt         66 66   63 62 64 65   64 65 70 71   71 69 71 71   69 68 70 69
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20     5      20    10       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     C  C    S                S
Tstms          S  C    S                S

$$
IAZ004-160900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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          88          64          79          61
Temp             78 70 67 65 66 75 83 86 83 74 71 66 65 70 75 77 75 68 64 63 63
Dewpt            68 65 65 64 64 68 70 69 68 68 66 63 63 65 64 63 63 62 62 60 61
RH               71 84 93 97 93 79 65 57 61 82 84 90 93 84 69 62 66 81 93 90 93
Wind dir          E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  W NW  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd          8  6  8  9 10 13 16 17 13  9  8  6  6  6  8  9  9  8  8  8 10
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          40          50          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.18        0.07        0.40        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  S  S  S     C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms             C  S  S  S  S     C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  C  S  C  S


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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      59    84      63    88      69    92      72    91
Temp          75 73   63 61 80 81   67 65 82 85   76 71 88 89   77 73 86 86
Dewpt         62 60   58 58 60 62   62 62 67 70   67 65 68 69   66 64 67 66
PWind dir         N      NW     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      20    10      30    20      20     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    S                C  S       S
Tstms             C    S                S  S       S

$$
IAZ035-160900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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          88          67          82          63
Temp             78 72 69 66 67 78 85 88 86 75 73 70 68 73 77 80 77 70 67 65 65
Dewpt            69 68 66 65 65 69 70 69 68 68 67 67 67 66 65 65 65 64 64 63 64
RH               74 87 90 97 93 74 61 54 55 79 81 90 97 79 67 60 67 81 90 93 97
Wind dir         SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW  N NE  N NE NE  E NE  N
Wind spd          5  5  5  5  5  9 11 12 10  8  8  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  8
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          20          50          70          80
QPF 12hr                   0.47        0.05        0.25        0.75        0.55
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms             C  C  S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Heat index                            93
Max heat         85                90    94    85                82


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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      59    85      64    89      73    93      73    92
Temp          77 77   64 62 80 82   69 67 84 86   78 74 88 89   79 74 88 87
Dewpt         63 63   60 60 62 63   63 64 69 70   69 67 69 70   67 66 68 67
PWind dir         N      NW     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    BZ      BZ    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW CL FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20     5      20    10      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    S                S
Tstms          S  C    S                S

$$
IAZ094-160900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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                      67          88          69          86          66
Temp             81 74 71 68 69 79 85 87 86 77 73 70 70 79 82 81 78 73 71 69 68
Dewpt            69 68 67 67 67 69 68 68 68 68 67 67 68 70 70 70 68 68 69 68 68
RH               67 82 87 97 93 72 57 53 55 74 81 90 93 74 67 69 71 84 93 97100
Wind dir         SE SE  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW  S  S  S SW
Wind spd          4  4  4  4  4  5  6  8  6  5  6  6  6  8  9 10  9  8  8  9 10
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20          50          90
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.72        1.63
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  S  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                           S  S     S  C  C  D  D  C  C  S


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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      61    85      66    89      74    91      74    90
Temp          77 77   66 64 81 83   69 68 84 87   79 76 88 87   78 75 87 86
Dewpt         68 68   63 62 65 66   64 66 71 72   70 68 71 70   69 68 70 68
PWind dir         W      NW     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      10     5      10    10       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     C  S
Tstms          S  S

$$
IAZ017-160900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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          86          66          80          62
Temp             77 70 68 66 67 74 80 85 84 74 71 68 67 71 76 78 76 69 67 65 65
Dewpt            69 68 66 65 65 67 68 68 68 67 66 65 65 65 64 64 63 64 63 62 63
RH               76 93 93 97 93 79 67 57 59 79 84 90 93 81 66 62 64 84 87 90 93
Wind dir          S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S SW NW NW  W  N NE NE NE NE  N
Wind spd          5  4  5  5  6  9 11 13 11  9  9  8  6  6  8  6  5  5  5  5  9
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          30          60          60          80
QPF 12hr                   0.28        0.53        0.18        0.33        0.46
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S  C  S  S  S  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms             C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  C


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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          79      58    82      62    86      70    91      72    89
Temp          75 75   63 62 79 80   68 65 81 84   76 73 87 89   78 73 85 86
Dewpt         62 61   59 58 60 61   61 62 67 68   67 66 68 69   67 66 68 67
PWind dir         N      NW     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC FW FW CL   FW SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      20    10      30    20      20     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    S                C  S       S  S
Tstms          S  C    S                S  S       S  S

$$
IAZ049-160900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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          87          68          85          65
Temp             78 72 69 67 67 76 82 85 84 75 72 70 69 77 81 82 78 71 68 66 66
Dewpt            69 69 66 65 65 67 68 67 68 68 66 65 67 68 67 66 66 65 65 64 65
RH               74 90 90 93 93 74 63 55 59 79 81 84 93 74 63 58 67 81 90 93 97
Wind dir         SE  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  S SW NW  E  E SE  N
Wind spd          4  4  4  4  4  6  8  9  9  8  8  6  5  6  6  6  6  5  6  6  8
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          20          40          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.15        0.02        0.41        0.79
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S  S  S        C  C  C  C  S  S  L  L  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms             C  C  S  S  S  S        C  C  C  C  S  S  C  L  L  C  C  C  S


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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      60    84      63    88      72    92      72    92
Temp          77 77   65 63 80 81   67 66 83 84   77 75 88 89   78 74 88 87
Dewpt         65 64   61 60 62 62   62 62 68 68   69 68 70 70   67 67 69 68
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         50      20     5      20    10      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  C    S                S
Tstms          S  C    S                S

$$
IAZ086-160900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
618 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

Date           06/15/25      Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed
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                      67          88          69          89          67
Temp             80 73 70 68 69 76 84 87 86 77 72 70 71 80 85 86 81 74 72 69 69
Dewpt            69 69 68 67 67 69 68 68 68 68 67 67 69 72 71 71 70 70 69 68 68
RH               69 87 93 97 93 79 59 53 55 74 84 90 93 77 63 61 69 87 90 97 97
Wind dir          E  E SE  E SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW SW  S SW SW
Wind spd          5  4  4  4  4  5  5  6  6  6  8  6  6  9  9 10  9  9  9  9 10
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20          40          90
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.07        0.07        0.42        1.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  S  S  S  S              S  S        C  C  L  L  D  D  C
Tstms             C  S  S        S                 S        S  C  L  L  C  C  C
Heat index                                                 91 91
Max heat         84                88    92    89          92    94


Date           06/18  Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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      63    85      65    89      74    93      75    92
Temp          78 78   68 65 80 82   69 68 83 85   78 76 88 89   79 76 88 87
Dewpt         69 68   65 63 65 66   64 65 70 70   70 70 72 72   70 69 71 69
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         50      10     5      10    10       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     C  C
Tstms          C  C

$$