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

IAZ060-152200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      29          22          36          25          43
Temp              8  8 20 29 23 23 26 26 25 26 33 36 31 27 28 29 29 32 40 41 34
Dewpt            -2  1  5 12 17 22 25 26 26 27 28 28 27 25 26 27 27 29 32 32 29
RH               63 72 51 48 77 96 96100104104 82 72 85 92 92 92 92 88 73 70 82
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW NW NW
Wind spd          2  5 10 12 11 11 10 11 11 11 11  9  3  5  8 10 11 10 10 10  8
Clouds           B2 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          -2  9 18 11 12 16 16 14 15 24 30    21 21 20 20 24 33 35 28
Min chill         0    -4     9    10    12    10    25    20    18    19    26


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

Min/Max            15    20       2     8      -4     8      -4    15
Temp          28   19 18 15  9    4  7  7  2   -1  5  6  2   -3  9 13
Dewpt         21    8  1 -2 -4   -7-10-11-11  -12-11-11-10  -13 -8 -3
PWind dir           N     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC SC B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ039-152200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      26          21          36          24          42
Temp              0  5 18 26 25 22 24 26 27 28 34 36 29 27 26 26 27 30 37 39 34
Dewpt            -4 -2  5 10 14 19 23 25 25 26 27 27 25 24 24 24 25 28 31 32 28
RH               83 72 56 50 62 88 96 96 92 92 75 69 85 88 92 92 92 92 79 76 78
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd          3  6 12 14 13 12 11 13 13 14 16 12  5  5  8 11 13 12 12 12 10
Clouds           FW FW SC B1 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                          S
Wind chill       -7 -6  5 14 14 11 13 15 16 17 23 28 23 21 18 15 16 20 29 32 25
Min chill       -10   -12     8     8    11    13    22    17    13    16    24


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

Min/Max            14    20      -2     5      -8     4      -8    13
Temp          25   17 17 13  6    1  3  3 -2   -6  1  2 -3   -7  6 10
Dewpt         18    6  1 -3 -7  -10-13-14-15  -16-15-15-15  -17-11 -7
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ048-152200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      28          21          36          23          42
Temp              4  6 19 28 21 23 25 25 24 26 32 36 28 25 26 27 28 30 37 39 33
Dewpt            -4  1  8 15 18 22 25 25 25 27 29 30 27 25 25 26 27 30 33 33 29
RH               68 79 61 58 88 96100100104104 88 79 96100 96 96 96100 85 79 85
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW
Wind spd          2  5 11 12 11 10 10 11 11 11 12 10  4  5  8 10 10  9 10 10  9
Clouds           B2 SC SC SC B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       -2 -5  7 17 10 13 15 14 13 15 23 28    19 18 17 19 22 30 32 25
Min chill        -4    -7     9     9    11    11    23    16    17    19    25


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

Min/Max            12    18      -1     7      -6     5      -7    15
Temp          25   15 15 13  6    2  4  4 -1   -4  2  3 -1   -6  8 11
Dewpt         18    7  1 -2 -4   -8-11-11-12  -13-11-11-12  -14 -7 -1
PWind dir          NW     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ004-152200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      30          23          36          24          40
Temp              2  9 21 29 29 30 30 28 26 26 33 36 28 27 28 29 28 30 36 37 30
Dewpt            -4  1 12 20 23 25 26 25 23 24 26 27 26 24 25 26 26 28 29 27 23
RH               75 69 68 69 78 81 85 88 88 92 75 69 92 88 88 88 92 92 75 67 75
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW
Wind spd         10 13 18 19 16 14 14 16 16 13 13 10  6 10 14 17 14 13 16 18 17
Wind gust                 31                                              28
Clouds           FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                       S
Wind chill      -14 -7  6 16 18 19 19 16 13 14 23 28 21 17 16 17 16 19 26 27 18
Min chill       -15   -14     8    16    10    10    21    16    16    17    18


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

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

$$
IAZ035-152200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      29          22          36          23          42
Temp              0  5 21 29 25 26 27 26 22 24 33 36 28 25 26 27 27 30 37 39 33
Dewpt            -5  1 11 18 20 23 25 25 24 25 27 28 26 25 25 26 27 29 32 30 26
RH               79 83 65 63 81 88 92 96109104 78 72 92100 96 96100 96 82 70 75
Wind dir          S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW NW NW NW
Wind spd          4  8 13 13 11 10 10 11 11 11 11  9  4  5  9 11 10  9 11 12 10
Clouds           B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill      -10 -8  8 18 14 16 16 15 10 14 24 29    18 17 17 17 22 30 31 25
Min chill       -11   -13    10    10    10    10    23    16    15    18    24


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

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

$$
IAZ094-152200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      27          19          38          25          42
Temp             10 10 21 27 18 20 25 26 25 26 35 38 30 27 27 27 28 32 38 40 33
Dewpt            -1  1  6 12 16 20 24 26 27 27 29 28 27 26 26 27 28 30 32 32 29
RH               60 66 52 53 92100 96100109104 78 67 88 96 96100100 92 79 73 85
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  N
Wind spd          3  5 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 10 10  8  3  5  8 10 11 11 11 10  6
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          -1 10 17  6  8 14 15 15 16 27       20 19 17 19 23 31 34 27
Min chill         1    -5     6     7    13    13    24    17    17    19    27


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

Min/Max            17    22       4    11      -3    10      -5    14
Temp          30   20 20 17 10    5 10  8  3   -1  7  6  2   -3  9 11
Dewpt         23   12  3  1 -3   -5 -8-10-12  -12-11-10-10  -13 -8 -1
PWind dir           N     N       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 SC SC B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ017-152200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      28          22          34          23          40
Temp              0  5 19 27 22 24 26 27 26 27 32 34 28 25 25 27 27 29 36 37 31
Dewpt            -5 -2  6 15 19 22 24 26 25 25 26 27 25 23 23 24 25 27 30 29 25
RH               79 72 56 60 88 92 92 96 96 92 78 75 88 92 92 88 92 92 79 72 78
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW
Wind spd          5 10 16 17 13 13 13 16 17 16 16 11  4  6 10 13 13 12 13 14 12
Wind gust                 27 24             26                   24
Clouds           FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                          S
Wind chill      -12-10  5 14  8 12 14 14 13 14 21 26    18 15 15 16 19 27 28 21
Min chill       -13   -15     7     7    12    11    22    15    14    15    21


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

Min/Max             9    14      -7     2     -12     1     -11    13
Temp          20   12 11  8  1   -3  0 -1 -6   -9 -2 -2 -5   -9  5  9
Dewpt         13    3 -2 -4 -8  -13-14-15-15  -18-16-15-15  -18-10 -5
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   CL CL FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ049-152200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      26          19          36          22          41
Temp             -3  4 18 25 19 22 22 23 24 25 33 36 27 25 24 25 26 30 37 39 32
Dewpt            -6 -1  6 12 15 19 21 23 25 26 28 28 26 24 23 24 25 28 32 32 29
RH               86 79 59 57 84 88 96100104104 82 72 96 96 96 96 96 92 82 76 88
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SW SW NW NW
Wind spd          3  5 11 13 12 11 10 11 12 12 13 10  4  5  8 10 12 11 11 10  9
Clouds           B2 SC SC B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill      -10 -7  5 13  6 11 10 12 12 14 23 29    19 16 15 15 20 29 31 25
Min chill       -13   -14     4     6    10    11    21    15    14    15    24


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

Min/Max            13    19      -2     6      -8     4      -9    13
Temp          25   15 16 12  5    0  3  3 -2   -6  1  1 -3   -7  6  9
Dewpt         18    6  2 -2 -6   -9-12-13-13  -14-13-13-13  -16 -8 -5
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ086-152200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
529 AM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Date             Wed 01/15/25            Thu 01/16/25            Fri 01/17/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      26          21          37          25          45
Temp              2  7 19 26 21 22 23 26 26 27 34 37 31 27 26 27 28 33 41 42 35
Dewpt            -2  0  4 10 13 19 23 26 26 27 28 28 27 26 26 27 27 30 33 34 32
RH               83 72 51 50 71 88100100100100 78 70 85 96100100 96 89 73 73 89
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd          2  5 10 12 11 12 12 12 12 13 14 10  4  5  6 10 12 12 13 11  6
Wind gust                       23 23 23 23 24                      23 24
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW SC B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill          -3  7 15  9  9 12 15 15 16 25 30    21 19 18 18 24 33 36 29
Min chill        -4    -8     7     7    11    14    25    18    16    19    28


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

Min/Max            18    24       3    10      -2     9      -4    15
Temp          30   21 21 18 11    5  8  7  4    0  6  6  3   -2  9 11
Dewpt         25   12  5  1 -3   -6 -9-10-11  -12-11-11-10  -13 -9 -5
PWind dir          NW     N      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 SC SC B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr            5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$