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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

IAZ060-142100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      64          58          77          60          81
Temp                   60 62 62 60 60 59 59 63 73 76 71 68 65 62 62 68 79 81 76
Dewpt                  48 52 53 55 56 58 58 59 61 62 60 60 59 58 56 57 58 57 56
RH                     64 70 72 84 87 96 96 87 66 62 68 76 81 87 81 68 49 44 50
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                8  8  6  5  4  5  5  6  8  8  8  8  8  8  9 11 13 14 10
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          63    79      53    71      45    65      44    72
Temp          68 63 76 74   62 54 69 65   53 45 62 59   49 45 69 67
Dewpt         57 55 58 58   55 48 46 40   37 36 36 33   35 35 42 43
PWind dir         S     S      SW    NW      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW CL CL   CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr          0    30      40    10      20     5       0     5
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  S          S
Tstms                   S

$$
IAZ039-142100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      62          52          66          54          78
Temp                   61 60 59 56 55 53 52 56 62 66 63 58 57 56 55 61 72 77 72
Dewpt                  43 46 50 52 53 52 51 53 54 54 54 54 54 53 53 54 55 56 55
RH                     51 60 72 86 93 96 96 90 75 65 72 86 90 90 93 78 55 48 55
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd               10 10  9  8  8  9  9  9  9 10  9  9  9 10 10 12 13 14 12
Clouds                 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          50          40          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.07        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          60    79      52    70      43    62      40    69
Temp          65 60 75 72   60 52 67 63   50 43 59 57   46 41 65 63
Dewpt         56 55 57 58   57 48 43 39   37 36 35 31   34 35 39 40
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr          0    30      50    10      20    10       0     5
Rain shwrs              C    C  S          S  S
Tstms                   S    S

$$
IAZ048-142100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      61          54          75          58          81
Temp                   58 59 59 56 57 55 56 61 70 73 69 63 61 60 58 66 77 81 75
Dewpt                  47 50 52 54 55 56 56 59 59 61 60 60 58 57 56 58 59 58 57
RH                     67 72 78 93 93104100 93 68 66 73 90 90 90 93 75 54 46 54
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                9  9  6  5  4  5  5  5  8  8  8  8  6  9 10 11 13 13 10
Wind gust                                                              24
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     40          30          30          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.08        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S     S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          61    79      51    71      43    65      41    72
Temp          66 61 76 72   59 51 68 64   50 43 62 59   47 42 68 65
Dewpt         57 55 58 58   55 46 45 39   37 35 35 33   35 35 42 43
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW CL   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      40    10      20     5       0     5
Rain shwrs           S  C    C  S          S

$$
IAZ004-142100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      57          46          66          55          78
Temp                   54 55 52 47 49 47 48 53 61 65 62 58 57 57 57 63 74 78 73
Dewpt                  41 43 45 46 47 48 48 52 55 56 56 56 56 55 54 57 58 56 54
RH                     61 64 77 96 93104100 96 81 73 81 93 96 93 90 81 57 47 51
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               11 11 10  9  8  6  6  8  9 10 10 10 10 12 13 17 19 19 13
Wind gust                                                                 29 24
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          60          40          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.19        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          58    74      46    65      39    62      39    70
Temp          63 59 71 68   54 47 62 59   45 40 59 56   44 40 65 63
Dewpt         52 52 55 49   45 40 39 34   33 31 32 30   31 32 39 40
PWind dir         S    SW       W     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW CL   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    30       5     5      10     5       0     5
Rain shwrs           C  S

$$
IAZ035-142100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      59          51          73          57          80
Temp                   56 57 56 52 53 52 54 58 67 71 67 62 60 58 58 65 77 80 74
Dewpt                  45 47 48 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 58 58 57 57 55 58 58 57 55
RH                     66 69 74 96 96104100 96 73 66 73 87 90 96 90 78 52 45 51
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                9 10  8  6  5  5  5  6  8 10  9 10  9 10 11 13 16 17 12
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          40          40          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.09        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          60    77      48    69      41    65      41    72
Temp          65 60 74 71   56 49 66 62   47 41 62 59   46 41 68 66
Dewpt         54 54 56 54   48 43 41 34   35 33 32 29   32 33 39 41
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW CL   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      20    10      20     5       0     5
Rain shwrs           C  C    S             S

$$
IAZ094-142100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      69          60          79          60          80
Temp                   66 67 66 63 63 61 62 66 76 79 74 69 66 62 62 68 78 80 74
Dewpt                  56 59 61 61 61 61 61 63 64 63 64 62 61 60 58 59 57 56 55
RH                     70 75 84 93 93100 97 90 66 58 71 78 84 93 87 73 48 44 51
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                5  5  4  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  8 10 13 13  9
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          61    78      53    71      44    64      44    72
Temp          67 62 75 72   61 53 69 64   52 44 61 57   48 45 68 66
Dewpt         56 55 58 60   58 52 47 44   39 36 37 35   35 36 44 46
PWind dir         S     S      SW    NW      NW    NW      SW     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC FW FW CL   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0    30      50    20      20     5       0     5
Rain shwrs              C    C  C  S  S    S  S
Tstms                   S    S

$$
IAZ017-142100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      58          49          63          53          75
Temp                   56 57 55 50 50 49 50 53 60 62 60 56 55 55 54 61 72 75 70
Dewpt                  41 43 45 46 48 49 50 51 53 54 53 53 53 53 52 56 57 57 56
RH                     57 59 69 86 93100100 93 78 75 78 90 93 93 93 84 59 54 61
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                9 10  8  8  6  8  6  8  8  9  9  9  9 10 11 13 14 14 11
Wind gust                                                                 25
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50          60          40          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.21        0.08        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              L  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                 S  S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    75      48    66      40    61      39    67
Temp          63 59 73 69   56 49 64 59   47 40 58 55   43 40 64 61
Dewpt         55 53 56 55   50 43 41 36   34 33 34 31   32 33 39 40
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    30      20    10      20    10       0     5
Rain shwrs           S  C    S             S

$$
IAZ049-142100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      62          53          72          56          79
Temp                   60 60 59 56 56 54 53 58 67 70 66 60 59 58 57 64 75 79 73
Dewpt                  45 49 52 53 54 55 54 56 57 58 57 56 55 54 53 56 57 57 57
RH                     58 67 78 90 93104104 93 70 66 73 87 87 86 86 75 54 47 57
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd                9  9  6  5  5  6  6  6  6  8  6  6  6  8  9 11 13 13 10
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.08        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          60    79      51    70      43    64      41    70
Temp          65 60 76 72   59 51 67 62   50 43 61 57   46 41 66 64
Dewpt         56 54 57 58   56 47 44 39   37 35 35 32   34 34 40 42
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW CL   CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr          0    30      40    10      20    10       0     5
Rain shwrs              C    C  S          S  S
Tstms                   S    S

$$
IAZ086-142100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1201 PM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date             Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      69          59          79          58          81
Temp                   67 67 66 63 63 61 61 65 74 78 72 66 64 61 60 66 77 81 76
Dewpt                  53 56 57 57 57 57 57 58 59 60 60 59 57 56 56 57 58 58 58
RH                     61 68 73 81 81 87 87 78 59 54 66 78 78 84 87 73 52 46 54
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SE
Wind spd                8  6  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  6  8 10 11 12  9
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  S  S  S     S  S


Date          Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    82      56    73      45    65      43    72
Temp          68 62 79 75   64 56 70 65   53 45 62 59   48 44 68 66
Dewpt         57 56 58 60   61 54 49 45   41 38 37 36   35 36 41 44
PWind dir         S     S      SW     W      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW CL   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          0    20      70    20      30    10       0     5
Rain shwrs              S    L  C  S  S    C  S
Tstms                   S    C

$$