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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

IAZ060-162100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      87          69          86          66          79
Temp             68 78 84 87 85 77 74 71 72 78 83 82 79 74 71 68 68 71 74 78 76
Dewpt            66 69 69 69 68 68 68 67 67 68 68 69 68 69 67 67 65 67 67 66 65
RH               93 74 61 55 57 74 82 87 84 71 61 65 69 84 87 97 90 87 79 67 69
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  S SE  E SE SE SW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          4  6  8  9  9  6  6  6  5  5  5  6  6  6  6  8  9 10 10 10  9
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          40          60          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.42        1.79        0.53
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C
Tstms                            C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    86      67    90      76    93      76    92
Temp          66 64 82 85   72 69 84 89   82 77 89 91   81 77 88 89
Dewpt         62 62 66 66   65 65 71 71   71 68 71 70   69 68 69 68
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          5     0      20     5       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                      S
Tstms                           S

$$
IAZ039-162100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      85          67          85          65          79
Temp             69 76 81 83 81 73 70 68 69 76 81 82 79 72 69 67 67 73 77 78 75
Dewpt            67 69 68 69 68 67 66 66 66 68 68 66 66 68 65 65 65 65 64 63 62
RH               93 79 65 63 65 81 87 93 90 76 65 58 64 87 87 93 93 76 64 60 64
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW NW  W  N  E  E  E  E  S NW NW NW
Wind spd          4  6 10 10 10  8  8  5  4  6  5  6  6  5  5  6  9 10 11 12 10
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          50          50          80          60
QPF 12hr                   0.29        0.25        0.17        1.18        0.64
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S     C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms             C  C  S  S     C  C  C     S  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    86      64    88      75    93      74    92
Temp          65 64 82 81   68 67 83 85   79 76 89 90   80 75 89 89
Dewpt         61 60 63 63   63 63 68 68   70 68 70 70   69 69 70 68
PWind dir        NW     W       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10     5      30    20      20     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                      C  S          S
Tstms                           S  S          S

$$
IAZ048-162100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      87          68          84          65          79
Temp             68 77 83 85 83 76 72 70 70 76 81 81 78 72 69 66 66 71 74 76 75
Dewpt            67 69 70 70 70 69 68 67 68 69 69 69 69 69 67 66 66 67 66 66 65
RH               97 76 65 61 65 79 87 90 93 79 67 67 74 90 93100100 87 76 71 71
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW NW  S  E  E  E NE NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          4  8 10 11 10  8  6  6  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  6  8 10 10 11  9
Clouds           B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          60          80          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.18        0.29        1.76        0.35
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C
Tstms                            C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C
Heat index                90
Max heat               88    91    85          85    85


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    86      65    89      75    93      75    91
Temp          65 64 81 83   69 68 83 87   79 76 89 90   80 76 88 88
Dewpt         62 62 66 67   65 66 71 73   71 70 72 72   70 69 71 69
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         10     5      30    10       5     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                      C
Tstms                           S

$$
IAZ004-162100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      87          64          80          61          79
Temp             68 76 83 84 80 72 69 67 66 72 75 77 76 69 64 63 63 71 74 76 75
Dewpt            65 69 70 69 68 67 66 64 62 64 64 63 63 63 61 60 60 63 61 60 60
RH               90 79 65 61 67 84 90 90 87 76 69 62 64 81 90 90 90 76 64 58 60
Wind dir          S SW  S SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NW
Wind spd          9 13 16 18 13  8  8  6  6  8  6  8  8  5  6  8  9 10 11 11 10
Clouds           B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B2 B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          60          40          50          50
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.61        0.06        0.09        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                S  S  C  L  C  C              S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    83      63    88      72    93      72    91
Temp          63 62 80 79   66 66 82 86   77 73 88 89   77 73 87 87
Dewpt         58 57 62 63   62 61 68 69   67 65 68 71   66 64 68 67
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    FW FW CL FW   SC SC SC FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5    10      40    20      20     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                   C  C  S       S
Tstms                        C  C  S       S

$$
IAZ035-162100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      87          66          82          62          79
Temp             69 76 82 86 83 74 70 68 69 74 78 80 78 71 67 65 65 72 76 76 75
Dewpt            67 69 70 69 69 69 67 67 67 66 67 66 66 66 64 64 63 64 63 63 61
RH               93 79 67 57 63 84 90 97 93 76 69 62 67 84 90 97 93 76 64 64 62
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S NE  N NE NE NE  E NE NE  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd          8  9 11 13 11  6  8  5  5  6  5  5  6  5  5  5  6  9 10 10  8
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          60          60          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.39        0.18        0.75        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    87      64    90      74    93      74    92
Temp          64 64 83 82   69 67 84 87   79 76 89 89   80 75 88 88
Dewpt         60 61 63 65   63 64 70 71   69 67 70 70   68 67 69 68
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW CL FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5     5      40    10      10     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C
Tstms                        S  C

$$
IAZ094-162100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      86          68          86          66          80
Temp             68 77 84 86 84 76 73 71 71 78 82 82 79 73 70 68 66 71 76 78 75
Dewpt            67 69 69 69 69 69 67 67 68 69 70 70 70 68 68 67 66 68 68 67 66
RH               97 76 61 57 61 79 81 87 90 74 67 67 74 84 93 97100 90 76 69 74
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW
Wind spd          3  6  5  8  6  5  6  6  6  6  8  8  6  8  8  9 10 10 11 11  8
Clouds           SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          30          50          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.25        1.34        0.32
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               S  C        S  C  C  L  L  C  S  S  C  C


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    86      66    90      75    92      75    91
Temp          65 64 82 83   71 68 85 87   79 75 88 88   79 75 88 86
Dewpt         63 62 66 67   65 66 73 73   71 68 72 71   69 69 70 68
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr          5     0      10     5       0     0       0     5

$$
IAZ017-162100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      84          65          81          61          77
Temp             68 73 78 82 80 72 69 67 67 72 77 78 77 70 67 64 64 71 74 76 74
Dewpt            66 68 69 69 69 67 65 65 65 66 65 65 65 64 62 62 62 63 62 61 60
RH               93 84 74 65 69 84 87 93 93 81 67 64 67 81 84 93 93 76 66 60 62
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NW NW
Wind spd          5  9 11 13 11 10  9  6  5  6  5  5  5  5  5  6  8 10 11 11  9
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          40          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.51        0.52        0.10        0.33        0.94
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms             C  C  C  C  L  C  C  S        S  C  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  C


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    83      61    86      72    91      72    90
Temp          63 63 81 80   67 65 81 84   77 74 87 89   79 75 87 87
Dewpt         58 59 62 62   61 62 67 68   68 67 69 70   67 67 68 67
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW CL FW   SC SC SC FW   FW SC FW CL   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    10      40    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S  C  S       S  S
Tstms                        S  C  S       S  S

$$
IAZ049-162100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      86          68          85          65          79
Temp             69 77 81 84 82 74 70 69 69 76 81 81 79 72 68 66 66 71 75 76 75
Dewpt            67 69 69 68 69 67 66 65 67 68 68 68 68 67 65 65 64 65 65 64 64
RH               93 76 67 59 65 79 87 87 93 76 65 65 69 84 90 97 93 81 71 66 69
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  W NW NW SW SE  E  E  E  S  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          4  5  9 10 10  8  8  6  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  6  9 10 11 11  9
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          60          90          60
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.13        0.29        1.77        0.62
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S     C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms             S  S  S  S     C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    86      64    89      73    93      73    91
Temp          64 63 82 82   68 67 83 86   78 75 89 89   79 75 88 88
Dewpt         61 60 64 65   63 63 68 69   70 68 70 71   69 68 69 68
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         10     5      20    10      10     0       0     5
Rain shwrs                      S
Tstms                           S

$$
IAZ086-162100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
401 AM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

Date             Mon 06/16/25            Tue 06/17/25            Wed 06/18/25
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                      87          69          88          67          81
Temp             69 78 84 85 84 75 72 71 72 80 84 84 81 74 71 70 69 72 75 79 77
Dewpt            67 68 69 68 68 68 67 67 68 70 70 70 70 70 69 68 67 69 68 69 67
RH               93 71 61 57 59 79 84 87 87 72 63 63 69 87 93 93 93 90 79 72 71
Wind dir          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          3  5  5  6  6  6  6  6  6  9  8  9  6  8  8  9 10 11 12 12 10
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          50          90          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02        0.14        1.10        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C        C  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms                               S  S        S  C  C  L  L  C  S  S  C  C
Heat index                                        89
Max heat               88    91    84          90    90


Date          Thu 06/19/25  Fri 06/20/25  Sat 06/21/25  Sun 06/22/25
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    86      66    89      75    93      75    93
Temp          65 64 82 83   70 69 83 87   79 76 89 90   80 77 89 88
Dewpt         64 63 66 67   65 66 71 71   71 70 73 72   70 69 71 69
PWind dir         W     W       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW CL   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         10     0      10     5       0     0       0     5

$$