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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

IAZ060-250900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      41          65          45          66          51
Temp                      45 41 51 61 65 64 54 51 47 45 55 64 66 64 57 55 53 52
Dewpt                     37 38 35 35 33 34 35 34 36 37 41 43 43 41 41 42 46 48
RH                        73 89 54 38 30 32 48 52 65 73 59 46 43 43 55 61 77 86
Wind dir                   N NE  E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  5  6  5  5  6  6  9  9 10 13 18 18 19 21 21 21 23
Wind gust                                                     32 32 34 36 36 36
Clouds                    CL FW FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.62
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                                                             S  C  C  C  C


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          69      59    79      59    72      48    63      45    75
Temp          61 68   65 61 73 74   63 60 67 69   57 49 58 62   51 47 70 73
Dewpt         56 57   57 57 58 57   57 57 59 55   49 45 45 44   42 43 52 54
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SE     S      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 B1 SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      70    50      90    90      40    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  S  S  C    D  D  D  D    C  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ039-250900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      36          61          39          66          47
Temp                      40 36 45 56 61 59 48 43 41 40 52 63 66 63 54 51 49 48
Dewpt                     35 31 31 28 27 26 29 30 30 32 35 37 36 33 35 38 39 42
RH                        82 82 58 34 27 28 47 60 65 73 52 38 33 32 48 61 68 80
Wind dir                   N NE  E NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   6  8  6  6  5  5  5  6  8 10 14 18 18 17 18 20 23 24
Wind gust                                                              32 35 40
Clouds                    CL CL CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.41
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                                                                   S  C  C
Wind chill                   30                      33
Min chill                    28    31          38    32    35                39


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          66      56    76      57    72      48    63      44    73
Temp          54 61   62 61 73 71   59 59 67 66   56 50 58 58   49 45 67 70
Dewpt         50 55   59 58 59 58   56 56 60 57   52 47 47 44   42 42 50 51
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       E     S      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV   OV B2 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      90    50      90    90      60    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    D  C  C  C    L  D  D  D    L  S  S
Tstms          C  C    L  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ048-250900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      38          65          43          67          49
Temp                      43 38 49 58 63 62 50 47 44 43 53 63 66 63 55 53 50 50
Dewpt                     38 35 34 33 31 32 33 33 35 36 40 43 42 40 40 41 44 46
RH                        82 89 56 39 30 32 52 58 70 76 61 48 42 43 57 64 80 86
Wind dir                   N NE  E  E  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  5  6  5  5  6  6  9  9 10 14 18 19 18 21 23 25 23
Wind gust                                                           34 34 37 36
Clouds                    CL FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.69
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                                                             S  S  C  C  C
Wind chill                                           37
Min chill                    34    33                37    39


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          68      57    77      57    71      47    62      44    75
Temp          59 66   62 59 72 72   59 58 67 66   54 48 57 60   48 45 69 71
Dewpt         55 58   58 56 58 58   56 57 59 56   50 45 45 44   42 43 52 54
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SE     S      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      80    50      90    90      40    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    D  S  S  C    D  D  D  D    C  S  S
Tstms          C  C    L  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ004-250900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      36          63          44          67          47
Temp                      39 36 48 57 62 61 50 47 45 44 55 65 67 64 54 50 49 48
Dewpt                     35 34 33 33 31 30 32 31 33 35 40 41 41 40 39 40 42 44
RH                        85 92 56 40 31 31 50 53 62 70 57 41 39 41 57 68 77 86
Wind dir                  NE SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  5  8  6  8 10  9 11 12 13 18 23 25 25 25 25 25 26
Wind gust                                               28 34 36 36 40 39 39 41
Clouds                    CL CL FW CL CL SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.84
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                             S  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                        39 37
Min chill                    31    33                37    38


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          63      52    68      48    61      41    57      41    73
Temp          56 59   56 54 63 62   51 49 56 56   47 43 52 55   45 43 66 69
Dewpt         51 54   54 51 52 50   48 48 50 48   44 40 40 39   40 40 48 49
PWind dir        SE       S     W      NE    NE      NW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      90    20      80    90      50    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    D  C     S    C  D  D  L    C  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C          S  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ035-250900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      37          65          43          67          47
Temp                      42 37 48 58 63 61 50 46 44 43 54 64 67 64 54 51 49 48
Dewpt                     38 36 33 32 30 30 31 31 34 36 40 42 42 39 38 40 44 45
RH                        86 96 56 37 29 31 48 55 68 76 59 45 40 40 54 66 83 89
Wind dir                   N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  5  6  5  5  8  8  9 10 10 14 19 20 19 21 21 24 21
Wind gust                                                           32 34 36 34
Clouds                    FW CL FW CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.73
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                             S  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                        38 37
Min chill                    31    33                37    39


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          66      54    75      53    69      44    62      42    75
Temp          58 64   59 55 68 68   55 54 64 61   50 46 55 58   46 44 68 71
Dewpt         53 55   55 52 54 54   52 53 56 52   47 43 43 42   41 42 51 51
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NE    SE      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      80    30      90    90      50    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    D  S     C    L  D  D  L    C  S  S
Tstms          C  L    L  S     S    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ094-250900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      40          66          46          65          51
Temp                      44 41 54 62 64 63 53 50 47 46 55 62 65 63 57 55 54 54
Dewpt                     35 36 42 40 39 40 40 40 40 40 44 46 46 45 45 47 50 53
RH                        70 82 64 44 40 43 61 68 76 79 66 56 50 52 64 74 86 96
Wind dir                  NW  N NE NE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  5  6  5  4  5  6  8  9 10 14 16 19 18 20 21 21 23
Wind gust                                                  26 31 28 32 34 34 34
Clouds                    FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          30         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.67
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                          S  S  C  C  C  C


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          71      60    79      59    72      47    64      46    75
Temp          64 69   64 62 73 71   63 61 67 67   56 49 59 62   51 48 70 72
Dewpt         60 59   60 60 62 60   60 59 61 57   51 46 48 48   45 45 56 56
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       S     S      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B1 SC B1 SC   B2 OV B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      60    60      90    90      40    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    L     C  L    D  D  D  L    C  S
Tstms          C  C    L     S  C    L  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ017-250900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      33          60          39          65          45
Temp                      37 33 43 54 59 58 46 43 41 40 52 63 65 63 52 48 47 46
Dewpt                     33 30 30 30 29 27 29 29 30 32 37 40 38 34 35 37 39 41
RH                        85 89 60 40 32 30 51 57 65 73 56 43 37 34 52 65 74 83
Wind dir                  NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   6  5  6  5  5  6  6  8  9 10 16 19 20 19 18 21 23 23
Wind gust                                                     31    28 34 36 35
Clouds                    FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.58
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  C
Wind chill                                     37 35 33                   39 38
Min chill                    27    28          36    33    36                38


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          63      52    72      52    67      44    60      41    72
Temp          53 58   58 56 67 66   53 53 60 60   51 46 53 55   45 43 65 68
Dewpt         49 54   55 54 54 55   51 51 55 53   48 43 43 42   40 40 49 50
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NE    SE      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      90    30      80    90      60    20       5    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    D  C  S  C    L  D  D  D    L  C  S
Tstms          C  C    L  C     S    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ049-250900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      36          62          39          65          47
Temp                      40 36 47 58 61 60 48 44 41 40 53 63 65 63 53 51 49 47
Dewpt                     36 33 32 30 28 29 30 30 32 34 38 40 40 36 37 39 42 44
RH                        85 89 56 34 28 31 49 57 70 79 57 43 40 36 54 63 77 89
Wind dir                   N NE NE NE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   6  6  8  6  5  5  6  8  9 10 14 18 18 16 18 20 21 21
Wind gust                                                     28       35 37 36
Clouds                    CL CL FW CL CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.55
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  C
Wind chill                   30                   35 33                      39
Min chill                    30    31          39    33    36                39


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          66      56    77      56    72      46    62      42    73
Temp          56 64   61 60 72 71   59 58 67 66   55 48 57 58   47 45 68 69
Dewpt         53 57   58 58 59 58   56 57 60 56   52 45 46 44   42 42 51 53
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      SE     S      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      80    50      90    90      50    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    D  C  C  C    D  D  D  D    C  C  S
Tstms          C  C    L  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C

$$
IAZ086-250900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
244 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      41          63          42          65          50
Temp                      43 41 51 59 63 62 50 47 44 44 53 62 65 63 56 55 53 52
Dewpt                     37 38 38 36 34 35 35 36 37 37 40 42 42 40 41 42 44 48
RH                        79 89 61 42 34 36 56 65 76 76 61 48 43 43 57 61 71 86
Wind dir                   N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                   5  8  8  8  5  5  8  8  9 11 13 17 17 14 18 20 21 21
Wind gust                                                        25 29 34 34 34
Clouds                    CL FW FW CL CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.54
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  D  D  D
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  C
Wind chill                                           38
Min chill                    35    37                36    38


Date           04/26  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          69      61    79      61    74      50    65      46    74
Temp          59 67   65 64 73 73   64 62 70 69   60 53 60 61   51 48 69 72
Dewpt         56 59   60 61 63 62   60 60 62 59   55 49 49 47   45 45 53 55
PWind dir        SE       S    SW       S     S      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        WY      WY    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      70    60      90    90      50    20      10    10
Rain shwrs     D  D    L  S  S  L    D  D  D  D    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C

$$


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