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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

IAZ060-292100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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                      67          40          57          39          58
Temp             39 50 63 66 65 58 52 46 41 42 52 57 55 48 44 42 41 46 52 55 54
Dewpt            32 36 44 47 48 49 47 42 36 34 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 39 43 44 44
RH               76 58 50 50 54 72 83 86 82 73 52 43 47 60 70 76 79 76 71 66 69
Wind dir          E SE  S  S SE NW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          9 11 16 12  5  5  9 14 13 13 10  9  6  5  6  8 10 12 12 13 13
Clouds           SC SC OV B2 OV B2 FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S                          C  C  L  L  C  C  L
Wind chill       33                      33 35                   35
Min chill        33    35                33    33          39    35    34


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          43    55      35    50      31    55      36    64
Temp          47 44 50 51   41 35 44 46   37 32 49 51   42 37 57 60
Dewpt         42 40 43 40   34 30 31 30   28 27 29 30   29 29 35 36
PWind dir        NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    60      30    20       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  L  C    C  S  S
Tstms          S  C  C  S    S

$$
IAZ039-292100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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          39          55          36          55
Temp             33 42 54 62 59 53 49 45 40 43 51 55 51 44 41 39 38 43 51 53 50
Dewpt            24 29 38 43 45 45 46 43 37 36 37 36 35 34 33 33 33 36 40 40 40
RH               69 60 54 50 60 74 89 93 89 76 59 49 54 68 73 79 82 76 66 61 68
Wind dir          E SE SE SE  E  E  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          9 14 17 17 12  8  4 11 14 16 14 12  9  8  6  8  9 11 13 16 16
Clouds           B2 SC SC B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          30           0          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C                                L  L  L  L  L
Wind chill       25 34                39 32 35                33 31 37
Min chill        25    27                31    29          36    30    31


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          40    50      32    50      29    53      32    62
Temp          44 40 47 45   37 33 44 44   34 30 47 48   37 33 55 55
Dewpt         38 36 40 37   34 29 32 30   28 25 29 28   28 27 34 35
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      30    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  L  L    C  S  S
Tstms             S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-292100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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                      65          36          55          36          55
Temp             36 47 59 64 62 53 49 43 38 40 50 54 52 44 41 39 38 43 51 53 51
Dewpt            29 35 43 48 49 49 47 40 34 34 36 36 36 35 33 33 34 38 42 43 42
RH               75 63 55 56 62 86 93 89 85 79 58 50 54 70 73 79 85 82 71 69 71
Wind dir          E SE SE  S SE  N NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  E NE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          9 12 14 13  5  4  9 16 14 13 11 10  8  5  6  8  9 12 13 13 14
Clouds           B1 SC B2 OV OV B2 SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  L  L  C  C  C
Wind chill       29                   35 29 32                33 32 36
Min chill        29    31                28    26          36    31    32


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          40    52      33    50      29    55      34    63
Temp          44 41 48 47   37 33 43 44   34 30 48 50   39 35 56 57
Dewpt         41 38 41 39   34 30 32 31   29 27 30 30   29 29 36 36
PWind dir        NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      30    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C    C  S  S
Tstms             C  C  S    S

$$
IAZ004-292100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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                      56          28          46          29          48
Temp             31 39 49 56 53 45 36 33 28 34 42 45 42 35 33 32 31 36 43 46 44
Dewpt            26 31 39 45 45 42 35 30 27 29 30 32 31 30 29 29 29 33 35 36 36
RH               81 73 68 66 74 89 96 89 96 82 62 60 65 82 85 88 92 89 73 68 73
Wind dir          E SE SE SE  E NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd         12 16 14 12  5  8 17 17 16 16 13 11 10  9  9  8  8 11 13 16 14
Wind gust                                26
Clouds           B1 SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                          S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill       21 30             26 22 16 24 35 39 36 28 25 25 24 28 36    37
Min chill        21    23          26    16    16    35    24    24    24    37


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          35    44      27    47      28    54      31    62
Temp          37 35 39 38   31 28 41 41   31 29 46 48   36 33 54 55
Dewpt         34 32 34 32   28 25 29 28   26 25 29 31   29 28 33 35
PWind dir        NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW       W    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      20    10       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C    S

$$
IAZ035-292100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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          32          52          33          53
Temp             34 43 55 61 58 50 44 38 33 37 47 51 48 41 36 35 35 41 49 51 49
Dewpt            28 34 43 48 49 46 42 35 30 31 34 34 33 32 31 31 31 36 39 40 40
RH               78 70 64 62 72 86 93 89 89 79 60 52 56 70 82 85 85 82 68 66 71
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE  N NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd         11 14 14 12  5  4 11 14 13 12 12 10  6  8  8  6  8 10 13 13 13
Clouds           SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill       26 36             38 29 23 29                29 28 35
Min chill        25    27          38    23    22          30    27    29


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          37    49      29    50      29    55      32    63
Temp          41 37 45 43   34 30 43 43   32 29 47 49   37 34 55 56
Dewpt         37 36 38 35   30 27 31 29   27 25 30 29   29 28 35 35
PWind dir        NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      30    10       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C    C  S
Snowshwrs                       S
Tstms             S  C

$$
IAZ094-292100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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          42          60          42          64
Temp             45 55 64 69 67 60 54 47 43 45 56 60 57 49 45 44 44 48 58 62 59
Dewpt            36 42 45 50 51 50 49 44 40 39 38 37 37 37 38 38 40 44 48 50 49
RH               70 61 50 51 56 69 83 89 89 79 51 42 47 63 76 79 86 86 69 65 69
Wind dir         SE  S  S  S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          8 16 17 13  9 10  9 12 11 12 10  9  6  6  6  9 10 12 11 11 13
Wind gust           29
Clouds           B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 FW B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                          C  C  L  L  C  C  L
Tstms                         S                                   S        S  S
Wind chill                               37 39
Min chill        39                      36    34                38    38


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          47    63      36    50      32    56      35    64
Temp          51 49 57 54   43 36 46 46   37 33 50 51   42 37 59 60
Dewpt         48 47 48 43   37 32 32 30   28 28 29 29   30 31 36 37
PWind dir        NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60    50      30    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  C  C    C  S
Tstms          C  C  C  C    C

$$
IAZ017-292100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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          32          50          31          52
Temp             31 39 50 58 54 47 43 38 33 37 45 49 44 38 34 33 33 39 48 50 46
Dewpt            25 28 36 42 44 43 42 35 31 31 33 32 32 31 30 30 30 34 37 37 37
RH               78 64 58 55 69 86 96 89 92 79 62 52 62 76 85 89 89 82 65 61 71
Wind dir          E SE SE SE  E  E NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd         10 16 17 16 10  6  8 16 16 16 13 11  9  8  8  6  6 10 12 13 13
Wind gust        20                      26
Clouds           B2 SC SC B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S                          S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Wind chill       22 30                29 22 28 39       32 27 27 27 33
Min chill        21    23          38    22    21    38    27    24    27


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          36    47      28    47      26    52      30    61
Temp          38 36 43 41   32 28 42 41   30 27 45 46   35 31 53 54
Dewpt         36 34 36 34   30 26 31 29   27 24 29 29   28 26 33 34
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      30    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  L  L    C  S  S
Snowshwrs                       S  S

$$
IAZ049-292100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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          37          55          36          55
Temp             35 45 58 63 61 52 49 44 38 42 51 55 51 43 40 37 37 43 50 52 49
Dewpt            25 31 40 46 48 47 47 42 36 35 37 36 35 34 33 33 33 37 41 42 41
RH               66 58 51 54 62 83 93 93 92 76 59 49 54 70 76 85 85 79 71 69 74
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE  E NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd         10 13 16 14  6  5  5 12 13 14 12 10  6  6  6  8  8 10 13 13 14
Clouds           B2 SC B1 OV OV OV SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S                          S  S  L  L  C  C  L
Wind chill       27 39                37 30 34                   30 37
Min chill        26    28                29    28          35    29    31


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          39    51      31    48      28    53      31    62
Temp          43 40 47 46   37 31 43 43   33 29 46 47   37 32 54 55
Dewpt         39 37 41 38   34 29 32 30   28 26 29 29   29 28 36 36
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      30    20       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  L  C    C  S  S
Tstms          S  S  C  S

$$
IAZ086-292100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
544 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date             Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun 03/31/24
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          45          61          41          59
Temp             39 52 64 68 66 61 57 52 47 48 57 61 58 49 45 44 44 48 54 57 55
Dewpt            33 38 43 47 49 51 51 48 43 40 40 38 37 37 37 38 39 43 46 47 46
RH               79 59 46 47 54 70 80 86 86 74 53 42 45 63 73 79 82 83 74 69 72
Wind dir          E SE SE  S  S  S SW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          9 10 16 14  9 11 12 12 13 12 12 10  6  6  6 10 10 12 13 12 13
Clouds           SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          30           0          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C                          S  S  L  L  C  C  L
Tstms                         S  S                                         S
Wind chill       33                                           38 38
Min chill        33    35                      38          39    37    37


Date          Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          46    59      38    50      32    55      35    63
Temp          49 47 54 54   44 39 45 46   37 33 48 50   40 37 57 58
Dewpt         46 45 47 44   38 34 33 31   30 28 29 30   29 30 35 37
PWind dir        NE    NE       N    NW      NW    NW      NW    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70    70      40    20       5     5       0     0
Rain shwrs     L  L  L  C    C  C  S
Tstms          C  C  C  C    S

$$


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