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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

IAZ060-230900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      49          71          40          64          45
Temp             67 61 55 52 50 62 69 71 68 55 47 43 40 48 58 63 62 53 49 47 46
Dewpt            40 43 43 43 43 41 34 34 35 36 37 36 33 33 33 32 33 33 34 36 37
RH               37 51 64 71 77 46 27 26 29 49 68 76 76 56 39 31 33 46 56 65 71
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         16 12  9  6  5 12 18 20 16 10  9  6  5  6  6  6  8  8 10 10 11
Wind gust                          29 32
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          70      55    74      58    75      55    69      49    66
Temp          65 66   59 58 69 69   63 59 72 71   61 57 65 66   56 50 61 64
Dewpt         43 44   48 53 60 57   56 55 57 56   54 54 56 52   49 45 48 47
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S    SW      NE     S      SW     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      90    90      80    30      70    70      40    30
Rain shwrs        S    L  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C     S    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ039-230900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      45          67          34          61          39
Temp             63 59 52 46 46 56 66 67 63 49 43 37 34 44 55 59 58 48 44 41 41
Dewpt            40 42 42 39 37 36 36 37 38 39 36 31 27 28 28 27 28 31 30 30 30
RH               43 53 69 76 71 47 33 33 39 68 76 79 75 53 35 29 32 51 57 65 65
Wind dir          S SW SW  W SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         21 17 10  6  8 13 20 23 18 12 11  9  8  6  6  6  8  8  6  9 10
Wind gust                          33 35
Clouds           OV B1 SC SC B2 B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                                     36 30 27                   35 34
Min chill                                      34    27    30          39    32


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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      50    71      57    73      51    65      49    66
Temp          62 63   54 52 62 67   61 59 70 68   57 53 61 61   53 50 60 62
Dewpt         39 39   42 48 56 58   58 56 57 56   52 51 54 51   49 46 49 47
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW      NE     E       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      WY    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      80    90      90    50      60    70      50    30
Rain shwrs             C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  L    C  C  C  S
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    C  C          S  S  S  C    C  S

$$
IAZ048-230900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      46          68          37          63          43
Temp             66 59 52 48 47 56 63 68 64 52 44 40 37 47 57 62 60 50 47 45 44
Dewpt            41 43 43 39 38 37 35 36 36 37 37 35 32 32 32 31 32 33 33 35 36
RH               40 55 71 71 71 49 35 31 35 56 76 82 82 56 38 31 35 52 58 68 73
Wind dir         SW SW  W  W SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         20 12  8  5  8 13 20 21 17 11 10  6  5  6  6  6  9  6  8 10 11
Wind gust                          33 34 27
Clouds           B2 SC FW SC B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                                     38
Min chill                                      36    32    36                37


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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      53    73      56    73      52    67      47    66
Temp          64 65   56 54 67 68   60 57 69 69   57 54 62 63   54 48 60 63
Dewpt         43 44   47 52 60 58   56 55 57 56   52 53 55 53   50 46 48 47
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S     W      NE    SE      SW     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      90    90      80    40      70    70      50    30
Rain shwrs        S    L  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  L    C  C  C  S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C          S  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ004-230900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      43          61          34          62          43
Temp             64 54 49 45 44 54 60 61 56 45 40 36 34 44 54 60 59 49 47 46 45
Dewpt            39 33 30 30 31 34 36 37 36 35 34 33 29 28 28 28 28 30 30 32 34
RH               40 45 48 55 60 46 41 41 47 68 79 89 82 53 36 29 30 48 51 58 65
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         16  9  9 11 12 21 23 21 19 12 10  6  6  8  8 10 10 10 11 12 13
Wind gust                       33 33 32 29
Clouds           FW CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                   38             39 33 30 28                      39
Min chill                    35    39          33    28    32                38


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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      51    71      52    65      45    57      42    63
Temp          64 65   54 53 63 64   57 54 61 60   50 47 53 54   47 44 56 60
Dewpt         40 41   46 50 56 56   54 51 51 48   46 44 45 44   43 41 44 44
PWind dir         S      SE    SE      SW    NW      NE    NE       N     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      80    90      80    30      40    60      40    30
Rain shwrs        S    C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    S  C  L  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C                   S    S  S

$$
IAZ035-230900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      45          66          35          63          43
Temp             66 58 51 46 46 54 64 66 60 48 42 38 35 46 56 62 60 50 47 44 44
Dewpt            41 39 35 33 33 34 34 35 36 36 36 35 30 30 30 28 29 31 32 34 35
RH               40 49 54 60 60 46 32 32 41 63 79 89 82 53 37 27 31 48 56 68 70
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         16  9  6  6  9 16 21 20 18 12  9  8  5  5  6  8  9  6  9 10 11
Wind gust                          33 31
Clouds           B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC 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                                     36                         38 37
Min chill                    39                34    29    35                36


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          70      52    73      54    70      48    64      44    65
Temp          65 65   54 53 66 67   58 56 67 66   53 49 58 60   51 45 59 62
Dewpt         41 43   46 51 59 57   56 53 54 51   49 48 51 49   46 43 47 45
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S     W      NE    NE      SE     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      90    90      80    30      60    70      40    30
Rain shwrs        S    L  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C          S  S  S  C    C  S

$$
IAZ094-230900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      51          70          40          64          46
Temp             65 61 56 54 51 62 68 70 65 54 47 43 41 50 59 63 62 53 50 48 47
Dewpt            41 42 44 46 49 49 40 35 36 36 36 36 35 39 38 37 38 38 39 39 40
RH               41 49 64 74 93 62 36 27 34 50 65 76 79 66 45 38 41 57 66 71 76
Wind dir          S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  E SE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd         18 13 10  8  5  8 14 18 12  8  8  6  6  8  6  6  6  8  9 10 11
Wind gust                             29
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV B1 FW CL FW FW SC FW SC FW SC B1 SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     50          20           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S  C  S                                   S  S
Tstms                   S


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          70      56    74      58    76      57    71      49    67
Temp          64 64   59 59 69 69   63 60 72 72   62 59 66 66   56 50 63 64
Dewpt         47 48   52 57 63 60   59 58 61 59   58 58 59 55   52 47 51 50
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      90    90      70    50      80    70      40    30
Rain shwrs        C    D  D  D  D    L  C  C  C    L  D  L  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$
IAZ017-230900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      43          64          31          59          39
Temp             62 56 49 45 44 57 63 64 59 46 39 35 31 42 52 58 56 46 42 41 41
Dewpt            41 40 36 33 33 35 36 37 37 37 34 28 26 26 25 26 27 28 29 29 31
RH               46 55 61 62 65 43 36 37 44 71 82 75 81 53 35 29 32 49 60 62 67
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         19 10  9  9 11 17 23 23 19 14 11  9  6  6  6  8  8  8 10  9 11
Wind gust                       27 34 33 29
Clouds           B2 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                   38                32 28 24                36 35 34
Min chill                    36                32    24    29          36    32


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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          67      49    69      54    68      46    59      44    63
Temp          61 63   52 50 60 65   57 56 65 63   51 48 55 55   48 46 56 59
Dewpt         39 38   43 48 55 57   55 54 54 51   47 46 49 47   45 43 46 45
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S     W      NE     E       E     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B1 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      80    90      90    40      50    70      50    30
Rain shwrs             C  D  D  D    D  L  C  C    C  C  L  L    C  C  C  S
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    C  C          S        C    C  S

$$
IAZ049-230900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      45          68          34          62          40
Temp             64 59 52 47 46 57 65 68 63 50 42 37 35 45 55 60 58 47 44 42 41
Dewpt            40 42 42 40 39 37 35 36 37 37 37 35 30 31 30 30 31 31 31 31 33
RH               41 53 69 76 76 47 33 31 38 61 82 92 82 58 38 32 36 53 60 65 73
Wind dir         SW SW SW  W SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         23 16 10  6  6 13 20 21 18 11 10  9  6  6  5  6  6  6  8  8 10
Wind gust                          33 33
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Wind chill                                     36 30 29                      35
Min chill                                      35    27    33          39    34


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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      50    72      56    73      51    68      47    66
Temp          63 63   54 52 64 67   60 57 70 69   57 53 63 63   53 48 60 62
Dewpt         41 41   44 50 58 58   56 56 57 56   52 52 56 52   49 46 49 47
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW      NE    SE       S     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      80    90      90    40      70    70      50    30
Rain shwrs             C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    C  L  L  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  S  C  C  C    C  C          S  C  S  C    C  C

$$
IAZ086-230900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
559 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Date           04/22/24      Tue 04/23/24            Wed 04/24/24            Thu
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                      51          70          40          62          44
Temp             63 57 54 53 52 61 69 70 66 51 46 42 41 48 57 61 60 51 47 46 45
Dewpt            38 40 41 42 46 48 43 37 37 37 38 37 35 37 37 35 36 36 35 36 36
RH               39 53 61 66 80 62 39 30 34 59 73 82 79 65 47 38 41 56 63 68 70
Wind dir          S  S SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd         20 17 14 12  9 11 16 20 14 10  9  9 10  9  8  6  8  8 10 10 12
Wind gust                             31
Clouds           B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW CL CL FW FW SC FW FW B1 SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40          30           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S        C  S  S
Wind chill                                        36 35                      39
Min chill                                            34    37                37


Date           04/25  Fri 04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24
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      54    73      61    76      58    72      52    68
Temp          63 65   57 57 66 69   64 63 73 72   63 60 68 67   58 54 63 64
Dewpt         43 44   47 52 61 60   59 60 62 60   58 58 60 56   53 51 51 50
PWind dir        SE      SE     S       S    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      WY    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      90    90      90    50      70    70      50    30
Rain shwrs             C  D  D  D    D  C  C  C    L  L  L  L    C  C  C  C
Tstms                  C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S

$$


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