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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

IAZ060-140900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      63          89          67          89          70
Temp             80 72 67 65 65 80 86 89 87 77 72 68 68 81 86 89 87 78 74 72 70
Dewpt            64 66 63 63 63 68 68 69 69 69 67 66 65 70 70 70 71 71 70 69 69
RH               58 81 87 93 93 67 55 52 55 76 84 93 90 69 59 54 59 79 87 90 97
Wind dir         SW SE  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S
Wind spd          3  3  3  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  6  5  5  6  6  5
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S
Heat index                            94                   91 95 93
Max heat         82                92    96    91          92    95    91


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          88      66    79      62    80      66    86      68    86
Temp          83 84   73 67 77 77   67 64 77 79   71 67 81 84   72 69 82 84
Dewpt         72 72   69 66 67 66   64 63 66 67   67 67 70 71   68 67 70 70
PWind dir        SW       N    NW      NE     E      SE     S       S    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      50    30      20    10      20    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C  S  C    S  S          S  S  C  S    S  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  S  S                     S  C  S    S  C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-140900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      61          88          66          87          69
Temp             79 70 66 63 63 78 85 87 85 75 71 68 67 80 85 87 85 76 72 70 70
Dewpt            64 65 63 62 62 68 69 70 71 70 68 66 66 70 70 70 71 70 70 69 70
RH               60 84 90 97 97 71 59 57 63 84 90 93 97 72 61 57 63 82 93 97100
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  4  3  4  4  5  8  8  5  5  5  5  5  9 10 10  6  5  6  5  5
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                      S  S
Heat index                            92 91                90 92 90
Max heat         82                90    93    88          91    93    86


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          86      66    77      60    79      64    83      66    83
Temp          83 80   70 66 75 75   63 62 76 76   66 65 79 80   69 67 80 80
Dewpt         73 71   68 66 67 64   62 61 64 65   65 65 69 70   67 66 69 69
PWind dir        SW       W    NW       N     E      SE     S       S     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    30      20    10      20    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  C  C    S                S  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  C                        S  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-140900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      62          89          66          88          68
Temp             79 71 66 64 64 78 86 88 86 75 71 68 67 80 85 87 86 76 73 70 69
Dewpt            65 64 63 63 63 68 70 72 72 71 69 67 66 71 72 72 72 72 71 70 69
RH               62 79 90 97 97 71 59 59 63 87 93 97 97 74 65 61 63 87 93100100
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  3  4  3  2  5  6  6  5  5  5  5  5  8  9  8  6  6  6  5  5
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S
Heat index                         91 95 93                91 95 92
Max heat         81                92    97    91          92    96    89


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          86      65    78      60    80      65    84      66    85
Temp          81 82   70 65 75 76   65 61 76 78   67 67 81 82   70 67 82 82
Dewpt         73 72   69 65 67 65   63 61 66 67   67 67 71 72   69 67 72 71
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NE     E      SE     S      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      50    30      20    20      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S     S    S  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  S                        C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-140900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      63          88          67          87          66
Temp             79 71 67 65 65 78 84 87 86 76 73 69 68 78 84 87 85 74 71 68 66
Dewpt            64 64 63 61 62 67 69 71 71 71 68 64 64 68 69 70 71 69 68 66 65
RH               60 79 87 87 90 69 61 59 61 85 84 84 87 71 61 57 63 84 90 93 97
Wind dir          S  S SW SW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  N
Wind spd         10  6  6  5  5  5  9 10 10 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 11 10 10  9  9
Clouds           FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                            93 91                   93
Max heat         82                89    94    89          88    93    85


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          81      58    73      56    77      61    80      63    81
Temp          77 75   64 58 69 71   61 56 73 75   65 62 76 77   68 64 77 79
Dewpt         68 67   62 58 60 59   57 55 61 63   62 62 66 67   65 63 67 67
PWind dir         N       N     N      NE    SE      SE    SE       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      50    20      10    10      30    30      30    10
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  S                        C  C  C    S  C
Tstms          S  C    C  C  S                        C  C  C    S  S

$$
IAZ035-140900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      62          88          66          88          68
Temp             78 70 66 63 64 77 85 88 86 76 71 68 67 78 85 87 85 75 71 70 68
Dewpt            66 65 63 62 61 68 71 72 73 71 68 66 65 71 72 72 72 71 70 69 68
RH               67 84 90 97 90 74 63 59 65 85 90 93 93 79 65 61 65 87 97 97100
Wind dir          S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  4  4  4  3  5  6  9  6  6  6  6  6  9 10 10  8  6  8  6  5
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                S  C  C  C
Heat index                         90 95 93                91 94 91
Max heat         82                91    97    90          91    96    87


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          84      63    75      59    78      63    82      65    83
Temp          79 79   67 63 72 73   63 59 75 76   66 64 79 79   68 65 80 80
Dewpt         72 71   66 63 65 63   61 59 64 66   65 64 70 70   67 65 70 70
PWind dir        SW       N     N      NE     E      SE     S       E     E
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    30      10    10      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  C  C                     C  C  C    C  C     S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S                        C  C  C    C  C     S

$$
IAZ094-140900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      63          88          66          88          70
Temp             80 73 68 65 66 79 86 88 86 76 71 68 67 79 85 87 85 76 74 71 70
Dewpt            65 66 65 64 65 70 68 69 69 68 67 66 67 72 71 71 71 71 70 70 70
RH               60 79 90 97 97 74 55 54 57 76 87 93100 79 63 59 63 85 87 97100
Wind dir          N SE  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          2  2  3  4  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  5  6  6  6
Clouds           FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                                                 90 93 90
Max heat         83                90    92    88          92    95    88


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          88      68    79      64    82      67    86      67    86
Temp          85 85   73 68 78 77   68 64 78 80   71 68 82 84   72 68 83 84
Dewpt         74 73   70 68 70 69   67 64 69 70   69 68 71 72   69 68 71 72
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW      NE     E      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      50    40      30    20      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S    S  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S    S  C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-140900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      62          87          65          86          66
Temp             77 69 65 63 65 78 85 87 85 75 70 67 68 78 84 86 84 74 71 68 67
Dewpt            65 65 63 61 61 67 69 70 70 70 68 66 65 69 69 70 70 69 67 67 67
RH               67 87 93 93 87 69 59 57 61 84 93 97 90 74 61 59 63 84 87 97100
Wind dir         SW  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd          6  4  5  5  4  5  6  8  6  6  8  8  8 10 11 10  9  6  6  5  5
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S  C
Heat index                            92 90                   91
Max heat         81                90    93    88          88    92    85


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          83      61    74      57    77      61    80      63    81
Temp          79 78   66 62 70 72   61 59 73 75   65 62 76 77   68 64 77 78
Dewpt         70 68   64 61 62 60   59 57 61 63   62 62 67 67   65 64 67 67
PWind dir        SW       N     N      NE    SE      SE     S       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      60    30      10    10      30    40      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    L  C  C  S                     C  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  S                        C  C  C    S  C

$$
IAZ049-140900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      61          87          64          87          68
Temp             79 69 65 63 63 79 85 87 85 74 68 65 66 78 84 86 84 75 71 70 69
Dewpt            63 63 62 60 61 67 68 70 71 69 67 64 65 69 70 71 72 70 70 69 69
RH               58 81 90 90 93 67 57 57 63 84 97 97 97 74 63 61 67 84 97 97100
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  3  3  4  4  5  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  8  9  8  5  5  6  5  5
Clouds           CL CL FW FW CL FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S
Heat index                            92                      91 90
Max heat                           90    94    88          90    93    85


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          86      65    77      59    78      63    83      65    83
Temp          81 81   69 65 75 75   63 61 75 76   66 65 80 80   69 66 80 81
Dewpt         73 71   67 65 67 65   62 60 64 66   65 65 69 70   67 66 70 70
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW       N     E      SE     S       S     E
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      50    30      20    10      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S          S  C  C  C    C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C    C  C  C  S                     C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ086-140900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
633 PM CDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      64          88          66          88          70
Temp             80 71 68 66 66 79 86 88 86 75 70 67 68 80 86 87 85 76 73 70 72
Dewpt            66 66 65 64 65 70 68 69 69 68 67 66 67 72 72 73 73 72 72 70 71
RH               62 84 90 93 97 74 55 54 57 79 90 97 97 77 63 63 67 87 97100 97
Wind dir          N  E SE  S SW SW  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          4  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  5  6
Clouds           CL CL FW FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S        S  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S        S  S  S
Obvis                        PF
Heat index                                                 92 94 92
Max heat         83                89    92    88          92    96    87


Date           07/16  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          88      69    79      64    81      67    86      68    86
Temp          86 84   73 69 78 77   67 66 78 79   70 68 82 84   70 70 82 83
Dewpt         74 74   71 68 70 70   67 65 68 70   68 68 72 72   70 69 72 72
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW       N    NE       E     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      40    40      30    20      20    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    C  C  S  C    C  S  S  S    S  S  C  C    S  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C    C  C  S  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  C  C    S  C  S  S

$$