| NWS Forecast for: Monroe County Issued by: National Weather Service Des Moines, IA Last Update: 324 AM CDT Mon Mar 16 2026 |  |
Today: Cloudy with a chance of snow early, then partly sunny with a chance of flurries this morning. Partly sunny this afternoon. Areas of blowing snow early this morning, then patchy blowing snow this afternoon with visibility one quarter mile or less at times. Little or no additional snow accumulation. Windy and much cooler with highs in the lower 20s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent. Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows around 6 above. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph after midnight. Tuesday: Mostly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds around 5 mph, becoming south with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 30 percent. Tuesday Night: Snow likely in the evening. Little or no snow accumulation. Not as cool. Near steady temperature in the upper 20s. South winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent. Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Thursday: Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Friday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Sunday: Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. | |
| Zone Forecast: Monroe County | |
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