2026-03-14T01:27:20-05:00 current observations and forecast Des Moines, IA https://www.weather.gov/desmoines https://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/xml/ point1 Polk City, IA Polk City 850 https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.78&lon=-93.71 k-p6h-n1-1 2026-03-14T02:00:00-05:00 2026-03-14T07:45:59-05:00 k-p12h-n14-1 2026-03-14T02:00:00-05:00 2026-03-14T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-14T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-15T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-15T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-16T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-16T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-17T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-17T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-18T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-18T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-19T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-19T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-20T06:00:00-05:00 k-p24h-n7-1 2026-03-14T02:00:00-05:00 2026-03-14T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-15T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-16T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-17T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-18T18:00:00-05:00 2026-03-19T18:00:00-05:00 k-p24h-n7-2 2026-03-14T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-15T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-16T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-17T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-18T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-19T06:00:00-05:00 2026-03-20T06:00:00-05:00 Daily Minimum Temperature 33 38 6 4 26 36 40 Daily Maximum Temperature 54 52 20 34 59 69 67 12 Hourly Probability of Precipitation 20 50 90 60 20 40 Weather Type, Coverage, Intensity Conditions Icon https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/nsn20.png https://forecast.weather.gov/DualImage.php?i=bkn&j=wind_bkn https://forecast.weather.gov/DualImage.php?i=nra&j=nra&ip=10&jp=50 https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/sn_ip90.png https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/nsn60.png https://forecast.weather.gov/DualImage.php?i=blizzard&j=wind_sct&ip=0 https://forecast.weather.gov/DualImage.php?i=nwind_few&j=nfew https://forecast.weather.gov/DualImage.php?i=sct&j=sn&jp=20 https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/nsn40.png https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/few.png https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/nfew.png https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/sct.png https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/nsct.png https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/bkn.png Watches, Warnings, and Advisories https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=IAZ060&warncounty=IAC153&firewxzone=IAZ060&local_place1=Polk+City+IA&product1=Winter+Storm+Watch Text Forecast A 20 percent chance of snow before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 33. East wind around 6 mph. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a southeast wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Rain likely, possibly mixed with sleet before 1pm, then snow, possibly mixed with rain and sleet between 1pm and 4pm, then snow after 4pm. Some thunder is also possible. Patchy blowing snow after 5pm. Temperature falling to around 32 by 5pm. Windy, with a south wind 11 to 21 mph becoming north northwest 23 to 33 mph. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible. Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Widespread blowing snow, mainly between 9pm and 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 6. Windy, with a north northwest wind 29 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Patchy blowing snow before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 20. Windy. Mostly clear, with a low around 4. Blustery. A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. A 40 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Sunny, with a high near 59. Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. point1 Ankeny Regional Airport, IA 886 https://www.nws.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KIKV.html k-p1h-n1-1 2026-03-14T02:35:00-05:00 34 25 70 Weather Type, Coverage, Intensity 10.00 Conditions Icon https://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/medium/novc.png 80 NA 6 30.11