7-Day Forecast 42.04°N 93.62°W (Text-Only)
NWS Forecast for: Ames IA
Issued by: National Weather Service Des Moines, IA
Last Update: 6:51 am CDT Jul 10, 2026




Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind.

Saturday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 66.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 90.

Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 68.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 91.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 92.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 92.



Ames IA
 42.04°N 93.62°W

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