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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

IAZ060-251000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          53          30          38          22
Temp                   48 48 47 49 53 50 43 38 35 32 30 32 36 38 35 31 28 25 22
Dewpt                  48 48 47 48 48 38 31 28 26 23 22 22 21 19 18 18 18 18 17
RH                    100100100 96 83 63 62 67 69 69 72 66 54 46 49 58 66 74 81
Wind dir                S SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  3  5 11 18 19 21 23 20 19 18 19 18 10  9  8  8  8
Wind gust                          23 33 34 36 37 34 31 32 34 31
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC OV B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S
Obvis                   F  F  F PF
Wind chill                               35 27 23 20 18 20 26 29 27 23 20 16 13
Min chill                                34    22    16    16    25    19    12


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          36      19    31      25    33      23    33      18    31
Temp          33 31 23   20 29 30 28   27 32 31 28   24 30 31 26   20 27 26
Dewpt         16 15 16   15 16 21 25   25 28 27 25   22 23 24 23   20 19 19
PWind dir        NW      NW     E       E    NE      NE    NE      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      70    30      30    40      40    20
Rain                                             C          C
Snow                            C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ039-251000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          52          27          34          21
Temp                   47 46 46 47 51 51 44 38 34 30 28 30 33 34 31 27 25 23 22
Dewpt                  47 46 46 47 48 45 36 32 28 25 23 22 20 18 18 17 18 17 16
RH                    100100100100 89 80 73 79 78 81 81 72 58 51 58 65 74 77 77
Wind dir                S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  3  5  8 13 17 23 25 26 26 26 25 24 18 17 14 14 13
Wind gust                             29 28 33 39 37 39 39 41 40
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  S        S  C  S  S
Snow                                         S  S  S
Obvis                   F  F  F  F
Wind chill                               36 27 21 16 13 15 20 22 19 14 13 11  9
Min chill                                35    20    12    13    18    12     7


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          32      15    30      22    32      20    30      15    31
Temp          30 28 21   17 28 28 24   23 30 29 25   21 28 28 22   17 25 24
Dewpt         15 15 14   13 14 16 21   22 24 24 23   21 21 21 20   17 18 16
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SE     E      NE     N       N     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    20      70    40      30    40      40    20
Snow                            S  L    L  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-251000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          52          28          37          20
Temp                   48 47 47 48 52 49 42 35 33 30 29 31 35 37 33 28 26 23 21
Dewpt                  47 47 46 48 48 38 33 30 26 25 21 22 21 20 19 20 19 18 17
RH                     96100 96100 86 66 70 82 75 81 72 69 56 50 56 71 74 81 84
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                1  2  3  5 11 18 19 24 24 23 20 20 20 18 11 10  9  9  8
Wind gust                          24 33 33 37 37 35 34 36 36 34
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S           S
Obvis                   F  F  F PF
Wind chill                               33 23 20 17 16 18 24 27 25 19 17 13 11
Min chill                                32    19    14    16    23    16     9


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          34      16    31      24    32      21    32      15    31
Temp          32 29 21   18 29 29 25   25 31 30 25   22 29 29 24   17 25 25
Dewpt         17 16 16   14 16 21 23   24 27 26 24   21 23 23 21   17 19 19
PWind dir        NW      NW     E       E    NE      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      70    40      40    40      40    30
Rain                                                        C
Snow                            C  L    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ004-251000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          45          23          31          18
Temp                   46 45 45 45 45 44 34 30 28 26 24 26 30 31 27 23 23 20 19
Dewpt                  45 43 42 43 39 33 29 25 23 20 18 19 19 17 17 16 15 15 13
RH                     96 93 89 93 79 65 82 81 81 78 77 74 63 56 65 74 71 81 77
Wind dir                W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                1  2  3  8 16 20 25 28 27 26 25 24 25 21 13 13 11 11 11
Wind gust                          28 34 39 44 42 40 39 37 37 36
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S        C  S
Snow                                      C  C
Obvis                   F  F  F  F
Wind chill                         38 35 22 15 13 10  8 11 16 18 16 11 11  8  7
Min chill                          37    20    12     7     7    14    10     4
Wind                                      Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          30      13    27      19    28      16    24       9    24
Temp          28 24 17   15 25 25 22   21 27 25 21   17 23 21 16   11 20 19
Dewpt         16 15 12   10 14 17 18   18 22 21 18   15 18 16 13   11 15 15
PWind dir        NW      NW    SE       E    NE       N     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC B2 OV OV   OV B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      50    30      30    40      30    20
Snow                            C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-251000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          49          25          35          19
Temp                   48 47 46 47 49 46 38 33 31 28 26 29 33 35 31 26 24 22 20
Dewpt                  46 46 46 46 44 35 32 27 25 22 20 21 20 19 18 18 18 17 16
RH                     93 96100 96 83 65 79 78 78 78 78 72 58 52 58 71 77 81 84
Wind dir                S SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                4  2  3  6 14 19 23 25 25 23 20 20 20 18 11 10  9  9  8
Wind gust                          26 32 35 40 40 36 35 34 32 29
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     40          20          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S           S
Obvis                   F  F  F  F
Wind chill                            38 27 20 17 14 12 16 22 24 21 16 14 12 10
Min chill                                27    17    11    12    20    14     9


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          33      14    29      21    31      19    28      12    26
Temp          31 27 19   16 27 27 24   22 29 28 23   20 27 25 19   13 23 21
Dewpt         17 16 14   13 15 19 21   21 24 24 21   18 21 20 17   13 17 16
PWind dir        NW      NW     E       E    NE      NE     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      60    30      30    40      40    30
Snow                            C  L    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-251000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          53          28          39          20
Temp                   48 48 47 49 53 50 43 37 34 32 29 32 38 39 34 30 27 23 21
Dewpt                  48 48 47 49 49 38 30 27 26 24 23 22 21 18 18 18 18 17 17
RH                    100100100100 86 63 60 67 72 72 78 66 50 42 51 60 68 77 84
Wind dir               SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  3  5 11 18 17 20 20 18 17 17 17 13  6  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                          24 32 33 35 34 32 29 31 29 27
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Obvis                   F  F  F PF
Wind chill                               35 26 22 20 18 21 29 31 28 23 20 16 13
Min chill                                33    21    17    17    27    20    12


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          37      19    33      26    35      24    33      20    32
Temp          35 31 22   21 31 29 29   28 33 32 28   25 30 31 28   22 28 26
Dewpt         16 14 15   15 19 23 28   28 30 29 27   24 26 28 26   22 21 20
PWind dir        NW       N    SE      SE    NE      NE    NE       E    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   B1 B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    30      60    40      40    40      40    30
Rain                                       C  C  C          C
Snow                            C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C     C    C  S  C

$$
IAZ017-251000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          49          23          31          18
Temp                   46 46 46 46 49 47 40 33 29 27 24 26 30 31 28 23 23 21 19
Dewpt                  46 46 45 46 46 40 33 30 26 24 21 21 20 19 17 17 16 15 15
RH                    100100 96100 89 76 76 89 88 88 88 81 66 61 63 77 74 77 84
Wind dir                S SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                4  2  3  5  9 17 18 24 26 26 26 25 26 23 16 14 13 13 13
Wind gust                             31 28 37 40 37 37 39 40 37
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          50          40           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  S     S  C  S  C
Snow                                         C  C  C
Obvis                   F  F  F  F
Wind chill                               31 20 15 12  8 11 16 18 16 10 11  8  6
Min chill                                28    14     8     8    14    10     6
Wind                                      Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          28      13    27      19    29      17    26      10    24
Temp          27 25 18   15 25 25 22   21 27 27 22   18 25 23 18   12 21 19
Dewpt         16 15 12   11 14 16 19   19 23 22 21   17 20 18 15   12 16 15
PWind dir        NW      NW     S       E     E       N     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      60    30      30    40      30    20
Snow                            C  L    C  C  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ049-251000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          52          27          36          20
Temp                   47 46 46 48 52 50 42 36 33 30 28 30 34 36 31 26 25 23 21
Dewpt                  47 46 46 48 49 42 34 30 27 24 22 22 21 18 18 17 18 16 16
RH                    100100100100 89 74 73 79 78 78 78 72 58 47 58 68 74 74 81
Wind dir               SE  S SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                4  2  3  5  9 17 18 21 24 23 21 23 24 21 13 11 10 10 10
Wind gust                             32 28 35 37 35 35 36 39 35
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S           C
Obvis                   F  F  F  F
Wind chill                               34 24 20 17 14 17 22 25 22 16 15 12 10
Min chill                                33    20    14    14    21    12     8


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          33      15    30      22    32      21    31      15    31
Temp          31 28 20   17 28 28 24   24 30 29 25   21 28 28 23   17 25 23
Dewpt         16 16 15   13 15 18 22   23 27 26 23   20 23 23 21   17 19 17
PWind dir        NW      NW     E       E     E      NE     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      70    40      40    40      40    30
Snow                            C  L    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-251000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1052 PM CST Mon Nov 24 2025

Date           11/24/25      Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
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          54          30          39          21
Temp                   47 47 47 49 53 54 46 40 37 33 31 33 38 39 36 31 28 25 22
Dewpt                  47 47 47 49 49 47 36 31 27 25 23 23 21 19 19 18 18 18 17
RH                    100100100100 86 77 68 70 67 72 72 66 50 44 50 58 66 74 81
Wind dir                S  S SW  W SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  3  4  9 14 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 19 11 10 10 10  9
Wind gust                             29 33 35 37 37 39 39 36 33
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S              S
Obvis                  PF  F  F  F
Wind chill                               39 30 26 21 18 21 27 30 28 22 19 15 12
Min chill                                39    24    17    17    25    19    10


Date           11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          36      17    33      25    35      24    34      19    34
Temp          34 31 22   19 31 31 28   27 33 33 29   25 31 32 27   21 29 27
Dewpt         16 15 16   15 16 20 25   26 30 29 27   24 25 26 24   21 21 20
PWind dir        NW      NW     E      SE     E      NE    NE       S    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      70    50      40    40      50    30
Rain                                          C  C          C  C          S
Snow                            C  L    L  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    C  C  S

$$