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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

IAZ060-161000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      54          67          35          53          36
Temp                      59 56 58 67 66 58 50 45 39 36 42 50 53 48 43 41 38 37
Dewpt                     51 46 44 46 45 42 38 33 29 26 25 22 21 23 23 23 23 21
RH                        75 69 59 47 47 55 63 62 67 67 50 33 28 37 45 48 54 52
Wind dir                  SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  12 10 11 13 13  9  6  4  3  3  3  5  5  4  3  4  5  8
Clouds                    B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   31
Min chill                                            33    34          37    29


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          51      35    47      34    52      41    54      38    50
Temp          49 46 40   36 45 45 39   35 49 49 44   43 52 48 40   38 47 46
Dewpt         25 31 36   35 37 36 35   33 39 40 42   42 45 42 40   37 40 39
PWind dir         E       E    NE       E    SE      SE     N       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      60     5       5    10      40    40      30    30
Rain              C  L    C                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-161000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      51          64          31          50          32
Temp                      58 54 55 62 61 51 44 39 35 31 37 47 50 44 38 36 34 33
Dewpt                     51 46 45 45 41 34 30 26 23 22 22 19 18 20 22 22 21 21
RH                        77 74 69 54 48 52 57 59 61 69 54 32 28 38 52 56 58 61
Wind dir                  SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E
Wind spd                  13 11 12 17 17 12 10  9  5  5  5  6  8  4  3  2  3  5
Clouds                    B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                        29 25
Min chill                                      33    24    28    39    33    25


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          48      32    44      32    49      37    50      35    49
Temp          46 42 35   32 42 41 36   33 46 44 39   38 48 45 37   35 45 44
Dewpt         20 26 32   31 34 32 33   32 36 37 39   38 42 40 37   35 38 38
PWind dir         E       E     E       E    SE      SE    NE       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         30      70    20       5     5      40    40      40    30
Rain              C  L    C  S                   S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
Snow                 S

$$
IAZ048-161000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      52          66          33          51          35
Temp                      57 54 59 65 64 53 46 41 36 33 40 49 51 46 40 39 37 36
Dewpt                     50 46 45 46 44 41 35 31 27 25 25 22 22 24 24 24 24 22
RH                        77 74 60 50 48 64 65 67 69 72 55 34 32 42 52 54 59 56
Wind dir                   W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW  N NW NW NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  12 10 11 14 13  9  5  4  3  2  3  5  5  4  3  3  4  6
Clouds                    B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   30
Min chill                                      37    31    33          34    26


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          50      33    45      33    51      39    52      36    50
Temp          48 44 38   34 43 43 37   34 48 46 41   40 50 46 37   36 45 44
Dewpt         24 31 35   34 36 36 35   33 39 40 41   40 45 42 37   36 40 39
PWind dir         E       E    NE       E    SE      SE     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      60    10       5     5      40    40      30    30
Rain              C  L    C                      S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-161000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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          57          29          48          32
Temp                      52 49 51 56 55 46 39 35 31 29 35 45 47 42 37 35 34 33
Dewpt                     40 39 42 40 33 28 25 22 20 19 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 19
RH                        63 68 71 55 43 49 57 59 63 66 54 35 32 41 50 54 56 56
Wind dir                   W NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   9 12 14 18 16  9  6  5  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  8
Clouds                    B2 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   26
Min chill                                      29    23    25    38    30    23


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          45      29    42      30    47      35    46      31    45
Temp          42 38 33   30 39 39 35   31 44 43 38   37 44 41 33   31 41 40
Dewpt         21 27 30   28 32 32 31   31 37 38 37   36 39 35 32   31 36 33
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     S      SE     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         40      50    10       0     5      30    30      20    30
Rain              C  C    C                      S    C  C  C  S    S  S  C
Snow              S  S    C

$$
IAZ035-161000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      49          62          30          50          35
Temp                      56 51 56 62 60 50 43 38 34 31 37 47 50 46 40 39 38 36
Dewpt                     43 41 44 45 41 35 31 27 24 22 23 21 20 21 22 23 22 21
RH                        62 68 64 54 49 56 62 64 66 69 56 35 30 37 48 52 52 54
Wind dir                   W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW  N NW NW  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  10  9 11 14 13  8  5  4  2  2  3  5  5  3  3  3  5  6
Clouds                    B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   30
Min chill                                      34    30    32          36    27


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          48      31    44      32    50      37    50      34    47
Temp          47 41 35   32 42 41 35   33 47 45 40   39 47 44 34   34 44 43
Dewpt         23 29 33   31 34 34 33   32 38 38 39   39 42 39 34   34 37 35
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE    SE      SE     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         40      60    10       0    10      30    30      30    30
Rain              C  L    C                      S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ094-161000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      55          70          36          55          37
Temp                      57 56 60 69 69 59 52 46 41 37 43 53 55 49 44 41 39 38
Dewpt                     53 49 46 45 44 44 43 38 34 30 27 23 22 22 22 21 20 19
RH                        86 77 60 42 40 57 71 73 76 75 53 31 27 34 41 44 46 46
Wind dir                  SW  W NW  N NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  11 10 10 12 11  5  5  4  3  3  3  4  4  3  3  4  5  9
Clouds                    B1 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   32
Min chill                                            34    36          36    29


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          52      37    50      34    54      43    55      38    51
Temp          51 48 43   38 48 45 39   35 51 50 46   45 53 49 40   38 47 46
Dewpt         26 34 38   37 39 38 37   35 40 41 44   45 47 44 40   38 40 40
PWind dir         E       E    NE       E    SE      SE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         30      50     5       5    10      50    40      40    40
Rain              C  C    S                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-161000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      47          58          28          47          30
Temp                      55 49 53 58 56 47 40 36 31 29 35 45 47 41 36 35 32 31
Dewpt                     44 42 43 43 36 30 25 22 21 20 21 19 18 20 20 20 21 19
RH                        66 77 69 57 47 51 55 56 66 69 56 35 31 42 52 54 63 61
Wind dir                   W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E
Wind spd                  12 10 13 18 16  9  8  5  4  3  4  5  5  3  2  2  3  5
Clouds                    B2 B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   25
Min chill                                      29    22    24    38    30    21


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          45      28    41      30    46      34    47      32    45
Temp          43 40 33   29 40 38 34   31 43 42 37   37 45 41 34   32 42 41
Dewpt         21 25 30   28 32 32 30   31 36 37 37   37 41 38 34   32 36 35
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     S      SE     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         40      60    20       0     5      30    40      30    30
Rain              C  L    C  S                   S    C  C  C  C    S  C  C
Snow              S  S    S

$$
IAZ049-161000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      51          65          32          50          33
Temp                      57 53 56 64 63 52 45 40 35 32 38 47 50 44 38 37 35 34
Dewpt                     51 46 45 45 43 38 32 27 24 22 23 21 21 22 23 23 22 21
RH                        80 77 66 50 48 59 60 59 64 66 54 35 31 41 54 56 59 58
Wind dir                  SW  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E
Wind spd                  12 10 11 16 16 10  8  5  4  3  4  5  5  3  2  3  4  5
Clouds                    B2 B2 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          49      32    45      32    49      38    52      35    50
Temp          48 43 36   33 43 41 36   32 46 44 40   39 49 45 36   35 45 44
Dewpt         22 27 33   33 36 35 33   32 37 38 39   39 44 41 36   35 39 39
PWind dir         E       E    NE       E    SE      SE     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         30      70    10       5     5      40    40      30    30
Rain              C  L    C                      S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-161000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1227 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/14/25      Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon
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                      56          70          34          53          35
Temp                      58 57 60 68 68 58 51 45 39 35 41 50 53 47 41 39 37 36
Dewpt                     54 50 48 46 45 44 38 33 29 25 24 20 19 23 23 23 21 21
RH                        86 77 64 45 43 59 61 62 67 66 50 30 26 38 48 52 52 54
Wind dir                  SW  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NW  N  N NW  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                  12 12 12 13 14 10  9  6  5  4  4  4  5  3  3  3  5  6
Wind gust                          24
Clouds                    B1 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                                                                   30
Min chill                                            30    32          34    26


Date           11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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          52      35    48      33    53      42    56      39    53
Temp          50 47 40   36 46 45 37   34 49 48 44   44 53 50 41   39 48 48
Dewpt         22 29 36   36 38 37 35   34 38 40 41   43 46 45 41   39 41 40
PWind dir         E       E    NE       E    SE      SE     N      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      60    10       5    10      40    50      40    40
Rain              C  L    C                      S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$