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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

IAZ060-211000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      39          55          40          50          32
Temp                      42 41 44 52 55 49 48 45 43 41 43 48 50 47 42 39 34 33
Dewpt                     41 40 43 44 44 44 43 41 41 39 39 38 37 36 35 34 31 30
RH                        96 96 96 74 66 83 83 86 93 92 86 68 61 65 76 82 89 89
Wind dir                   S  S SW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   3  3  3  5  5  4  5  5  5  6  8  9  8  5  5  4  4  3
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          10          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S  C  C  S  S
Obvis                        PF  F


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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          55      39    61      37    56      39    54      31    40
Temp          50 49 44   40 58 54 43   37 53 51 44   40 51 48 37   32 38 36
Dewpt         34 35 39   39 44 41 39   35 40 39 39   38 39 33 25   21 21 19
PWind dir         S      SW     W       W     E      SE     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       5    10      30    20       5    10
Rain                                             C    C  S

$$
IAZ039-211000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      40          53          35          50          27
Temp                      41 41 44 51 52 47 44 40 37 34 38 47 50 44 36 33 30 28
Dewpt                     41 40 42 44 43 42 41 39 36 34 36 34 32 31 30 29 27 26
RH                       100 96 93 77 71 83 89 96 96100 92 60 50 60 79 85 88 92
Wind dir                   S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  N  N  N NE NE  E
Wind spd                   5  5  5  6  8  5  5  4  5  4  5  8  8  5  4  3  3  4
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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      36    58      32    55      36    52      27    39
Temp          48 46 40   37 55 49 38   33 52 48 40   37 49 45 35   28 37 33
Dewpt         31 32 36   37 40 38 36   32 37 36 36   36 37 33 25   21 19 17
PWind dir         S      SW     W      NW     W      SE    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       5    10      30    30      10     5
Rain                                             C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ048-211000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      40          52          38          51          30
Temp                      41 40 44 51 52 47 45 43 40 38 42 48 50 45 38 35 32 31
Dewpt                     40 40 42 44 44 43 42 40 39 37 38 37 36 35 33 32 30 29
RH                        96100 93 77 74 86 89 89 96 96 86 65 58 68 82 89 92 92
Wind dir                   S  S  W NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE NE SE
Wind spd                   4  4  3  5  5  5  4  4  5  5  6  9  8  5  4  3  2  2
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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          55      37    60      35    56      37    53      28    39
Temp          50 48 42   38 56 52 41   35 53 50 42   38 50 46 35   29 37 34
Dewpt         34 35 39   38 43 41 38   34 40 39 38   37 38 32 25   21 20 19
PWind dir         S      SW     W      NW     E      SE    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       5    10      30    20       5    10
Rain                                             C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ004-211000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      38          48          30          48          28
Temp                      39 38 41 47 48 43 39 36 33 30 35 44 47 40 34 32 31 29
Dewpt                     37 37 39 42 40 38 36 33 31 29 32 34 32 31 29 27 27 25
RH                        92 96 92 83 74 82 89 89 92 96 89 68 56 70 82 81 85 85
Wind dir                   S SW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  S SW SW
Wind spd                  10  8  8 10  9  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  4  5  5  6
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                32                                           26 25 22
Min chill                    32    32    39    31    25    24    36    26    22


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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          54      35    56      32    53      35    48      23    35
Temp          50 47 41   36 53 47 38   32 50 47 40   36 45 40 30   24 32 29
Dewpt         35 35 37   35 37 35 32   29 36 35 34   33 34 26 20   16 17 16
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W    SW       S     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0    10      20    20       5     5
Rain                                             S    S  S

$$
IAZ035-211000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      39          51          35          50          29
Temp                      41 40 43 49 51 45 42 39 36 34 38 47 49 43 36 33 31 29
Dewpt                     39 38 41 42 43 42 40 38 35 33 35 35 34 32 31 29 28 27
RH                        92 92 93 77 74 89 93 96 96 96 89 63 56 65 82 85 88 92
Wind dir                   S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  N  N NE  S  S
Wind spd                   8  6  5  6  6  5  4  3  4  4  5  6  6  4  3  2  3  3
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                     PF PF PF
Wind chill                35
Min chill                    34    36          36    28    27          30    23


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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          55      36    60      32    55      36    51      26    38
Temp          50 48 42   37 56 50 38   33 52 49 40   37 48 43 33   27 35 32
Dewpt         33 35 38   37 41 38 35   32 37 37 36   35 36 28 23   19 19 17
PWind dir         S      SW     W       W    SW      SE    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0    10      30    20       5    10
Rain                                             S    C  S

$$
IAZ094-211000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      41          56          43          49          34
Temp                      44 43 46 55 56 51 50 47 45 44 45 48 50 47 44 43 38 35
Dewpt                     42 42 45 46 47 46 45 45 44 43 44 42 41 39 38 37 34 33
RH                        93 96 96 72 72 83 83 93 96 96 96 80 71 74 79 79 85 92
Wind dir                  SE  S  S NW  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   3  3  2  3  4  4  5  6  9 10 11 10 10  6  5  5  4  4
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5          30          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.30        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C  L  L  L  L  S  S
Obvis                     PF  F  F                   PF
Wind chill                                              39
Min chill                                            37    36          38    31


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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          55      39    60      39    56      40    54      30    41
Temp          51 49 43   40 57 53 43   39 54 50 44   41 51 47 37   31 38 35
Dewpt         36 37 40   40 45 43 42   38 42 40 41   41 43 34 27   22 22 20
PWind dir         S      SW    SW      NW     E       E     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     5       5    20      40    20       5    10
Rain                                          S  C    C  S  S

$$
IAZ017-211000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      39          49          31          47          26
Temp                      40 40 42 48 49 44 40 37 33 31 36 45 48 41 34 32 29 27
Dewpt                     39 39 41 42 42 40 37 35 33 30 34 33 31 30 28 27 26 25
RH                        96 96 96 80 77 86 89 92100 96 92 62 51 65 78 81 88 92
Wind dir                   S SW  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  S  S
Wind spd                   8  5  5  8  8  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  4  2  2  3  4
Clouds                    B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Obvis                     PF PF  F


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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    55      31    52      34    49      24    35
Temp          48 46 40   36 52 47 37   32 50 46 39   35 46 42 31   25 34 30
Dewpt         32 34 37   36 39 37 33   30 36 35 34   34 35 29 22   19 18 16
PWind dir         S      SW     W       W    SW      SE    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0    10      20    30       5    10
Rain                                             S    S  C  S

$$
IAZ049-211000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      40          52          37          50          29
Temp                      41 41 44 51 52 47 44 42 37 36 39 47 50 44 37 34 31 30
Dewpt                     40 40 42 44 44 43 41 40 37 36 37 36 34 33 31 30 29 27
RH                        96 96 93 77 74 86 89 93100100 92 65 54 65 79 85 92 88
Wind dir                   S  S SW  W NW  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NE SE
Wind spd                   5  4  4  5  5  4  4  4  5  5  6  8  8  5  4  3  3  4
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Drizzle
Rain                                                        S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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          54      36    59      34    55      36    53      28    39
Temp          49 46 40   37 56 50 39   34 52 48 40   37 50 45 34   28 37 33
Dewpt         33 33 37   37 41 40 37   34 39 37 37   36 38 33 25   21 20 19
PWind dir         S      SW     W      NW    NW      SE    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5    10      30    30      10    10
Rain                                             C    C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-211000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
142 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025

Date           11/19/25      Thu 11/20/25            Fri 11/21/25            Sat
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                      42          56          42          50          31
Temp                      44 44 46 54 56 52 49 47 43 42 45 49 51 49 43 40 35 32
Dewpt                     43 43 46 47 47 46 45 44 43 41 42 41 39 38 35 34 32 30
RH                        96 96100 77 72 80 86 89100 96 89 74 63 66 73 79 89 92
Wind dir                   S  S  S SW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                   3  3  3  4  4  4  5  5  8  9 10 10 10  6  5  5  5  4
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5          20          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.11        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Obvis                        PF PF
Wind chill                                              39
Min chill                                            34    34          35    26


Date           11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25  Mon 11/24/25  Tue 11/25/25  Wed 11/26/25
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          55      38    61      37    57      40    55      31    41
Temp          50 48 42   39 58 53 43   37 54 51 43   40 52 49 38   32 39 37
Dewpt         33 34 37   39 44 43 40   36 41 40 40   40 43 39 28   23 22 21
PWind dir        SE      SW     W       W    NE      SE    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     5       5    20      40    30      10    10
Rain                                          S  C    C  C  S

$$