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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

IAZ060-121000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      35          57          36          61          41
Temp                   42 38 35 43 54 57 51 43 40 38 37 45 58 61 55 48 45 43 42
Dewpt                  34 33 31 33 35 35 36 36 35 34 33 36 40 41 41 41 41 41 41
RH                     73 82 85 67 48 43 56 76 82 85 85 70 51 48 59 77 86 93 96
Wind dir                W  W  W  W NW NW  W  W SW SW  S SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE
Wind spd                8  8  8  9 10  9  4  3  2  2  3  5  9  9  5  4  3  3  4
Clouds                 CL CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
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 28
Min chill              36    28    28          39    33    34                38


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          69      54    71      43    56      34    49      35    49
Temp          63 62 56   55 69 63 52   44 53 50 40   35 46 46 40   36 46 45
Dewpt         52 52 53   53 54 48 42   36 34 32 31   29 32 34 36   34 36 36
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NW    NW       N     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    10      20    40      30     5
Rain                                                  S  C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-121000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      33          53          31          57          36
Temp                   40 36 34 40 50 53 46 39 36 32 31 40 54 57 50 43 41 38 37
Dewpt                  34 32 30 32 32 33 33 34 33 32 31 34 35 37 37 36 37 37 36
RH                     79 85 85 73 50 46 60 82 89100100 79 48 47 61 76 85 96 96
Wind dir                W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               12 11 11 12 14 13  9  5  4  2  2  3  8  9  6  5  4  4  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             33 28 26 33
Min chill              31    26    24    39    31    30    32          37    31


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          64      50    68      39    53      30    48      32    47
Temp          59 58 53   52 66 60 49   40 51 46 36   30 45 42 37   33 45 42
Dewpt         46 49 51   51 54 46 41   36 31 28 28   26 27 29 31   32 33 33
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      NW    NW       N    NE       E    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    10      20    30      30    10
Rain                                             S    S  S  C  C    S

$$
IAZ048-121000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      34          55          34          60          39
Temp                   40 36 34 42 51 55 47 39 37 35 34 44 56 60 53 45 43 41 39
Dewpt                  35 33 31 34 36 37 37 36 35 34 34 37 39 42 41 41 41 40 39
RH                     82 89 89 73 56 51 68 89 92 96100 76 53 51 64 86 93 96100
Wind dir                W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               10  8  8  9 11 10  5  3  2  1  2  5  9  9  5  4  3  3  3
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             33 30 27 36
Min chill              33    27    27          36    33    33          39    34


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          68      52    69      40    55      32    48      34    48
Temp          61 60 53   53 66 60 49   41 52 48 37   33 45 44 38   34 45 43
Dewpt         50 52 52   52 54 47 42   35 34 32 31   28 32 33 36   33 36 36
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NW    NW       N     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    10      20    40      30     5
Rain                                                  S  C  C  C    S

$$
IAZ004-121000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      30          52          30          56          35
Temp                   37 33 31 39 49 52 44 38 34 32 31 39 51 55 48 41 39 37 35
Dewpt                  31 30 28 31 33 34 34 33 31 30 29 34 39 40 40 38 37 36 35
RH                     79 89 88 73 54 50 68 82 89 92 92 82 63 57 74 89 92 96100
Wind dir               NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               11 10 10 11 13 11  6  5  4  3  3  5  9  9  5  5  5  5  6
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
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 22 32                                           29
Min chill              29    22    20          30    25    26          35    29


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          64      49    63      34    49      28    46      30    45
Temp          58 57 52   50 60 55 43   35 47 43 33   29 43 40 35   31 42 39
Dewpt         46 47 47   46 45 40 33   28 29 27 25   23 26 28 28   28 31 30
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW    NW       N     E       E     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    10      10    30      20     5
Rain                                                     S  C  S

$$
IAZ035-121000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      30          54          31          58          37
Temp                   38 34 31 40 51 54 46 38 35 33 32 41 55 58 51 44 41 39 37
Dewpt                  35 32 30 33 35 35 35 35 33 32 31 36 39 40 40 41 39 38 37
RH                     89 92 96 76 54 48 65 89 92 96 96 82 55 51 66 89 92 96100
Wind dir                W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S SE SE  S  S SE SE  S SE SE
Wind spd                9  9  9  9 11 10  5  3  2  2  2  5  9  9  5  4  3  4  5
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
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 27 24 34
Min chill              31    23    22          33    28    30          38    31


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          67      50    67      37    53      30    48      31    47
Temp          60 59 53   51 64 58 46   38 50 46 35   31 45 42 35   32 44 41
Dewpt         48 49 50   50 50 43 38   32 31 29 28   25 29 30 32   31 33 33
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NW    NW       N     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    10      20    30      20     5
Rain                                             S    S  S  C  S

$$
IAZ094-121000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      35          59          38          62          44
Temp                   42 38 35 44 57 59 51 44 41 39 38 46 58 62 56 49 48 46 45
Dewpt                  33 33 31 34 35 35 35 36 35 35 35 38 40 42 43 44 45 46 45
RH                     70 82 85 68 43 40 54 73 79 85 89 73 51 48 62 83 89100100
Wind dir                W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                6  6  6  6  8  6  2  2  2  2  4  5  9  9  5  4  4  4  4
Clouds                 CL CL CL CL FW FW SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
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
Min chill              36    28    28                34    36


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          70      54    72      43    56      36    49      36    49
Temp          64 62 57   56 70 64 52   44 55 50 41   37 47 45 40   37 47 45
Dewpt         54 53 55   55 55 48 43   39 35 34 32   31 35 37 38   37 39 39
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NW     N      NE     E      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    20      20    40      30     5
Rain                                       S  S  S    S  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S

$$
IAZ017-121000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      33          52          29          56          34
Temp                   38 35 33 39 48 52 44 38 35 31 30 39 53 55 48 42 39 36 35
Dewpt                  32 30 29 31 33 33 32 32 31 30 29 34 36 37 38 37 36 36 35
RH                     79 82 85 73 56 48 62 79 85 96 96 82 52 51 68 82 89100100
Wind dir                W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               12 11 10 11 13 13  5  4  3  2  2  3  6  8  5  4  3  4  5
Wind gust                       21 24
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
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 27 25 32
Min chill              30    24    24    38    30    29    29          36    29


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          62      48    64      35    49      27    46      29    45
Temp          57 56 51   50 62 56 46   36 48 43 33   28 43 40 35   30 43 40
Dewpt         45 48 49   48 50 43 37   31 29 27 25   23 26 29 29   29 32 31
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NW    NW       N     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    10      10    30      20    10
Rain                                                     S  C  S

$$
IAZ049-121000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      33          54          32          58          38
Temp                   39 35 34 40 50 54 46 38 36 34 32 41 55 57 51 44 41 40 38
Dewpt                  34 32 30 33 34 35 35 34 33 32 31 36 38 40 39 38 39 38 38
RH                     82 89 85 76 54 48 65 85 89 92 96 82 53 53 63 79 92 92100
Wind dir                W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S  S SE SE  S SE SE
Wind spd               11 10  9 10 12 11  5  4  3  2  2  4  8  8  5  4  4  4  4
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
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 28 27 33
Min chill              31    26    25          31    31    31          38    32


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          67      51    69      40    53      31    48      32    48
Temp          61 59 53   52 66 60 49   41 52 46 36   31 45 42 37   33 45 42
Dewpt         50 51 51   52 54 47 41   35 32 30 29   26 29 32 33   32 35 34
PWind dir        SE       S    SW      NW    NW       N     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    10      20    30      30     5
Rain                                             S    S  C  C  C    S

$$
IAZ086-121000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1027 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025

Date           11/11/25      Wed 11/12/25            Thu 11/13/25            Fri
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                      35          58          36          61          42
Temp                   40 37 35 43 54 58 50 43 39 37 36 44 58 61 55 48 46 44 43
Dewpt                  34 33 32 33 32 33 35 35 34 34 33 36 38 39 40 40 41 42 43
RH                     79 85 89 67 43 39 56 73 82 89 89 73 47 44 57 74 83 93100
Wind dir                W  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SE
Wind spd                9  9  9 10 11 11  5  4  3  2  2  5  8  9  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 CL CL CL FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill             34 31 28 37
Min chill              34    27    27          36    32    34                38


Date           11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25  Mon 11/17/25  Tue 11/18/25
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          70      54    74      44    57      34    51      36    51
Temp          65 63 56   55 71 66 54   45 55 51 40   35 48 46 40   37 48 46
Dewpt         53 54 54   55 56 51 46   40 35 33 31   30 32 34 37   36 38 38
PWind dir         S       S    SW       W    NW       N     E       E    NE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    20      20    40      40     5
Rain                                       S  S  S    S  C  C  C    S
Tstms                                                       S

$$