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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

IAZ060-081000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      37          40          23          34          21
Temp                   40 38 37 36 34 37 37 36 34 29 25 26 31 34 32 28 26 23 22
Dewpt                  34 34 34 34 33 35 33 33 28 22 19 16 16 17 17 18 18 17 17
RH                     79 85 89 92 96 92 85 89 78 75 78 65 53 49 53 66 71 77 81
Wind dir                N NE  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  3  2  4  5  8  8 11 12 13 14 16 17 17 11 10  9  9  9
Wind gust                                                  27 28
Clouds                 SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10         100          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.29        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                        C
Rain                          S  D  D  C  C  S
Snow                          S  D  D  C  C  S
Wind chill                            31 31 29 25 18 13 13 20 24 23 19 17 13 12
Min chill              36    34    28    29    24    12    10    20    16    11


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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          39      28    58      40    57      34    56      36    63
Temp          36 34 30   34 52 52 45   41 54 51 40   35 53 50 41   37 58 57
Dewpt         20 20 20   21 31 36 36   33 34 33 31   29 32 33 34   33 40 41
PWind dir        NW      SW     W       W     W       W     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ039-081000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      34          39          21          33          20
Temp                   40 38 36 37 37 37 36 33 29 26 22 26 31 33 30 26 24 22 20
Dewpt                  32 32 32 33 35 34 31 27 21 18 14 15 15 16 15 16 17 17 17
RH                     73 79 85 85 92 89 82 78 72 71 71 62 51 49 53 65 74 81 88
Wind dir                N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                6  3  2  3  5  8 10 12 13 16 17 18 19 19 13 13 11 11 10
Wind gust                                                  29 31
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5         100          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.21        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                     C
Rain                             L  D  C  S
Snow                             L  D  C  S
Sprinkles
Wind chill                            31 28 24 18 13  9 12 19 21 19 15 13 10  9
Min chill              34    33    32    27    18     7     7    19    12     7


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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          38      24    53      35    53      31    53      32    58
Temp          35 31 27   30 47 47 40   36 50 46 37   31 50 46 36   32 55 52
Dewpt         19 19 21   21 29 33 33   31 31 28 29   27 28 28 29   29 35 37
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ048-081000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      36          38          22          34          19
Temp                   38 37 36 35 34 37 36 33 30 27 23 26 31 34 31 25 24 21 20
Dewpt                  33 34 34 33 33 35 34 31 25 21 17 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 17
RH                     82 89 92 92 96 92 92 92 81 78 77 65 56 51 58 74 77 88 88
Wind dir               NW  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  2  2  3  5  6  8 11 12 14 14 17 17 17 11 10  9  9  8
Wind gust                                                  28 28
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20         100          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.32        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Flurries                                        C
Rain                          S  D  D  C  C
Snow                          S  D  D  C  C  S
Wind chill                            31 30 25 20 15 10 12 19 23 21 15 14 11 10
Min chill              32    34    29    29    19     9     9    20    13     8


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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          38      26    56      37    55      32    55      34    61
Temp          35 32 28   32 50 50 42   38 52 49 38   33 52 49 39   35 57 55
Dewpt         20 21 21   22 33 37 36   33 34 33 31   29 32 33 34   32 38 40
PWind dir        NW      SW     W       W     W       W     W      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ004-081000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      30          36          16          32          15
Temp                   34 33 32 32 34 35 31 28 24 21 17 22 29 32 27 22 21 18 16
Dewpt                  29 29 29 31 31 31 28 20 16 13 11 13 14 16 15 15 15 14 13
RH                     82 85 88 96 89 85 88 71 71 71 77 68 53 51 60 74 77 84 88
Wind dir                N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                5  3  3  4  6 10 12 14 16 18 18 19 21 20 13 13 10 10  9
Wind gust                                   25                32
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          90          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.16           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           2       00-00
Snow                          L  D  C  C  S
Wind chill                         28 27 22 16 11  6  1  7 16 20 16  9 10  6  4
Min chill              28    29    27    21    10     1     1    16     9     4


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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      25    55      33    52      29    52      31    59
Temp          33 30 28   32 50 47 40   34 49 46 35   30 49 45 36   32 55 52
Dewpt         18 19 19   22 33 33 30   28 30 28 26   24 28 28 28   28 36 37
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W    NW       W     W       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ035-081000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      33          37          19          33          18
Temp                   37 35 34 34 35 36 34 31 28 24 20 24 31 33 30 24 22 20 18
Dewpt                  32 32 32 32 33 34 32 28 22 18 14 14 15 16 16 17 16 16 15
RH                     82 89 92 92 92 92 92 88 78 77 77 65 51 49 55 74 77 84 88
Wind dir                N NE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  3  2  3  5  8  9 12 13 14 14 17 18 18 12 10  9  8  8
Wind gust                                         25
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50         100          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.28        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1       00-00
Rain                          L     D  C
Snow                          L  D  D  C  C  S
Wind chill                            30 27 21 17 11  6 10 19 22 20 14 12 10  8
Min chill              32    32    30    26    16     6     7    19    11     8


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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          38      25    56      35    54      31    54      33    61
Temp          35 31 27   32 50 50 41   36 51 48 37   31 51 47 38   33 56 54
Dewpt         19 20 19   22 33 34 33   31 32 30 28   26 30 30 31   31 37 37
PWind dir         W       S     W       W    NW       W     W       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ094-081000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      37          44          23          34          19
Temp                   41 40 39 41 43 41 38 37 35 29 25 26 31 34 30 27 25 22 20
Dewpt                  36 35 34 36 38 36 34 35 31 25 21 17 14 15 15 17 17 16 16
RH                     82 82 82 82 82 82 85 92 85 85 84 68 49 45 53 65 71 77 84
Wind dir                N NE  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                4  3  4  5  6 10  9 10 12 14 14 16 16 14  9  9  8  8  8
Wind gust                                         25 26 26 27 26
Clouds                 SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          60          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          S  C  L  C  S  S
Snow                                      S  S  S
Wind chill                            34 32 30 26 18 13 13 20 24 22 18 16 13 10
Min chill              37    36    35    30    25    12    11    21    15    10


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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          39      27    58      39    58      34    58      38    63
Temp          36 33 29   33 52 51 44   39 56 50 40   35 55 51 43   39 60 57
Dewpt         18 18 18   20 30 36 36   34 35 33 32   30 33 36 36   37 43 44
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ017-081000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      31          36          18          30          17
Temp                   36 34 33 34 35 35 33 30 27 23 19 23 29 30 28 24 22 20 18
Dewpt                  31 31 31 31 32 32 28 22 17 15 12 14 15 15 15 15 16 16 16
RH                     82 89 92 89 89 89 82 72 65 71 74 68 55 53 58 68 77 84 92
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                5  3  2  3  4  6  9 11 12 14 14 18 20 18 12 11 10 10  9
Wind gust                                                  31 29
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          90          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.14           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Flurries                                  C
Rain                                D  S
Snow                          S  D  D  S
Sprinkles
Wind chill                            29 25 19 16 10  5  9 16 18 17 13 11  9  7
Min chill              30    31    30    23    14     4     4    17    10     6


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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      23    53      33    50      29    51      31    57
Temp          33 29 27   29 47 46 39   34 48 45 35   30 48 44 35   32 53 50
Dewpt         19 19 19   21 31 33 30   29 30 28 27   25 28 27 27   28 35 37
PWind dir        NW      SW     W       W    NW       W     W       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ049-081000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      34          38          21          33          19
Temp                   39 37 36 36 36 36 35 32 29 26 22 25 31 33 30 26 23 21 19
Dewpt                  32 32 31 32 34 35 33 29 23 20 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
RH                     76 82 82 85 92 96 92 88 78 78 77 68 53 49 55 65 74 81 88
Wind dir                N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                5  3  2  3  5  6  8 11 12 14 14 17 18 19 11 11 10 10  9
Wind gust                                                  29
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10         100          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.30        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             D  D  C  S
Snow                             D  D  C  S  S
Wind chill                            30 28 23 19 14  9 12 19 22 20 15 13 10  8
Min chill              34    33    30    26    18     8     8    19    12     7


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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          38      24    54      35    54      31    54      33    60
Temp          35 31 27   29 48 47 40   36 51 48 37   31 51 46 38   33 56 52
Dewpt         20 20 20   20 30 34 34   31 32 30 29   27 30 31 31   30 37 39
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ086-081000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
917 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date           11/07/25      Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            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                      37          43          24          35          20
Temp                   41 39 37 40 41 38 37 36 33 30 25 27 32 34 32 27 25 23 21
Dewpt                  36 35 34 34 38 36 36 34 30 24 20 18 16 17 18 18 18 17 17
RH                     82 85 89 79 89 92 96 92 89 78 81 68 51 49 56 68 74 77 84
Wind dir               NW  N  N  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                5  3  2  4  5  8 10 11 11 14 14 18 18 17 11 10 10 10 10
Wind gust                                      21 26 27 29 28 28 21
Clouds                 SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10         100          40           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.25        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                        C
Rain                             C  D  C  C  C
Snow                                      C  C
Wind chill                            32 30 28 24 19 13 14 20 23 23 17 15 12 10
Min chill              37    36    37    29    24    12    12    21    14     8


Date           11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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          39      26    56      38    57      34    57      36    63
Temp          36 32 28   32 50 50 44   39 54 51 39   34 54 50 41   37 59 57
Dewpt         20 20 20   20 29 35 36   33 34 33 32   29 32 34 34   33 40 42
PWind dir        NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$