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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

IAZ060-020900-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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          54          39          61          41
Temp          45 41 39 38 36 35 41 51 54 49 44 43 41 39 47 59 61 55 47 45 43 42
Dewpt         37 36 35 35 33 31 34 35 34 34 35 35 37 36 38 36 34 34 35 36 36 36
RH            73 82 85 89 89 85 76 54 46 56 70 73 85 89 71 42 36 45 63 70 76 79
Wind dir       N  N NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N NW  S SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      10  5  2  2  2  3  8 13 16 11  9  6  6  5  6  8  5  2  2  3  5  6
Wind gust                             26
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW B1 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          66      43    61      38    63      47    65      45    58
Temp          62 60   49 44 58 54   43 40 59 61   54 47 58 58   50 46 56 53
Dewpt         46 46   46 42 41 38   38 37 44 48   48 41 41 39   38 39 39 33
PWind dir         S       W     N      SE     S      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                                         S

$$
IAZ039-020900-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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          52          38          60          36
Temp          46 42 39 37 36 35 40 49 52 47 43 42 40 38 48 58 59 50 43 40 38 37
Dewpt         37 37 35 35 33 32 35 35 34 33 34 35 35 35 38 33 31 31 32 32 32 32
RH            71 82 85 92 89 89 82 58 50 58 70 76 82 89 68 39 34 48 65 73 79 82
Wind dir       N  N NW NW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  W SW  S SE SE
Wind spd       9  5  2  2  2  4 10 17 18 14 12 10  9  6 10 11  9  4  3  2  3  5
Wind gust                             28
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S
Wind chill                      33          37 36 34
Min chill        37    35    29    30          34    30    35          37    31


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          63      40    59      34    60      44    62      40    54
Temp          59 56   45 41 56 51   38 36 56 55   50 44 55 54   45 41 53 49
Dewpt         39 43   43 40 39 34   34 34 39 42   46 42 40 36   37 37 38 33
PWind dir        SE      NE     N      SE     S      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW SC B1 B2   B2 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5     0       0     0      30     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                         C  S                S  S

$$
IAZ048-020900-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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          54          38          61          38
Temp          44 41 38 37 35 35 41 50 53 49 43 42 39 38 48 58 60 53 44 42 40 39
Dewpt         37 37 36 34 33 32 35 35 35 35 35 35 36 35 39 36 34 33 34 35 35 36
RH            76 85 92 89 92 89 79 56 50 58 73 76 89 89 71 44 37 46 68 76 82 89
Wind dir       N  N NW NW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW SW SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      10  4  2  1  2  3  9 14 16 11  8  5  5  5  6  8  5  2  2  2  4  5
Wind gust                          25 26
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          65      41    60      36    62      45    63      43    56
Temp          61 58   47 42 57 52   40 38 58 59   51 45 58 56   48 44 54 51
Dewpt         45 47   45 41 40 37   37 36 43 47   47 40 40 39   38 38 38 33
PWind dir         S       N     N      SE     S      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                         S                   S

$$
IAZ004-020900-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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          55          39          57          36
Temp          43 39 36 33 32 32 40 50 54 50 45 43 41 39 47 56 57 49 41 39 38 36
Dewpt         33 33 32 29 28 27 31 34 35 34 35 35 34 31 34 32 29 28 28 28 29 29
RH            67 79 85 85 85 81 70 54 48 54 68 73 76 73 60 40 34 44 59 64 70 75
Wind dir       N NW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SE
Wind spd       6  2  2  5  9 14 19 24 21 13 10  9  9  9 10 10  9  4  4  5  5  8
Wind gust                       29 35 34 24
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC 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                24 22 31          39    35 33                      30
Min chill        36    28    22    22          36    30    32          34    28


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          60      36    56      35    59      42    59      38    51
Temp          56 53   43 37 53 48   39 38 55 55   48 43 53 51   42 40 49 46
Dewpt         39 41   38 35 36 33   32 33 41 42   40 35 36 33   33 33 34 31
PWind dir        SE       N     N       S     S       W    NW       S     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 SC FW FW   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                             S  S

$$
IAZ035-020900-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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                      32          55          38          60          37
Temp          43 41 37 34 33 33 41 50 54 50 44 41 40 38 47 58 60 52 43 41 39 38
Dewpt         35 35 34 31 30 30 33 34 35 34 35 35 34 34 37 33 30 30 32 32 32 33
RH            73 79 89 89 89 89 73 54 48 54 70 79 79 85 68 39 32 43 65 70 76 82
Wind dir       N  N NW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW SW  S  S SE SE
Wind spd       9  3  2  2  3  6 12 17 18 12  9  6  5  5  6  8  6  2  2  3  4  5
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 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                   27 34
Min chill        36    33    26    25          36    32    35          39    32


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          63      38    59      35    61      44    62      40    55
Temp          59 56   45 39 56 51   39 38 57 57   50 44 56 55   45 41 52 49
Dewpt         42 44   42 38 37 34   34 34 42 44   43 37 38 36   35 35 36 31
PWind dir        SE       N     N      SE     S       W    NW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B2   B2 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                             S

$$
IAZ094-020900-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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                      29          53          38          61          42
Temp          45 41 36 34 31 30 37 49 53 48 44 43 40 38 48 59 61 54 47 46 44 43
Dewpt         37 36 35 34 31 30 34 34 34 34 35 35 37 36 39 39 36 37 37 37 38 41
RH            73 82 96100100100 89 56 48 58 70 73 89 92 71 47 39 52 68 71 79 93
Wind dir       N NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  N  N NE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      10  4  2  2  2  2  5 11 13  9  8  6  5  5  5  5  4  2  2  3  5  8
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          66      43    61      39    64      46    65      45    59
Temp          63 60   50 44 58 53   43 41 60 59   54 47 59 57   49 46 57 53
Dewpt         46 47   46 44 43 41   40 40 46 50   51 42 42 41   40 41 39 34
PWind dir         S       W     N       E     S      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20     5      10    10
Rain shwrs                                         S

$$
IAZ017-020900-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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          38          57          35
Temp          43 40 38 36 34 34 40 48 51 47 44 43 40 38 47 56 57 49 41 39 37 35
Dewpt         37 36 34 33 31 30 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 34 36 33 29 29 29 30 30 30
RH            79 85 85 89 89 85 79 58 52 60 68 73 82 85 65 42 34 46 62 70 75 82
Wind dir       N  N  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S SE
Wind spd       8  2  1  1  3  6 12 19 19 12 10  9  8  6  9 10  8  3  2  2  3  5
Wind gust                          31 31 23
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S
Wind chill                   28 33          37
Min chill        37    35    27    26          36    31    34          37    28


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          60      37    56      32    57      42    59      38    51
Temp          57 53   44 38 54 48   37 35 54 54   48 43 53 51   43 39 51 46
Dewpt         38 42   39 37 37 32   32 32 39 42   43 37 38 35   34 34 36 32
PWind dir        SE      NE     N      SE     S      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                         S                   S  S

$$
IAZ049-020900-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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          52          37          60          37
Temp          45 41 37 37 35 35 40 49 52 47 42 40 38 37 47 58 60 51 43 40 38 39
Dewpt         36 36 35 34 32 32 35 35 35 34 34 34 35 34 38 35 33 33 32 33 33 33
RH            70 82 92 89 89 89 82 58 52 60 73 79 89 89 71 42 36 50 65 76 82 79
Wind dir       N  N NW NW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW  W  S  S SE SE
Wind spd       8  3  2  1  2  3  8 14 17 12 10  8  8  5  8  9  5  2  2  2  4  5
Wind gust                          25
Clouds        OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S
Wind chill                                  36
Min chill        37    35    30    30          33    29    34          37    32


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          64      40    59      35    60      44    63      42    56
Temp          60 57   46 41 56 51   39 37 57 56   51 44 56 55   45 43 54 50
Dewpt         43 45   44 41 40 36   35 35 41 45   46 41 40 38   37 37 39 34
PWind dir         S      NE     N      SE     S      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   SC SC SC FW   FW SC B1 B2   B2 SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                         S  S                S

$$
IAZ086-020900-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
236 PM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date           11/01/25      Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25            Tue
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
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          53          38          62          40
Temp          46 42 38 36 33 32 38 50 52 47 43 42 40 39 48 59 61 53 45 43 42 41
Dewpt         36 37 37 36 33 32 35 35 34 34 34 35 35 36 39 38 35 36 36 36 36 37
RH            68 82 96100100100 89 56 50 60 70 76 82 89 71 45 38 52 70 76 79 85
Wind dir       N NW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW  N NW  N SE SE SE SE
Wind spd       9  4  2  2  2  2  5 10 11  9  9  8  8  6  8  8  5  2  2  3  4  6
Wind gust                             21
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S
Obvis                     PF PF
Wind chill                                  37
Min chill        38    33    29    29          36    32    35                35


Date           11/04  Wed 11/05/25  Thu 11/06/25  Fri 11/07/25  Sat 11/08/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          67      43    62      37    64      47    65      45    59
Temp          64 60   49 44 59 54   42 39 59 60   55 48 59 58   49 46 58 53
Dewpt         45 47   46 43 43 40   38 38 43 47   51 45 43 41   40 41 41 36
PWind dir         S      SW     N       E     S      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B2 SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      30    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                         C  S                S

$$