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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

IAZ060-232200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          42          54          46          56
Temp                39 54 59 50 46 44 44 45 48 53 54 52 50 49 48 47 50 54 53 46
Dewpt               33 38 36 38 41 44 44 44 46 48 49 49 49 49 48 47 48 48 39 31
RH                  79 54 42 63 83100100 96 93 83 83 89 96100100100 93 80 59 55
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             1  4  6  5  5  5  6  5  5  6  5  4  3  2  3  4  6 12 16 13
Wind gust                                                                 26 24
Clouds              FW CL CL FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          60          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  L  L  C  C


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            29    39      21    36      22    37      26    38
Temp          36   30 37 36 28   22 33 31 26   23 34 33 29   27 35 35
Dewpt         26   22 21 18 18   16 16 16 16   16 18 21 24   25 28 28
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E       E     E
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr            5     0       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain                                                     S       S  C
Snow                                                     S    S  S  C

$$
IAZ039-232200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      55          38          54          44          55
Temp                33 50 54 45 40 38 39 40 46 51 53 50 47 47 46 45 48 53 53 45
Dewpt               26 33 33 33 34 37 39 40 45 47 48 48 47 47 46 45 48 47 43 37
RH                  75 52 45 62 79 96100100 96 86 83 93100100100100100 80 69 73
Wind dir             W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd             1  4  8  6  8  8  8  6  8  9  9  5  5  3  3  3  5 10 14 16
Clouds              CL CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S        S  S
Obvis                                 PF PF
Wind chill                            33                                     39
Min chill              27    39    32    32    36                            37


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            27    36      20    33      18    33      22    35
Temp          35   28 34 31 24   21 30 28 22   19 30 28 24   22 32 31
Dewpt         28   23 20 17 17   13 14 14 14   13 15 18 21   21 24 25
PWind dir           W    NW      NW    NW      NW     E       E     E
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           10     0       0     5       5    10      20    30
Snow                                                     S    S  S  C

$$
IAZ048-232200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      57          40          54          44          55
Temp                35 51 57 48 43 42 42 43 46 51 54 51 49 49 47 45 48 53 51 44
Dewpt               31 37 38 38 40 42 42 43 46 48 50 50 49 48 47 45 48 47 40 31
RH                  85 59 49 68 89100100100100 89 86 96100 96100100100 80 66 60
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             2  5  8  6  5  5  5  6  5  6  6  5  3  2  2  3  6 12 16 13
Wind gust                                                                 26 24
Clouds              FW CL CL CL SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  L  L  C  C
Obvis                              PF
Wind chill                                                                   37
Min chill              29          35    35    39                            34


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            27    38      19    34      20    35      24    36
Temp          34   28 35 33 26   20 32 29 24   20 32 30 27   25 33 33
Dewpt         27   23 21 19 18   15 16 16 16   15 18 21 24   24 27 28
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E       E     E
Wind char          BZ    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr            5     0       0     5      10    10      20    30
Rain                                                             S  C
Snow                                                     S    S  S  C

$$
IAZ004-232200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      56          39          53          39          48
Temp                34 51 55 47 42 41 41 42 47 52 52 50 45 44 41 40 42 46 45 37
Dewpt               28 35 38 38 38 39 40 41 45 48 48 47 45 43 40 39 41 39 33 29
RH                  78 54 53 71 86 92 96 96 93 86 86 89100 96 96 96 96 76 62 72
Wind dir            SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             8 12 13 10 11 10 10  9  8  8  5  4  4  4  4  5 10 17 20 18
Wind gust                                                                 31 28
Clouds              CL CL CL FW FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C  S  S        S  S  C  C  S
Snow                                                                          S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF PF
Wind chill          27          36 35 35 36                         36 39 37 27
Min chill              21          33    33    36                35    35    26


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            23    32      16    30      17    30      20    31
Temp          29   24 30 28 22   17 28 25 20   18 27 26 22   20 28 27
Dewpt         23   18 19 16 13   12 14 14 13   11 16 19 19   18 22 23
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E       E     E
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr           20     0       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain           S
Snow           S                                         S       S  C

$$
IAZ035-232200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      57          39          54          42          52
Temp                34 50 56 47 43 41 42 43 47 52 53 50 47 46 45 43 47 50 48 40
Dewpt               30 37 39 38 39 41 42 42 46 48 49 48 47 46 45 43 45 43 37 29
RH                  85 61 53 71 86100100 96 96 86 86 93100100100100 93 77 65 64
Wind dir             N  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             2  6 10  8  8  6  6  6  5  6  5  4  2  2  2  4  8 13 17 16
Clouds              FW CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  L  L  S  S              S  S
Wind chill                                                                   32
Min chill              29          36    36    39                            31


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            25    36      17    33      18    33      22    34
Temp          32   26 33 31 23   18 30 28 22   19 30 28 24   22 31 30
Dewpt         25   21 20 18 16   13 15 15 15   14 17 20 21   20 25 25
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E       E     E
Wind char          BZ    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr           10     0       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain                                                                C
Snow                                                     S    S  S  C

$$
IAZ094-232200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          44          54          46          56
Temp                41 54 59 50 47 46 46 45 47 52 54 52 50 50 48 47 50 54 53 45
Dewpt               36 41 42 43 45 46 45 45 47 49 50 50 50 50 48 47 50 48 40 31
RH                  82 61 53 77 93100 96100100 89 86 93100100100100100 80 61 58
Wind dir             S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S SW  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             1  5  6  4  5  6  6  6  5  6  5  3  2  2  3  4  6 11 13 11
Wind gust                                                                 25
Clouds              FW CL CL FW B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          80          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      L  L  D  D  C  C
Obvis                              PF PF  F PF
Wind chill                                                                   39
Min chill              35                                                    38


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            28    40      21    39      23    40      28    41
Temp          36   29 37 35 29   22 35 33 26   24 36 34 31   29 38 37
Dewpt         25   22 20 17 18   17 16 16 17   17 21 24 28   28 31 31
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NE    SE      SE     E
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     5       5    10      20    40
Rain                                                     S       S  C
Snow                                                     S    S

$$
IAZ017-232200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      54          38          52          42          51
Temp                35 50 54 45 41 39 39 41 46 51 52 49 46 46 44 43 45 49 48 40
Dewpt               29 35 36 36 35 38 39 41 45 47 48 47 46 45 44 43 45 45 40 32
RH                  78 56 50 70 79 96100100 96 86 86 93100 96100100100 86 74 73
Wind dir             S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             4  8  9  8  8  8  9  8  6  8  5  4  3  2  2  3  6 11 16 14
Clouds              CL CL CL FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          60          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  L  L  C  C              C  C  S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Wind chill                         33 33                                     32
Min chill              25          32    32    35                39    39    30


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            24    31      17    29      16    29      19    31
Temp          31   25 30 28 22   18 28 24 20   17 27 26 22   20 29 28
Dewpt         26   21 20 17 15   12 15 14 13   11 15 18 19   19 23 23
PWind dir           W    NW      NW    NW      NW     E       E     E
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           20     5       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain           S
Snow           S    S                                    S    S  S  C

$$
IAZ049-232200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      56          39          53          44          55
Temp                35 51 56 46 41 39 41 41 46 51 53 50 48 48 46 45 48 53 52 44
Dewpt               30 34 34 34 36 39 40 41 46 48 48 48 48 48 46 45 48 48 43 34
RH                  82 52 43 63 82100 96100100 89 83 93100100100100100 83 71 68
Wind dir             E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             1  4  6  5  6  6  6  6  6  8  6  5  4  3  3  3  5 10 14 14
Clouds              FW CL CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          60          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  L  L  C  C
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Wind chill                                                                   37
Min chill              29          33    33    37                            35


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            27    37      19    34      18    33      22    36
Temp          34   28 35 31 24   20 31 28 22   19 30 29 25   23 33 32
Dewpt         27   23 21 18 17   14 15 14 15   14 16 19 22   22 26 27
PWind dir           W    NW      NW    NW      NW     E       E     E
Wind char          BZ    BZ      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           10     0       0     5       5    10      20    30
Rain                                                             S  C
Snow                                                     S    S     C

$$
IAZ086-232200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
847 AM CST Sun Nov 23 2025

Date             Sun 11/23/25            Mon 11/24/25            Tue 11/25/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      58          41          54          47          59
Temp                35 53 58 49 44 42 43 44 47 53 54 52 50 49 49 48 51 57 57 49
Dewpt               30 36 36 37 40 42 43 44 47 48 49 49 49 49 49 48 50 50 46 38
RH                  82 52 44 63 86100100100100 83 83 89 96100100100 96 77 67 66
Wind dir            SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             1  4  5  5  5  6  6  6  6  8  8  5  5  4  4  4  5 10 13 13
Clouds              FW CL CL CL SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          70          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Obvis                              PF PF PF PF


Date               Wed 11/26/25  Thu 11/27/25  Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            30    40      21    36      21    38      26    39
Temp          38   31 37 36 28   22 33 31 25   22 34 33 29   27 36 37
Dewpt         28   23 21 19 19   17 16 16 15   16 18 22 25   26 29 30
PWind dir           W    NW      NW    NW       N     E       E     E
Wind char          BZ    BZ      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr            5     0       0     5       5    10      20    40
Rain                                                     S       S  C
Snow                                                     S    S

$$