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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

IAZ060-181000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          53          41          50          40
Temp                      38 37 42 49 53 50 47 46 44 42 43 47 50 47 44 43 42 40
Dewpt                     22 22 22 22 23 26 30 36 38 40 40 41 40 39 40 39 39 39
RH                        52 54 44 34 31 39 51 68 79 93 89 79 68 74 86 86 89 96
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                   3  6 11 13 14 13 12 11 10  9  9  9  9  6  5  3  3  3
Wind gust                             26 24
Clouds                    SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          40          60          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  C  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S
Wind chill                      36                38 36
Min chill                    31    29                35    35          39    37


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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      42    58      44    52      36    50      36    55
Temp          52 51 45   44 56 55 49   44 49 46 41   37 47 45 40   36 52 50
Dewpt         41 42 42   43 49 48 47   44 43 39 36   33 37 37 35   34 38 38
PWind dir        SE      SE     E      NE     N       N     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      40    40      40    30      20    10       5    10
Rain                      C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                           S

$$
IAZ039-181000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          47          35          44          36
Temp                      35 33 38 45 46 43 39 38 37 36 38 42 44 42 39 38 37 36
Dewpt                     24 23 23 21 21 23 28 33 35 35 38 38 38 37 38 37 37 36
RH                        64 66 54 38 37 45 64 82 92 96100 86 79 82 96 96100100
Wind dir                  NE  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   3  3  9 11 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 11  8  5  4  4  3
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          50          80          50           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.17        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      L  D  L  D  C  C
Wind chill                      32 39    36 31 29 28 28 31 36 38 36
Min chill              34    28    24    35    28    27    27    35    32    31


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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          50      37    55      40    50      32    48      33    52
Temp          47 46 40   39 53 50 45   41 48 44 37   33 45 43 37   33 49 46
Dewpt         39 40 40   39 45 45 44   41 40 36 34   32 35 35 35   32 36 36
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      NE     N       N     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0      30    40      40    30      20    10       5    10
Rain                      C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S

$$
IAZ048-181000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          51          38          47          38
Temp                      39 36 40 47 50 48 44 43 40 39 41 45 47 44 40 40 40 38
Dewpt                     26 25 24 22 24 27 31 35 37 38 40 40 40 39 39 39 39 38
RH                        59 64 52 37 36 44 60 73 89 96 96 82 76 82 96 96 96100
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   4  6 10 13 16 14 14 13 11 10 10 10 10  6  4  3  2  2
Wind gust                       20 24 26
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          80          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.06        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  D  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S
Wind chill                      33          37 36 33 32 35 39
Min chill                    29    25          33    31    32    38    36    36


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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      39    56      42    51      33    49      34    54
Temp          50 49 42   41 54 52 47   42 49 44 39   34 46 44 38   35 51 48
Dewpt         42 42 42   41 48 48 46   42 41 38 36   33 37 37 35   34 38 39
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      NE     N       N     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    30      40    30      20    10       5    10
Rain                      C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ004-181000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          47          33          42          34
Temp                      38 35 38 45 46 42 37 36 35 34 37 40 42 40 37 37 36 35
Dewpt                     26 23 23 22 25 28 32 33 33 33 36 38 38 36 36 35 35 35
RH                        62 61 54 40 43 57 82 89 92 96 96 92 86 85 96 92 96100
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE  E NE  E  E SE SE  S
Wind spd                   5  8 12 16 17 14 14 13 12 10 10 10 10  5  5  4  4  4
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          80          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.22        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   C  D  D  L  D  C  C
Wind chill                   29 31 38 39 35 28 27 26 26 30 34 36
Min chill              36    26    22    35    26    25    26    33    31    29


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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          50      36    52      33    45      28    46      31    50
Temp          47 46 40   38 50 47 40   34 42 39 33   29 43 41 35   32 47 44
Dewpt         40 41 38   38 44 41 38   34 35 32 28   27 34 34 32   30 35 35
PWind dir         S       S    SW       N     N       N    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      20    20      10     5       5     5
Rain                         S  C       S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-181000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          49          36          45          36
Temp                      39 35 40 47 49 45 40 40 38 37 39 44 45 42 38 39 38 37
Dewpt                     28 25 24 23 24 27 30 33 35 36 39 39 39 37 38 37 37 37
RH                        64 66 52 38 37 49 67 76 89 96100 82 79 82100 92 96100
Wind dir                   E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                   5  6 12 14 16 14 14 13 12 10  9  9  9  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds                    B1 SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          80          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.13        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  D  L  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                   29 33       38 32 33 31 30 33 38 39
Min chill              39    28    26    37    32    29    30    37    33    34


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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      38    55      36    49      31    48      33    53
Temp          49 47 41   40 53 50 43   37 46 43 35   31 45 43 37   33 50 47
Dewpt         41 41 40   40 46 44 42   37 38 35 32   30 35 35 34   32 37 37
PWind dir         S      SE    SE       N     N       N    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    30      30    20      10    10       5    10
Rain                      S  C  C  S    C  S  S

$$
IAZ094-181000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          53          43          56          38
Temp                      37 37 43 50 53 51 49 47 46 44 49 55 55 49 43 42 40 39
Dewpt                     20 19 20 23 26 30 36 41 44 44 46 46 44 42 41 41 40 39
RH                        50 48 39 34 35 44 61 79 93100 89 72 66 77 93 96100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   4  6 11 13 13 12 11  9  6  5  6  8  9  5  5  3  3  3
Wind gust                       24 26 27
Clouds                    SC SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20          40           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C
Tstms                                        S
Wind chill                   31 37
Min chill              34    30    29                                  38    36


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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          58      44    60      46    54      37    49      36    54
Temp          54 52 47   46 59 56 52   47 51 47 42   37 47 44 39   36 52 48
Dewpt         43 43 45   46 54 52 51   47 44 41 38   35 38 38 36   35 40 39
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       E     N       N     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          5      50    50      50    40      20    10       5    10
Rain                 S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                        S  S

$$
IAZ017-181000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          46          33          42          33
Temp                      35 34 37 43 46 43 38 37 35 34 37 40 42 39 36 36 35 34
Dewpt                     24 22 22 22 22 23 29 33 34 34 37 38 37 36 36 36 35 34
RH                        64 61 54 43 38 45 70 85 96100100 92 82 89100100100100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd                   3  5  9 12 13 13 13 13 12 10 10 10  9  5  4  3  3  3
Clouds                    B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          50          90          50           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.28        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   C  L  D  L  D  C  C
Wind chill                      31 37    36 30 29 27 26 30 33 36
Min chill              36    26    24    35    28    25    26    33    31    30


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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          48      35    52      35    47      29    45      31    49
Temp          45 44 39   37 50 47 42   36 44 41 34   29 42 40 35   32 47 44
Dewpt         40 39 38   37 44 43 41   36 37 34 31   28 35 34 32   31 35 36
PWind dir         S      SE    SE       N     N       N    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    40      20    20      10    10       5    10
Rain                      S  C  C  S    S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-181000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          49          36          46          37
Temp                      40 35 39 47 49 45 41 40 39 37 40 43 46 43 40 39 38 37
Dewpt                     25 23 23 22 22 24 30 33 35 36 39 39 39 38 38 38 37 37
RH                        55 61 52 37 34 43 65 76 85 96 96 86 76 82 92 96 96100
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   4  5 11 13 14 14 14 13 12 10 10 10 10  6  5  4  3  3
Clouds                    B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          80          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.14        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      D  L  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                      33       39 33 34 31 30 33 37
Min chill                    29    26    38    32    29    30    36    35    32


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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          51      38    55      41    50      32    48      33    53
Temp          48 47 41   40 53 50 45   41 49 44 38   33 45 42 37   33 50 47
Dewpt         40 41 40   40 46 46 45   41 41 37 35   32 36 36 35   32 37 37
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      NE     N       N     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    40      40    30      20    10       5    10
Rain                      C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-181000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1232 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Date           11/16/25      Mon 11/17/25            Tue 11/18/25            Wed
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          53          41          52          39
Temp                      39 37 41 50 52 50 47 46 44 42 45 50 51 48 43 42 41 40
Dewpt                     23 22 22 21 21 24 30 36 39 41 43 42 42 41 41 39 39 39
RH                        52 54 46 31 29 36 51 68 82 96 93 74 71 77 93 89 92 96
Wind dir                   E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd                   4  6 11 13 14 14 14 12 10 10  9  9 10  8  5  5  4  4
Wind gust                                25
Clouds                    SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          60          80          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      D  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                        S
Wind chill                   30 35                38
Min chill                    28    25          39    35    37          38    34


Date           11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25  Sun 11/23/25
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      41    60      46    57      37    51      35    55
Temp          51 50 44   43 58 55 52   47 54 50 42   37 48 46 39   36 52 49
Dewpt         41 43 42   43 51 51 51   47 45 42 38   36 38 39 36   35 39 39
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       E     N       N     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      40    50      50    40      20    10       5    10
Rain                      C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S
Tstms                           S

$$