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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

IAZ060-301000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      14          19           5          22           9
Temp                   19 18 16 16 19 19 14  9  8  8 11 13 19 22 20 18 16 13 10
Dewpt                  15 14 12 13 16 16 12  9  8  8 11 13 17 19 18 17 14 13 10
RH                     84 84 84 88 88 88 92100100100100100 92 88 92 96 92100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E SE SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               20 18 16 14 12  9  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  4  4  4  4  4  4
Wind gust              37 35 29 28
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          50           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C
Obvis                  BS
Wind chill              3  2  1  2  7  8  5  3             11 15 14 11  9  5  1
Min chill               2    -1    -1     3     0     6     5    12     8    -1
Winter Storm            W  W


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          27      18    30      -3    19       8    31      17    32
Temp          21 21 24   26 29 19  7   -1 12 13 14   18 28 26 23   21 30 29
Dewpt         18 18 23   23 25 16  5   -3  5  8 12   15 24 22 21   21 27 26
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW      NW    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    10       5     0       5    10      10    10

$$
IAZ039-301000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      17          21           1          20           9
Temp                   22 21 19 18 21 19 12  7  3  3  5 10 16 19 18 16 13 11 10
Dewpt                  20 17 16 16 17 16 11  7  3  3  5 10 14 16 16 15 13 11 10
RH                     92 84 88 92 84 88 96100100100100100 92 88 92 96100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  E SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               19 20 18 17 14 10  8  4  3  2  3  4  5  4  5  5  5  4  4
Wind gust              33 34 34 29
Clouds                 OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     60           0           0          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow                    C                                   C  C
Obvis                  BS BS BS
Wind chill              7  5  3  3  7  6  1 -3              7 10 10  7  4  3  1
Min chill               7     3     1    -3    -7     1     2     7     4    -1
Winter Storm            W  W


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          23      13    28      -6    16       5    28      12    30
Temp          20 19 18   21 26 17  6   -4  9  9 10   15 23 22 20   17 27 25
Dewpt         18 16 18   21 22 13  4   -6  2  3  9   14 19 17 19   17 23 21
PWind dir        SW       S    NW      NW    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    20       5     0       5    10      10    10
Snow                            S

$$
IAZ048-301000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      14          19           2          20           7
Temp                   18 17 15 16 19 18 12  6  4  5  8 12 17 20 18 16 14 11  8
Dewpt                  14 14 13 13 15 16 12  6  4  5  8 12 17 19 18 16 14 11  8
RH                     84 88 92 88 84 92100100100100100100100 96100100100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W SW
Wind spd               20 18 17 14 13 10  5  3  3  2  3  5  5  4  5  4  4  3  3
Wind gust              34 34 33 29
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          40           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C
Obvis                  BS
Wind chill              1  1 -1  1  6  6  3                 9 12 11  9  7  4  2
Min chill               1    -2    -2     0    -3     3     4    10     6    -1
Winter Storm            W  W


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          25      16    29      -7    17       7    29      15    31
Temp          19 20 21   24 27 16  3   -5 10 10 12   16 26 23 22   19 29 27
Dewpt         17 18 21   23 24 15  2   -6  4  7 12   15 23 21 21   19 27 25
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW      NW    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr          0       5    20       5     0       5    10      10    10
Snow                            S

$$
IAZ004-301000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      11          17           0          19           3
Temp                   16 15 13 14 17 16  9  3  2  5  7 12 17 19 17 13 12  9  4
Dewpt                  13 12 11 11 13 13  8  3  2  5  7 11 15 17 15 12 11  8  4
RH                     88 88 91 88 84 88 96100100100100 96 92 92 92 96 96 96100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               19 19 18 14 13  9  6  4  3  4  6 10 11 10 10  8  6  5  5
Wind gust              33 33 32 27
Clouds                 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                        S  S
Obvis                  BS BS
Wind chill             -1 -2 -4 -2  3  4 -2 -4    -4 -5 -1  3  6  5  2  1 -2 -7
Min chill              -1    -4    -4    -3    -7    -8    -7     4     0    -7
Winter Storm            W  W


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          24      12    24      -9    19       8    27      13    30
Temp          16 19 20   21 21  8 -2   -5 12 14 15   18 24 22 19   19 27 24
Dewpt         14 16 19   19 14  6 -5   -8  7 11 15   15 22 20 18   17 26 21
PWind dir        SW      SW     N      NW    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B2   OV B2 B1 SC   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    20       0     0       5    10      10    10
Snow                         S

$$
IAZ035-301000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      12          18          -1          20           5
Temp                   17 16 14 14 18 17 10  4  1  2  5 11 17 20 18 15 13 10  6
Dewpt                  14 12 11 12 15 14 10  4  1  2  5 11 16 18 16 15 13 10  6
RH                     88 84 88 92 88 88100100100100100100 96 92 92100100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd               18 18 17 13 12  9  5  4  2  3  4  8  8  6  5  5  4  4  4
Wind gust              34 35 32 27
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          40           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C
Wind chill              1  0 -1  0  5  5  0              2  7 10 10  6  5  2 -2
Min chill               0    -3    -3    -2    -3    -4     0     7     4    -3
Winter Storm            W  W


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          25      14    27     -10    17       7    28      13    31
Temp          18 19 21   24 25 12 -1   -7 10 12 13   16 25 23 20   19 29 25
Dewpt         15 17 21   23 19 10 -2   -8  5  9 13   15 23 20 20   19 26 23
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW      NW    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B2   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       5    20       0     0       5    10      10    10
Snow                         S  S

$$
IAZ094-301000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      14          21           8          22           9
Temp                   19 17 15 15 20 20 16 12 10 11 14 15 19 21 22 18 16 14 10
Dewpt                  15 14 13 12 15 16 13 12 10 11 14 15 18 20 20 18 16 14 10
RH                     84 88 92 88 81 84 88100100100100100 96 96 92100100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E SE SE  S SW  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd               19 16 13 13 12  8  5  4  4  4  4  4  4  3  2  3  4  4  4
Wind gust              37 34 29 26
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          70           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.17           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  L  L  L  L
Wind chill              3  2  0  1  8 10  9                12          10  6  2
Min chill               2     0    -1     5     2     2     7    12     9     0


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          26      19    30       0    19       9    31      18    33
Temp          22 23 23   24 29 20 11    2 14 15 14   18 29 26 24   22 31 30
Dewpt         19 21 22   22 27 19  9    0  8 10 12   16 25 24 24   22 29 27
PWind dir        SW       S    NW      NW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       0     0       5    10       5     5

$$
IAZ017-301000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      14          18           0          18           7
Temp                   19 17 16 15 18 17 12  5  2  3  6 10 15 18 16 13 12 11  8
Dewpt                  16 14 13 13 14 14  9  5  2  3  6 10 14 16 14 12 12 11  8
RH                     88 88 88 92 84 88 87100100100100100 96 92 92 96100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd               19 20 18 16 13 10  6  5  2  3  4  8  9  8  5  5  5  4  4
Wind gust              33 34 33 29
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     40           0           0          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow                    C                                   C  C
Obvis                     BS
Wind chill              3  0  0 -1  4  4  1 -2           0  4  7  7  4  3  3 -1
Min chill               1    -1    -3    -3    -7    -6    -3     4     2    -1
Winter Storm            W  W


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          22      11    25      -9    16       5    26      10    29
Temp          18 16 18   21 23 12  1   -5  8 10 11   15 22 20 17   16 26 23
Dewpt         15 15 18   21 18 10 -1   -8  4  7 11   14 19 17 17   16 23 20
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW      NW    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0      10    20       0     0       5    10      10    10
Snow                         S  S

$$
IAZ049-301000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      15          19           1          20           9
Temp                   20 18 17 17 19 17 10  6  4  5  7 11 17 19 18 16 13 11 10
Dewpt                  17 15 14 14 16 15 10  6  4  5  7 11 16 17 17 15 13 11 10
RH                     88 88 88 88 88 92100100100100100100 96 92 96 96100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  E SE  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               21 20 19 17 14 10  6  4  3  2  3  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  4
Wind gust              36 34 36 32
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     30           0           0          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow                    S                             S  S  C  C
Obvis                  BS BS BS
Wind chill              3  2  1  2  5  5  0 -3              9 11 11  8  5  4  2
Min chill               3     0     0    -2    -6     2     2     9     4    -2
Winter Storm            W  W


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          24      13    28      -7    16       5    28      13    30
Temp          20 18 19   22 27 17  4   -4  9  9  9   15 25 22 20   17 27 26
Dewpt         17 17 19   21 23 15  3   -5  3  5  9   13 21 20 20   17 25 23
PWind dir        SW       S    NW      NW    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    20       5     0       5    10      10    10
Snow                            S

$$
IAZ086-301000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1107 PM CST Sat Nov 29 2025

Date           11/29/25      Sun 11/30/25            Mon 12/01/25            Tue
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                      15          22           5          22          10
Temp                   23 20 18 18 21 21 15  9  7  8  9 13 19 21 22 19 16 13 11
Dewpt                  18 17 15 15 17 18 14  9  7  8  9 13 18 20 21 19 16 13 11
RH                     81 88 88 88 84 88 96100100100100100 96 96 96100100100100
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E  E SE  S  S SE SW  W  W  W
Wind spd               23 20 18 17 16 11  8  5  4  3  4  4  4  3  3  3  4  5  4
Wind gust              39 37 34 31
Clouds                 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          60          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C  L  L  S  S
Obvis                  BS BS
Wind chill              7  4  2  3  7  9  5  1  1          13 15        9  5  2
Min chill               7     2     0     3    -3    -1     8    11     7     0


Date           12/02/25  Wed 12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25
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          26      16    30      -1    19       6    30      15    33
Temp          23 21 21   24 30 22 11    1 12 12 11   15 27 25 23   19 29 29
Dewpt         20 19 21   23 26 20  9   -1  6  7 10   15 23 21 21   19 26 25
PWind dir        SW       S     W      NW     W      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   SC FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    10       5     0       5    10      10    10

$$