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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

IAZ060-101000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      23          36          26          56          36
Temp          28 28 27 26 25 23 28 34 36 31 27 28 32 33 39 51 56 50 44 42 40 37
Dewpt         15 17 17 17 16 16 17 18 18 19 18 17 18 20 25 31 36 36 36 35 34 33
RH            58 63 65 68 68 74 63 51 47 61 68 63 56 58 57 46 47 58 73 76 79 85
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      18 12 12 11 11 10 10 10  9  4  5  8 11 13 12 12 11  8  8  6  8  9
Wind gust     28
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries       S  S  S
Wind chill    16 17 16 15 14 12 19 26 30    21 20 23 24 32                   31
Min chill        14    15    12    12    26    18    21    24          36    30


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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          56      35    61      42    66      55    70      44    57
Temp          53 49 39   36 58 55 46   43 62 62 59   57 68 63 54   45 55 53
Dewpt         34 33 33   32 38 40 43   42 52 52 54   53 54 50 48   42 41 41
PWind dir        NW      SW     S      SE    SE      SE     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      30    20
Rain                                                                   S  S
Rain shwrs                                                  S  C    C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IAZ039-101000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      19          36          23          51          34
Temp          29 28 26 25 23 20 26 33 36 30 26 27 29 30 35 46 51 45 40 40 37 35
Dewpt         15 16 16 16 15 14 17 19 19 20 20 21 19 18 23 28 33 33 34 33 31 30
RH            55 60 65 68 71 77 68 56 50 66 78 78 66 60 61 49 50 62 79 76 79 82
Wind dir      NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      20 16 14 13 12 10 11 12 12  6  5  6 11 13 13 13 13 10 10 10 12 12
Wind gust     31    25
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries             S  S
Snowshwrs      S  S
Wind chill    16 16 14 13 11  9 15 24 27 23 19 19 19 20 26          34 33 30 27
Min chill        14    12     8     8    21    17    18    20    39    32    25


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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      31    58      36    62      50    66      42    56
Temp          49 46 36   32 54 50 40   37 58 56 53   52 64 60 50   43 53 50
Dewpt         31 30 31   29 34 35 37   37 45 47 50   51 53 50 47   42 39 38
PWind dir        NW       W     S      SE    SE      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      30    30
Rain                                                                   C  S
Rain shwrs                                                  S  C    C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IAZ048-101000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      19          35          25          55          35
Temp          28 27 26 25 23 21 26 33 35 30 26 27 30 32 38 49 54 48 41 40 38 36
Dewpt         17 18 17 18 16 16 19 19 20 21 21 19 19 22 27 33 37 36 36 35 34 33
RH            63 68 68 74 74 81 74 56 54 69 81 71 63 66 64 54 52 63 82 82 85 89
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      20 13 12 11 11 10 10 10  9  4  5  6 10 12 11 11 11  8  8  6  8  9
Wind gust     31    23
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries       S  S  S
Wind chill    14 16 15 14 12 10 16 25 28    20 20 20 22 30                32 29
Min chill        12    13     9     9    23    17    18    23          33    27


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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      33    60      39    64      53    69      42    57
Temp          52 47 37   34 57 53 43   40 61 60 56   55 67 60 51   43 54 51
Dewpt         34 33 33   32 37 40 41   40 51 52 53   53 54 51 47   41 41 41
PWind dir        NW       W     S      SE    SE      SE     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      30    20
Rain                                                                   S  S
Rain shwrs                                                  S  C    C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IAZ004-101000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      14          32          22          50          31
Temp          26 25 22 22 20 14 22 30 32 26 24 27 30 31 36 46 50 44 40 39 35 32
Dewpt         16 15 15 15 15 14 17 19 19 18 18 18 19 22 28 34 35 32 31 31 30 29
RH            65 65 74 74 81100 81 63 58 71 77 68 63 69 72 63 56 62 70 73 82 88
Wind dir      NW  N  N  N NW NW NW  W SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W NW  W  W  W NW  W
Wind spd      20 14 14 11 10  9  8  8  9  8 11 13 16 13 12 13 13 11 11 11 11 12
Wind gust        25
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries       S  S  S
Wind chill    12 13  9 10  9  3 13 22 24 18 13 15 18 21 28       38 33 32 27 23
Min chill        11     9     2     3    16    11    16    21    38    31    22


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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          49      31    55      34    59      47    62      38    52
Temp          47 43 35   32 52 48 40   35 55 55 51   50 59 55 45   39 49 46
Dewpt         32 31 29   28 37 38 36   35 47 48 48   48 49 44 39   34 36 36
PWind dir        NW       W     S      SE    SE      SE     S      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0    10      10    20
Rain                                                                      S

$$
IAZ035-101000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      17          34          23          53          34
Temp          29 26 23 23 21 18 24 31 34 28 25 27 30 31 37 49 53 47 41 39 36 35
Dewpt         18 17 17 16 16 15 18 20 20 19 20 19 19 22 28 33 36 34 33 33 32 32
RH            63 68 77 74 81 88 77 63 56 68 81 71 63 69 70 54 52 60 73 79 85 89
Wind dir      NW NW NW  N NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  W
Wind spd      17 12 11  9  9  8  8  8  9  4  6 10 12 11 10 11 11  9  9  8  9  9
Wind gust     27
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries       S     S
Wind chill    17 15 12 13 11  8 15 24 26    17 18 20 22 30          35 33 30 28
Min chill        14    12     8     8    23    15    18    23          33    27


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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          53      32    60      37    63      50    66      40    55
Temp          50 46 35   33 56 52 41   38 59 58 54   52 64 59 48   41 53 50
Dewpt         32 32 30   30 37 39 39   38 48 49 50   50 50 47 43   39 38 38
PWind dir        NW      SW     S      SE    SE      SE     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    10      20    20
Rain                                                                   S  S
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S

$$
IAZ094-101000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      19          37          25          57          36
Temp          30 28 26 25 22 20 26 34 37 31 27 27 30 33 39 51 57 49 43 41 39 37
Dewpt         13 14 16 15 15 16 16 15 15 16 15 16 17 19 23 30 35 35 36 36 35 34
RH            49 55 65 65 74 84 65 45 40 53 60 63 58 56 52 44 43 58 76 82 85 89
Wind dir       N NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd      19 11 10 10 10 10 10  9  8  3  5  6 11 13 13 12 10  5  5  5  6  6
Wind gust                                            24 25
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill    17 19 16 15 11  9 16 27 31    21 20 20 23 31                   31
Min chill        17    15     9     9    26    18    19    24          37    31


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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          59      35    61      44    69      56    69      45    57
Temp          56 49 40   36 58 55 49   45 65 63 60   58 67 63 53   46 55 52
Dewpt         35 34 34   32 39 43 47   45 54 53 55   55 54 51 48   44 43 42
PWind dir        NW      SW     S       S     S       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      30    30
Rain                                                                   C  C
Rain shwrs                                                  S  C    C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IAZ017-101000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      16          34          22          50          31
Temp          28 26 24 23 21 17 24 31 34 28 25 27 29 30 35 46 49 44 39 39 35 32
Dewpt         16 15 15 15 15 14 18 19 20 20 20 19 19 20 26 32 35 33 32 31 30 29
RH            60 62 68 71 77 88 77 61 56 71 81 71 66 66 69 58 58 65 76 73 82 88
Wind dir      NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd      21 13 12 11 10  8 10 11 10  5  5  9 12 13 12 13 13  9 10 10 11 11
Wind gust     32    23
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries       S  S  S
Wind chill    14 14 12 12 10  7 14 22 26 22 17 17 19 19 26       38 32 32 27 23
Min chill        13    11     5     5    20    14    17    20    38    30    23


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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          49      30    55      34    58      47    63      38    52
Temp          47 43 34   31 52 48 39   35 55 55 51   49 62 55 47   39 51 47
Dewpt         31 30 30   29 35 36 35   35 43 46 47   48 51 47 42   38 37 36
PWind dir        NW       W     S      SE    SE      SE     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      20    20
Rain                                                                   S  S
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S    S

$$
IAZ049-101000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      18          36          23          52          34
Temp          29 27 25 24 22 19 26 33 35 29 25 25 28 30 36 47 52 45 40 39 36 35
Dewpt         18 17 17 16 15 15 17 19 19 20 20 19 17 19 24 30 34 34 34 33 32 31
RH            63 65 71 71 74 84 68 56 52 69 81 78 63 63 61 51 50 65 79 79 85 85
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW SW  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      20 14 13 11 11 10 10 11 11  5  5  6 11 13 13 13 12  9  9  8  9 10
Wind gust     31
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries       S  S  S  S
Wind chill    16 15 14 13 10  8 16 24 27 22 18 18 18 20 27             33 29 27
Min chill        14    12     7     7    21    16    17    21          32    26


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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      31    58      37    63      51    68      42    56
Temp          51 46 35   32 55 51 41   38 59 58 54   53 66 60 50   43 54 50
Dewpt         33 32 31   30 36 38 38   38 48 50 51   52 54 51 47   41 40 39
PWind dir        NW       W     S      SE    SE      SE     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC B1 SC FW   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      30    30
Rain                                                                   C  C
Rain shwrs                                                  S  C    C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IAZ086-101000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
227 PM CST Sun Nov 9 2025

Date           11/09/25      Mon 11/10/25            Tue 11/11/25            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                      20          37          24          55          36
Temp          31 29 26 25 23 21 27 34 37 31 25 26 29 31 37 49 54 49 43 41 39 37
Dewpt         17 16 17 16 16 16 17 16 17 19 18 17 16 18 23 28 32 35 36 36 34 34
RH            56 58 68 68 74 81 65 47 44 61 74 68 58 58 56 44 43 58 76 82 82 89
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      20 13 13 11 12 11 12 12 11  5  5  5 10 13 14 14 12  8  8  8  9  9
Wind gust     31 24                                  26 26
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries       S  S  S  S
Wind chill    18 18 15 14 11  9 16 25 29 25 19 19 20 21 28                33 30
Min chill        16    14     9     9    24    16    18    22          35    29


Date           11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25  Sat 11/15/25  Sun 11/16/25
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          56      33    60      42    67      55    71      46    59
Temp          54 49 37   34 57 54 46   43 63 62 58   57 68 65 54   47 56 53
Dewpt         33 33 33   32 36 38 42   42 52 53 54   54 55 53 49   46 43 42
PWind dir        NW       W     S       S    SE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      40    30
Rain                                                                   C  C
Rain shwrs                                                  S  C    C

$$