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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

IAZ060-012100-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      44          32          55          39          60
Temp             39 41 43 44 42 37 36 33 33 39 50 55 50 46 44 41 39 48 58 60 53
Dewpt            35 36 37 36 35 35 34 32 31 34 35 34 34 35 36 36 36 37 35 32 31
RH               85 82 79 73 76 92 92 96 92 82 56 45 54 65 73 82 89 65 42 35 43
Wind dir         NW NW NW  N NW NW NW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N NW  N
Wind spd          6 10 10 10  5  2  2  2  3  8 13 14 10  9  6  8  6  9  9  6  3
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B1 B2 SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S
Sprinkles
Wind chill          34 37 38                33
Min chill        33    32    36    34    29    27          39    33    36


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

Min/Max          39    66      44    63      38    63      46    60
Temp          42 41 61 60   50 44 61 56   43 38 58 59   52 47 58 55
Dewpt         32 34 43 44   45 41 42 37   37 35 41 43   46 41 41 38
PWind dir        SE     S      SW     N       E     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IAZ039-012100-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      46          32          52          38          59
Temp             38 40 43 45 42 37 35 33 33 39 49 52 47 43 43 40 38 47 56 58 50
Dewpt            36 36 36 36 35 35 34 31 31 35 35 34 33 34 35 36 35 36 33 29 28
RH               92 85 76 70 76 92 96 92 92 85 58 50 58 70 73 85 89 65 42 33 42
Wind dir         NW NW  N  N  N NW NW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          6  6  9  9  5  2  2  2  3  9 16 17 13 12 10 10 10 11 12 11  5
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                  32          37 37 33 32
Min chill        33    33    38    34    29    26          36    30    33


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

Min/Max          35    61      40    61      33    60      42    57
Temp          38 35 58 55   45 41 58 52   38 34 55 54   49 43 54 51
Dewpt         29 30 36 39   41 39 39 35   34 32 37 40   44 40 40 37
PWind dir        SW    SE      SE    NW       E    SE       S    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW CL   FW FW SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     0       0     0      30    20
Rain shwrs                                               C  C  S

$$
IAZ048-012100-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      44          31          55          38          60
Temp             39 41 43 44 41 37 35 32 32 39 50 54 49 43 41 40 38 47 57 60 52
Dewpt            36 37 37 37 36 36 34 31 31 35 36 36 35 36 36 36 35 38 34 32 31
RH               89 85 79 76 82 96 96 96 96 85 58 50 58 76 82 85 89 71 42 35 44
Wind dir         NW NW  N  N NW NW NW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  9 10 10  4  2  1  2  3  9 13 14 10  8  5  6  6  9 10  8  3
Wind gust                                      24 25
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S
Wind chill       33 34 37 38                33
Min chill        32    32    36    33    28    25          36    30    35


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

Min/Max          37    64      41    62      36    62      44    59
Temp          41 38 60 58   47 42 59 54   40 36 57 56   50 45 56 53
Dewpt         32 32 42 44   44 40 41 37   35 34 40 43   45 41 41 38
PWind dir         S    SE      SW     N       E     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW SC FW CL   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S

$$
IAZ004-012100-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      42          30          55          38          57
Temp             38 38 41 42 39 34 32 31 32 38 50 55 49 44 44 41 39 45 54 57 49
Dewpt            36 35 34 33 32 30 29 28 27 32 34 35 35 35 34 32 31 34 30 27 26
RH               92 89 76 70 76 85 88 88 81 79 54 47 58 70 68 70 73 65 40 31 40
Wind dir          N  N  N NW  N SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  W SW
Wind spd         11 11  9  6  2  2  5  8 12 17 21 20 12 11 10 10 10 11 11 10  5
Wind gust        21                            32 31
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Wind chill       31 31 35          26 24 22 29          38 38 35 32
Min chill        31    29    35    25    21    21          37    29    32


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

Min/Max          34    59      38    57      33    59      39    57
Temp          38 35 56 53   42 39 54 49   36 34 54 54   46 40 54 51
Dewpt         27 27 37 39   37 35 36 32   30 31 38 38   37 35 37 34
PWind dir         S    SE      NW    NW       S     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      10    10

$$
IAZ035-012100-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      44          30          55          38          60
Temp             38 40 42 44 41 36 34 31 31 39 51 55 49 44 41 40 38 47 57 59 51
Dewpt            37 37 36 35 33 33 31 29 30 33 34 35 35 35 35 34 34 36 32 28 27
RH               96 89 79 70 73 89 89 92 96 79 52 47 58 70 79 79 85 65 38 30 39
Wind dir         NW  N  N  N  N NW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW SW
Wind spd          8 11 10  9  3  1  2  3  6 11 16 17 11  9  6  8  8  9 10  8  3
Wind gust        18
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S
Wind chill       32 33 36 38             25 32                34 32
Min chill        32    32    36    32    24    23          36    32    35


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

Min/Max          35    62      39    60      34    61      42    59
Temp          38 37 58 56   45 39 58 52   38 35 57 55   48 43 56 53
Dewpt         29 30 39 42   41 38 38 34   33 33 39 41   41 39 39 36
PWind dir         S    SE       W    NW       E     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   SC SC FW CL   FW SC B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S

$$
IAZ094-012100-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      44          31          53          38          61
Temp             38 40 43 44 40 36 35 33 32 39 49 53 47 43 42 40 38 48 58 60 52
Dewpt            35 35 35 36 35 35 34 31 30 34 35 35 35 36 37 37 36 39 37 34 34
RH               89 82 73 73 82 96 96 92 92 82 58 50 63 76 82 89 92 71 45 37 50
Wind dir         NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  N  N  N NE
Wind spd          8 10 11  9  4  2  2  2  2  5 11 12  9  8  6  5  5  6  8  5  2
Clouds           B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill       32 33 37
Min chill        32    30    35    33    29    26          37    32    36


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

Min/Max          40    66      45    64      38    63      47    61
Temp          43 41 62 60   51 46 61 55   44 39 59 58   53 48 58 55
Dewpt         34 39 45 46   46 43 44 40   39 38 43 45   48 44 43 41
PWind dir        SE     S      SW     N       E     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     0      20    10
Rain shwrs                                               S  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IAZ017-012100-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      43          30          52          38          56
Temp             37 40 42 43 40 36 34 32 32 39 48 52 47 43 43 40 38 46 54 56 48
Dewpt            36 37 37 36 34 33 33 31 30 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 34 36 32 28 27
RH               96 89 82 76 79 89 96 96 92 82 58 50 60 70 73 82 85 68 43 34 44
Wind dir         NW  N  N  N  N NW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd          5  9  9  6  3  1  1  2  5 12 18 18 11 10  9 10 10 10 11 10  4
Wind gust                                         28
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  S  S
Wind chill          34 36                26 31          37 37 33 31
Min chill        32    31    35    32    24    24          36    30    33


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

Min/Max          33    59      38    57      32    58      40    55
Temp          38 34 56 53   43 39 55 49   36 33 53 53   47 41 52 49
Dewpt         27 28 35 38   38 37 37 33   32 31 38 40   39 37 39 36
PWind dir        SW    SE      NE    NW      SW     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     0       0     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                               S  S  S

$$
IAZ049-012100-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      45          31          53          37          60
Temp             38 40 43 45 41 36 35 32 32 37 49 52 47 43 41 39 37 47 57 59 50
Dewpt            36 36 36 36 36 35 34 31 31 35 35 34 34 34 35 35 34 37 34 31 30
RH               92 85 76 70 82 96 96 96 96 92 58 50 60 70 79 85 89 68 42 34 46
Wind dir         NW NW  N  N  N  N NW SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          6  8 10  9  4  2  1  2  3  8 13 16 11 10  8  8  8 10 10  9  3
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S  S
Sprinkles
Wind chill             37                   31          37    33 31
Min chill        32    32    37    34    27    26          35    29    32


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

Min/Max          35    63      41    62      34    61      43    58
Temp          38 36 59 56   46 41 59 52   39 35 56 55   49 44 55 52
Dewpt         29 30 40 43   43 39 40 36   34 33 39 42   44 40 41 38
PWind dir         S    SE      SW    NW       E    SE      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 SC FW   FW SC FW CL   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     0       0     0      20    20
Rain shwrs                                               S  S  S

$$
IAZ086-012100-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
616 AM CDT Sat Nov 1 2025

Date             Sat 11/01/25            Sun 11/02/25            Mon 11/03/25
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
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                      46          31          54          38          62
Temp             38 40 44 46 44 39 36 33 32 38 50 53 48 43 43 40 38 48 59 61 52
Dewpt            35 35 36 36 37 36 35 32 32 35 36 35 35 34 35 36 36 39 37 34 33
RH               89 82 73 68 76 89 96 96100 89 58 50 60 70 73 85 92 71 44 36 48
Wind dir          W NW NW  N  N  N NW  N  W  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW NW  N
Wind spd          6  9  9  9  4  3  2  2  2  5 10 11  9  9  8  8  8  9  9  8  3
Clouds           B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S  S
Wind chill          34 38                                     34
Min chill        32    32    38    34    29    29          36    32    35


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

Min/Max          38    66      45    64      37    64      47    61
Temp          40 40 62 60   51 46 61 56   43 37 59 58   53 48 58 55
Dewpt         32 34 42 45   46 43 43 40   38 36 41 43   46 44 43 41
PWind dir         E     S      SW    NW      NE    SE       S    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW B1 SC FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       5     0       0     0      30    20
Rain shwrs                                               S  C  S

$$