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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

IAZ060-161000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      35          52          37          54          42
Temp                   44 39 36 41 48 51 47 42 40 38 37 42 52 54 52 50 48 45 43
Dewpt                  30 27 25 24 21 20 23 23 23 22 23 23 24 26 27 30 35 37 39
RH                     57 62 64 50 34 29 38 46 50 52 56 46 33 34 38 46 60 73 86
Wind dir                N  N NW  N NW NW  N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E
Wind spd                6  5  3  3  3  3  2  2  3  4  6 10 12 13 12 12 10  9  9
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds                 CL FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                              36
Min chill              39    32    32          37    30    29                37


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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      37    53      41    54      40    47      34    50
Temp          53 50 42   38 50 50 44   43 52 52 45   40 45 44 39   35 47 46
Dewpt         41 40 39   38 40 41 42   43 48 45 43   39 38 37 36   33 37 37
PWind dir         E      NE     E       E     E      NE     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     5      40    40      40    40      20    10
Rain                               S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ039-161000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      30          49          32          50          37
Temp                   39 35 32 36 47 48 42 37 34 34 33 40 48 50 46 42 41 39 38
Dewpt                  24 22 22 23 20 19 20 21 23 23 22 23 22 22 24 29 31 33 34
RH                     54 59 66 59 34 31 41 52 64 64 63 50 35 33 42 60 67 79 85
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  E  E SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E
Wind spd               10  8  6  6  8  6  3  2  2  2  4  8 11 13 13 13 12 12 11
Clouds                 CL FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  L  L  C  C  C
Wind chill             32 28 25                                     34 34 31 30
Min chill              31    24    24    39    32    26    28    39    32    27


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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          46      34    50      38    52      37    46      32    48
Temp          45 44 38   35 47 46 41   40 50 48 41   37 44 42 36   32 45 43
Dewpt         37 37 37   35 38 39 40   40 43 42 40   37 37 36 35   32 36 36
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     E      NE     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5     5      30    40      40    40      20    10
Rain           C                   S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ048-161000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      33          51          35          52          39
Temp                   41 37 33 39 47 50 46 40 38 36 35 41 50 52 49 46 45 42 40
Dewpt                  28 26 24 25 22 21 24 24 24 24 24 25 24 26 28 30 32 35 36
RH                     59 64 69 57 37 31 42 52 57 61 64 52 36 36 44 53 60 76 85
Wind dir                N  N NW NW NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E
Wind spd                6  4  3  2  4  3  2  2  2  3  5 10 13 14 13 12 11 10  9
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds                 FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                              35             39 36 34
Min chill              36    30    30          36    28    28          36    31


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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      35    52      39    52      37    46      33    49
Temp          49 46 40   36 49 48 42   41 50 49 42   37 44 42 37   33 46 44
Dewpt         40 39 39   36 41 42 42   41 47 44 41   37 38 37 35   33 37 37
PWind dir         E      NE     E       E     E      NE     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     5      40    40      40    40      20     5
Rain                               S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ004-161000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      29          48          33          49          34
Temp                   35 33 31 35 45 48 43 38 36 35 33 39 47 49 44 40 39 36 35
Dewpt                  21 19 19 21 19 18 19 20 21 21 21 22 22 25 28 30 31 32 33
RH                     56 56 61 56 35 30 38 48 54 56 61 50 37 39 53 67 73 85 92
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW  W  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                6  5  4  3  4  4  4  4  5  5  8 11 14 16 13 13 12 10 10
Wind gust                                                     26
Clouds                 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill             29                            26 32       37 32 31 29 27
Min chill              27    25    25    39    30    23    24    37    30    25


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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          44      33    47      35    47      32    42      29    46
Temp          42 42 36   34 44 44 38   37 45 43 36   32 39 38 32   30 43 41
Dewpt         36 36 35   33 38 39 37   37 40 38 34   31 35 34 30   28 34 33
PWind dir         E       E    SE      SE    NE       N     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5      30    30      20    20      10     5
Rain           S                        C  C  C  S    S  S  S

$$
IAZ035-161000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      30          50          35          52          37
Temp                   38 35 31 37 47 49 45 40 39 36 35 41 49 51 47 43 42 40 38
Dewpt                  24 23 22 23 21 20 21 23 23 23 23 24 24 26 27 30 31 33 35
RH                     57 61 69 56 35 31 38 50 52 59 61 50 37 37 45 60 65 76 89
Wind dir                N  N NW NW NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E
Wind spd                6  4  3  2  3  4  2  2  3  4  6 10 13 14 13 12 11 10  8
Clouds                 FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill                                           29 35          36 36 33 32
Min chill              33    28    31          36    27    28          35    30


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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      34    50      37    51      34    44      31    49
Temp          47 45 38   35 47 46 40   39 49 46 39   35 42 40 34   31 46 43
Dewpt         38 37 37   35 39 39 40   39 43 41 38   34 37 35 33   30 36 34
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     E       N     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5      30    40      30    30      20     5
Rain           S                   S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ094-161000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      36          53          37          56          42
Temp                   46 41 38 42 51 53 48 43 41 39 37 44 54 56 54 50 48 45 43
Dewpt                  36 32 28 26 21 21 22 22 21 21 20 20 24 27 31 35 38 41 42
RH                     68 70 67 53 30 28 35 43 44 48 50 38 31 32 41 56 68 86 96
Wind dir                N  N  N NE  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd                5  5  4  3  2  3  2  3  4  5  8 10 13 13 10 10  9  8  6
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds                 CL FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                           31 38
Min chill                    33    32          38    29    31                38


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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      38    56      44    56      40    48      34    49
Temp          56 53 42   39 53 51 47   46 54 52 45   41 46 43 39   35 47 45
Dewpt         46 43 40   39 43 44 45   46 52 48 45   41 40 39 38   35 38 38
PWind dir        NE      NE     E       E     E      NE    NW      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      50    50      50    40      20    10
Rain                               S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ017-161000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      28          47          31          47          33
Temp                   35 32 29 35 45 47 41 35 33 33 31 37 45 47 44 40 38 36 34
Dewpt                  21 20 20 22 19 18 19 20 21 21 21 22 22 23 26 29 31 32 33
RH                     56 61 69 59 35 31 41 54 61 61 66 54 40 38 49 64 76 85 96
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                8  5  4  5  5  5  2  1  2  2  4  9 12 13 11 12 11 10 10
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Wind chill             29 26                            31 39    38 32 31 29 26
Min chill              28    22    22          33    23    25    36    28    24


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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          43      31    46      35    47      33    43      29    45
Temp          42 41 36   32 43 43 38   37 46 44 37   33 41 38 33   30 43 41
Dewpt         37 36 35   32 37 38 37   37 42 39 36   33 36 34 32   30 35 34
PWind dir         E       E    SE      SE     E      NE     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       0     5      30    40      30    30      20    10
Rain           C  S                     C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ049-161000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      31          50          34          52          38
Temp                   39 36 32 37 47 50 43 38 36 35 34 40 49 51 47 43 42 40 39
Dewpt                  26 24 22 24 21 20 22 22 22 23 22 24 23 24 26 29 31 34 35
RH                     59 61 66 59 35 30 43 52 56 61 61 52 36 34 43 57 65 79 85
Wind dir                N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  E  E  E SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E
Wind spd                8  5  5  4  5  4  2  2  2  3  5  9 12 13 12 12 11 10  9
Clouds                 CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill                                              34          36 36 33 32
Min chill              32    26    25          35    26    26          35    29


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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      34    50      38    52      37    46      32    48
Temp          47 45 38   35 47 46 41   40 50 48 42   37 44 41 36   32 45 43
Dewpt         38 38 37   35 40 40 40   40 45 43 41   37 38 36 35   32 37 37
PWind dir         E      NE     E       E     E      NE     N      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     5      40    40      40    40      20    10
Rain           S                   S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
IAZ086-161000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1012 PM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date           11/15/25      Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25            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                      33          52          35          55          42
Temp                   44 39 35 40 50 52 46 41 37 36 35 41 52 55 53 49 48 45 43
Dewpt                  31 27 25 24 19 19 22 22 21 21 22 22 22 23 25 30 35 38 39
RH                     60 62 66 52 29 27 38 46 52 54 59 46 31 29 33 48 60 76 86
Wind dir                N  N NW  N NW NW NW  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E
Wind spd                9  6  5  4  4  4  2  2  2  4  5 10 12 13 12 12 11 10 10
Clouds                 CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                              35                   37
Min chill              38    29    29          37    27    28                36


Date           11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25  Sat 11/22/25
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      37    53      41    56      41    50      36    51
Temp          54 50 42   38 50 50 44   44 54 53 46   42 47 45 40   36 48 46
Dewpt         43 41 39   38 41 42 42   44 49 49 45   42 41 39 38   35 37 38
PWind dir         E      NE     E       E     E      NE    NW      NW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      40    50      50    50      30    10
Rain                               S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S

$$