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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

IAZ060-252200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      54          30          37          21          36
Temp                   54 48 43 38 35 33 31 31 36 37 34 30 28 24 22 26 33 36 31
Dewpt                  49 39 31 29 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 19 18 17 17 17 16 15 15
RH                     83 71 62 70 69 69 69 66 52 48 51 63 66 74 81 68 49 42 51
Wind dir               SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               13 21 21 26 27 27 24 21 21 18 10 10  9  8  8  9 10 10  5
Wind gust              24 33 37 42 43 43 40 37 34 28
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S
Wind chill                   34 26 22 19 18 18 24 27 26 21 19 15 14 17 25 28 25
Min chill                    32    22    17    15    24    17    12    12    23
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            18    31      25    32      22    32      15    23
Temp          23   20 29 30 27   27 30 31 27   23 29 30 23   16 21 19
Dewpt         16   15 16 19 25   26 28 27 25   21 23 22 18   14 14 12
PWind dir          NW     E       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr            0    30      80    50      40    30      40    20
Frzg rain                                          C  C
Rain                                                  C
Snow                      C  D    L  C  C  C    C        C    S  S  S

$$
IAZ039-252200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      53          27          33          21          31
Temp                   52 52 44 39 35 31 30 29 32 32 29 25 24 23 22 25 30 31 27
Dewpt                  48 48 36 34 30 27 24 22 21 20 19 18 18 17 16 17 15 15 16
RH                     86 86 73 82 82 85 78 75 63 61 66 74 77 77 77 71 53 51 63
Wind dir               SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                9 16 20 23 28 32 29 27 26 24 18 17 14 14 13 14 16 16 10
Wind gust                 26 33 34 42 47 46 44 40 36
Clouds                 OV OV B1 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                       L     S  C
Snow                                C  S
Wind chill                   36 28 21 16 15 14 18 19 17 12 11 10  9 13 19 21 16
Min chill                    35    20    13    12    15    10     7     8    15
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            16    30      22    30      18    30      12    22
Temp          21   18 28 28 24   23 29 28 24   19 28 27 20   13 20 17
Dewpt         15   14 13 16 22   23 25 25 22   18 20 20 18   12 12 10
PWind dir          NW     W       E     E       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC SC B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    10      80    60      40    30      40    20
Snow                         L    D  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S

$$
IAZ048-252200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      53          29          35          21          34
Temp                   53 47 41 36 33 31 30 31 35 35 32 27 25 23 22 26 31 34 29
Dewpt                  49 39 33 30 27 25 23 21 20 19 19 19 19 18 17 18 17 17 17
RH                     86 74 73 79 78 78 75 66 54 52 58 71 78 81 81 71 56 49 60
Wind dir               SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               13 21 21 26 28 28 26 23 24 20 11 10  9  9  8 10 11 11  5
Wind gust                 34 36 43 46 46 41 40 36 31
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C
Wind chill                   32 23 19 16 16 18 23 24 23 17 16 13 13 16 22 25 22
Min chill                    31    19    14    14    21    14     9    11    19
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            16    31      23    31      19    31      12    21
Temp          22   18 28 28 25   25 29 29 25   20 28 27 21   13 19 17
Dewpt         16   15 16 20 24   24 28 27 24   20 23 22 18   13 14 12
PWind dir          NW     E       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    30      80    50      40    30      40    20
Frzg rain                                          C
Snow                      C  D    D  C  C  C    C     C  C    S  S  S

$$
IAZ004-252200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      47          22          30          17          29
Temp                   46 42 37 31 28 27 25 26 29 30 25 22 21 19 18 22 27 29 23
Dewpt                  43 35 33 27 24 22 20 19 19 18 18 17 16 15 14 15 16 16 15
RH                     89 76 85 85 85 81 81 74 66 60 74 81 81 84 84 74 63 58 71
Wind dir                W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               18 24 25 34 33 33 29 26 24 20 13 13 11 11 10 11 13 13  8
Wind gust              28 35 37 51 48 49 43 41 36 31
Clouds                 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          60           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1       00-00
Rain                    C     C
Snow                             L  C
Wind chill             38 32 25 15 11 10  8 10 15 17 13  9  9  7  6 10 16 19 14
Min chill              37    25    11     7     7    13     9     5     6    14
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            13    26      19    27      14    25       4    16
Temp          17   15 24 24 21   21 26 24 20   15 23 20 14    5 13 12
Dewpt         13   11 14 18 19   18 23 21 17   14 18 16 11    4  9  7
PWind dir          NW    SE       E    NE       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    40      70    40      30    30      20    20
Snow                      C  L    L  C  C  C    S  C  C  S       S  S

$$
IAZ035-252200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      51          25          34          19          33
Temp                   49 45 39 34 30 29 28 29 33 34 29 25 24 21 20 24 30 32 27
Dewpt                  46 37 33 29 25 23 20 20 19 18 19 19 18 17 16 17 16 16 16
RH                     89 73 79 82 81 78 71 69 56 51 66 78 77 84 84 74 55 51 63
Wind dir                W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               17 23 24 28 29 29 26 24 24 20 11 10  9  9  8  9 10 10  5
Wind gust              27 33 37 46 47 46 42 39 35 31
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S        S
Snow                             C
Wind chill                36 28 20 15 14 13 15 20 22 20 15 14 11 10 14 21 24 20
Min chill                    28    15    12    12    19    12     9    11    20
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            15    29      21    30      17    28       8    19
Temp          20   17 27 26 24   23 29 27 22   18 25 24 17   10 17 14
Dewpt         15   13 14 19 22   22 26 24 21   18 21 19 16   10 11 10
PWind dir          NW     E       E    NE       N     N       N    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    40      80    50      30    40      30    20
Snow                      C  D    L  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S

$$
IAZ094-252200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      54          29          38          20          37
Temp                   54 50 42 37 35 33 30 31 37 38 34 30 27 23 21 26 34 37 31
Dewpt                  49 39 30 27 25 24 22 22 20 18 17 18 18 18 17 17 15 14 14
RH                     83 66 62 67 66 69 72 69 50 44 49 60 68 81 84 68 45 38 49
Wind dir                W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               14 20 20 25 26 25 21 20 20 18  6  6  5  5  5  6  9  8  4
Wind gust              25 33 34 41 42 43 39 35 32
Clouds                 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Wind chill                   33 25 22 20 17 19 26 28 28 23 20 16 13 18 27 31
Min chill                    32    21    17    15    26    20    12    14    25


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            18    33      27    34      22    32      17    25
Temp          23   20 31 31 29   29 32 32 28   23 30 30 25   18 24 20
Dewpt         15   14 16 21 26   28 30 28 26   23 24 24 21   17 16 14
PWind dir          NW     E      SE    NE       N     E       N     N
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr            0    20      70    50      40    30      40    20
Frzg rain                                       S  C  C  C    S     S
Rain                                 C  C  C          C
Snow                      S  L    L  C  C  C                  S  S  S

$$
IAZ017-252200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      51          23          29          18          28
Temp                   50 46 40 34 30 28 26 26 28 29 25 23 21 20 19 22 26 28 24
Dewpt                  47 43 34 31 27 24 22 21 20 20 18 17 17 17 16 17 17 16 15
RH                     89 89 79 89 88 85 85 81 71 69 74 77 84 88 88 81 68 60 68
Wind dir               SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               10 19 18 24 31 32 29 26 26 23 16 14 13 13 13 13 14 13  9
Wind gust                 31 31 36 47 49 47 43 39 35
Clouds                 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          70          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.08           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1       00-00
Rain                    C  S     C
Snow                             C  L  L
Wind chill                39 31 22 15 12  9 10 13 15 12 10  8  7  6  9 14 17 14
Min chill                    31    15     8     8    12     8     4     6    12
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            13    26      19    28      15    26       8    18
Temp          19   16 24 24 22   21 27 25 21   16 25 23 17   10 15 13
Dewpt         13   12 14 16 20   20 24 22 19   16 19 18 14    9 11  7
PWind dir          NW    SW       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    20      80    50      40    30      30    20
Snow                      S  L    D  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S     S

$$
IAZ049-252200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      53          28          34          20          33
Temp                   52 49 42 37 33 31 29 29 33 34 30 26 24 22 21 24 31 33 27
Dewpt                  49 44 34 31 28 25 23 21 20 19 18 18 18 17 16 17 16 15 16
RH                     89 83 73 79 82 78 78 72 58 54 60 71 77 81 81 74 53 47 63
Wind dir               SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               11 20 19 24 28 31 29 28 26 23 13 12 10 10 10 11 13 13  8
Wind gust                 32 32 37 43 46 43 42 39 34
Clouds                 OV OV B1 OV OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S     S  S
Snow                                S
Wind chill                   33 26 19 16 14 14 20 22 19 15 14 11 10 14 21 23 19
Min chill                    33    19    14    12    19    12     8     9    17
Wind                          Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            16    30      22    30      18    31      12    21
Temp          20   17 28 28 24   23 29 28 23   19 28 27 20   13 20 16
Dewpt         16   14 14 17 22   23 27 26 22   19 22 22 18   12 13 10
PWind dir          NW     S       E    NE       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr            0    20      80    60      40    30      40    20
Frzg rain                                          C
Snow                      S  D    D  L  C  C    C     C  C    S     S

$$
IAZ086-252200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
1047 AM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

Date             Tue 11/25/25            Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25
CST 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      56          31          38          21          36
Temp                   54 54 45 39 36 34 33 32 37 38 34 30 28 24 22 26 33 36 30
Dewpt                  49 48 35 30 27 25 23 22 20 19 19 19 18 18 17 18 15 15 15
RH                     83 80 68 70 69 69 66 66 50 46 54 63 66 77 81 71 47 42 53
Wind dir               SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd               10 17 19 25 27 28 26 26 26 23 12 11 10 10 10 10 12 11  6
Wind gust                 28 33 40 46 47 43 42 39 33
Clouds                 OV OV SC B2 OV OV B2 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     40           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C
Wind chill                   37 28 23 20 20 18 25 27 26 20 19 14 11 16 24 28 24
Min chill                    36    23    18    16    23    17    10    11    21
Wind                                Y  Y


Date               Fri 11/28/25  Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25
CST 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            16    32      25    33      22    34      18    27
Temp          23   18 30 30 27   27 32 31 28   23 31 31 25   19 25 21
Dewpt         16   14 15 19 25   27 30 29 27   22 24 24 21   17 17 14
PWind dir          NW    SE      SE     E       N     W      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW B1 B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr            0    20      80    60      40    30      40    20
Frzg rain                                          C          C  S
Rain                                    S             C  C
Snow                      S  L    D  L  C  C    C     S  C          S

$$