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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

IAZ060-152200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      67          35          52          36          53
Temp             58 58 67 65 57 49 44 39 36 40 49 52 47 41 40 38 37 43 51 53 51
Dewpt            47 44 46 44 40 36 32 29 26 24 21 21 22 24 24 23 22 22 24 26 28
RH               67 59 47 46 53 61 62 67 67 52 33 29 37 50 52 54 54 43 34 35 41
Wind dir          W NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW  N  N NW  N  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd          9 11 14 13  9  6  5  5  4  4  4  5  3  3  3  5  6 10 13 14 12
Wind gust           23                                                    25
Clouds           B2 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    C  C  C
Wind chill                                                          37
Min chill                                31    31          37    29    30


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            39    51      37    53      41    54      41    49
Temp          45   40 49 48 41   38 50 49 44   43 53 52 45   41 47 45
Dewpt         35   36 40 39 39   37 40 40 42   43 48 45 44   41 41 39
PWind dir           E    NE       E    SE       E     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           50     5       0    10      50    40      40    30
Rain           C    C                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ039-152200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      63          30          50          29          49
Temp             55 55 63 61 51 44 39 34 31 36 47 49 40 34 34 32 30 38 47 49 45
Dewpt            45 44 44 39 33 28 26 23 22 22 19 18 20 21 22 21 21 21 20 21 23
RH               69 66 50 44 50 53 59 64 69 56 32 29 44 58 61 63 69 50 34 33 41
Wind dir          W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd         10 13 18 18 12 11  9  8  6  8  9  8  4  2  2  2  4  6 11 12 12
Wind gust              28
Clouds           B2 FW FW CL CL FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          L
Wind chill                      38 32 27 24 30                               39
Min chill                          30    23    23    36    33    23    24    37


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            35    48      33    50      37    52      37    47
Temp          39   35 45 43 37   34 47 45 40   39 49 47 41   38 44 43
Dewpt         31   33 35 35 33   33 36 36 38   39 43 42 41   38 38 38
PWind dir           E     E       E    SE      SE     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           70    20       0    10      40    40      40    30
Rain           L    C  S                   C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ048-152200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      65          33          51          35          52
Temp             55 58 65 63 53 45 39 36 33 39 49 51 46 41 39 37 35 41 50 52 48
Dewpt            44 45 46 43 38 33 30 26 24 25 22 21 23 24 23 24 22 24 24 26 29
RH               66 62 50 48 57 62 70 67 69 57 34 30 40 50 52 59 59 50 36 36 47
Wind dir          W NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW  N NW NW  N NE  E  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd          8 12 16 14 10  8  5  5  4  4  5  5  3  2  2  4  6 10 12 14 12
Wind gust                                                                 25
Clouds           B2 FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    C  C  L
Wind chill                                                       29 35
Min chill                          33    27    27          37    26    28


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            37    50      35    52      39    53      39    47
Temp          42   38 48 46 40   36 49 46 42   41 51 49 43   39 45 43
Dewpt         33   36 39 39 37   36 39 40 41   41 47 45 43   39 40 39
PWind dir           E     E       E    SE      SE     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           60    10       0    10      50    40      40    30
Rain           L    C                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ004-152200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      57          29          48          32          47
Temp             49 51 57 56 46 38 34 31 30 36 45 48 42 36 35 34 33 38 45 47 42
Dewpt            38 43 39 32 28 25 23 20 19 20 18 18 19 19 19 19 18 21 21 25 27
RH               66 74 51 40 49 59 64 63 63 52 33 30 39 50 52 54 53 50 38 42 55
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd         12 16 18 17 10  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  4  5  8 11 14 14 12
Wind gust           26
Clouds           SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    C  C  L
Wind chill                      32 28 25 24                   28 25 31 38    35
Min chill                          27    23    23    37    29    20    22    35


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            31    44      33    48      36    48      33    43
Temp          36   32 41 40 36   34 45 43 39   38 46 44 37   34 40 39
Dewpt         31   31 35 35 33   32 38 38 37   38 42 40 36   33 35 33
PWind dir           E     E      SE    SE      SE     E       N     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           60    10       0     5      30    30      20    30
Rain           L    C                      S    C  C  C  S    S  S  C

$$
IAZ035-152200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      62          30          50          34          50
Temp             52 56 62 60 50 43 36 34 31 37 47 49 44 38 37 36 35 40 48 50 46
Dewpt            39 44 44 38 34 31 27 24 22 23 21 20 21 21 22 21 21 23 23 25 28
RH               61 64 52 44 54 62 69 66 69 56 35 31 39 50 54 54 56 50 37 37 49
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW  N NW NW NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E
Wind spd          9 12 14 14  9  6  5  4  4  4  4  4  3  2  3  4  6 10 12 14 12
Clouds           B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    C  C  L
Wind chill                                                       29 33
Min chill                          31    26    25          34    26    27    39


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            35    49      34    50      38    50      36    45
Temp          39   36 46 45 38   34 47 46 41   40 49 46 40   37 43 41
Dewpt         31   33 36 37 36   34 37 38 39   39 44 42 40   36 38 35
PWind dir           E     E       E    SE      SE     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           60    10       0    10      40    40      30    30
Rain           L    C                      C    C  C  C  C    S  C  C

$$
IAZ094-152200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      70          36          54          36          55
Temp             55 59 69 69 58 50 45 40 37 42 51 54 46 42 41 39 37 44 53 55 53
Dewpt            51 47 46 46 44 42 37 33 29 26 23 22 23 23 22 21 20 22 24 28 32
RH               86 64 44 44 59 74 73 76 72 53 33 28 40 46 46 48 50 41 32 35 44
Wind dir         SW NW  N NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          9 10 13 12  6  6  5  5  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  5  8 11 13 14 11
Wind gust                                                              24 26
Clouds           B2 FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    C  C  C
Wind chill                                                       31 38
Min chill                                32    32          36    29    30


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            41    54      38    55      43    56      41    50
Temp          46   42 51 49 42   39 52 51 46   47 54 52 47   42 47 45
Dewpt         39   40 42 40 40   39 42 43 45   47 50 48 46   42 43 41
PWind dir           E    NE      NE     E       E     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           40     5       5    10      50    40      40    30
Rain           C    S                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ017-152200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      58          28          47          29          46
Temp             52 52 58 56 46 39 35 30 28 35 44 47 38 33 33 31 30 36 45 46 41
Dewpt            40 44 42 34 28 26 24 21 20 21 19 17 19 19 19 19 19 21 20 22 24
RH               63 74 55 43 49 59 64 69 71 56 36 30 46 56 56 61 63 54 36 38 50
Wind dir         NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd         11 14 18 18 10  9  6  8  6  8  8  8  3  2  2  3  5  8 11 12 10
Wind gust           26 28
Clouds           B2 FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    S  S  L
Wind chill                      33 29 23 21 28                   24 30 39    35
Min chill                    39    27    21    20    34    30    21    22    34


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            31    44      30    47      34    48      34    43
Temp          35   32 43 40 35   31 44 42 38   36 46 44 39   35 42 39
Dewpt         31   31 35 34 32   31 36 36 37   36 42 40 37   35 37 34
PWind dir           E     E       E    SE      SE     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           60    20       0    10      30    40      30    30
Rain           L    C  S                   S    C  C  C  C    S  C  C

$$
IAZ049-152200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      64          31          50          32          50
Temp             55 56 64 62 51 44 39 34 31 38 48 50 43 37 36 34 32 39 48 50 46
Dewpt            46 45 46 42 36 31 27 25 23 24 21 20 21 22 22 21 21 22 22 22 26
RH               72 66 52 48 56 60 62 69 72 57 34 30 41 54 56 58 63 50 35 33 45
Wind dir          W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd         10 13 17 17 11  9  8  6  5  5  6  6  3  2  2  3  5  8 11 13 11
Clouds           B2 FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    S  S  L
Wind chill                         33 28 25                         33
Min chill                          32    25    24    39    35    24    26    37


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            36    49      34    51      38    53      37    47
Temp          40   36 46 45 39   35 48 45 41   40 51 48 42   38 45 43
Dewpt         32   34 37 37 35   34 37 38 39   40 45 44 42   38 40 38
PWind dir           E     E       E    SE      SE     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           70    10       0    10      50    40      40    30
Rain           L    C                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IAZ086-152200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
317 AM CST Sat Nov 15 2025

Date             Sat 11/15/25            Sun 11/16/25            Mon 11/17/25
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                      70          34          52          35          55
Temp             58 60 69 68 58 50 44 38 34 40 49 52 46 40 39 37 35 42 52 55 51
Dewpt            51 49 46 46 43 38 32 28 26 24 20 19 21 23 22 21 21 22 22 22 26
RH               77 67 44 45 57 63 62 67 72 52 31 27 37 50 50 52 56 44 31 27 37
Wind dir          W NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW  N  N NW NW  N NE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd         11 13 16 16 11 10  8  6  5  5  6  5  3  2  3  4  6 10 12 13 12
Wind gust           24          20
Clouds           B2 SC FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    S  S  L
Wind chill                                                       29 36
Min chill                          38    27    28          34    26    28


Date               Tue 11/18/25  Wed 11/19/25  Thu 11/20/25  Fri 11/21/25
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            40    53      37    54      41    56      42    52
Temp          45   41 50 48 41   38 51 49 44   43 54 52 47   43 49 47
Dewpt         34   37 41 40 39   37 39 40 41   43 48 48 46   43 43 41
PWind dir           E     E       E     E       E     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           60    10       5    10      50    50      50    40
Rain           L    C                      C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$