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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

IAZ060-082200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      38          23          33          21          37
Temp                38 35 36 35 34 31 28 25 25 30 33 31 27 26 23 22 26 34 36 31
Dewpt               34 35 34 33 30 23 22 19 17 17 18 18 19 18 18 18 19 22 21 21
RH                  85100 92 92 85 72 78 78 71 58 53 58 71 71 81 84 74 61 54 66
Wind dir             E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd             4  5  8  8 11 12 13 16 17 17 18 12 11 10 10  9 10 10  9  5
Wind gust                                      28 28
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                    100          60           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.50        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                            C
Rain                 D  D  D  L
Snow                 D  D  D  L  S
Wind chill                29 28 26 21 17 12 12 18 22 21 17 16 13 12 17 26 29
Min chill        34    29    27    20    11     9    19    14    11    11    25


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            26    56      38    56      33    57      38    63
Temp          28   33 50 50 42   39 53 50 39   33 53 51 42   39 59 57
Dewpt         20   21 33 38 35   33 34 32 30   27 32 33 35   35 43 45
PWind dir          SW    SW       W    NW       W     W      SE     S
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC FW   FW CL FW SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ039-082200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      38          21          34          19          37
Temp                37 37 35 34 31 27 26 23 25 31 33 30 26 24 22 20 26 34 36 30
Dewpt               32 34 34 32 25 17 18 16 15 14 16 15 16 16 16 17 20 20 20 20
RH                  82 89 96 92 78 65 71 74 65 49 49 53 65 71 77 88 78 56 52 66
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd             3  5  8 10 12 13 16 17 19 20 20 14 13 11 12 10 12 13 12  6
Wind gust                                      31 31
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                    100          60           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                         C
Rain                 C  D  D
Snow                 C  D  D  L  S
Wind chill                28 26 21 16 13  9 12 19 21 19 14 13 10  9 16 25 28 23
Min chill        30    31    25    16     9     6    19    11     7     9    21


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            23    51      35    53      30    53      33    58
Temp          25   29 46 45 39   36 50 46 36   30 50 46 37   34 55 52
Dewpt         22   20 29 34 33   31 30 28 28   26 28 28 29   29 36 40
PWind dir          SW    SW       W    NW       W     W      SE     S
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ048-082200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      36          22          33          20          36
Temp                36 35 36 34 31 28 27 23 27 31 33 30 25 24 22 21 26 33 36 30
Dewpt               34 34 34 33 28 21 21 17 17 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 21 21 22 22
RH                  92 96 92 96 88 75 78 77 65 53 53 60 74 77 84 88 81 61 56 72
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd             3  5  6  8 11 12 14 16 18 18 18 12 11  9 10  9 10 10 10  5
Wind gust                                      29 29
Clouds              OV OV OV OV SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                    100          60           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.50        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                            C
Rain                 D  D  D
Snow                 D  D  D  L  S
Wind chill                29 27 22 17 15 10 14 19 22 20 15 14 11 11 16 25 29 24
Min chill        34    30    27    16     9     8    19    11     9    10    23


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            24    54      36    54      31    55      36    62
Temp          26   31 49 48 40   37 51 48 37   31 51 49 40   36 57 55
Dewpt         22   22 34 38 34   33 34 32 29   27 31 32 33   34 42 44
PWind dir          SW     W       W    NW       W     W      SE     S
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ004-082200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      34          16          31          16          35
Temp                31 33 34 30 27 23 21 18 22 29 31 27 23 21 19 17 24 32 35 28
Dewpt               29 30 30 25 18 13 13 10 13 13 15 15 15 16 15 16 19 20 20 20
RH                  92 89 85 81 68 65 71 70 68 51 51 60 71 81 84 96 81 61 54 71
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW
Wind spd             4  6 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 21 21 13 13 10 10  9  9 10 10  8
Wind gust                       25             32 33 24
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B1 FW SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                    100           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.17           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     2       00-00       00-00
Snow                 D  D  C
Wind chill             27 26 20 15 10  7  2  6 16 18 16 11 10  7  6 14 24 27 20
Min chill        26    26    20     9     1    -1    14     9     5     7    20


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            23    54      34    52      28    51      33    59
Temp          28   31 50 46 39   35 49 45 35   29 48 45 36   34 54 53
Dewpt         19   22 34 32 30   28 30 27 25   22 27 27 28   29 38 41
PWind dir           S     W       W    NW       W     W       S     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ035-082200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      35          19          32          18          35
Temp                34 34 35 33 30 26 23 20 24 30 32 29 23 22 20 19 25 32 34 28
Dewpt               32 33 33 30 24 19 18 14 14 16 16 16 17 17 16 16 19 21 21 21
RH                  92 96 92 89 78 74 81 77 65 55 51 58 77 81 84 88 78 63 58 75
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W SW
Wind spd             3  5  8  9 12 13 14 14 17 18 18 12 11  9  9  8  9  9  9  5
Wind gust                             25
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                    100          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.40           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     2       00-00       00-00
Flurries                         C
Snow                 D  D  D  C
Wind chill                28 25 20 14  9  6 10 18 21 18 12 12  9  9 16 24 27 22
Min chill        32    29    25    14     5     5    17    10     7     9    22


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            23    53      34    53      30    54      35    60
Temp          26   30 49 47 39   35 50 46 36   30 50 47 38   36 57 54
Dewpt         21   23 34 36 32   31 32 30 27   25 29 30 31   31 40 42
PWind dir           S     W       W    NW       W     W      SE     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ094-082200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      42          23          34          19          38
Temp                40 42 39 36 35 32 29 24 26 31 33 30 26 25 22 20 26 35 38 31
Dewpt               35 38 37 34 32 26 25 19 17 14 13 16 17 18 17 17 18 18 18 18
RH                  82 86 92 92 89 78 85 81 68 49 43 55 68 74 81 88 71 49 44 58
Wind dir             E  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd             5  6 10  9 10 12 14 14 17 17 16 10 10  8  9  8  9  9  8  3
Wind gust                             25 27 28 27 28
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     80          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  C  L  S
Snow                          S  S  S
Sprinkles
Wind chill                32 29 27 23 17 11 13 19 22 21 16 16 12 10 17 28 31
Min chill        33    32    29    22    11     9    19    14     9    11    26


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            26    57      37    57      34    59      40    65
Temp          28   33 51 51 41   38 55 49 39   34 55 51 44   41 62 59
Dewpt         18   20 31 36 37   34 35 33 30   29 33 36 38   38 47 49
PWind dir          SW    SW       W    NW      NW    SW      SE     S
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ017-082200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      34          18          31          17          35
Temp                33 34 34 31 28 25 23 20 23 29 31 28 24 22 20 18 25 32 35 28
Dewpt               30 32 32 27 19 15 15 13 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 17 20 21 20 20
RH                  89 92 92 85 68 65 71 74 65 53 51 58 68 77 84 96 81 63 54 71
Wind dir             N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  W SW
Wind spd             3  4  6  9 11 12 14 16 18 20 19 12 11 10 10  9 10 10 10  5
Wind gust                                      31 31
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 SC FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                    100          10           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.14           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1       00-00       00-00
Flurries                      C
Snow                 D  D  L
Wind chill                28 23 18 14 10  6  9 16 19 17 13 11  9  7 15 24 27 22
Min chill        29    28    22    13     4     4    17    10     6     9    21


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            22    51      33    50      27    51      31    57
Temp          25   28 47 45 39   34 47 44 35   28 48 43 36   32 53 51
Dewpt         20   21 31 33 31   29 30 27 26   24 27 27 27   28 37 39
PWind dir          SW     W       W    NW       W     W       S     S
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ049-082200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      37          21          33          19          37
Temp                36 35 35 33 31 27 25 22 25 30 33 30 25 24 21 20 26 34 36 29
Dewpt               33 35 34 33 27 20 20 17 17 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 19 21 21 21
RH                  89100 96100 85 74 81 81 71 55 49 58 71 74 84 88 74 58 54 72
Wind dir            NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd             3  5  6  8 11 12 14 14 18 19 19 12 11 10 10  9 10 11 10  5
Wind gust                                      31 31
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B1 FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                    100          70           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.40        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 L  D  D
Snow                 L  D  D  L  S
Wind chill                29 26 22 16 13  9 12 18 21 19 14 14 10  9 16 26 29 22
Min chill        34    30    25    16     8     6    18    12     8    10    22


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            22    52      34    54      30    54      35    60
Temp          25   29 47 46 39   35 51 46 36   31 51 46 39   35 57 53
Dewpt         21   20 31 36 33   32 32 30 29   26 30 30 31   31 39 42
PWind dir          SW    SW       W     W       W     W      SE     S
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ086-082200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
647 AM CST Sat Nov 8 2025

Date             Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25            Mon 11/10/25
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                      42          24          34          20          38
Temp                40 41 37 36 34 31 29 26 28 31 33 30 27 25 23 21 26 35 37 31
Dewpt               35 38 37 35 33 27 24 21 20 17 17 18 19 18 18 17 19 21 21 21
RH                  82 89100 96 96 85 81 81 71 56 51 60 71 74 81 84 74 56 52 66
Wind dir             E NE  N  N  N  N NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd             4  5  8 10 11 11 14 16 18 18 18 12 11 10 10 10 12 12 10  5
Wind gust                          21 26 28 31 29 31 23 21    20
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV OV B1 FW FW SC FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                    100          70           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                            C
Rain                 C  D  D  L
Snow                          L  C
Sprinkles
Wind chill                31 28 26 22 18 14 15 19 22 20 16 15 11 10 15 27 30 25
Min chill        35    36    27    21    12    10    19    15     9    10    24


Date               Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25  Fri 11/14/25
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            24    55      36    57      33    57      38    64
Temp          26   31 50 49 41   37 54 49 38   33 53 50 41   38 59 57
Dewpt         19   20 30 36 36   33 35 33 30   28 31 33 34   35 43 46
PWind dir          SW    SW       W     W       W     W      SE     S
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B2 B1 SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$