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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

IAZ060-072200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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          38          40          24          34
Temp                      63 53 45 41 39 38 38 37 37 37 37 35 29 25 26 31 34 32
Dewpt                     37 37 35 35 34 34 34 35 35 33 34 29 23 19 16 16 17 17
RH                        38 54 68 79 82 85 85 92 92 85 89 78 78 78 65 53 49 53
Wind dir                   W NW  N  N  N  E NE  N NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  14 11  5  3  2  2  4  5  6  6 10 12 13 14 16 17 17 11
Wind gust                                                              27 28
Clouds                    FW FW FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20         100          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.26        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                    C
Rain                                      S  D  D  C  C  C
Snow                                      S  D  D  C  C  C
Sprinkles                                                   C
Wind chill                                              30 26 18 13 13 20 24 23
Min chill                          38    36    31    30    26    12    10    20


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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            21    39      28    58      40    57      34    56
Temp          26   22 36 34 30   34 52 52 45   41 54 51 40   35 53 50
Dewpt         18   17 20 20 20   21 31 36 36   33 34 33 31   29 32 33
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ039-072200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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          34          38          22          33
Temp                      58 48 42 39 35 36 37 37 37 36 32 29 26 22 26 31 33 30
Dewpt                     39 36 33 32 31 31 32 34 33 31 28 23 18 14 15 15 16 15
RH                        49 63 70 76 85 82 82 89 85 82 85 78 71 71 62 51 49 53
Wind dir                  NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  16 14  9  5  2  2  3  5  6  9 11 13 16 17 18 19 19 13
Wind gust                                                              29 31
Clouds                    B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5         100          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.19        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         L  D  C
Snow                                         L  D  C  S  S
Sprinkles                  C
Wind chill                                           29 24 18 13  9 12 19 21 19
Min chill                          34    32    32    29    18     7     7    19


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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            20    38      24    53      35    53      31    53
Temp          24   20 35 31 27   30 47 47 40   36 50 46 37   31 50 46
Dewpt         17   17 19 19 21   21 29 33 33   31 31 28 29   27 28 28
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ048-072200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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          36          39          22          34
Temp                      61 49 42 38 37 36 36 36 37 37 33 31 26 23 26 31 34 31
Dewpt                     36 37 34 33 33 33 34 34 35 34 33 26 21 17 16 17 18 18
RH                        39 63 73 82 85 89 92 92 92 89100 81 81 77 65 56 51 58
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  N NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  16 11  5  2  2  2  2  5  6  6 10 12 13 14 17 17 17 11
Wind gust                                                              28 28
Clouds                    SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20         100          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.29        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                    C
Rain                                      S  D  D  C  C
Snow                                      S  D  D  C  C  C
Wind chill                                              25 21 14 10 12 19 23 21
Min chill                          36    35    31    31    19     9     9    20


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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            19    38      26    56      37    55      32    55
Temp          24   20 35 32 28   32 50 50 42   38 52 49 38   33 52 49
Dewpt         18   17 20 21 21   22 33 37 36   33 34 33 31   29 32 33
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ004-072200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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                      55          30          35          16          32
Temp                      43 40 37 33 32 32 32 34 35 32 27 24 20 17 22 29 32 27
Dewpt                     35 32 31 28 28 29 31 32 32 30 21 17 13 11 13 14 16 15
RH                        73 73 79 82 85 88 96 92 89 92 78 74 74 77 68 53 51 60
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  18 12  6  4  2  2  3  5  9 11 14 16 17 18 19 21 20 13
Wind gust                                                                 32
Clouds                    OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          50          90          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.16           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           2
Snow                                      L  D  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                34 33                   28 23 15 11  5  1  7 16 20 16
Min chill                    33    29    30    29    23    10     1     1    16


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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    36      25    55      33    52      29    52
Temp          21   16 33 30 28   32 50 47 40   34 49 46 35   30 49 45
Dewpt         15   13 18 19 19   22 33 33 30   28 30 28 26   24 28 28
PWind dir          NW     W      SW     W       W    NW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ035-072200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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                      59          33          37          19          33
Temp                      54 44 40 36 34 34 34 36 36 35 31 28 23 20 24 31 33 30
Dewpt                     37 34 32 31 30 31 33 33 34 33 29 22 18 14 14 15 16 16
RH                        52 68 73 82 85 89 96 89 92 92 92 78 81 77 65 51 49 55
Wind dir                  NW  N  N  N NE SE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  17 12  5  2  2  2  2  4  6  8 11 13 14 14 17 18 18 12
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10          40         100          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.25        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain                                            L  C
Snow                                      C  D  L  C  C  C
Wind chill                   38                      28 21 17 10  6 10 19 22 20
Min chill                    38    33    33    31    28    16     6     7    19


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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    38      25    56      35    54      31    54
Temp          22   18 35 31 27   32 50 50 41   36 51 48 37   31 51 47
Dewpt         16   15 19 20 19   22 33 34 33   31 32 30 28   26 30 30
PWind dir          NW     W       S     W       W    NW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW B1   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ094-072200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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          37          45          24          34
Temp                      63 53 47 42 40 41 41 43 42 38 37 36 29 25 26 31 34 30
Dewpt                     37 35 37 36 35 34 36 37 36 34 35 33 26 21 17 14 15 15
RH                        38 50 68 79 82 76 82 79 79 85 92 89 88 84 68 49 45 53
Wind dir                   W NW  N  N NE  E  E  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                  13  6  5  3  3  4  5  6  9  6  8 11 13 14 16 16 14  9
Wind gust                                                        26 26 27 26
Clouds                    CL CL CL SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          60          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  L  L  C  S  S  S
Snow                                                  S  S
Wind chill                                        36    31 28 18 13 13 20 24 22
Min chill                          39    37    37    32    26    12    11    21


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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            19    39      27    58      39    58      34    58
Temp          25   20 36 33 29   33 52 51 44   39 56 50 40   35 55 51
Dewpt         17   16 18 18 18   20 30 36 36   34 35 33 32   30 33 36
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ017-072200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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          35          18          30
Temp                      47 42 38 34 32 33 33 35 35 33 30 27 22 19 23 29 30 28
Dewpt                     38 34 32 30 29 29 30 32 31 29 23 18 15 12 14 15 15 15
RH                        71 73 79 85 88 85 89 89 85 85 75 68 74 74 68 55 53 58
Wind dir                  NW NW  N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  17 11  6  3  2  1  2  3  5  8 10 12 13 14 18 20 18 12
Wind gust                                                              31 29
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10          90          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.14           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Flurries                                              C  C
Snow                                      S  D  D  S
Sprinkles                  C
Wind chill                   36                      26 20 16  9  5  9 16 18 17
Min chill                    35    30    30    30    25    14     4     4    17


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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            17    36      23    53      33    50      29    51
Temp          22   18 33 29 27   29 47 46 39   34 48 45 35   30 48 44
Dewpt         16   16 19 19 19   21 31 33 30   29 30 28 27   25 28 27
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW     W       W    NW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ049-072200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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                      61          34          38          21          33
Temp                      60 48 42 38 35 36 37 36 37 35 32 29 25 22 25 31 33 30
Dewpt                     37 37 34 32 32 31 33 34 34 33 30 24 20 16 16 16 16 16
RH                        42 65 73 79 89 82 85 92 89 92 92 81 81 77 68 53 49 55
Wind dir                  NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  17 12  6  4  2  2  2  4  5  6 10 11 13 14 17 18 19 11
Wind gust                                                              29
Clouds                    SC FW B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10         100          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.28        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         D  D  C
Snow                                         D  D  C  S  S
Wind chill                                           29 23 19 13  9 12 19 22 20
Min chill                          34    32    32    28    18     8     8    19


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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            19    38      24    54      35    54      31    54
Temp          23   19 35 31 27   29 48 47 40   36 51 48 37   31 51 46
Dewpt         16   16 20 20 20   20 30 34 34   31 32 30 29   27 30 31
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
IAZ086-072200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
137 PM CST Fri Nov 7 2025

Date             Fri 11/07/25            Sat 11/08/25            Sun 11/09/25
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                      66          37          43          24          35
Temp                      65 54 47 41 38 39 41 43 37 37 36 34 30 25 27 32 34 32
Dewpt                     36 37 38 36 34 34 34 37 34 35 35 31 24 20 18 16 17 18
RH                        34 52 71 82 85 82 76 79 89 92 96 89 78 81 68 51 49 56
Wind dir                   W NW NW NW  N NE  E NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                  14 10  6  5  3  2  3  5  8  9 10 11 13 14 18 18 17 11
Wind gust                                                     25 27 29 28 28 21
Clouds                    FW FW FW SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5         100          40           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.24        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                    C
Rain                                         C  D  C  C  C
Snow                                               C  C  C
Wind chill                                        31 30 29 26 19 13 14 20 23 23
Min chill                          37    34    38    30    24    12    12    21


Date               Mon 11/10/25  Tue 11/11/25  Wed 11/12/25  Thu 11/13/25
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            20    39      26    56      38    57      34    57
Temp          25   21 36 32 28   32 50 50 44   39 54 51 39   34 54 50
Dewpt         18   17 20 20 20   20 29 35 36   33 34 33 32   29 32 34
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW SC   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$