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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

IAZ060-262200-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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          22          36          17          32
Temp                   36 37 33 29 28 26 23 26 33 36 31 26 23 19 18 22 29 32 31
Dewpt                  21 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 16
RH                     54 50 56 66 68 74 84 74 53 43 53 65 74 84 88 71 53 47 53
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  E SE SE SE
Wind spd               23 19 12 11 10  8  6  9 11 11  5  5  4  2  2  2  4  6  9
Wind gust              36 31
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Snow                                                                    S  S  L
Wind chill             24 26 24 20 19 18 15 18 24 28 25 19 17             25 23
Min chill              18    22    18    13    11    24    16    13    19    21


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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            27    35      15    22       4    20       8    24
Temp          29   29 33 32 25   17 20 16  9    5 17 15 13   11 21 19
Dewpt         25   29 33 30 23   16 15 10  6    3 11  9 10    8 14 13
PWind dir          SE     E      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           80    80      40    10      10    10      10     5
Rain                   D  L
Snow           L    D  D  L  C    S

$$
IAZ039-262200-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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          21          31          17          30
Temp                   32 32 28 25 25 24 23 25 31 31 27 23 21 19 18 21 27 30 28
Dewpt                  21 19 19 18 18 18 17 18 17 16 16 15 15 14 13 14 13 13 14
RH                     63 58 68 74 74 77 77 74 56 53 63 71 77 80 80 74 55 49 55
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SE
Wind spd               28 26 20 19 16 14 13 14 17 17 11 10  9  5  4  3  4  5  5
Wind gust              44 41 31
Clouds                 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                          L
Wind chill             18 18 15 11 11 11 10 12 19 20 16 12 12 10 10       24 22
Min chill              13    13     9     8     7    14    10     7    10    20
Wind


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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    32      14    22      -1    15       1    19
Temp          25   25 30 29 24   16 20 13  5    0 13 10  7    5 17 14
Dewpt         22   24 29 27 23   16 15  9  3    0  6  5  5    3 11 10
PWind dir          SE     E       N    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   OV B2 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    90      50    10      10    10      10     5
Snow           L    D  D  L  C    S

$$
IAZ048-262200-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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          22          35          16          30
Temp                   34 35 31 27 27 25 23 25 32 34 29 23 21 18 17 21 28 30 28
Dewpt                  21 20 20 20 20 19 18 20 18 17 17 17 16 15 14 15 15 15 18
RH                     58 54 63 74 74 78 81 81 56 49 60 77 81 88 88 77 58 53 66
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE SE SE SE
Wind spd               24 20 13 12 11  9  8 10 12 12  6  5  4  2  2  2  5  6  9
Wind gust              37 34
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Snow                                                                    S  S  D
Wind chill             22 23 20 16 17 15 14 15 22 25 22 16 15          21 23 20
Min chill              17    19    14    11     9    20    12    12    17    19


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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    33      13    21      -1    18       4    22
Temp          26   26 32 29 23   14 18 14  6    0 15 13 10    8 19 17
Dewpt         25   26 32 29 23   14 15  9  4    0 10  9  9    7 14 13
PWind dir          SE     E      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   OV B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    80      50    10      10    10      10     5
Rain                   S  S
Snow           D    D  D  L  C    S

$$
IAZ004-262200-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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                      31          18          29          12          27
Temp                   29 30 26 22 22 21 19 22 27 28 23 19 17 15 13 18 24 27 24
Dewpt                  19 19 18 18 17 15 14 16 17 16 15 14 12 11 10 12 13 14 17
RH                     66 63 71 84 81 77 80 77 65 60 71 80 80 84 87 77 62 57 74
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N SE SE SE SE
Wind spd               27 24 16 14 12 11 11 12 13 13  9  8  5  4  2  3  5  9 10
Wind gust              37 34
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                    C  C  D
Wind chill             14 16 13 10 10  9  7 10 16 17 13  9  9  8       17 18 14
Min chill              11    12     8     5     4    12     7     7    13    14
Wind


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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    27       6    16      -4    14       1    19
Temp          21   21 25 22 17    8 14 10  4   -3 11  8  7    6 16 13
Dewpt         21   21 25 21 15    8 11  6  0   -4  6  5  5    4 13 10
PWind dir          SE    NE      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    80      30     5       5     5       0     5
Snow           D    D  D  L  C

$$
IAZ035-262200-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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          19          33          14          29
Temp                   33 33 28 25 24 23 20 24 30 32 27 21 19 16 15 20 26 29 27
Dewpt                  21 20 19 19 18 18 16 17 17 16 16 16 14 13 12 14 13 15 18
RH                     61 58 68 78 77 81 84 74 58 51 63 81 80 88 88 77 57 55 68
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NW  N  E SE SE SE
Wind spd               24 20 13 12 10  9  8 10 11 11  6  5  4  2  2  2  5  8  9
Wind gust              34 31
Clouds                 SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                    C  C  D
Wind chill             20 21 17 14 14 13 10 14 21 23 20 14 12          19 21 18
Min chill              18    16    13     9     8    18    11    10    16    16


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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    30      10    18      -4    16       2    21
Temp          24   24 29 26 20   11 16 12  4   -3 13 10  8    6 18 15
Dewpt         23   24 29 25 19   11 13  7  2   -3  8  6  7    6 13 12
PWind dir          SE    NE      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    80      40    10       5    10       5     5
Snow           D    D  D  L  C

$$
IAZ094-262200-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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                      39          22          38          17          34
Temp                   36 37 32 30 27 25 22 26 35 38 32 25 22 19 17 23 31 34 31
Dewpt                  21 19 18 19 19 18 18 19 16 14 14 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 17
RH                     54 48 56 63 71 74 84 74 45 37 47 65 74 80 92 71 51 45 56
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E SE SE SE
Wind spd               19 17  9  9  6  5  5  6  9  9  4  3  3  2  2  3  5  8  9
Wind gust              31
Clouds                 CL CL SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                          C
Wind chill             25 27 24 22 20 18 16 19 28 32                   25 27 23
Min chill              18    24    19    15    13    25    17    16    15    22


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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            28    37      17    24       7    23      11    27
Temp          31   32 35 32 25   18 22 19 13    8 20 19 16   13 25 23
Dewpt         27   32 35 31 24   18 16 12 10    7 11 13 13   12 16 17
PWind dir          SE    SE      NW    NW      NW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   OV B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           70    80      40    10      20    20      10     5
Rain                   D  L
Snow           C    L  S  L  C             S          S

$$
IAZ017-262200-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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                      30          18          28          13          27
Temp                   27 28 24 22 22 21 20 22 26 28 24 20 19 17 14 19 24 27 25
Dewpt                  20 19 18 18 18 17 16 18 18 17 16 14 14 13 12 14 13 14 14
RH                     74 68 77 84 84 84 84 84 71 63 71 77 80 84 92 80 62 57 62
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  S SE SE
Wind spd               28 26 19 17 14 13 12 13 16 14 10  9  6  5  3  2  3  5  5
Wind gust              42 39 29 27
Clouds                 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                    S  S  D
Wind chill             11 13 10  8  9  8  7  9 13 16 14  9 10  9          21 18
Min chill               7     9     7     6     4    12     8     6     9    15
Wind


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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    28       9    17      -4    12      -2    16
Temp          21   22 27 24 20   11 14 11  4   -3  9  7  6    3 14 12
Dewpt         21   21 26 24 19   11 12  6  1   -3  6  3  4    3 11  9
PWind dir          SE     E       N    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    90      40    10       5    10       5     5
Snow           D    D  D  L  C    S

$$
IAZ049-262200-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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          21          33          15          30
Temp                   33 34 29 26 25 23 22 25 31 33 27 22 20 18 16 21 27 30 28
Dewpt                  19 19 18 18 18 17 17 19 18 17 16 16 14 13 13 14 14 14 16
RH                     56 54 63 71 74 77 81 78 58 51 63 77 77 80 88 74 57 51 60
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  S SE SE
Wind spd               28 25 16 14 12 10  9 11 13 13  8  6  5  4  2  2  3  5  5
Wind gust              42 37
Clouds                 FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Snow                                                                          D
Wind chill             19 21 17 14 14 12 12 14 21 23 19 13 12 12          24 21
Min chill              15    17    11    10     8    17     9     9    17    19
Wind


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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    33      14    21      -1    16       2    20
Temp          25   25 31 29 23   15 19 14  5    0 13 11  8    6 18 14
Dewpt         23   25 31 29 23   15 15  9  3    0  9  7  7    6 12 11
PWind dir          SE     E       N    NW      NW     W      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    90      50    10      10    10      10     5
Rain                      S
Snow           D    D  D  D  C    S

$$
IAZ086-262200-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
932 AM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

Date             Wed 11/26/25            Thu 11/27/25            Fri 11/28/25
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                      39          21          36          15          33
Temp                   37 38 33 30 28 26 23 27 33 36 30 25 22 18 16 21 30 33 31
Dewpt                  20 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 18 16 16 15 16 15 14 15 14 14 15
RH                     50 44 56 63 68 74 84 74 53 43 55 65 77 88 92 77 51 45 51
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  S SE SE
Wind spd               27 23 13 13 11 10  9 11 13 12  8  6  5  4  3  2  3  5  6
Wind gust              40 35 25 24
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries
Snow                                                                          L
Wind chill             25 27 23 19 18 16 13 17 24 28 23 17 15 11             24
Min chill              20    22    16    11    10    20    14     9    12    22


Date               Sat 11/29/25  Sun 11/30/25  Mon 12/01/25  Tue 12/02/25
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            25    35      18    24       4    20       7    25
Temp          28   29 34 34 28   19 22 18 10    5 18 16 13   11 22 19
Dewpt         23   29 33 33 27   19 17 13  8    4 11  9 10   10 15 14
PWind dir          SE    SE      NW    NW      NW     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   OV B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           80    90      50    20      20    20      10     5
Rain                   D  D  C
Snow           L    D  D  D  C    S  S     S    S  S  S  S

$$