Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
586 FOUS53 KDMX 210917 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 IAZ060-212200- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 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 24 10 23 3 20 Temp 14 16 19 24 21 17 14 12 11 12 17 22 20 14 9 6 4 8 16 20 17 Dewpt 10 12 15 15 14 11 8 7 5 6 8 10 8 5 2 1 -1 2 6 8 6 RH 84 84 84 68 74 77 76 80 76 76 67 59 59 67 72 79 79 76 64 59 61 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW N NW NW S Wind spd 5 6 10 11 8 9 9 11 12 16 16 16 10 10 10 9 8 5 5 3 2 Wind gust 23 26 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill 5 6 8 13 11 7 2 -2 -5 -5 2 9 9 1 -4 -8 -9 -2 8 Min chill 4 4 9 1 -6 -7 4 -5 -12 -8 10 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 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 10 42 27 42 23 44 29 54 Temp 11 21 37 39 32 28 39 38 30 24 39 41 33 32 50 49 Dewpt 5 11 29 30 27 26 29 27 24 20 26 27 26 25 31 30 PWind dir S SW W NW NW NW SW SW Wind char LT GN LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 10 20 10 5 Rain S Snow S $$ IAZ039-212200- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 22 9 19 4 18 Temp 10 12 18 22 20 15 13 10 9 10 16 19 16 11 9 6 4 7 15 18 14 Dewpt 7 10 13 14 12 9 8 7 4 6 8 9 7 5 4 2 0 3 6 9 5 RH 87 91 80 71 71 77 80 87 80 83 70 64 67 76 80 83 83 83 67 67 67 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW SW Wind spd 6 10 12 13 12 13 14 16 17 19 19 19 16 14 13 12 10 9 6 5 2 Wind gust 24 27 27 29 29 26 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill -1 0 5 9 7 1 -3 -7 -9 -8 -2 3 0 -5 -6 -9-11 -6 5 10 Min chill -4 -3 6 -5 -10 -11 -2 -8 -13 -11 6 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 7 35 23 36 16 34 22 44 Temp 8 15 30 33 27 24 32 31 24 17 30 29 25 25 40 40 Dewpt 5 9 23 28 25 23 26 24 20 16 22 23 21 22 31 31 PWind dir S SW W NW NW NW SW SW Wind char LT GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 10 5 20 20 10 10 5 Rain S Snow S S $$ IAZ048-212200- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 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 23 9 21 2 19 Temp 11 15 19 22 20 16 12 10 9 11 17 21 17 10 7 4 2 6 15 19 14 Dewpt 8 11 14 15 13 10 7 6 4 6 8 10 8 4 2 0 -1 2 6 9 6 RH 87 84 80 74 74 77 80 83 80 80 67 62 67 76 79 83 87 83 67 64 70 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW N N NW W S Wind spd 6 9 10 12 9 10 12 14 14 18 17 17 12 12 11 10 8 6 5 4 2 Wind gust 25 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill 1 3 7 10 9 3 -2 -7 -8 -7 2 7 4 -5 -9-11-12 -5 6 12 Min chill 0 -1 7 -3 -8 -9 3 -10 -14 -12 7 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 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 8 38 25 38 19 39 26 49 Temp 9 17 34 36 29 26 35 33 26 20 35 35 28 28 46 44 Dewpt 6 11 29 30 27 26 29 26 22 19 26 27 25 25 32 31 PWind dir S SW NW NW NW NW SW SW Wind char LT GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 10 20 10 5 Rain S S Snow S S $$ IAZ004-212200- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 22 5 19 1 26 Temp 11 14 19 22 18 14 10 8 6 8 16 19 14 8 6 3 2 6 18 25 22 Dewpt 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 2 -1 0 2 3 1 -1 -1 -3 -4 -3 1 4 5 RH 80 70 56 49 59 70 76 76 72 69 53 49 55 66 72 75 75 66 46 40 47 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N S S S Wind spd 10 12 14 17 14 18 19 19 19 21 23 24 19 18 13 11 9 5 5 9 10 Wind gust 29 29 32 34 34 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill -2 0 5 8 3 -3 -8-12-14-12 -2 1 -3-11-11-13-13 -4 10 16 11 Min chill -3 -3 2 -10 -15 -16 -5 -12 -15 -13 9 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 15 47 24 41 18 44 27 53 Temp 16 20 41 41 29 25 37 35 23 19 40 39 30 30 50 47 Dewpt 6 10 23 28 24 20 21 20 17 14 23 25 22 20 28 26 PWind dir S W NW NW N W SW W Wind char GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 20 10 5 5 Rain S S S Snow S S S $$ IAZ035-212200- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 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 24 8 22 1 19 Temp 12 14 20 23 20 15 11 10 8 12 18 21 16 10 6 3 2 6 15 19 14 Dewpt 9 10 11 12 10 8 6 5 2 4 7 8 5 3 1 -1 -3 1 5 8 6 RH 87 84 67 62 64 73 80 80 76 70 61 56 61 73 79 83 79 79 64 61 70 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NW SW S Wind spd 6 9 11 11 10 11 13 14 14 18 17 17 13 12 10 9 6 5 3 4 5 Wind gust 21 24 25 25 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill 1 3 8 12 9 1 -5 -7 -9 -6 3 7 2 -5 -9-12-11 -4 12 6 Min chill 0 0 8 -6 -11 -12 2 -10 -13 -11 5 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 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 10 42 24 41 18 41 26 50 Temp 11 17 36 36 29 25 36 35 25 19 37 36 30 28 47 44 Dewpt 7 12 28 30 26 23 26 25 20 17 25 26 24 24 31 29 PWind dir S SW NW NW N W SW SW Wind char LT GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 20 10 10 5 Rain S S Snow S S S $$ IAZ094-212200- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 29 10 25 5 27 Temp 19 21 26 29 24 19 17 14 11 13 22 24 22 18 13 8 5 10 21 27 24 Dewpt 12 13 13 13 13 12 9 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 3 1 -1 1 3 5 5 RH 74 71 57 51 62 74 70 70 76 70 47 47 49 59 63 72 76 66 45 38 43 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N NW S Wind spd 5 6 10 12 11 10 12 13 14 17 16 16 11 10 11 10 9 6 5 4 2 Wind gust 20 23 24 27 26 26 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill 11 11 16 19 13 8 4 -1 -5 -4 7 11 10 6 -1 -7 -9 -1 13 Min chill 7 10 12 3 -7 -8 8 -1 -10 -8 17 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 17 51 31 51 26 49 31 63 Temp 18 22 45 46 37 32 48 45 35 27 45 45 35 33 57 57 Dewpt 5 10 26 29 29 28 31 28 26 24 27 26 26 25 30 28 PWind dir S SW W NW NW NW SW SW Wind char LT GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 10 20 10 5 Rain S S $$ IAZ017-212200- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 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 21 6 18 3 20 Temp 12 15 19 21 18 13 11 8 7 9 15 18 14 10 8 5 4 7 15 20 15 Dewpt 7 8 9 9 8 6 5 4 2 3 5 6 4 3 1 0 -1 1 4 8 6 RH 80 73 64 59 64 73 76 83 79 76 64 59 64 73 72 79 79 76 61 59 67 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NW SW S Wind spd 10 12 13 16 14 17 18 19 19 21 21 21 18 17 13 11 9 6 4 5 5 Wind gust 27 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill -1 1 5 7 3 -4 -7-11-13-11 -3 1 -3 -8 -8-11-11 -5 8 11 5 Min chill -3 -2 0 -8 -14 -15 -5 -10 -13 -11 4 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 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 9 39 22 37 15 36 24 45 Temp 10 15 33 33 29 23 33 31 22 16 33 32 28 27 42 41 Dewpt 6 9 23 28 25 21 23 22 17 14 23 25 23 22 30 31 PWind dir S SW NW NW NW W SW SW Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 10 20 20 10 10 5 Rain S Snow S S S $$ IAZ049-212200- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 21 8 18 2 16 Temp 8 13 18 20 18 14 11 10 9 9 15 18 15 9 7 4 2 6 13 16 12 Dewpt 4 9 13 14 12 8 6 6 3 5 8 9 6 3 2 0 -1 2 6 9 4 RH 83 84 80 77 77 76 80 83 76 83 73 67 67 76 79 83 87 83 73 73 70 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW SW Wind spd 6 9 11 13 10 12 13 14 14 18 19 18 13 13 12 11 9 8 5 4 2 Wind gust 25 28 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill -3 1 5 7 6 0 -5 -7 -8-10 -2 2 0 -7 -9-12-13 -7 4 9 Min chill -9 -4 5 -5 -9 -11 -2 -10 -15 -13 5 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 5 36 23 36 17 36 23 46 Temp 7 15 31 33 27 24 32 31 24 18 32 32 26 27 43 42 Dewpt 5 9 25 28 25 23 26 25 20 18 25 25 22 23 31 30 PWind dir S SW W NW NW NW SW SW Wind char LT GN LT GN GN LT LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 5 5 20 20 20 10 5 Rain S S Snow S $$ IAZ086-212200- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 316 AM CST Sat Feb 21 2026 Date Sat 02/21/26 Sun 02/22/26 Mon 02/23/26 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 28 12 23 7 25 Temp 17 20 25 28 23 20 17 14 12 14 20 23 20 15 12 9 7 12 22 25 22 Dewpt 11 12 12 13 14 13 9 7 5 5 6 7 7 4 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 RH 77 71 57 53 68 74 70 73 73 67 54 50 56 61 66 72 79 66 45 42 49 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW NW NW Wind spd 8 10 13 14 13 11 13 16 17 20 20 19 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 4 Wind gust 21 25 27 28 31 31 26 25 Clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Wind chill 6 8 13 16 11 8 3 -2 -6 -4 4 8 6 -1 -4 -6 -8 -1 12 16 16 Min chill 4 6 9 1 -6 -7 4 -5 -9 -8 12 Date Tue 02/24/26 Wed 02/25/26 Thu 02/26/26 Fri 02/27/26 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 48 30 48 24 45 29 61 Temp 14 20 43 43 35 30 45 42 31 25 42 41 32 31 56 55 Dewpt 4 6 22 27 27 27 28 26 23 21 24 26 25 25 30 28 PWind dir S SW W NW NW NW SW SW Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 10 20 10 5 Rain S S $$