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National Weather Service Des Moines IA
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

IAZ060-011000-
Des Moines-Polk IA
41.54N  93.65W Elev. 924 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      10          22           9          30          22
Temp             17 13 12 12 13 15 19 22 19 16 16 12 10 14 23 28 26 26 25 28 28
Dewpt            14 13 12 10 11 14 19 20 18 15 13 11  9 13 19 22 22 24 25 26 26
RH               88100100 91 91 96100 92 96 96 88 96 96 96 84 78 85 92100 92 92
Wind dir         NW  N  N NE  E SE  S SW  S SW  W SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          5  4  2  1  2  2  4  4  3  4  4  4  4  4  5  8  8  9 10  9  8
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          80          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           2       00-00
Snow                             C  D  L
Wind chill        9  6             12 15 13  9  9  5  2  6 16 20 17 17 15 19 20
Min chill         7     4    11     8    10     6     0     2    15    15    15


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          31     -10    12       2    29      17    31      14    22
Temp          30 19  7   -8  8  8  9   17 27 27 24   22 29 29 23   15 21 18
Dewpt         28 16  3   -8  3  4  7   14 24 23 22   20 25 25 22   15 18 14
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       S     S       W    SW       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10       5    10      10    10
Snow              S

$$
IAZ039-011000-
Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA
42.55N  92.40W Elev. 865 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                       5          21          10          26          17
Temp             17 10  6  5  8 12 18 20 18 14 13 12 11 15 21 24 21 20 20 24 27
Dewpt            14  8  3  2  4  9 17 18 16 13 11 11  9 14 18 19 18 20 20 24 26
RH               88 91 87 87 83 87 96 92 92 96 91 96 91 96 88 81 88100100100 96
Wind dir         NW NW NW NE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W SW  S SW  S  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd          6  4  2  1  1  2  5  5  5  4  4  4  3  5  9  9  9 10 10 10  9
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1       00-00
Snow                             S  L  C  S                                   S
Wind chill        7  1             10 11 11  6  5  4  5  6 10 14 10  9  8 15 18
Min chill         5    -2     5     6    10     3     2     4     9     7     9


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          31     -10     8      -3    25      15    28      11    20
Temp          27 17  4   -9  5  4  4   10 23 23 22   19 26 24 19   12 19 16
Dewpt         24 13  1   -9 -1 -1  3    8 19 20 21   18 22 21 19   12 15 11
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       S     S      SW    SE       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10       5    20      20    10
Snow           S                                            S  S

$$
IAZ048-011000-
Ames-Story IA
41.99N  93.62W Elev. 936 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                       7          21           7          28          19
Temp             16 10  8  9 10 14 19 20 18 14 13 11  8 13 20 25 25 23 22 26 27
Dewpt            11  9  8  8  9 14 18 19 17 14 12 11  8 13 18 22 22 23 22 26 26
RH               80 96100 96 96100 96 96 96100 96100100100 92 88 88100100100 96
Wind dir         NW  N  N  E SE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          5  4  1  1  1  2  5  5  4  4  3  3  2  4  5  8  9  8  8  6  5
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          60          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                             C  L  C                                      S
Wind chill        7  3             11 12 10  7  7        5 12 16 15 14 13 18 20
Min chill         5     2     7     7     9     4    -2     1    12    12    13


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          31     -12    10       0    28      14    30      12    20
Temp          28 16  4  -10  6  6  7   14 26 25 21   19 27 27 21   13 19 15
Dewpt         26 14  2  -10  2  4  7   12 23 23 21   19 25 24 21   13 17 13
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       S     S       W    SW       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10       5    20      20    10
Snow           S                                            S  S    S

$$
IAZ004-011000-
Estherville-Emmet IA
43.40N  94.75W Elev. 1315 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                       2          19           3          26          14
Temp             12  7  4  7 10 13 17 18 16 12 11  7  4  8 17 22 24 21 18 24 25
Dewpt            10  5  3  2  6 11 15 16 13 12 10  7  4  7 15 19 19 20 18 24 23
RH               91 91 95 79 83 91 92 92 88100 96100100 96 92 88 81 96100100 92
Wind dir         NW NW  W  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW  S  S SW SW  W NW
Wind spd          6  3  2  4  6 10 12 11  9  8  5  5  5  5  9 11 11 11 10 10 13
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 OV OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                             S  S
Wind chill        1  0    -1 -1  0  4  6  4  1  1 -3 -7 -3  5 11 13  9  6 14 13
Min chill         0    -2    -3    -3     2    -3    -8    -7     7     5     7


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          26     -12    16       5    28      12    25       5    15
Temp          19  7 -3  -11  8 10 12   16 25 23 19   16 23 20 15    7 13 10
Dewpt         15  4 -6  -12  3  6 12   14 24 22 17   15 21 18 14    7 11  8
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       S    SW       W    NE       N    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     5       5    20      10    10
Snow                                                     S  S

$$
IAZ035-011000-
Fort Dodge-Webster IA
42.55N  94.18W Elev. 1165 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                       5          20           5          28          17
Temp             13  8  6  7  8 13 17 19 16 13 13  9  6 10 17 22 25 22 20 25 26
Dewpt            11  8  5  5  7 12 16 17 15 13 10  9  6 10 16 19 19 22 20 25 26
RH               91100 96 91 96 96 96 92 96100 87100100100 96 88 78100100100100
Wind dir          N  N  N  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd          4  3  1  1  2  4  8  6  5  4  4  3  3  4  5  9  9  8  8  6  6
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          30           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                             C  C  S                                      S
Wind chill        4  2           5  7 10  7  5  5  1 -2  2  9 13 16 12 11 17 18
Min chill         4     1     1     1     6     2    -4    -3    10     9    11


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          29     -13    12       2    28      12    28       9    18
Temp          23 12 -2  -11  6  8  9   14 25 23 21   17 26 24 18   10 17 12
Dewpt         20  9 -3  -11  2  4  8   12 23 22 20   17 24 22 18   10 14 11
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       S    SW       W    NE       N     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10       5    20      10    10
Snow           S                                            S

$$
IAZ094-011000-
Lamoni-Decatur IA
40.63N  93.90W Elev. 1125 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      12          22           9          29          22
Temp             18 15 14 14 15 17 20 22 20 16 16 14 10 15 22 27 27 26 24 27 27
Dewpt            15 14 14 13 14 16 20 20 18 16 14 12 10 15 21 24 24 25 24 26 25
RH               88 96100 96 96 96100 92 92100 92 92100100 96 88 88 96100 96 92
Wind dir          N  N NE  E  E SE  S SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd          5  4  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  3  4  4  4  4  5  8  6  9  9  9  6
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          90           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.18           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           3       00-00
Snow                          S  L  D  L
Wind chill       10  7                          9  6  2  8 15 20 20 17 14 18 20
Min chill         9     6    13    13    16     7     0     2    16    14    15
Winter Weath                  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          32      -7    13       3    28      17    31      15    23
Temp          31 20  9   -5 10  9 11   17 26 26 24   22 29 29 25   17 22 19
Dewpt         30 19  7   -5  4  5 10   16 24 24 23   22 27 27 24   17 20 17
PWind dir        NW       N     W       S     S      SW    SW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   SC FW FW SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     0      10    10       5    10      10    10

$$
IAZ017-011000-
Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA
43.16N  93.33W Elev. 1189 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                       4          18           6          24          15
Temp             14  8  6  6  9 12 16 17 14 11 12  9  7 10 15 19 22 19 18 23 25
Dewpt            13  8  5  3  5 10 15 16 13 11 10  9  7 10 15 17 17 18 18 23 25
RH               96100 96 87 83 91 96 96 96100 91100100100100 92 81 96100100100
Wind dir         NW  N NW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd          6  4  1  1  2  4  8  8  5  5  4  4  3  5  6  8  9  9  8  8  9
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                             S  S                                         S
Wind chill        4 -1           4  5  7  5  2  4  2  0  1  5  9 12  8  8 14 16
Min chill         3    -1     2     0     5     0    -2    -2     7     7     8


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          28     -12     9      -1    25      12    25       6    16
Temp          22 11 -1  -10  4  5  7   13 23 22 19   17 23 21 16    8 15 11
Dewpt         18  8 -3  -10  0  1  6   11 21 21 19   16 21 18 15    8 13  8
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       S    SW       W    NE       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10       5    20      20    10
Snow           S                                            S  S

$$
IAZ049-011000-
Marshalltown-Marshall IA
42.11N  92.91W Elev. 972 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                       6          20           8          27          17
Temp             15 10  8  8  9 13 18 19 17 14 13 11  9 13 20 25 21 21 20 25 26
Dewpt            14  9  5  4  6 11 17 18 17 14 11 11  9 13 18 19 19 21 20 24 25
RH               96 96 87 83 87 91 96 96100100 91100100100 92 78 92100100 96 96
Wind dir         NW NW  N NE  E SE  S  S  S SW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          6  4  2  1  1  2  5  5  4  4  4  4  4  5  6  8  9  9 10  9  8
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0          70          20           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1       00-00
Snow                             C  L  C  S                                   S
Wind chill        5  2             10 11 11  6  5  4  1  5 11 16 11 10  9 16 18
Min chill         4    -1     6     6     9     3    -2    -1    11     9    10


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          30     -11     8      -3    26      14    28      11    20
Temp          27 16  3  -10  5  4  4   11 24 24 22   19 26 25 20   12 18 15
Dewpt         26 14  1  -10  1  1  3    9 21 22 20   18 23 22 20   12 16 12
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW       S    SW      SW    SE       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    10      10    20      20    10
Snow           S  S                                         S  S

$$
IAZ086-011000-
Ottumwa-Wapello IA
41.11N  92.45W Elev. 836 ft
317 PM CST Sun Nov 30 2025

Date           11/30/25      Mon 12/01/25            Tue 12/02/25            Wed
CST 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      10          23          10          29          20
Temp             19 14 12 13 14 17 21 23 22 18 15 13 11 16 24 28 25 23 23 27 28
Dewpt            17 14 12 11 13 16 20 22 21 18 15 12 11 16 21 23 22 23 23 26 26
RH               92100100 91 96 96 96 96 96100100 96100100 88 81 88100100 96 92
Wind dir         NW NW  N NE  E SE  S  S  S  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd          6  5  2  2  2  2  3  3  2  3  5  5  4  5  6  8  6  9 10 10  9
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          90          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.20        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           4           T
Snow                             C  D  D  C
Wind chill       10  5                      12  7  4  3  7 16 20 17 13 12 17 19
Min chill         9     4    11    12    16     6     2     3    16    11    14
Winter Weath                     Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           12/03/25  Thu 12/04/25  Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25
CST 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          33      -7    10      -1    28      17    31      15    25
Temp          31 23 10   -5  7  6  6   14 26 26 24   22 29 29 25   17 24 21
Dewpt         30 19  7   -5  2  2  4   12 22 23 23   21 25 25 23   17 19 16
PWind dir         W      NW     W       S     S      SW    SW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   SC FW FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       5    20      10    20      20    10
Snow              S                        S  S             S  S

$$