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	State Forecast for Ames , IA

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IAZ001>099-211000-
Tabular State Forecast for Iowa
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
420 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026
ROWS INCLUDE...
Daily predominant daytime weather 6AM-6PM
Forecast temperatures...early morning low/daytime high
Probability of precipitation nighttime 6PM-6AM/daytime 6AM-6PM
- indicates temperatures below zero
MM indicates missing data

FCST	FCST	FCST	FCST	FCST	FCST	FCST
Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon
Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23	Apr 24	Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27
...WESTERN IOWA...
Spencer
Sunny	Sunny	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
43/79	47/84	56/77	39/62	34/56	32/58	35/58
00/00	00/00	20/60	60/10	10/10	10/20	30/30
Sioux City
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
47/85	53/86	59/80	41/64	37/55	34/60	37/59
00/00	00/00	30/50	50/10	10/20	20/30	40/30
Carroll
Sunny	Sunny	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
52/82	52/81	59/75	45/63	39/59	37/59	40/58
00/00	00/00	10/70	70/20	10/10	20/30	40/30
Atlantic
Sunny	Sunny	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
52/81	54/78	59/75	44/64	39/59	38/59	40/57
00/00	10/00	20/70	70/20	10/10	20/40	50/40
Shenandoah
Sunny	Sunny	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy
53/84	55/80	60/78	46/66	41/62	40/59	41/58
00/00	10/00	20/70	70/20	20/20	20/40	50/40
...CENTRAL IOWA...
Mason City
Sunny	Sunny	Shwrs	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
45/77	45/80	57/72	45/62	38/57	36/58	39/57
00/00	00/00	00/50	70/30	10/10	10/20	30/30
Fort Dodge
Sunny	Sunny	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
51/80	50/83	59/75	45/64	39/58	37/59	40/59
00/00	00/00	10/60	60/20	10/10	10/20	40/30
Ames
Sunny	Sunny	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
51/81	52/80	59/75	47/65	41/61	39/61	42/60
00/00	10/00	10/60	70/30	10/10	20/30	40/40
Marshalltown
Sunny	Sunny	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
48/78	49/79	57/75	47/64	39/61	39/60	41/59
00/00	00/00	00/40	80/40	20/10	20/30	40/40
Des Moines
Sunny	Sunny	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
53/81	56/80	61/75	49/65	44/63	42/61	44/59
00/00	10/00	00/50	70/40	20/10	20/30	50/40
Creston
Sunny	Sunny	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
52/81	54/78	59/74	46/64	41/61	40/58	41/57
00/00	10/00	10/70	70/30	20/20	20/40	50/40
Lamoni
Sunny	Sunny	Tstrms	Shwrs	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
53/80	55/76	60/75	49/66	43/64	43/62	45/60
00/00	10/00	00/50	80/50	20/10	20/40	50/40
...EASTERN IOWA...
Decorah
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
46/74	47/75	60/75	51/62	41/59	40/58	42/57
00/00	00/00	00/30	90/60	10/10	10/20	30/30
Oelwein
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
47/76	49/77	58/74	50/62	41/59	40/58	42/58
00/00	00/00	00/30	90/60	20/10	10/20	40/40
Waterloo
Sunny	Sunny	Mocldy	Shwrs	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
49/78	48/80	60/75	49/64	41/61	40/60	43/59
00/00	00/00	00/40	80/50	10/10	10/20	40/30
Dubuque
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
47/76	49/77	59/78	56/67	44/63	42/61	44/60
00/00	00/00	00/10	80/80	30/10	10/20	40/40
Cedar Rapids
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
49/78	52/78	59/77	53/65	43/62	42/61	43/59
00/10	10/00	00/30	90/70	30/10	20/20	40/40
Iowa City
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
49/78	54/78	58/78	54/66	44/64	43/61	45/60
00/10	10/00	00/20	90/80	30/10	20/20	40/40
Quad Cities
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
48/77	55/77	59/80	57/69	45/65	45/64	45/63
00/10	10/00	00/10	90/90	40/20	20/20	40/40
Ottumwa
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Shwrs	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
53/80	56/78	60/77	52/65	44/64	43/61	45/59
00/10	10/00	00/30	90/70	30/10	20/30	50/40
Burlington
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
51/78	57/77	59/79	57/70	46/67	46/65	48/64
00/10	20/00	00/10	90/90	40/20	20/20	50/40
Keokuk
Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
53/78	57/77	60/80	58/70	47/67	47/66	50/65
00/10	20/00	00/20	90/90	40/20	20/30	50/50
$$

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