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	State Forecast for Ames , IA

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Tabular State Forecast for Iowa
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
420 PM CST Thu Dec 25 2025
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
Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu
Dec 26	Dec 27	Dec 28	Dec 29	Dec 30	Dec 31	Jan 01
...WESTERN IOWA...
Spencer
Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
35/42	33/49	20/26	3/17	7/35	16/29	11/23
10/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	10/10	10/00
Sioux City
Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
36/50	36/55	22/30	7/22	10/41	19/36	14/28
10/00	00/00	10/30	00/00	00/00	00/10	00/10
Carroll
Foggy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
40/51	36/56	28/34	8/21	10/38	19/36	15/30
10/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/10	00/10
Atlantic
Foggy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Sunny
39/54	37/57	29/35	9/22	10/40	19/36	16/32
10/00	00/00	10/30	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/00
Shenandoah
Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
41/58	40/62	31/42	10/24	12/42	22/40	17/34
20/00	00/00	10/30	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
...CENTRAL IOWA...
Mason City
Foggy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
36/40	32/46	25/33	4/15	7/31	15/26	10/21
20/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/10	10/00
Fort Dodge
Foggy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
38/46	35/50	26/33	6/19	9/35	18/31	13/26
20/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/10	00/10
Ames
Foggy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
40/48	35/53	30/38	9/21	11/36	19/34	15/28
20/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/10	10/00
Marshalltown
Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
39/45	33/49	31/36	6/18	7/33	17/31	14/26
20/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/10	00/00
Des Moines
Foggy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
42/51	38/57	33/39	11/22	12/38	22/36	19/30
20/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/10	00/10
Creston
Foggy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Sunny
43/56	39/60	33/42	10/23	12/38	22/36	17/31
10/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Lamoni
Foggy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Sunny
44/56	40/59	36/42	11/23	12/38	22/37	20/34
10/00	00/00	20/40	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/00
...EASTERN IOWA...
Decorah
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
35/41	33/44	34/37	8/15	7/28	17/25	12/21
40/10	00/00	10/40	30/10	00/10	10/10	10/00
Oelwein
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
37/43	33/46	34/40	7/17	7/29	15/26	10/22
30/00	00/00	10/40	20/00	00/00	00/10	00/00
Waterloo
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
38/44	33/48	33/41	8/18	9/32	17/29	11/23
30/00	00/00	10/30	10/00	00/00	00/10	00/00
Dubuque
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
37/47	35/48	40/46	11/19	10/30	17/28	12/22
50/10	00/00	10/40	30/10	00/00	00/10	10/00
Cedar Rapids
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
40/48	35/51	39/47	11/20	11/33	19/31	14/25
40/00	00/00	10/40	20/00	00/00	00/10	10/00
Iowa City
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
41/49	36/53	41/48	11/22	11/33	19/32	14/27
40/00	00/00	10/50	20/00	00/00	00/10	00/00
Quad Cities
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
41/51	37/53	44/50	12/22	12/31	19/31	15/27
50/10	00/00	20/60	30/10	00/00	00/10	10/00
Ottumwa
Foggy	Mocldy	Rnsnow	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
45/53	38/59	41/47	12/23	13/36	21/35	16/30
20/00	00/00	20/50	10/00	00/00	00/10	00/00
Burlington
Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
47/52	38/57	46/49	14/22	12/33	22/35	19/31
30/00	00/00	30/60	20/00	00/00	00/10	10/00
Keokuk
Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy
49/54	40/58	47/50	16/23	14/34	22/36	20/32
30/00	00/00	30/60	10/00	00/00	00/00	00/00
$$

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