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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 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 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
Today	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed
Apr 02	Apr 03	Apr 04	Apr 05	Apr 06	Apr 07	Apr 08
...WESTERN IOWA...
Spencer
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/41	27/43	27/43	24/55	27/47	22/50	34/66
/100	10/90	90/20	20/00	00/10	10/20	20/30
Sioux City
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/46	30/46	28/45	25/59	30/51	25/54	38/72
/90	10/90	90/20	20/00	00/20	20/20	20/30
Carroll
Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/51	32/53	31/47	27/58	31/52	26/51	37/70
/100	10/90	90/10	10/00	00/10	20/20	30/30
Atlantic
Tstrms	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Sunny	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/57	35/58	32/47	27/56	32/52	28/53	39/69
/90	10/90	90/10	10/00	00/20	30/30	20/30
Shenandoah
Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/64	39/68	33/51	28/61	34/56	31/58	41/74
/80	00/90	90/00	00/00	10/20	30/30	20/30
...CENTRAL IOWA...
Mason City
Shwrs	Tstrms	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/43	29/49	33/42	28/51	31/47	25/48	36/66
/100	20/90	90/20	10/00	00/00	10/10	30/30
Fort Dodge
Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/48	31/52	32/46	28/56	32/51	26/52	38/70
/100	10/90	90/10	10/00	00/10	10/20	30/30
Ames
Tstrms	Tstrms	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/59	33/58	34/47	30/57	33/53	28/53	38/70
/100	10/90	90/10	10/00	00/10	20/20	20/20
Marshalltown
Tstrms	Tstrms	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/60	32/57	35/46	28/54	32/51	26/51	36/67
/100	10/90	90/20	00/00	00/10	10/10	20/20
Des Moines
Tstrms	Tstrms	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/65	37/62	38/49	33/57	35/54	31/53	41/69
/100	10/90	90/10	00/00	00/10	20/20	20/20
Creston
Tstrms	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Sunny	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/67	37/66	33/49	28/57	33/54	29/55	40/71
/90	10/90	90/10	00/00	00/20	30/30	20/20
Lamoni
Tstrms	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/71	42/69	38/51	32/57	36/55	32/55	42/69
/90	00/90	90/10	00/00	00/20	30/30	10/20
...EASTERN IOWA...
Decorah
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/46	33/49	38/43	32/49	34/47	28/47	37/61
/100	40/90	90/50	10/00	00/00	00/10	30/30
Oelwein
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/56	33/55	38/45	30/51	33/49	27/48	36/63
/100	30/90	90/40	00/00	00/00	10/10	20/30
Waterloo
Tstrms	Tstrms	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/57	34/57	37/46	30/54	34/51	27/50	37/66
/100	20/90	90/20	00/00	00/00	10/10	20/20
Dubuque
Mocldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/67	37/59	43/50	33/51	34/51	29/49	35/63
/100	80/90	100/60	00/00	00/00	10/10	20/20
Cedar Rapids
Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/70	37/63	40/48	32/53	34/53	29/51	37/66
/100	40/90	90/30	00/00	00/10	10/10	20/20
Iowa City
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/71	38/65	41/49	33/53	34/54	29/53	37/67
/100	40/90	90/30	00/00	00/10	10/10	20/20
Quad Cities
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/72	40/67	45/53	33/53	35/54	29/52	36/65
/90	60/90	100/60	00/00	00/10	10/10	10/10
Ottumwa
Tstrms	Shwrs	Ptcldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/73	40/69	40/51	32/55	35/55	31/54	40/69
/90	30/90	90/20	00/00	00/10	20/20	10/20
Burlington
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/74	45/72	48/54	35/54	36/56	32/54	40/68
/90	50/90	100/50	00/00	00/10	20/20	10/10
Keokuk
Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/74	47/74	49/55	37/56	37/57	35/56	42/69
/90	40/90	90/50	00/00	00/10	20/20	10/10
$$

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