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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 Wed Dec 10 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
Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed
Dec 11	Dec 12	Dec 13	Dec 14	Dec 15	Dec 16	Dec 17
...WESTERN IOWA...
Spencer
Cloudy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
7/23	10/20	-3/3	-20/10	-1/28	12/33	20/33
10/80	30/00	30/60	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Sioux City
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
19/32	18/23	6/9	-13/17	8/33	16/39	23/39
10/30	10/00	40/60	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/00
Carroll
Cloudy	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
15/28	17/23	3/8	-13/13	3/33	19/38	26/40
10/40	20/00	30/70	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Atlantic
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
18/34	20/28	8/13	-9/15	8/36	20/40	27/42
10/10	10/00	20/40	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/00
Shenandoah
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
23/41	24/32	14/20	-2/20	13/43	23/46	28/47
10/10	00/00	10/30	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/00
...CENTRAL IOWA...
Mason City
Snow	Vrycld	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
7/20	11/19	-4/2	-19/3	-6/25	12/32	23/33
00/90	50/10	20/50	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Fort Dodge
Snow	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
10/24	14/22	1/5	-18/8	-3/30	15/34	24/35
10/80	40/00	30/70	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Ames
Snow	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
13/26	17/24	4/8	-14/7	-3/31	16/36	26/37
00/70	50/00	30/70	10/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Marshalltown
Snow	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
9/24	14/22	1/6	-16/3	-5/28	15/34	24/35
00/90	60/00	20/70	10/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Des Moines
Snow	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
17/28	20/25	7/11	-9/10	3/33	21/38	29/39
10/50	30/00	20/60	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Creston
Mocldy	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
20/34	22/28	10/14	-8/15	6/38	21/42	29/44
10/20	10/00	10/50	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Lamoni
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
20/34	23/30	11/15	-4/14	9/38	24/42	30/43
10/10	10/00	10/30	00/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
...EASTERN IOWA...
Decorah
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
9/20	12/20	-2/3	-13/2	-4/24	16/31	25/35
10/70	50/20	10/40	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
Oelwein
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
9/21	12/20	-2/4	-16/0	-9/24	13/31	23/35
10/80	70/10	10/50	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
Waterloo
Snow	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
9/22	13/22	0/5	-15/2	-8/26	13/33	24/35
00/90	60/10	20/60	10/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Dubuque
Mocldy	Ptcldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
13/22	14/24	2/7	-10/5	-6/25	14/32	26/37
20/70	70/10	10/50	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
Cedar Rapids
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
11/24	17/23	3/8	-13/2	-8/27	15/34	26/37
10/80	80/10	20/60	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
Iowa City
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
13/26	18/25	5/9	-12/3	-7/27	16/35	27/37
10/80	80/10	20/70	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
Quad Cities
Mocldy	Ptcldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
14/25	18/25	5/9	-11/4	-7/27	16/34	26/38
30/80	80/10	10/60	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
Ottumwa
Snow	Mocldy	Snow	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
17/29	21/26	9/11	-11/8	-3/33	19/38	29/41
00/50	50/00	10/60	10/00	00/00	00/00	00/10
Burlington
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy
17/28	22/28	9/12	-9/5	-2/30	19/37	29/40
10/70	70/00	10/60	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
Keokuk
Mocldy	Mocldy	Vrycld	Vrycld	Sunny	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
20/31	24/29	11/13	-5/8	1/33	22/39	31/42
10/50	50/00	10/60	10/00	00/00	00/00	10/10
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