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	State Forecast for Ames , IA

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FPUS63 KDMX 170921
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IAZ001>099-172200-
Tabular State Forecast for Iowa
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
420 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 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
Sep 17	Sep 18	Sep 19	Sep 20	Sep 21	Sep 22	Sep 23
...WESTERN IOWA...
Spencer
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/74	58/79	61/71	52/63	48/60	46/65	47/70
/20	80/90	70/40	40/40	60/60	40/20	10/20
Sioux City
Mocldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/75	63/86	64/71	57/64	53/62	51/66	52/70
/10	80/40	50/40	20/40	50/50	10/10	10/30
Carroll
Foggy	Tstrms	Shwrs	Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/75	63/84	67/77	59/66	54/62	52/65	52/70
/20	50/50	70/70	30/50	60/60	40/20	10/20
Atlantic
Foggy	Ptcldy	Shwrs	Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/76	65/84	68/77	60/65	56/63	53/64	53/68
/30	40/20	70/70	40/50	50/50	20/10	10/20
Shenandoah
Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/80	67/87	70/81	63/69	59/67	55/67	55/71
/40	20/10	60/60	60/60	60/50	10/10	10/20
...CENTRAL IOWA...
Mason City
Mocldy	Tstrms	Shwrs	Mocldy	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/73	57/73	63/74	54/64	50/60	48/64	48/70
/30	50/90	90/80	50/20	40/60	50/30	10/10
Fort Dodge
Foggy	Tstrms	Shwrs	Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/75	62/79	66/76	58/65	54/61	51/65	52/70
/20	80/80	80/70	40/50	60/60	50/20	10/10
Ames
Foggy	Tstrms	Shwrs	Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/75	63/80	67/79	60/66	56/62	52/65	52/69
/40	60/70	80/80	40/50	60/60	40/20	10/10
Marshalltown
Tstrms	Tstrms	Shwrs	Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/74	62/77	67/79	59/65	54/62	50/64	51/69
/50	40/70	80/80	50/50	60/60	40/30	10/10
Des Moines
Foggy	Tstrms	Shwrs	Shwrs	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/77	66/83	71/81	62/67	58/64	55/65	55/70
/30	50/50	70/70	60/60	60/60	40/20	10/10
Creston
Foggy	Ptcldy	Shwrs	Tstrms	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/77	65/83	69/79	62/68	58/64	54/64	54/68
/30	20/20	50/50	60/60	60/60	30/20	10/20
Lamoni
Foggy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Tstrms	Shwrs	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/80	66/83	69/81	63/68	58/64	54/64	53/69
/20	20/20	40/40	60/70	70/70	20/20	10/10
...EASTERN IOWA...
Decorah
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/72	57/69	62/74	55/64	50/60	48/63	49/69
/50	00/80	100/100	50/20	40/50	40/30	10/10
Oelwein
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/72	60/71	65/78	59/65	54/61	51/63	50/69
/50	10/80	90/90	60/30	50/50	40/30	10/10
Waterloo
Shwrs	Tstrms	Shwrs	Mocldy	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/74	61/74	66/79	59/66	53/63	50/65	51/70
/50	30/80	90/90	40/40	50/50	40/30	10/10
Dubuque
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/75	62/73	66/81	61/67	56/64	53/65	53/70
/70	10/70	80/80	60/40	50/60	40/20	10/10
Cedar Rapids
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/75	64/76	68/81	63/67	57/63	53/64	53/69
/50	30/70	70/70	60/50	60/60	40/30	10/10
Iowa City
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/77	65/78	68/83	64/69	58/64	55/65	54/70
/50	30/70	60/60	60/60	60/60	40/20	10/10
Quad Cities
Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/78	64/76	67/84	63/70	57/65	53/67	53/71
/70	20/60	60/60	70/50	60/60	40/20	10/10
Ottumwa
Foggy	Tstrms	Ptcldy	Tstrms	Shwrs	Mocldy	Ptcldy
/79	66/82	70/84	64/70	59/65	55/66	54/71
/30	20/50	40/40	60/60	60/60	40/20	10/10
Burlington
Mocldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/83	66/82	68/86	65/74	59/67	55/68	54/72
/30	10/40	20/20	70/70	70/70	30/20	10/10
Keokuk
Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy	Mocldy	Mocldy	Ptcldy	Ptcldy
/86	69/86	71/88	68/77	62/70	58/70	56/74
/20	20/30	10/20	60/60	70/70	30/30	10/10
$$

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