071 FOUS53 KDMX 280827 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 IAZ060-011000- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 28 45 19 32 24 Temp 33 30 32 41 45 39 29 25 23 21 22 28 32 30 28 27 26 26 Dewpt 24 21 19 17 19 20 20 18 16 13 12 13 15 16 17 18 18 19 RH 69 69 58 37 35 46 69 74 74 71 65 53 49 55 63 68 71 74 Wind dir NE NE E E NE N NE N N NE NE NE E E E E E SE Wind spd 4 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 6 Clouds SC B2 B2 FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 0 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C C C C S S Wind chill 22 24 34 32 20 16 14 10 12 19 24 24 21 20 19 18 Min chill 22 20 31 15 9 7 19 19 16 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 42 33 46 34 49 38 61 42 56 Temp 39 40 36 35 44 43 37 35 44 46 42 39 55 57 48 44 52 50 Dewpt 26 30 33 34 39 38 35 34 38 40 39 39 45 47 45 43 43 40 PWind dir SE SE NE NE E S SW S NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 30 80 60 30 50 40 20 40 60 Rain C C D L C S C C C C C S S C C L C Snow C $$ IAZ039-011000- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 24 31 12 28 19 Temp 28 26 26 29 31 28 22 19 16 14 16 24 28 26 22 21 21 21 Dewpt 19 17 17 19 20 20 18 14 11 7 9 11 13 14 15 14 14 14 RH 68 68 68 66 63 71 84 80 80 73 73 57 53 60 74 74 74 74 Wind dir N N NE NE NE NE N N N N NE NE NE NE E E SE SE Wind spd 6 10 9 10 11 10 9 9 8 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 Clouds B1 B2 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 0 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S Wind chill 21 16 18 20 21 18 12 8 5 3 5 15 21 19 15 14 12 12 Min chill 15 15 17 6 1 -1 16 13 9 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 39 31 41 29 46 35 56 38 53 Temp 35 36 33 32 39 37 32 31 43 43 37 37 51 51 44 40 48 46 Dewpt 22 27 30 31 35 34 30 29 36 38 36 36 43 44 43 40 39 38 PWind dir SE SE NE NE E SE S SE NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 70 50 20 30 40 20 40 50 Rain C L C S S S C C C S S C C C C Snow S S $$ IAZ048-011000- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 26 38 16 29 22 Temp 30 28 29 35 38 33 25 22 19 17 19 26 29 27 25 24 23 23 Dewpt 22 21 19 19 21 21 20 17 14 12 11 13 16 16 17 17 17 17 RH 72 75 66 52 50 61 81 81 80 80 70 57 58 63 71 74 77 77 Wind dir N NE E E NE NE NE N N NE NE E E E E E SE SE Wind spd 5 8 10 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 6 5 5 6 8 Clouds SC B2 OV SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 5 5 0 30 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C C S S Wind chill 23 20 20 27 31 25 15 12 8 6 7 17 20 21 18 17 15 14 Min chill 19 17 24 10 4 1 17 15 12 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 40 32 45 32 47 36 60 39 54 Temp 37 37 33 34 42 41 34 33 43 43 39 37 54 54 46 41 49 48 Dewpt 26 30 32 34 38 37 34 32 38 39 38 37 45 47 45 41 41 38 PWind dir SE SE NE NE E SE S SE NW Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 80 50 20 40 40 20 40 60 Rain S L D C C S S C C C C S S C C L C Snow S $$ IAZ004-011000- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 18 27 8 27 18 Temp 24 21 20 25 27 22 17 14 11 8 12 21 26 24 21 20 20 20 Dewpt 13 10 12 15 16 15 13 9 6 4 4 5 8 9 11 13 13 13 RH 62 62 71 65 63 74 84 80 80 83 70 49 46 52 65 74 74 74 Wind dir N NE E NE NE N N N N N NE E E SE SE S S S Wind spd 17 13 11 13 13 13 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 10 11 Clouds B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 40 0 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 T 00-00 Snow S C S Wind chill 10 8 8 13 15 9 4 1 -2 -4 0 10 17 15 11 9 9 8 Min chill 8 6 8 0 -5 -5 12 7 6 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 40 29 43 28 46 34 58 31 45 Temp 36 37 32 31 40 38 31 30 43 43 37 36 51 52 41 34 42 40 Dewpt 24 28 30 30 35 35 30 29 35 36 35 35 42 42 38 31 32 30 PWind dir S S NE NE SE S S SE NW Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 70 20 10 20 20 10 30 40 Rain L L S S S S S S C C C Snow S L S $$ IAZ035-011000- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 24 37 13 29 20 Temp 27 25 27 33 36 32 22 18 16 14 17 24 29 27 23 22 22 22 Dewpt 20 17 16 19 20 19 17 14 12 8 8 10 13 14 15 16 16 16 RH 74 71 63 56 52 58 81 84 84 76 67 54 51 57 71 77 77 77 Wind dir N NE E E E NE NE N N NE NE E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 8 10 9 10 10 10 9 8 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 Clouds B2 OV OV SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 0 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S S Wind chill 19 15 18 25 29 23 12 8 6 3 7 15 21 20 16 15 14 13 Min chill 14 14 22 7 3 1 18 15 11 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 40 30 45 29 47 34 60 35 51 Temp 36 37 32 32 41 40 32 31 43 43 37 36 54 54 43 38 46 44 Dewpt 25 29 31 31 37 36 32 31 37 38 36 36 43 45 42 37 37 34 PWind dir S SE NE NE E SE S SE NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 80 40 20 30 30 20 40 50 Rain S L D C S S C C C C S S C C C C Snow S D $$ IAZ094-011000- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 31 54 21 35 25 Temp 36 34 36 47 53 47 35 28 24 22 24 32 35 33 29 28 27 26 Dewpt 27 22 20 18 21 19 18 19 18 16 15 13 13 15 17 18 22 22 RH 69 61 52 31 28 32 49 68 77 77 68 45 40 47 60 66 81 85 Wind dir NE NE E E N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E Wind spd 10 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 9 Clouds SC B1 SC FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 0 50 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.05 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C C L L C C C Wind chill 28 26 29 27 19 13 10 13 23 27 25 20 19 18 17 Min chill 25 24 18 9 7 23 18 15 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 41 32 47 36 52 38 63 44 59 Temp 39 39 37 36 45 45 40 38 47 48 43 41 57 59 51 47 56 53 Dewpt 29 31 34 36 41 40 38 37 42 42 41 40 47 48 48 46 46 42 PWind dir SE SE NE NE E S SW S NW Wind char GN GN GN GN LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 40 90 70 50 60 40 30 50 70 Rain C L D L L C C L L C C S C C C L L Snow C Tstms S S S S $$ IAZ017-011000- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 21 27 9 25 17 Temp 26 23 22 25 27 25 19 17 13 10 14 22 25 23 20 19 19 19 Dewpt 17 12 14 17 19 18 15 11 8 4 5 7 11 11 12 12 13 13 RH 68 62 71 71 71 74 84 77 80 76 67 52 55 59 71 74 77 77 Wind dir N N NE E NE NE N N N N NE E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 14 10 8 10 11 10 8 8 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 Clouds B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 60 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 T 00-00 Snow C L S Wind chill 14 12 13 15 17 15 9 6 3 1 4 14 17 16 12 11 10 9 Min chill 11 10 12 4 -2 -3 13 9 6 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 38 29 41 28 45 34 55 35 48 Temp 34 35 32 31 39 37 32 30 41 41 37 36 50 49 43 37 44 42 Dewpt 23 27 29 30 35 35 31 29 35 36 36 35 42 43 41 36 36 34 PWind dir S SE NE NE SE SE S SE NW Wind char GN LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 80 30 10 20 30 20 30 40 Rain C D C S S C C S S C C C Snow C D S $$ IAZ049-011000- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 25 35 13 28 20 Temp 28 26 27 32 35 30 23 20 17 15 17 24 28 26 23 22 21 22 Dewpt 19 19 18 19 20 20 18 15 12 9 9 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 RH 68 74 68 58 54 66 81 81 80 77 70 60 55 62 71 74 77 74 Wind dir N NE E E NE N N N N N NE NE NE E E E SE SE Wind spd 5 9 9 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 Clouds SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 0 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S S Wind chill 17 19 24 27 21 12 9 6 3 6 15 21 19 16 15 13 14 Min chill 16 15 20 7 1 0 16 13 9 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 39 30 42 29 46 35 57 38 54 Temp 35 36 33 32 40 39 32 31 42 43 37 37 51 52 45 41 48 47 Dewpt 24 28 30 32 36 35 31 30 36 38 37 37 44 45 44 41 41 38 PWind dir SE SE NE NE E SE S SE NW Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 80 60 20 40 40 20 40 50 Rain S C D L C S S C C C C S S C C C C Snow S $$ IAZ086-011000- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 227 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date 02/27/26 Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon CST 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 29 48 19 34 24 Temp 33 31 34 43 48 42 30 25 22 21 23 31 34 32 28 27 26 25 Dewpt 22 20 18 14 15 15 18 18 17 15 14 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 RH 63 63 51 30 26 33 60 74 81 77 68 45 41 47 58 65 71 78 Wind dir N NE E E E N NE N N N NE NE NE E E E E E Wind spd 6 8 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 6 8 8 9 Clouds SC B2 B2 SC FW CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 0 30 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow C C C C C C Wind chill 23 26 37 36 20 15 11 10 12 22 26 25 21 19 17 16 Min chill 22 22 34 14 8 5 23 17 15 Date 03/02/26 Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 42 33 46 34 51 38 61 44 60 Temp 39 40 36 35 44 44 37 36 46 48 42 41 57 57 48 46 56 54 Dewpt 26 30 32 35 41 39 36 34 41 42 41 40 48 48 46 45 47 44 PWind dir SE SE NE NE E S SW S W Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 SC FW B1 OV B2 PoP 12hr 20 80 80 40 50 50 30 40 60 Rain S C D D C C C C C C C C C C C L L Snow S Tstms S S $$