172 FOUS53 KDMX 281828 PFMDMX Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 IAZ060-282200- Des Moines-Polk IA 41.54N 93.65W Elev. 924 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 45 20 34 26 43 Temp 45 39 30 27 24 22 23 28 31 30 27 26 27 28 31 39 43 41 Dewpt 19 21 20 19 18 15 14 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 28 32 33 RH 35 48 66 71 77 74 68 60 53 58 68 74 74 75 75 64 65 73 Wind dir NE N NE NE N NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 6 9 10 10 6 Clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 10 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain S S C Snow S S S S Wind chill 32 22 19 15 11 14 20 24 24 20 19 20 21 23 32 37 Min chill 31 31 17 10 9 20 18 16 19 33 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 35 49 37 51 40 63 44 61 Temp 38 37 45 46 41 39 47 49 44 42 56 57 50 47 55 54 Dewpt 35 36 39 40 38 38 42 44 42 41 47 48 47 44 46 42 PWind dir SE NE NE NE SE S SE W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 80 50 30 40 30 30 50 60 Rain C D C C C C C C C C C C C C L L Tstms S S S $$ IAZ039-282200- Waterloo/Cedar Falls-Black Hawk IA 42.55N 92.40W Elev. 865 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 31 13 29 21 40 Temp 31 28 25 21 17 14 18 24 27 26 23 22 22 23 27 36 40 37 Dewpt 20 19 18 15 13 11 11 13 14 16 18 17 16 17 20 25 29 30 RH 63 68 74 77 84 88 73 62 57 65 81 81 77 77 74 64 64 75 Wind dir NE NE N N N N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 8 10 11 10 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 0 5 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C Snow Wind chill 21 19 15 10 7 4 9 16 20 19 16 15 14 13 18 28 33 Min chill 19 17 9 3 3 16 14 11 12 29 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 32 44 31 47 36 57 40 58 Temp 34 33 41 40 34 33 44 45 40 39 51 52 46 43 52 50 Dewpt 32 32 36 36 33 32 39 41 38 38 44 46 44 41 44 41 PWind dir SE NE NE E E SE SE SW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 40 20 30 20 20 40 60 Rain C L C S S S C C S S S S C C L L Tstms S $$ IAZ048-282200- Ames-Story IA 41.99N 93.62W Elev. 936 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 38 17 31 23 41 Temp 38 33 27 23 21 19 21 26 29 28 24 24 25 25 29 37 41 39 Dewpt 22 21 19 18 16 14 13 16 18 18 19 19 19 20 23 27 32 33 RH 52 61 71 81 81 80 71 65 63 66 81 81 78 81 78 67 70 79 Wind dir NE NE NE NE N NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 10 10 9 8 9 9 10 9 6 5 5 6 8 10 12 10 8 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 10 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain S S C Snow S Wind chill 30 24 17 13 11 7 10 16 20 21 17 16 17 16 20 29 35 Min chill 25 23 11 5 4 17 14 13 15 31 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 33 47 34 49 37 61 41 59 Temp 35 34 44 43 37 35 45 47 41 39 54 55 46 44 54 51 Dewpt 34 34 39 39 37 35 41 43 41 39 46 48 45 42 44 42 PWind dir SE NE NE NE SE S SE NW Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 70 50 30 40 20 20 40 60 Rain C L C C C C C C S S S S C C L L Tstms S $$ IAZ004-282200- Estherville-Emmet IA 43.40N 94.75W Elev. 1315 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 27 10 27 19 41 Temp 26 21 17 15 13 11 14 21 26 24 21 19 20 21 27 36 41 38 Dewpt 16 15 13 11 9 7 6 7 9 11 13 15 15 15 18 24 28 29 RH 65 77 84 84 84 83 70 54 48 57 71 84 81 77 68 61 59 70 Wind dir NE NE N N N NE NE E SE SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 13 13 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 8 9 10 11 12 16 18 16 11 Clouds OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 20 0 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain L Snow Wind chill 15 9 4 2 1 -1 3 10 16 15 10 7 8 8 14 26 33 31 Min chill 11 8 1 -3 -3 12 6 5 8 28 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 31 47 30 49 35 61 36 54 Temp 33 32 42 41 32 30 45 45 39 36 53 54 42 36 46 44 Dewpt 31 31 36 35 32 29 38 38 37 35 43 43 39 35 36 33 PWind dir S E NE SE S S S NW Wind char GN LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 10 10 20 5 5 30 40 Rain L L S S C C C C $$ IAZ035-282200- Fort Dodge-Webster IA 42.55N 94.18W Elev. 1165 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 37 14 30 21 41 Temp 36 31 24 20 17 15 19 24 28 27 23 21 23 23 28 37 41 38 Dewpt 20 19 17 15 13 10 10 12 15 16 18 18 17 18 21 27 30 30 RH 52 61 74 81 84 80 67 60 58 63 81 88 77 81 75 67 65 73 Wind dir NE NE NE N N NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S SE Wind spd 10 10 9 8 6 8 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 10 12 11 8 Clouds B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 10 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C Wind chill 29 23 15 10 7 4 9 15 20 20 16 13 15 14 19 28 34 32 Min chill 24 22 10 4 3 16 13 12 14 30 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 31 48 32 49 36 61 39 58 Temp 33 33 44 42 35 33 45 45 39 37 53 55 44 40 50 49 Dewpt 32 32 38 38 35 33 39 41 39 37 45 46 42 39 41 39 PWind dir SE NE NE E SE S SE W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 70 30 20 30 20 20 50 50 Rain C L C S S S C C S S S S C C C C Snow S $$ IAZ094-282200- Lamoni-Decatur IA 40.63N 93.90W Elev. 1125 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 53 21 37 27 42 Temp 52 46 34 27 24 22 25 32 35 33 29 28 29 29 32 39 42 41 Dewpt 18 17 20 20 19 18 17 16 16 17 19 21 23 25 29 32 33 33 RH 26 31 56 74 81 84 71 51 45 51 66 75 78 85 88 76 70 73 Wind dir NE N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 Clouds CL CL FW FW SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 0 0 30 50 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.03 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Frzg rain C S S Rain S C C L Snow C C C C Wind chill 25 17 13 11 14 22 27 25 20 19 20 20 24 32 36 Min chill 39 17 10 9 22 16 16 20 33 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 35 50 39 54 42 63 45 63 Temp 38 37 48 47 44 43 50 51 46 43 58 58 52 50 58 55 Dewpt 36 37 42 41 42 42 46 45 45 43 49 49 48 48 48 44 PWind dir SE NE NE NE S S S W Wind char LT GN GN GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 90 70 50 50 40 40 60 70 Rain L D L L C C C C C C C C L L L L Tstms S C S S C $$ IAZ017-282200- Mason City-Cerro Gordo IA 43.16N 93.33W Elev. 1189 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 27 11 27 19 38 Temp 27 24 20 17 14 12 16 22 25 23 20 19 21 21 26 34 38 36 Dewpt 18 16 15 12 9 7 5 8 11 13 14 15 15 15 18 24 29 29 RH 68 71 81 80 80 80 61 54 55 65 77 84 77 77 71 66 70 75 Wind dir NE NE N N N N NE NE E E SE SE SE SE S S S S Wind spd 11 10 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 12 13 13 9 Clouds OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 30 0 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C Snow S Wind chill 17 14 10 7 4 3 6 13 16 16 12 11 11 11 15 25 30 29 Min chill 14 12 5 0 -1 12 6 6 10 26 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 31 44 31 46 35 57 37 55 Temp 33 32 41 40 33 31 42 43 39 37 50 52 44 39 49 46 Dewpt 31 31 36 36 33 30 38 39 37 36 43 45 42 37 41 38 PWind dir SE E E E SE SE SE W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC PoP 12hr 70 20 20 20 20 10 40 50 Rain C L S S S S S S C C C C Snow S S $$ IAZ049-282200- Marshalltown-Marshall IA 42.11N 92.91W Elev. 972 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 35 14 30 21 40 Temp 35 30 25 21 18 16 18 24 27 26 23 22 23 23 28 36 40 37 Dewpt 22 20 19 17 14 12 11 15 16 17 17 17 16 17 21 26 30 30 RH 59 66 78 84 84 84 73 68 63 68 77 81 74 77 75 67 67 75 Wind dir NE NE N N N N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 10 10 9 8 9 8 8 6 5 5 5 6 8 10 11 10 6 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 5 0 10 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C Wind chill 26 21 15 11 8 5 7 15 20 20 16 15 15 14 19 28 33 Min chill 21 20 10 4 1 16 11 9 12 28 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 32 45 33 47 36 58 40 58 Temp 33 33 41 41 36 34 44 45 40 38 52 52 45 42 53 50 Dewpt 32 33 38 38 34 34 40 42 39 38 45 46 44 40 45 42 PWind dir SE NE NE NE E SE SE W Wind char LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 70 50 30 40 30 30 40 60 Rain C L C C C C C C C C C C C C L L Tstms S $$ IAZ086-282200- Ottumwa-Wapello IA 41.11N 92.45W Elev. 836 ft 1228 PM CST Sat Feb 28 2026 Date Sat 02/28/26 Sun 03/01/26 Mon 03/02/26 CST 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 48 20 36 25 44 Temp 48 42 31 26 23 22 25 31 34 32 27 27 27 27 32 40 44 42 Dewpt 14 17 20 19 18 17 16 16 15 16 17 19 19 21 24 29 32 33 RH 25 36 63 74 81 81 68 53 45 51 65 71 71 78 72 64 62 70 Wind dir E NE N N N N NE NE NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 6 8 9 9 11 12 11 9 Clouds FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 5 0 10 30 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain S S C Snow C C C C Wind chill 36 21 17 13 11 15 22 26 25 20 19 19 18 23 33 38 36 Min chill 32 33 15 9 7 21 16 15 17 33 Date Tue 03/03/26 Wed 03/04/26 Thu 03/05/26 Fri 03/06/26 CST 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 35 49 38 54 40 63 46 63 Temp 38 37 47 46 42 40 50 50 45 42 56 56 51 49 60 56 Dewpt 35 37 42 40 40 40 45 45 44 42 49 48 48 48 51 45 PWind dir SE NE NE NE SE S S SW Wind char LT LT GN GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 PoP 12hr 80 70 40 50 40 40 50 70 Rain C D L C C C C C C C C C C C L L Tstms S S S S C $$