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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
IAZ060-192200-
DES MOINES-POLK IA
41.54N 93.65W ELEV. 924 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 23 33 17 32
TEMP 32 33 41 43 37 32 28 26 23 25 29 33 29 24 22 19 18 22 29 32 29
DEWPT 21 23 24 26 30 28 26 22 18 19 20 20 18 16 15 14 13 14 16 16 15
RH 63 66 50 51 75 85 92 85 81 78 69 58 63 71 74 80 80 71 58 51 55
WIND DIR NE NE NE N N NW NW NW NW W W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 9 11 13 14 13 13 16 16 13 13 13 11 6 5 5 5 5 9 11 12 9
WIND GUST 24 26 26
CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR 60 90 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.07 0.36 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 4 00-00
RAIN S C S
SNOW L D L C
WIND CHILL 24 24 33 36 28 22 16 13 11 13 19 24 22 17 15 11 9 12 19 23 21
MIN CHILL 24 23 28 16 10 10 20 14 9 9 19
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 14 29 10 30 17 51 34 53
TEMP 20 14 25 26 16 10 25 27 20 21 44 47 40 34 49 48
DEWPT 10 8 8 9 6 4 8 8 8 11 21 27 29 27 29 27
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW S S SW W
WIND CHAR GN GN GN LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
IAZ039-192200-
WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS-BLACK HAWK IA
42.55N 92.40W ELEV. 865 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 44 25 32 17 29
TEMP 29 31 38 42 38 33 31 29 26 26 30 32 29 24 21 19 18 21 26 29 26
DEWPT 23 25 27 28 29 29 28 25 22 21 21 21 19 17 15 14 13 14 15 16 15
RH 78 78 64 57 70 85 88 85 85 81 69 63 66 74 77 80 80 74 62 58 62
WIND DIR N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 6 9 10 13 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 16 10 9 8 9 9 11 13 14 12
WIND GUST 28
CLOUDS FW B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 30 80 10 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.39 0.01 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 4 T
RAIN S C
SNOW C L D C
WIND CHILL 22 24 31 35 29 23 20 16 13 13 18 21 20 14 12 9 7 9 15 18 15
MIN CHILL 21 22 29 20 12 11 19 11 6 5 12
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 12 25 10 27 13 42 27 44
TEMP 19 13 22 22 14 10 23 23 16 16 36 38 33 28 41 39
DEWPT 10 8 9 10 7 6 9 10 8 10 20 25 26 24 28 26
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW S S SW W
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
IAZ048-192200-
AMES-STORY IA
41.99N 93.62W ELEV. 936 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 43 23 32 15 31
TEMP 29 32 38 40 35 30 27 25 24 25 29 32 27 22 19 17 15 20 27 31 26
DEWPT 22 23 24 26 27 27 25 22 19 19 20 20 18 16 14 12 12 15 16 17 15
RH 75 69 57 57 72 88 92 88 81 78 69 61 68 77 80 80 88 81 63 56 62
WIND DIR N NE NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 8 11 13 16 14 16 17 17 16 16 14 12 8 5 5 5 6 10 12 12 9
WIND GUST 27
CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 50 90 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.38 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 5 00-00
RAIN S C
SNOW C L D L C
WIND CHILL 21 23 30 32 26 19 15 12 11 12 18 23 20 14 11 8 5 9 16 21 17
MIN CHILL 19 19 25 14 9 9 19 10 4 4 16
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 12 27 8 29 16 48 29 49
TEMP 17 12 23 23 13 8 23 24 18 18 41 43 35 30 46 45
DEWPT 10 7 9 9 6 4 8 9 9 11 22 27 27 26 28 26
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW S S SW W
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
IAZ004-192200-
ESTHERVILLE-EMMET IA
43.40N 94.75W ELEV. 1315 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 34 19 30 15 29
TEMP 23 24 30 31 27 24 23 21 20 22 26 30 26 21 19 17 15 17 25 29 24
DEWPT 17 18 21 22 20 19 17 15 13 13 13 14 12 12 11 9 8 8 8 10 9
RH 77 77 69 69 74 81 77 77 74 68 57 51 55 68 70 70 73 67 48 44 52
WIND DIR N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 11 13 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 14 10 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 12
CLOUDS FW B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR 5 20 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 T 00-00
SNOW S S
WIND CHILL 12 12 18 19 14 10 8 6 5 7 13 18 16 10 7 5 2 4 12 17 12
MIN CHILL 10 11 14 7 4 4 13 6 0 0 9
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 9 24 5 28 17 47 25 46
TEMP 14 10 20 18 9 5 21 25 19 19 40 41 32 26 41 39
DEWPT 6 3 4 5 2 0 5 7 7 10 20 26 24 21 23 21
PWIND DIR NW NW N NW S S W NW
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT GN BZ GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5
IAZ035-192200-
FORT DODGE-WEBSTER IA
42.55N 94.18W ELEV. 1165 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 39 22 32 15 31
TEMP 26 29 34 36 32 28 25 24 22 24 29 32 28 21 18 17 15 19 26 31 26
DEWPT 20 21 23 25 25 24 21 19 17 16 17 17 15 13 13 11 10 12 13 14 11
RH 78 72 64 64 75 85 84 81 81 71 60 53 58 71 80 77 80 74 57 49 52
WIND DIR N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 8 11 14 16 14 14 14 16 13 13 13 11 5 5 5 5 5 9 11 11 8
WIND GUST 25
CLOUDS FW B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 30 60 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.14 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 2 00-00
SNOW S C L C S
WIND CHILL 18 19 24 26 22 16 13 11 9 12 18 23 21 13 10 9 6 8 16 22 17
MIN CHILL 17 16 21 12 8 9 19 10 5 5 16
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y Y
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 10 27 6 29 14 47 26 49
TEMP 16 11 23 22 10 6 22 23 16 17 40 41 33 27 44 43
DEWPT 8 5 7 7 4 2 8 9 9 11 22 27 26 24 28 25
PWIND DIR NW NW N NW S S SW NW
WIND CHAR GN GN GN LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
IAZ094-192200-
LAMONI-DECATUR IA
40.63N 93.90W ELEV. 1125 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 50 22 37 20 37
TEMP 37 37 46 47 39 33 28 24 22 25 33 36 32 27 24 22 20 25 34 37 31
DEWPT 21 22 24 27 29 29 25 21 17 18 18 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 13
RH 52 54 42 45 67 85 88 88 81 74 53 45 53 63 71 74 77 62 41 37 47
WIND DIR NE NE NE N NW NW NW NW NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW
WIND SPD 12 14 16 14 14 14 17 17 13 13 12 11 5 5 5 6 8 9 11 12 10
WIND GUST 26 26 25 28 27
CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1
POP 12HR 40 70 5 10 10
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.06 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 T 00-00
RAIN S S C C C
SNOW C L C S S S
WIND CHILL 29 28 39 31 23 16 11 9 14 24 28 26 20 17 14 11 15 25 28 22
MIN CHILL 28 27 30 16 8 9 25 16 10 11 22
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 15 32 10 34 19 54 36 58
TEMP 23 16 28 28 18 11 28 30 21 22 47 51 45 37 54 52
DEWPT 12 8 8 8 7 4 5 6 8 12 20 26 30 29 29 27
PWIND DIR NW NW N N SE S SW W
WIND CHAR GN GN GN LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC
POP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
IAZ017-192200-
MASON CITY-CERRO GORDO IA
43.16N 93.33W ELEV. 1189 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 22 30 16 27
TEMP 27 28 33 35 32 30 28 25 23 24 28 30 27 22 21 18 16 19 24 27 24
DEWPT 21 22 25 27 26 26 24 21 18 18 18 17 16 15 13 12 10 10 12 12 11
RH 78 78 72 72 78 85 85 84 81 77 66 58 63 74 71 77 77 67 60 53 57
WIND DIR NW N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 8 10 11 13 16 14 16 18 18 18 18 14 10 9 9 10 10 11 13 14 12
CLOUDS SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 20 40 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0 0.07 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 1 00-00
SNOW C C C S
WIND CHILL 19 19 24 26 21 19 15 11 9 10 15 19 17 12 11 6 4 7 12 15 12
MIN CHILL 15 16 20 14 7 7 15 9 3 2 9
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 10 23 7 26 14 42 25 44
TEMP 17 11 20 19 12 7 22 23 17 17 36 37 32 26 40 38
DEWPT 8 5 6 7 5 3 8 9 8 10 20 26 25 23 25 23
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW S S SW NW
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
IAZ049-192200-
MARSHALLTOWN-MARSHALL IA
42.11N 92.91W ELEV. 972 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 43 23 32 15 29
TEMP 27 31 39 41 36 32 29 27 24 25 29 32 27 21 18 16 15 20 26 29 24
DEWPT 21 23 25 27 30 29 26 24 20 20 21 21 18 16 13 12 11 13 16 16 13
RH 78 72 57 57 79 88 88 88 84 81 72 63 68 81 80 84 84 74 65 58 62
WIND DIR N N NE N N N NW NW NW NW NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 6 11 13 16 14 14 17 17 17 17 17 14 8 5 5 6 6 10 12 13 10
WIND GUST 27
CLOUDS SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 50 90 5 0 5
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.45 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 5 00-00
RAIN S L
SNOW L D D C
WIND CHILL 20 22 31 33 27 22 17 14 10 12 17 21 19 13 10 7 5 8 15 18 14
MIN CHILL 18 18 26 17 10 9 17 8 2 3 12
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 11 25 7 26 13 45 28 46
TEMP 17 12 21 21 12 8 22 22 15 16 38 41 33 29 42 41
DEWPT 9 7 9 9 5 4 8 8 7 10 20 25 26 24 28 26
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW S S SW W
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10
IAZ086-192200-
OTTUMWA-WAPELLO IA
41.11N 92.45W ELEV. 836 FT
326 AM CST THU FEB 19 2026
DATE THU 02/19/26 FRI 02/20/26 SAT 02/21/26
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 51 26 37 20 34
TEMP 35 37 47 49 43 38 32 28 26 29 34 36 32 27 24 22 20 25 32 34 31
DEWPT 22 24 25 28 31 32 30 26 22 22 22 21 20 18 18 17 15 16 16 15 14
RH 59 59 42 44 62 79 92 92 85 75 61 54 61 68 77 81 81 68 51 45 49
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE N NW NW NW W W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
WIND SPD 9 12 14 14 14 14 18 18 17 17 16 13 9 6 6 6 8 10 12 13 11
WIND GUST 29 31 27
CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1
POP 12HR 50 80 5 5 5
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.19 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 1 00-00
RAIN S C C D
SNOW D L C
WIND CHILL 28 29 36 29 20 15 13 17 23 27 24 19 16 14 10 15 22 25 21
MIN CHILL 27 27 34 20 13 11 22 14 9 10 19
DATE SUN 02/22/26 MON 02/23/26 TUE 02/24/26 WED 02/25/26
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 15 30 11 32 17 51 35 54
TEMP 22 16 27 26 16 11 27 27 19 20 45 47 40 35 51 50
DEWPT 12 8 9 8 6 6 8 8 8 10 18 26 27 28 29 27
PWIND DIR NW NW NW NW S S SW W
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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