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Iowa weather: See the highest wind gusts recorded Tuesday

A few locations topped the 50 mph mark.

Iowa weather: See the highest wind gusts recorded Tuesday

A few locations topped the 50 mph mark.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT’S WHEN YOU KNOW IT’S REAL. YOU CAN’T USE THE BATHROOM AT THE PARK. YOU CAN’T USE THE WATER FOUNTAIN, THE HOSES, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YEAH. YOU GOT TO WATCH FOR THE PLANTS. LAURA’S MOM? YES. I WAS ASKING ZANE CERRO GORDO. YEAH, YEAH. FOR FINALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE, AS WE GET LATE IN OCTOBER, YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT THAT STUFF HERE THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE THOSE KIND OF FROSTY OR CHILLIER TEMPERATURES THAT ARE MOVING ON IN. LIVE. LOOK OUTSIDE FROM DOWNTOWN DES MOINES LOOKING WEST, YOU CAN FINALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER SUNSHINE HERE WITH THAT KIND OF THAT SUN CLOUD MIX THAT WE’VE HAD THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. NOW OUR WINDS, THOSE ARE GOING TO FINALLY DIE DOWN TONIGHT. WE’LL HAVE A MUCH LIGHTER BREEZE TOMORROW. SO THAT’S GOOD. WE’RE NO LONGER WORRIED ABOUT WIND HERE FOR BASICALLY THE REST OF THE WEEK. INSTEAD, WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT FROST POTENTIAL HERE. WE’VE GOT A FEW NIGHTS IN THE 30S AHEAD OF US, MOST LIKELY THE COLDEST TIME IS GOING TO BE THURSDAY MORNING. SO NOT TONIGHT, BUT TOMORROW NIGHT, ALTHOUGH TONIGHT WILL STILL BE, YOU KNOW, DOWN INTO THE 30S RAINFALL. NOTHING REALLY IN THE CARDS FOR US, AT LEAST FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK. YOU GOT TO GO LONGER RANGE INTO NEXT WEEK AS YOU SEE THOSE KIND OF SHADES OF GREEN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THAT’S ABOUT A 50 TO 60% LIKELIHOOD THAT WE’RE LEANING TOWARDS WETTER THAN NORMAL WEATHER HERE. AS WE HEAD TOWARDS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HALLOWEEN. A BIGGER WEATHER SYSTEM IS GOING TO MOVE INTO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. IT’S STILL KIND OF BLURRY THIS FAR OUT REALLY TO LOOK AT IT, BUT THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL COMING BACK TO OUR PART OF THE WORLD. IN THE MEANTIME, WE’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE THIS SEASONAL, I.E. COOLER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK. THIS IS THE COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEK AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TEMPERATURES BASICALLY JUST SLOWLY CLIMB THROUGH THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S THERE. AS WE APPROACH THE WEEKEND AND HEAD INTO THAT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TIME FRAME. REST OF TONIGHT WE’RE JUST GOING TO BE COOLING DOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN CLEAR SKIES AND CLOUDS RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA. THICKEST CLOUDS TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST. SPEND A COUPLE OF BRIEF SPRINKLES BLOWING AROUND IN THAT WIND AS WELL. BIG LOW PRESSURE CENTER UP TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES, USHERING IN ALL THAT COOL WEATHER ON ITS WESTERN FLANK. AS WE GO INTO TONIGHT, THE BREEZE DIES DOWN AS THAT LOW KIND OF PULLS AWAY FROM US. IT ALSO PULLS THE CLOUDS AWAY TO WHERE SKIES ARE CLEAR OVERNIGHT. NOTICE TOMORROW MORNING AROUND SUNRISE, WE’RE STILL GOING TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SOME WIND THOUGH. AROUND TEN 15MPH. THAT’S NOT QUITE CONDUCIVE TO REAL FROSTY SORT OF COOLING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT, BUT WE’RE STILL GOING TO BRING OUR TEMPERATURES DOWN TO 30. SO FROST ADVISORIES OUT OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN IOWA, NOT FAR NORTHWEST, EVEN THOUGH IT’S GOING TO BE COLDER BECAUSE, WELL, THOSE FOLKS UP THAT DIRECTION HAVE ALREADY HAD A FREEZE. SO NO WORRIES ABOUT FREEZING ANYMORE BECAUSE THE PLANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN KIND OF TOASTED AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW. THEN NOT MUCH WIND, OR AT LEAST LESS WIND THAN TODAY. ONLY MAYBE A 20 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUST IS WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT AT THE HIGHEST ON YOUR WEDNESDAY, 10 TO 15 MILE PER HOUR BREEZE. MUCH MORE SUNSHINE FOR YOU FOLKS THAT HAVE HAD THE CLOUDS TO THE NORTH AND EAST TODAY. AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT OUR WINDS DIE DOWN. WE’LL ALREADY HAVE THE CLEAR SKIES IN PLACE. AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, I WOULD SAY ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA HERE HAS A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME FROST INTO EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING, POTENTIALLY, WHERE YOU SEE THE PURPLE COLORS OR POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR MAYBE AN HOUR OR 2 OR 3 INTO AROUND DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. SO TOMORROW NIGHT, THE COOLEST, THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK. AND THEN WE’LL GRADUALLY ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE MOISTURE HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. MAINLY THAT JUST MEANS MORE CLOUD COVER FIRST. SO A LITTLE BIT CLOUDY SKIES SATURDAY TO SUNDAY. MAYBE A SNEAK SHOWER SNEAKS UP IN FROM MISSOURI INTO SOUTHER
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Updated: 5:54 PM CDT Oct 21, 2025
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Iowa weather: See the highest wind gusts recorded Tuesday

A few locations topped the 50 mph mark.

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Updated: 5:54 PM CDT Oct 21, 2025
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Much of Iowa saw strong winds through much of Tuesday. Here's a round-up of the highest gusts measured at weather stations around the state as of early evening:Mason City: 53 mphAmes: 51 mphEstherville: 49 mphSpencer: 49 mphClarion: 48 mphWaterloo: 48 mphCedar Rapids: 48 mphCarroll: 47 mphMarshalltown: 46 mphIowa Falls: 46 mphAlgona: 45 mphDes Moines: 44 mphOttumwa: 43 mphBoone: 43 mphStorm Lake: 43 mphCreston: 41 mphLamoni: 41 mphNewton: 41 mphKnoxville: 41 mphPella: 40 mphCenterville: 39 mphChariton: 38 mphPerry: 38 mphGrinnell: 38 mphFort Dodge: 35 mph

Much of Iowa saw strong winds through much of Tuesday.

Here's a round-up of the highest gusts measured at weather stations around the state as of early evening:

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  • Mason City: 53 mph
  • Ames: 51 mph
  • Estherville: 49 mph
  • Spencer: 49 mph
  • Clarion: 48 mph
  • Waterloo: 48 mph
  • Cedar Rapids: 48 mph
  • Carroll: 47 mph
  • Marshalltown: 46 mph
  • Iowa Falls: 46 mph
  • Algona: 45 mph
  • Des Moines: 44 mph
  • Ottumwa: 43 mph
  • Boone: 43 mph
  • Storm Lake: 43 mph
  • Creston: 41 mph
  • Lamoni: 41 mph
  • Newton: 41 mph
  • Knoxville: 41 mph
  • Pella: 40 mph
  • Centerville: 39 mph
  • Chariton: 38 mph
  • Perry: 38 mph
  • Grinnell: 38 mph
  • Fort Dodge: 35 mph

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