| National Weather Service Forecast for:
Ames IA Issued by: National Weather Service Des Moines, IA |
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| Updated: 2:36 am CDT Apr 6, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Today |
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. |
| Tonight |
A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 7 to 9 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. |
| Tuesday |
A chance of snow showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Southeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. |
| Tuesday Night |
A chance of rain and snow showers before 10pm, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 38. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. |
| Wednesday |
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Windy, with a south wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
| Wednesday Night |
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
| Thursday |
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. |
| Thursday Night |
A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. |
| Friday |
A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. |
| Friday Night |
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. |
| Saturday |
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 60%. |
| Saturday Night |
Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 60%. |
| Sunday |
Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Ames IA.