Cold Weather Advisory, Iowa
ModerateVery cold wind chills from 20 to 30 below. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 30 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Ended Monday, March 16, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this advisory
- Mason City
- Fort Dodge
- Boone
- Carroll
- Denison
- Webster City
- Clear Lake
- Atlantic
- Estherville
- Algona
- Iowa Falls
- Humboldt
- Hampton
- Forest City
- Jefferson
- Emmetsburg
- Eagle Grove
- Garner
- Clarion
- Madrid
- Eldora
- Belmond
- Rockwell City
- Lake Mills
- Northwood
- Sac City
- Greenfield
- Audubon
- Britt
- Ogden
- Pocahontas
- Stuart
- Lake City
- Manson
- Ackley
- Guthrie Center
- Manning
- Coon Rapids
- Lake Panorama
- Laurens
- Manly
- Jewell Junction
- Glidden
- Sheffield
- Lake View
- Panora
- Rockwell
- Odebolt
- Griswold
- Anita
- Gowrie
- Armstrong
- Hubbard
- Buffalo Center
- Graettinger
- Schleswig
- Adair
- West Bend
- Exira
- Manilla
- Dayton
- Alden
- Dakota City
- Wall Lake
- Schaller
- Grand Junction
- Ruthven
- Ventura
- Stratford
- Bancroft
- Fontanelle
- Kanawha
- Coalville
- Fonda
- Goldfield
- Early
- Swea City
- Radcliffe
- Charter Oak
- Pomeroy
- Arcadia
- Badger
- Dows
- Scranton
- Titonka
- Rolfe
- Ellsworth
- Breda
- Whittemore
- Thompson
- Gilmore City
- Dow City
- Latimer
- Klemme
- Otho
- Burt
- Bayard
- Thornton
- Union
- Vail
- Lehigh
- Wesley
- Casey
- Farnhamville
- Lohrville
- Duncombe
- Livermore
- Plymouth
- Diamondhead Lake
- Callender
- Orient
- Churdan
- Ringsted
- Stanhope
- Massena
- Lewis
- Templeton
- Menlo
- Twin Lakes
- Williams
- Fertile
- Bode
- Kimballton
- Westside
- Lytton
- Fenton
- Lakota
- Yale
- Kiron
- Corwith
- Auburn
- Harcourt
- Steamboat Rock
- Lu Verne
- Kensett
- Mallard
- Crystal Lake
- Cumberland
- Deloit
- Leland
- Halbur
- New Providence
- Renwick
- Bagley
- Dedham
- Meservey
- Paton
- Rippey
- Coulter
- Grafton
- Joice
- Hanlontown
- Jamaica
- Woden
- Rake
- Boxholm
- Thor
- Kamrar
- Blairsburg
- Barnum
- Moorland
- Lidderdale
- Wallingford
- Alexander
- Pilot Mound
- Randall
- Luther
- Rock Falls
- Bridgewater
- Lone Rock
- Woolstock
- Swaledale
- Brayton
- Goodell
- Palmer
- Clare
- Geneva
- Ayrshire
- Havelock
- Vincent
- Somers
- Rowan
- Ledyard
- Lanesboro
- Rutland
- Marne
- Ricketts
- Fraser
- Garden City
- Whitten
- Arion
- Wiota
- Cylinder
- Buckeye
- Bradford
- Hansell
- Ralston
- Popejoy
- Bradgate
- Scarville
- Willey
- Chapin
- Varina
- Nemaha
- Dolliver
- Gruver
- Dougherty
- Gray
- Duncan
- Hardy
- Knierim
- St. Joseph
- Miller
- Plover
- Sexton
- Beaver
- Hayfield
- Ottosen
- Rinard
- Dana
- Curlew
- Irvington
- Owasa
- Buck Grove
- Aspinwall
- Burchinal
- Bolan
- St. Benedict
- Rodman
- Portland
- Jolley
- Galt
- Berkley
- Hutchins
- Yetter
Map
- This advisory
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Very cold wind chills from 20 to 30 below.
- Where
- Portions of western and northern Iowa.
- When
- Until 10 in the morning this morning.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 30 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
- Additional details
- The strongest winds and wind gusts have ended. The wind will continue to be gusty from the northwest with gusts up to around 45 MPH for a few more hours before decreasing further by midday.
Updates
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Allowed to end on time. March 16, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. March 16, 2026
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Cold Weather Advisory issued for Monday overnight through Monday morning. March 15, 2026