Iowa Freeze Warning | Effective 05/01/2026 18:32

Headline: 
Freeze Warning issued May 1 at 8:32PM CDT until May 2 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Event: 
Freeze Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
May 1, 2026 - 6:32pm
Expires: 
May 2, 2026 - 4:45am
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of Northern and North Central Iowa. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Area Description: 
Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Worth; Palo Alto; Hancock; Cerro Gordo; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Franklin; Butler; Bremer; Sac; Calhoun; Webster; Hamilton; Hardin; Crawford; Carroll; Greene; Boone
Forcast Office: 
NWS Des Moines IA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov