Des Moines climate and weather
Current conditions
6.1° / 0.8°
Overcast
- Feels like
- 2.6° / -3.5°
- Humidity
- —
- Wind
- 18.0 km/h (gusts 43.9)
- UV index
- 3.0
- Sunrise / sunset
- 06:59 / 16:56
- Daylight
- 9.9 hrs
7-day forecast
| Date | Weather | High | Low | Feels like | Precip | Rain | Wind | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12 Nov | Overcast | 6.1° | 0.8° | 2.6° / -3.5° | 0.0 mm | 0% | 18.0 km/h | 3.0 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Overcast | 4.0° | -0.6° | -0.5° / -5.8° | 0.0 mm | 0% | 18.6 km/h | 3.2 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Partly cloudy | 7.5° | -1.6° | 3.6° / -4.6° | 0.0 mm | 0% | 10.9 km/h | 3.2 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Overcast | 9.3° | -1.1° | 5.0° / -5.3° | 0.0 mm | 0% | 12.9 km/h | 2.9 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Partly cloudy | 11.5° | 0.8° | 7.0° / -3.2° | 0.0 mm | 0% | 16.0 km/h | 3.1 |
| Tue 17 Nov | Partly cloudy | 13.8° | 3.6° | 9.4° / -0.3° | 0.0 mm | 0% | 21.5 km/h | 2.8 |
| Wed 18 Nov | Overcast | 15.3° | 7.4° | 10.7° / 3.2° | 0.0 mm | 13% | 26.9 km/h | 1.2 |
Air quality
25
Good
US Air Quality Index
European AQI: 30
- PM2.5
- 10.2 µg/m³
- PM10
- 10.5 µg/m³
- Ozone (O₃)
- 38.0 µg/m³
- NOâ‚‚
- 12.8 µg/m³
- SOâ‚‚
- 1.3 µg/m³
- CO
- 148.0 µg/m³
- UV index
- 0.0
- Dust
- 0.0 µg/m³
Climate through the year
Now: November
Average high and low, °C Rainfall, mm
Temperature by month
Precipitation and rain days
Sunshine, UV and humidity
Best months to visit
| Month | Rating | Avg high | Avg low | Rain days | Sun (hrs) | Humidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | Excellent · 88 | 26.3°C | 15.6°C | 5.8 | 324.3 | 65.9% |
| May | Excellent · 79 | 22.6°C | 11.8°C | 12.0 | 322.8 | 64.8% |
| October | Good · 74 | 19.2°C | 9.1°C | 6.0 | 265.9 | 62.1% |
| June | Good · 66 | 28.9°C | 18.1°C | 10.8 | 372.7 | 65.2% |
| August | Good · 64 | 28.7°C | 19.0°C | 8.8 | 359.7 | 72.2% |
| July | Good · 61 | 29.4°C | 19.6°C | 9.8 | 384.1 | 72.3% |
| April | Fair · 46 | 16.2°C | 5.4°C | 9.2 | 274.3 | 60.9% |
| February | Fair · 46 | 2.1°C | -8.8°C | 4.6 | 228.6 | 67.0% |
| November | Fair · 46 | 10.0°C | 0.8°C | 4.8 | 205.4 | 68.0% |
| March | Fair · 39 | 10.9°C | 0.1°C | 8.6 | 254.0 | 64.5% |
| January | Fair · 37 | -1.2°C | -9.9°C | 6.0 | 183.1 | 75.7% |
| December | Fair · 37 | 3.8°C | -4.8°C | 6.0 | 167.2 | 72.3% |
Monthly climate data
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Feels high | Feels low | Precip | Rain days | Snow | Sun | Daylight | UV | Humidity | Wind | Clouds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.2° | -9.9° | -5.5° | -6.2° | -15.0° | 41.2 mm | 6.0 | 19.5 cm | 183.1 hrs | 9.6 hrs | — | 75.7% | 21.0 km/h | 63.5% |
| Feb | 2.1° | -8.8° | -3.3° | -2.8° | -13.8° | 22.2 mm | 4.6 | 7.5 cm | 228.6 hrs | 10.6 hrs | — | 67.0% | 21.5 km/h | 51.4% |
| Mar | 10.9° | 0.1° | 5.3° | 6.9° | -4.5° | 81.9 mm | 8.6 | 10.5 cm | 254.0 hrs | 12.0 hrs | — | 64.5% | 23.3 km/h | 59.2% |
| Apr | 16.2° | 5.4° | 10.7° | 13.2° | 1.4° | 83.8 mm | 9.2 | 0.8 cm | 274.3 hrs | 13.4 hrs | — | 60.9% | 25.1 km/h | 57.3% |
| May | 22.6° | 11.8° | 17.3° | 21.7° | 9.8° | 110.4 mm | 12.0 | 0.0 cm | 322.8 hrs | 14.5 hrs | — | 64.8% | 21.2 km/h | 56.9% |
| Jun | 28.9° | 18.1° | 23.6° | 30.5° | 18.4° | 119.3 mm | 10.8 | 0.0 cm | 372.7 hrs | 15.1 hrs | — | 65.2% | 19.6 km/h | 46.1% |
| Jul | 29.4° | 19.6° | 24.5° | 32.1° | 21.0° | 145.4 mm | 9.8 | 0.0 cm | 384.1 hrs | 14.8 hrs | — | 72.3% | 17.1 km/h | 43.5% |
| Aug | 28.7° | 19.0° | 23.9° | 31.0° | 20.3° | 60.8 mm | 8.8 | 0.0 cm | 359.7 hrs | 13.8 hrs | — | 72.2% | 17.3 km/h | 43.0% |
| Sep | 26.3° | 15.6° | 20.8° | 26.4° | 15.2° | 41.7 mm | 5.8 | 0.0 cm | 324.3 hrs | 12.5 hrs | — | 65.9% | 17.7 km/h | 38.3% |
| Oct | 19.2° | 9.1° | 14.0° | 16.5° | 6.4° | 77.5 mm | 6.0 | 0.0 cm | 265.9 hrs | 11.1 hrs | — | 62.1% | 21.0 km/h | 43.8% |
| Nov | 10.0° | 0.8° | 5.3° | 6.2° | -3.3° | 50.3 mm | 4.8 | 5.8 cm | 205.4 hrs | 9.8 hrs | — | 68.0% | 20.9 km/h | 57.1% |
| Dec | 3.8° | -4.8° | -0.6° | -0.6° | -9.4° | 37.7 mm | 6.0 | 6.4 cm | 167.2 hrs | 9.2 hrs | — | 72.3% | 20.8 km/h | 65.7% |