WEATHER IN Des Moines
Climate tables. Data for Des Moines.
Monthly temperature
| Month | Record low | Average low | Average | Average high | Record high |
| january | -34.4 (1884) | -10.1 | -5.4 | -0.6 | 19.4 (2003) |
| february | -32.2 (1905) | -7.8 | -2.8 | 2.1 | 25.6 (1930) |
| march | -30.0 (1962) | -1.3 | 4.1 | 9.6 | 32.8 (1986) |
| april | -12.8 (1975) | 4.8 | 10.7 | 16.7 | 33.9 (1980) |
| may | -3.3 (1907) | 11.3 | 16.9 | 22.4 | 40.6 (1934) |
| june | 2.8 (1889) | 16.9 | 22.3 | 27.7 | 39.4 (1933) |
| july | 8.3 (1971) | 19.1 | 24.4 | 29.8 | 43.3 (1936) |
| august | 4.4 (1950) | 17.9 | 23.3 | 28.7 | 43.3 (1918) |
| september | -3.3 (1942) | 13.0 | 19.0 | 24.9 | 38.3 (1939) |
| october | -13.9 (1925) | 6.1 | 11.8 | 17.4 | 35.0 (1963) |
| november | -23.3 (1891) | -1.0 | 4.1 | 9.1 | 27.8 (1938) |
| december | -30.0 (1989) | -6.9 | -2.4 | 2.2 | 20.6 (1939) |
| year | -34.4 (1884) | 5.2 | 10.4 | 15.7 | 43.3 (1936) |
Monthly precipitation
| Month | Average | Record low | Record high | Daily high |
| january | 27 | 1 (1997) | 111 (1960) | 54 (1960) |
| february | 34 | 2 (1931) | 81 (1915) | 45 (1948) |
| march | 55 | 1 (1885) | 148 (1990) | 62 (1919) |
| april | 102 | 6 (1985) | 197 (1976) | 97 (1974) |
| may | 133 | 20 (1925) | 308 (1996) | 88 (1915) |
| june | 134 | 6 (1933) | 401 (1881) | 122 (1879) |
| july | 97 | 1 (1975) | 267 (1958) | 110 (1904) |
| august | 106 | 4 (1909) | 348 (1977) | 157 (1975) |
| september | 81 | 4 (1882) | 376 (1914) | 124 (1914) |
| october | 71 | 0.8 (1952) | 185 (1941) | 93 (1884) |
| november | 49 | 0.8 (1969) | 180 (1931) | 90 (2003) |
| december | 40 | 0.0 (2002) | 94 (1931) | 38 (1982) |
| year | 915 | 434 (1956) | 1441 (1881) | 157 (1975) |
Number of days with solid, liquid, and mixed precipitation
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Wind speed, m/s
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The frequency of different wind directions, %
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Air humidity, %
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Snow cover
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Cloudy, score
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Number of clear, cloudy and cloudy days
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Number of days with different phenomena
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The frequency of different types of clouds, %
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