Average annual temperature is 11.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 34.4 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -4.8 °C
Number of sunny days: 168 days
Number of rainy days: 195 days
Number of snow days: 2 days
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* Weather data for Des Moines United States is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 12.9 | 13.4 | 16.5 | 23.1 | 29.2 | 30.0 | 31.3 | 34.4 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 15.7 | 14.9 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 8.6 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 20.9 | 23.0 | 27.7 | 27.9 | 22.2 | 16.4 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 14.9 | 16.2 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 15.9 | 11.6 | 6.9 | 7.1 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 8.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -4.7 | -4.8 | -2.5 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 8.6 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -0.3 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 8.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 3.9 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 78 | 83 | 173 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 34 | 112 | 103 | 179 | 262 |
| Sunny days | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 8 |
| Rainy days | 26 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 23 |
| Snow days | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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