Average annual temperature is 11.8 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 37.8 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -26.3 °C
Number of sunny days: 209 days
Number of rainy days: 139 days
Number of snow days: 17 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) | 11.9 | 13.1 | 22.8 | 26.4 | 31.1 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 37.8 | 35.3 | 32.3 | 18.6 | 14.8 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 1.1 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 17.6 | 24.8 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 29.2 | 27.1 | 18.4 | 11.2 | 7.0 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -3.1 | -1.2 | 2.3 | 10.6 | 18.4 | 23.1 | 23.9 | 24.1 | 21.1 | 13.5 | 5.7 | 2.7 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -6.4 | -5.9 | -1.9 | 5.2 | 12.1 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 19.7 | 16.1 | 9.4 | 1.3 | -0.5 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -26.3 | -24.3 | -12.4 | -4.3 | 2.5 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 11.1 | -3.5 | -11.2 | -6.1 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 4.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 4.8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 67 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 38 | 102 | 87 | 32 | 95 | 9 | 50 |
| Sunny days | 18 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 18 |
| Rainy days | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 11 |
| Snow days | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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