Average temperature in January is -3.2 °C
Average daytime temperature is 0.9 °C
Average night temperature is -6.4 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 12 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -24.5 °C
Number of sunny days: 18
Number of rainy days: 6
Number of snow days: 7
Precipitation sum: 76 mm
* Weather data for West Des Moines United States is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| January (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -1.1 | 4.7 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 1.1 | -1.5 | 5.1 | 8 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 0.4 | -1.9 | -1.2 | -2.5 | -0.8 | -0.3 | -2 | -6.2 | 2 | -5.9 | -10.5 | -14 | -6.7 |
| Apparent max temperature | 3.5 | 1.2 | 3 | -2.3 | -6 | -3 | -5.7 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | -2.7 | -6.2 | -1.1 | 2.9 | 8.3 | -1.1 | -2.6 | -3.7 | -7.8 | -4.2 | -5.4 | -5.4 | -3.4 | -6.2 | -12.6 | -3.9 | -10.5 | -16.8 | -19.3 | -11.3 |
| Mean temperature | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.9 | -0.7 | -1.7 | -2.6 | -5.8 | -4.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.3 | -2.5 | -5.9 | -2.9 | 3.3 | 8.2 | 2 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -3.7 | -4.7 | -3.6 | -5.2 | -4.7 | -3.8 | -10.9 | -3.3 | -8.8 | -15.1 | -16.9 | -16.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -5.7 | -4.9 | -3.4 | -7.6 | -8.7 | -8.9 | -15.4 | -14.2 | -7.1 | -5.9 | -5.2 | -11 | -14.3 | -11.6 | -4.6 | 1.2 | -4.9 | -6.1 | -8 | -10 | -13 | -9.2 | -12.6 | -15 | -12.6 | -20.4 | -15.3 | -16.1 | -24.8 | -25.8 | -29.3 |
| Minimum temperature | -2.3 | -0.8 | 0.7 | -2.1 | -3 | -4.3 | -10.4 | -9.7 | -2.5 | -2 | -1.6 | -4.2 | -8.8 | -7.4 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.4 | -2.2 | -1.6 | -4.7 | -8.8 | -4.8 | -7.7 | -10.5 | -6.8 | -14.1 | -10.5 | -10.1 | -18.6 | -20.6 | -24.5 |
| Apparent min temperature | -1.1 | -2.4 | -1.5 | -6.3 | -7.6 | -6.9 | -10.4 | -8.9 | -3.6 | -2.2 | -1.3 | -8.8 | -11.6 | -8 | -2.3 | 4.4 | -3.3 | -4.9 | -5.7 | -8.9 | -8.3 | -7.3 | -9.9 | -8.9 | -8.7 | -17.1 | -9.5 | -14.2 | -21.6 | -22.4 | -21.7 |
| January | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10 | 10 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 4 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 0 | 8.5 | 9 | 9 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.4 | 32 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.9 | 0 | 4.2 | 14.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 10.2 | 18.7 | 25.4 | 24.2 | 25.1 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 8.8 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 19 | 28.3 | 24 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 26.8 | 24.5 | 25.4 | 30.9 | 23.3 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 19.1 | 14 | 28.6 | 24.3 | 33.3 | 20.7 | 24.5 | 16.2 | 15.2 |
In January 2023, the highest daytime temperature in West Des Moines was 12°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -24.5°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during January in West Des Moines are -6.4°C and 0.9°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in January is about 76 mm.