Des Moines (I-235)RDMI4
Beside a road/0.9 mi away/922 ft/112 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
59F
Partly cloudy
- Feels like
- 57 F
- Wind
- 4 mph
- Gust
- 8 mph
- Humidity
- 92%
Now, today, and the week
7 days ahead
Now
59
Today
68
54
20%
Light drizzle, wind 8 mph ESE
Fri
65
60
63%
Light rain, wind 10 mph ESE
Sat
63
59
86%
Light rain, wind 11 mph SE
Sun
61
58
48%
Light rain, wind 11 mph ESE
Mon
69
57
6%
Overcast, wind 12 mph SE
Tue
68
56
62%
Heavy drizzle, wind 17 mph NNW
Wed
67
49
52%
Overcast, wind 20 mph NW
HighLow
Today2026-09-24
Light drizzle, 68 over 54, 20% chance of rain, wind to 8 mph from the ESE
- High
- 68 F
- Low
- 54 F
- Rain
- 20%
- Wind
- 8 mph from the ESE
- Sunrise
- 7:04 am
- Sunset
- 7:08 pm
- Ultraviolet
- 5
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Des Moines, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Des MoinesDSM
At an airfield/3.9 mi away/965 ft/155 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/8.7 mi away/896 ft/86 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Des Moines 0.9 NIA-PK-142
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/809 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Des Moines WavelandWGCI4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/860 ft/50 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Iowa
14 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.