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Des Moines, IA

Current Conditions

73°F
Feels Like: 73°F
Wind: 3 SSE
Humidity: 90%
Pressure: 29.85in

Today's Forecast

81°/63°
43% chance of precipitation
  • 7-Day Forecast
  • Hourly Forecast
Date Temp (H/L) Icon Conditions Precipitation Wind
Sun 9/20 66°/57° Isolated Storms 58% N 8mph
Mon 9/21 61°/54° Showers 62% NE 9mph
Tue 9/22 60°/50° Showers 28% NE 7mph
Wed 9/23 65°/54° Partly Cloudy 0% NE 2mph
Thu 9/24 67°/57° Showers 10% E 1mph
Fri 9/25 66°/59° Showers 16% E 2mph
Sat 9/26 67°/60° Showers 16% ESE 3mph
Time Temp Icon Conditions Precipitation Wind
5 am 71° Mostly Cloudy 0% SSE 5mph
6 am 70° Chance of Storms 100% SSE 6mph
7 am 71° Chance of Storms 52% SSE 6mph
8 am 71° Chance of Storms 46% S 6mph
9 am 72° Chance of Storms 38% SW 6mph
10 am 74° Isolated Storms 30% WSW 6mph
11 am 75° Isolated Storms 26% WSW 7mph
12 pm 77° Isolated Storms 22% WSW 7mph
1 pm 79° Isolated Showers 20% W 7mph
2 pm 80° Isolated Showers 24% W 7mph
3 pm 80° Isolated Showers 23% WNW 6mph
4 pm 80° Isolated Storms 19% WNW 6mph
5 pm 79° Isolated Storms 22% NW 7mph
6 pm 78° Isolated Storms 20% NNW 7mph
7 pm 76° Chance of Storms 28% NNW 6mph
8 pm 73° Chance of Storms 31% N 6mph
9 pm 72° Chance of Storms 32% N 7mph
10 pm 71° Chance of Storms 31% N 8mph
11 pm 70° Chance of Storms 34% N 7mph
12 am 69° Scattered Showers 34% N 7mph
1 am 69° Scattered Showers 42% N 6mph
2 am 69° Scattered Showers 40% N 7mph
3 am 68° Scattered Showers 32% N 6mph
4 am 67° Scattered Showers 26% N 6mph
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Current weather last updated: 09/19/2026 04:57:11 AM CDT
Daily forecast last updated: 09/19/2026 02:55:01 AM CDT
Hourly forecast last updated: 09/19/2026 05:01:49 AM CDT
Alerts last updated: 09/19/2026 04:57:11 AM CDT

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