Des Moines (I-235)RDMI4
Beside a road/0.9 mi away/922 ft/112 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
62F
Clear
- Feels like
- 62 F
- Wind
- 9 mph
- Gust
- 16 mph
- Humidity
- 55%
Now, today, and the week
7 days ahead
Now
62
Today
68
42
Clear, wind 15 mph S
Mon
67
46
Partly cloudy, wind 9 mph SSE
Tue
69
46
Clear, wind 10 mph SE
Wed
72
50
2%
Mostly clear, wind 8 mph
Thu
74
53
, wind 7 mph
Fri
73
56
2%
, wind 13 mph
Sat
73
59
15%
, wind 12 mph
HighLow
Today2026-10-18
Clear, 68 over 42, wind to 15 mph from the S
- High
- 68 F
- Low
- 42 F
- Rain
- 0%
- Wind
- 15 mph from the S
- Sunrise
- 7:29 am
- Sunset
- 6:29 pm
- Ultraviolet
- 5
- Moon
- First quarter
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 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 now5 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
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/17.7 mi away/903 ft/93 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/29.0 mi away/1,073 ft/263 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
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
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Des Moines Waveland (WGCI4), 2.2 miles from here, read 10 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
14 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.