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Updated: @ 24-Sep-2026 2:56pm - next update at 2:58pm  
Summary / Temperature Wind Rain Outlook
Clear Clear
Currently: 83.0, Max: 83.0, Min: 61.6 83°F
Warmer 0.7°F than last hour.

Warm

Feels like: 87°F

24-hr difference
-1.7°FColder 1.7°F than yesterday at this time.
  Today Yesterday
High: 83°F
2:50pm
85.1°F
1:51pm
Low: 61.6°F
5:04am
59.9°F
6:46am
 Wind from WSW WSW
3
Gust:
11 mph
1 Bft - Light air
Today: 12 mph 12:46pm
Gust Month: 20 mph September 8
Rain Today: 0 in
Rain Rate (/hr): 0 in
Rain Yesterday: 0 in
This Month: 0.38 in
Season Total: 7.15 in
16 days since last rain.
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity & Barometer Almanac Moon
Humidity: 63 % Decreased 3.0% since last hour.
Dew Point: 69.1°F Increased 0.2°F since last hour.
Barometer: 29.88 inHg Falling 0.02  inHg/hr
Baro Trend: Falling
Sunrise: 6:44am
Sunset: 6:51pm
Moonset: 4:40am
Moonrise: 5:49pm
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Gibbous, Moon at 12 days in cycle
96%
Illuminated
UV Index Forecast UV Index Forecast
24-Sep-2026
7.1     High 
25-Sep-2026
6.8     High 
 NWS Weather Forecast  - Outlook: This Afternoon & Tonight
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Sunny
Sunny

Hi 79 °F
NWS forecast: Sunny, with a high near 79. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Davis VP+ forecast: Increasing clouds with little temperature change.
 
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy

Lo 61 °F
NWS forecast: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
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WEATHER STORY
Des Moines
Weather Forecast Office
Rainy 3 Day Outlook Precipitation Outlook
As we close out September and head into early October, the CPC is forecasting above average precipitation for Iowa and most of the central US. We have already had an above average month for precipitation, and that doesn’t look to let up yet! Even with a week left to go in September, this has already been the 2nd wettest September on record for Des Moines.

Data Courtesy of Des Moines Weather Forecast Office

San Juan, PR Lake Charles, LA Pueblo, CO Corpus Christi, TX St. Louis, MO Reno, NV Raleigh, NC  Newport/Morehead City, NC Dodge City, KS Houston/Galveston, TX San Joaquin Valley/Hanford, CA Louisville, KY Fort Worth, TX Pittsburgh, PA Austin/San Antonio, TX Sacramento, CA Jackson, MS Phoenix, AZ Northern Indiana, IN Flagstaff, AZ Tallahassee, FL Springfield, MO Riverton, WY Blacksburg, VA Sioux Falls, SD El Paso Area, NM Columbia, SC Wilmington, NC Greenville-Spartanburg, SC Eureka, CA Midland/Odessa, TX Tucson, AZ Goodland, KS Huntsville, AL Amarillo, TX Norman, OK Lubbock, TX Marquette, MI Little Rock, AR Pendleton, OR Missoula, MT Binghamton, NY Boston, MA Green Bay, WI Billings, MT Baltimore/Washington San Diego, CA Tampa Bay, FL Morristown, TN Twin Cities, MN Brownsville, TX Portland, OR Des Moines, IA Memphis, TN Pocatello, ID San Angelo, TX Jacksonville, FL Aberdeen, SD Quad Cities, IA/IL Charleston, SC New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA Peachtree City, GA Shreveport, LA Grand Rapids, MI Medford, OR Albany, NY Wichita, KS Gray/Portland, ME Spokane, WA Boise, ID Denver/Boulder, CO Great Falls, MT Caribou, ME Key West, FL Miami-South Florida, FL New York City/Upton, NY Melbourne, FL Hastings, NE Paducah, KY Glasgow, MT Bismarck, ND Charleston WV Omaha/Valley, NE Buffalo, NY Jackson, KY Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO Gaylord, MI Cheyenne, WY Grand Forks, ND Detroit/Pontiac, MI Central Illinois, IL Burlington, VT Salt Lake City, UT Topeka, KS Nashville, TN Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI Albuquerque, NM Las Vegas, NV Wakefield, VA La Crosse, WI Birmingham, AL Los Angeles/Oxnard, CA Chicago, IL Seattle, WA Rapid City, SD Indianapolis, IN Philadelphia/Mount Holly, PA Mobile/Pensacola State College, PA Cleveland, OH Elko, NV Wilmington, OH Grand Junction, CO North Platte, NE Tulsa, OK San Francisco/Monterey Bay Area, CA Duluth, MN