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Weather in Des Moines, Iowa
Current Conditions (Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 09:54 America/Chicago time)
 | Temperature: -1°C |
Forecast Overview
| Wednesday, January 1 | sunrise: 07:41 sunset: 16:54 |
 | Low around -2°C, high around 3°C. Estimated precipitation: 0.8125 mm. Times of sun and clouds. Wind: 28 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 00:00 03:00 |  | Overcast. Precipitation: 0.6875 mm. | 3°C | 25 km/h | 78% | 0.333% |
| 03:00 06:00 | | Overcast. Precipitation: 0.125 mm. | 2°C | 28 km/h | 82% | 0.325% |
| 06:00 09:00 | | Overcast. | 0°C | 27 km/h | 75% | 0.32% |
| 09:00 12:00 | | Sunny. | 1°C | 28 km/h | 57% | 0.315% |
| 12:00 15:00 | | Sunny. | 2°C | 24 km/h | 55% | 0.312% |
| 15:00 18:00 | | Clear. | -0°C | 21 km/h | 66% | 0.31% |
| 18:00 21:00 | | Clear. | -1°C | 21 km/h | 68% | 0.309% |
| 21:00 00:00 | | Clear. | -2°C | 22 km/h | 69% | 0.308% |
| Thursday, January 2 | sunrise: 07:41 sunset: 16:55 |
| Low around -4°C, high around 0°C. Times of sun and clouds. Wind: 22 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 00:00 03:00 | | Clear. | -3°C | 20 km/h | 68% | 0.308% |
| 03:00 06:00 | | Clear. | -4°C | 20 km/h | 65% | 0.308% |
| 06:00 09:00 | | Sunny. | -4°C | 21 km/h | 62% | 0.307% |
| 09:00 12:00 | | Sunny. | -1°C | 22 km/h | 47% | 0.307% |
| 12:00 15:00 | | Sunny. | 0°C | 22 km/h | 47% | 0.306% |
| 15:00 18:00 | | Mostly cloudy. | -3°C | 10 km/h | 64% | 0.305% |
| 18:00 21:00 | | A few passing clouds. | -3°C | 9 km/h | 70% | 0.305% |
| 21:00 00:00 | | Overcast. | -3°C | 6 km/h | 70% | 0.305% |
| Friday, January 3 | sunrise: 07:41 sunset: 16:56 |
 | Low around -9°C, high around -2°C. Chance of snow during the morning and early afternoon (between 6 am and 3 pm). Estimated precipitation: 6.0625 mm. Partly cloudy skies. Wind: 17 km/h. |
| Time | Skies | Conditions | Temp | Wind | Humidity | Soil Moisture |
| 00:00 03:00 | | Overcast. | -3°C | 5 km/h | 66% | 0.305% |
| 03:00 06:00 | | Overcast. | -3°C | 5 km/h | 63% | 0.305% |
| 06:00 09:00 | | Chance of light snow. Precipitation: 0.3125 mm. | -4°C | 12 km/h | 87% | 0.305% |
| 09:00 12:00 | | Chance of snow. Precipitation: 3.8125 mm. | -4°C | 16 km/h | 93% | 0.305% |
| 12:00 15:00 | | Chance of snow. Precipitation: 1.875 mm. | -4°C | 17 km/h | 89% | 0.305% |
| 15:00 18:00 | | Clear. Precipitation: 0.0625 mm. | -8°C | 11 km/h | 84% | 0.305% |
| 18:00 21:00 | | Clear. | -9°C | 11 km/h | 87% | 0.305% |
| 21:00 00:00 | | Clear. | -9°C | 17 km/h | 81% | 0.306% |
| Saturday, January 4 | sunrise: 07:41 sunset: 16:57 |
 | Low around -12°C, high around -8°C. A few passing clouds. Wind: 22 km/h. |
| Sunday, January 5 | sunrise: 07:41 sunset: 16:58 |
 | Low around -14°C, high around -8°C. Mostly cloudy skies. Wind: 12 km/h. |
| Monday, January 6 | sunrise: 07:41 sunset: 16:59 |
 | Low around -9°C, high around -4°C. Chance of snow most of the day (after 9 am). Estimated precipitation: 4.5 mm. Overcast skies. Wind: 20 km/h. |
| Tuesday, January 7 | sunrise: 07:41 sunset: 17:00 |
 | Low around -9°C, high around -5°C. Chance of snow all night and day. Estimated precipitation: 12.5 mm. Overcast skies. Wind: 25 km/h. |
Weather Station: Des Moines, Des Moines International Airport (latitude 41-32-16N, longitude 093-39-58W)
Local Time:
Des Moines is in the "America/Chicago" timezone.
The "America/Chicago" timezone uses a Standard Time (ST) / Daylight Saving Time (DST) alternation scheme, and it currently is in ST (since Sunday, 3 November 2024, 01:00 AM local time). During ST, the timezone abbreviation is CST and the offset to Universal Time (UTC, GMT or Zulu) is -6:00 hours.
Des Moines will exit standard time (entering DST) on Sunday, 9 March 2025, at 02:00 AM local time, when clocks will be turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, 9 March 2025, 03:00 AM local daylight time. During DST, the timezone abbreviation is CDT and the offset to UTC will be -5:00 hours.
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