Your Des Moines Forecast

Des Moines, IA

Current Conditions

37°F
Feels Like: 35°F
Wind: 7 NNE
Humidity: 64%
Pressure: 29.59in

Today's Forecast

45°/24°
73% chance of precipitation

Weather Alerts

WINTER STORM WARNING until Friday 6:00 am

Precipitation will spread from western into central Iowa this afternoon and evening. Initially, it may begin as a rain/snow mix across southern and western Iowa before changing to snow. A band of 5 to 8 inches of snow is expected by Friday morning from western through central to northeastern Iowa. There will be a sharp gradient of snowfall on either side of the heaviest band of snow. Snow rates may exceed 1" per hour at times this evening leading to rapid snow accumulations on roads and slick travel conditions. A small change in the location of the band could alter forecast snow amounts. * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 5 and 8 inches. * WHERE...Portions of central to northeastern Iowa. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 6 AM CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday evening commute.

  • 7-Day Forecast
  • Hourly Forecast
Date Temp (H/L) Icon Conditions Precipitation Wind
Fri 2/20 33°/17° Partly Cloudy 0% WNW 13mph
Sat 2/21 32°/14° Partly Cloudy 0% NW 6mph
Sun 2/22 29°/10° Mostly Sunny 0% NW 11mph
Mon 2/23 30°/17° Mostly Sunny 0% NNW 5mph
Tue 2/24 51°/34° Partly Cloudy 0% S 9mph
Wed 2/25 49°/29° Partly Cloudy 0% NW 7mph
Thu 2/26 51°/35° Partly Cloudy 0% SSE 5mph
Time Temp Icon Conditions Precipitation Wind
12 pm 40° Mostly Cloudy 0% NNE 13mph
1 pm 42° Mostly Cloudy 0% NNE 13mph
2 pm 43° Scattered Showers 37% NNE 14mph
3 pm 43° Scattered Showers 36% NNE 16mph
4 pm 41° Scattered Showers 50% N 16mph
5 pm 39° Wintry Mix 60% N 15mph
6 pm 37° Light Snow 73% N 12mph
7 pm 35° Snow 77% NNW 13mph
8 pm 34° Heavy Snow 87% NNW 14mph
9 pm 32° Heavy Snow 90% NNW 14mph
10 pm 30° Heavy Snow 93% NW 15mph
11 pm 29° Heavy Snow 87% NW 16mph
12 am 28° Snow 71% NW 16mph
1 am 28° Snow 67% NW 16mph
2 am 27° Light Snow 57% NW 16mph
3 am 26° Scattered Snow Showers 44% NW 16mph
4 am 25° Isolated Snow Showers 19% WNW 16mph
5 am 24° Snow Showers 12% WNW 15mph
6 am 24° Snow Showers 10% WNW 13mph
7 am 24° Mostly Cloudy 0% WNW 13mph
8 am 24° Partly Cloudy 0% WNW 13mph
9 am 25° Partly Cloudy 0% WNW 12mph
10 am 26° Mostly Sunny 0% WNW 12mph
11 am 27° Partly Cloudy 0% WNW 12mph
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Current weather last updated: 02/19/2026 11:39:35 AM CST
Daily forecast last updated: 02/19/2026 11:39:36 AM CST
Hourly forecast last updated: 02/19/2026 11:39:36 AM CST
Alerts last updated: 02/19/2026 11:39:36 AM CST

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