Des Moines, IA Weather Forecast
Polk County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Des Moines, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Des Moines, IA at a glance
Des Moines is home to about 210,381 people in Polk County, across 88 square miles. It is the largest of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pleasant Hill, 6 miles away.
- County
- Polk County
- Population
- 210,381 2023 est.
- Land area
- 88 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,386
- Forecast point
- 41.5726°N, 93.6102°W
How well can the network see Des Moines?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 650 ft above Des Moines. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Des Moines show up clearly. Des Moines is closer to its radar than 93% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDSM (Des Moines Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Des Moines
- Pleasant Hill, IA6 mi
- Windsor Heights, IA6 mi
- Carlisle, IA7 mi
- Norwalk, IA8 mi
- Altoona, IA8 mi
- West Des Moines, IA9 mi
- Urbandale, IA10 mi
- Clive, IA10 mi
Elsewhere in Iowa
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