Cloudy skies · Iowa
How cloudy is Des Moines?
Des Moines right now
39°FBroken cloud
- Today43°F / 29°FClouds
- Tomorrow48°F / 26°FClear skies
- Monday52°F / 31°FClear skies
Cold enough to see your breath, for free.
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In a typical year, the sky over Des Moines is mostly cloudy or overcast about 47% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 42%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 55% of the time, and September the least cloudy, at about 34%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 54% of the time. That makes it the 39th cloudiest sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours has the sky mostly cloudy about 13% of the time.
Des Moines is mostly cloudy about 55% of the time in January, then clears off to about 34% in September, just as the corn is ready to notice.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The sky at a glance
| Mostly cloudy or overcast, all year | 47% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 42% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 54% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 55% |
| Least cloudy month | September, 34% |
Shares of hours across a typical year. Mostly cloudy means at least five eighths of the sky covered; clear or nearly clear means two eighths or less.
Cities with about the same sky
- Raleigh, North Carolina: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
- Houston, Texas: mostly cloudy about 48% of the time
- Richmond, Virginia: mostly cloudy about 48% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014933. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.