Snowfall · Iowa
How much snow does Des Moines get?
Des Moines gets about 37 inches of snow in a typical year.
Des Moines gets about 37 inches of snow a year, and February is when it really commits.
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On about 11 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. February is the snowiest month, with about 10 inches. That makes it the 29th least snowy of the 75 US cities we track.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Des Moines forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 38°F in Des Moines right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
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Snow by month
| September | a trace or none |
|---|---|
| October | 0.5 in |
| November | 2.7 in |
| December | 7.9 in |
| January | 9.4 in |
| February | 10.2 in |
| March | 4.4 in |
| April | 1.2 in |
| May | 0.2 in |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Providence, Rhode Island: about 37 inches a year
- Quad Cities, Illinois and Iowa: about 36 inches a year
- Sioux City, Iowa: about 36 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014933.