Des Moines Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at — and sunset is at —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 1°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 53mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Wed afternoon, min 2°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed morning, calm by Fri afternoon). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 11°C on Mon morning, min 2°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon night, min 8°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 8 | Monday 9 | Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Mon 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:15PM3.07m | 7:21AM3.36m | 9:17PM3.00m | 7:50AM3.21m | 10:33PM2.95m | 8:23AM3.06m | 00:04AM2.98m | 9:04AM2.91m | 1:27AM3.10m | 10:03AM2.79m | 2:26AM3.24m | 11:21AM2.72m | 3:07AM3.37m | 12:39PM2.73m | 3:37AM3.47m | 1:46PM2.82m | 3:59AM3.53m | 2:44PM2.95m | 4:17AM3.58m | 3:37PM3.10m | 4:35AM3.63m | 4:28PM3.24m | 4:56AM3.68m | 5:19PM3.36m | 5:19AM3.71m | 6:12PM3.44m | 5:46AM3.72m | 7:09PM3.45m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:39AM1.59m | 2:21PM0.34m | 3:23AM1.93m | 3:07PM0.34m | 3:17AM2.23m | 4:02PM0.37m | 4:30AM2.45m | 5:04PM0.39m | 6:15AM2.52m | 6:11PM0.36m | 7:50AM2.43m | 7:12PM0.29m | 8:41AM2.25m | 8:03PM0.22m | 9:15AM2.01m | 8:47PM0.19m | 9:44AM1.71m | 9:27PM0.23m | 10:14AM1.35m | 10:04PM0.34m | 10:44AM0.95m | 10:42PM0.53m | 11:18AM0.53m | 11:20PM0.79m | 11:54AM0.15m | 00:01AM1.11m | 12:34PM-0.16m | 00:43AM1.47m | 1:18PM-0.35m | ||||||||||||||||||
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light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | light rain | mod rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | mod rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | |
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1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | |
max°C | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Moonrise | 11:21 | — | — | — | 1:31 | — | — | 2:37 | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:26 | — | — | 9:03 |
Moonset | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:44 | — | — | 10:19 | — | — | 11:04 | — | — | 12:00 | — | — | 1:05 | — | — | 2:16 | — | — | — | 3:31 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | — | 10:02 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | — | 12:52 |
 | — | 7:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 |
 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 9.1° C (Statistics for 07 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 8.5 max: 10.0 min: 7.5°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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