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 05:55 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun afternoon, min 2°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Thu morning, min 0°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed afternoon, calm by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 2 | Tuesday 3 | Wednesday 4 | Thursday 5 | Friday 6 | Saturday 7 | Sunday 8 | Monday 9 | Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:50PM3.22m | 5:20AM3.85m | 4:46PM3.25m | 5:45AM3.81m | 5:38PM3.24m | 6:08AM3.73m | 6:28PM3.20m | 6:32AM3.63m | 7:20PM3.15m | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:28PM-0.04m | 11:15AM1.23m | 11:07PM0.21m | 11:51AM0.93m | 11:44PM0.53m | 12:26PM0.68m | 00:22AM0.87m | 1:02PM0.50m | 00:59AM1.23m | 1:40PM0.38m | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | mod rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | mod rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | light snow | cloudy | light rain | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | |
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— | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 15 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Moonrise | 5:22 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | 10:11 | — | — | 11:21 | — | — | — | 1:31 | — | — | 2:37 | — | — | 3:37 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — |
Moonset | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:44 | — | — | 10:19 | — | — | 11:04 | — | — | 12:00 | — | — | 1:05 | — | — | 2:16 | — | — | — | 3:31 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 6:03 | — |
 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — |
 | 5:55 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:17 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Des Moines is 9.2° C (Statistics for 02 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 8.4 max: 9.9 min: 6.8°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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