Climate averages 1991–2020
Des Moines weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Des Moines: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 08 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cedar Rapids (169 km away). In June its highs average 25.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Des Moines, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Des Moines ranks joint 296th of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 449th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Des Moines is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 126 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
June in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Des Moines climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 31 | 6.3 | 9.510 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 40 | 6.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 107 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 135 | 13.6 | 14.515 h |
| June, selected | 26.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 126 | 11.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 91 | 9.4 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 94 | 9.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 90 | 8.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 71 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 52 | 6.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | 1.5°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 41 | 5.9 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
June in nearby cities
- Cedar Rapids in JuneUnited States · 169 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Iowa City in JuneUnited States · 173 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Omaha in JuneUnited States · 198 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in JuneUnited States · 229 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Sioux City in JuneUnited States · 251 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Davenport in JuneUnited States · 252 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Lincoln in JuneUnited States · 271 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in JuneUnited States · 285 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 131 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Des Moines) is explained once on the Des Moines year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.