The Iowa Cob Weather Bureau

Des Moines, Iowa · 50309

Observations updated 3:10 am

Current conditions in Des Moines, Iowa

72°

Clear

Des Moines, Iowa

Sun's out, all day, no fine print.

Comfort

Feels like
72°
High
89°
Low
67°

Wind

Sustained
ESE 8 mph
Gusts
—

Moisture

Chance of precip.
0%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
64°
Visibility
10 mi

Daylight

Sunrise
6:07 am
Sunset
8:34 pm

Hour by hour

Hourly forecast from 3 am to 2 am. Temperatures range from 67 to 89 degrees, starting at 71 and ending at 75. Precipitation chance peaks at 57 percent around 2 am. Sunrise. Temperature drops. Storms possible.

3 am   3 am: 71 degrees, Mostly Clear, 0% chance of precipitation
4 am   4 am: 69 degrees, Mostly Clear, 0% chance of precipitation
5 am   5 am: 68 degrees, Mostly Clear, 0% chance of precipitation
6 am   6 am: 67 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
7 am   7 am: 68 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
8 am   8 am: 71 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
9 am   9 am: 75 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
10 am   10 am: 78 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
11 am   11 am: 82 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
12 pm   12 pm: 85 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
1 pm   1 pm: 86 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
2 pm   2 pm: 88 degrees, Mostly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
3 pm   3 pm: 89 degrees, Partly Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
4 pm   4 pm: 89 degrees, Mostly Cloudy, 1% chance of precipitation
5 pm   5 pm: 89 degrees, Partly Sunny, 1% chance of precipitation
6 pm   6 pm: 88 degrees, Mostly Cloudy, 1% chance of precipitation
7 pm   7 pm: 87 degrees, Mostly Cloudy, 3% chance of precipitation
8 pm   8 pm: 85 degrees, Mostly Cloudy, 4% chance of precipitation
9 pm 5% 9 pm: 81 degrees, Partly Cloudy, 5% chance of precipitation
10 pm 7% 10 pm: 79 degrees, Mostly Cloudy, 7% chance of precipitation
11 pm 10% 11 pm: 78 degrees, Mostly Cloudy, 10% chance of precipitation
12 am 15% 12 am: 77 degrees, Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 15% chance of precipitation
1 am 50% 1 am: 76 degrees, Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 50% chance of precipitation
2 am 57% 2 am: 75 degrees, Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 57% chance of precipitation

The next several days

  • Overnight

    67° low

    Mostly Clear

     

    Quiet overnight.

    Official detail

    Mostly clear, with a low around 67. East southeast wind around 7 mph.

  • Thursday

    89° high

    Mostly Sunny

     

    No precautions needed.

    Official detail

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Southeast wind around 9 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    69° low

    Mostly Cloudy then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

    90% precip.

    Keep a way to get warnings.

    Official detail

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms between midnight and 2am, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

  • Friday

    79° high

    Showers And Thunderstorms

    91% precip.

    Keep a way to get warnings.

    Official detail

    Showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 3pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. West southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

  • Friday Night

    64° low

    Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

    28% precip.

    Keep a way to get warnings.

    Official detail

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. North wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Saturday

    81° high

    Mostly Sunny

    10% precip.

    No precautions needed.

    Official detail

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

  • Saturday Night

    64° low

    Mostly Clear

     

    Quiet overnight.

    Official detail

    Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

  • Sunday

    85° high

    Sunny

     

    No precautions needed.

    Official detail

    Sunny, with a high near 85.

Iowa radar

3:25 am

  • Light
  • Moderate
  • Heavy
  • Intense

Latest frame 3:25 am. Imagery: Iowa Environmental Mesonet, Iowa State University.

Bureau Instrumentation

Swamp Ass Meter

Swamp Ass Meter: 47.3 — Getting In There.

Dew point
64°
Temperature
72°
Wind
8 mph
Humidity
78%

Cotton is a decision now.

Calculated for an average adult standing outside in ordinary clothing while moisture organizes in and around the loin region. Dew point does most of the damage; heat compounds it; wind helps some, but no breeze on record has ever fully dried out a 74-degree dew point.

ATMOSPHERIC OPERATIONS MONITOR

Atmospheric Activity is 80 out of 100, classified as Full Sky Saturation. The score is elevated because precipitation is forecast tomorrow. The aircraft and trails in this display are procedurally generated, not real flight data.

Atmospheric Activity

80/100

Full Sky Saturation

Saturation-level activity over Wapello County, and wouldn't you know it, precipitation tomorrow.

WHAT ARE WE TRACKING?

Me and a couple fellas spent the better part of six months developing a proprietary atmospheric detection system using radar, barometric pressure, livestock behavior and several things the government would prefer we not discuss. It tracks suspicious precipitation patterns, unusual cloud activity and any organized effort to make your pickup dirty immediately after you washed it.

The technology is highly advanced, definitely credible and accurate enough that nobody has successfully proven it wrong to my face.

Aircraft paths and trails shown in this visualization are procedurally generated.

Weather data from the National Weather Service. Local interpretation by The Iowa Cob.

Do not rely on this website as your sole source of emergency weather information.

Ralph Bell is a fictional Iowa Cob personality, not a meteorologist. His commentary is generated from official NWS forecast data by the Weather Bureau and is not an official product of the National Weather Service.