Des Moines, IA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 22.2°F in Des Moines, IA, the warmest January since 2024, tied 66th warmest of 148 (with 2024).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 22.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 66th warmest of 148
Precipitation: 0.89 in; Driest since 2025; 67th driest of 148

A normal January in Des Moines, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 21.4°F, between 16.8°F and 30.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.98 in of precipitation, between 0.49 in and 1.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Des Moines, IA since 1879: 22.2°F in 2026; the highest is 36.3°F, in 1880.

Normal range, 16.8 to 30.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Des Moines, IA from 1879 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	22.2	66	30.7	69	13.6	67	0.89	82	0
2025	21.7	71	31.7	55	11.7	84	0.21	141	0
2024	22.2	66	28.7	86	15.7	49	1.91	16	0
2023	26.2	32	33.4	40	19.1	21	1.64	28	0
2022	18.1	106	28.7	86	7.5	116	1.44	42	0
2021	26.4	28	33.2	43	19.6	20	1.35	47	0
2020	24.9	42	32	50	17.9	28	1.61	30	0
2019	20.8	79	29.2	83	12.5	76	1.52	38	0
2018	22.7	60	31.9	52	13.5	70	1.04	66	0
2017	27.9	19	34	35	21.7	8	1.74	23	0
2016	23.8	48	31.2	60	16.5	43	0.68	107	0
2015	26.4	28	35.8	27	17	37	1.35	47	0
2014	18	108	29.4	81	6.6	122	0.50	123	0
2013	26.3	30	36.3	23	16.2	46	1.11	59	0
2012	30.5	10	40	8	21	13	0.44	126	0
2011	18.5	101	26.5	106	10.6	98	1.07	64	0
2010	16.7	114	22.6	126	10.8	95	1.67	27	0
2009	17.8	109	26.8	104	8.8	105	0.80	93	0
2008	19.4	99	27.6	100	11.2	90	0.44	126	0
2007	23.6	51	32	50	15.3	50	0.74	103	0
2006	35.6	2	43.6	3	27.5	1	0.75	102	0
2005	21.5	73	28.1	96	14.8	54	0.84	88	0
2004	19.8	92	28.3	93	11.4	89	1.50	40	0
2003	21.1	77	30	76	12.1	81	0.52	119	0
2002	31	6	41.2	5	20.8	16	0.77	98	0
2001	23.6	51	31.1	62	16.1	48	1.48	41	0
2000	25.4	37	34.1	34	16.7	40	0.36	132	0
1999	20.2	88	27.3	101	13.1	73	1.03	67	0
1998	25.9	34	33.1	45	18.7	23	0.91	80	0
1997	16.8	113	26.4	109	7.2	118	0.96	76	0
1996	17.3	111	26.5	106	8.2	111	2.86	4	0
1995	20.8	79	27.9	98	13.6	67	0.98	74	0
1994	13	128	21.4	132	4.6	127	1.22	53	0
1993	21.3	76	28.8	85	13.8	64	1.59	33	0
1992	30.7	9	39.8	9	21.6	9	0.97	75	0
1991	16.7	114	25.3	118	8.2	111	0.95	78	0
1990	31.7	5	40.8	6	22.5	6	1.43	43	0
1989	32.4	4	42.2	4	22.7	5	1.30	51	0
1988	19.5	96	28.7	86	10.4	100	0.37	131	0
1987	26.5	27	35	29	18.1	27	0.42	130	0
1986	26.8	25	36.3	23	17.4	35	0.12	145	0
1985	15.7	121	26.1	114	5.4	124	0.64	108	0
1984	19.7	93	27.3	101	12	83	0.99	73	0
1983	27.3	22	34.3	32	20.3	17	1.17	57	0
1982	9.6	142	18	143	1.2	140	2.63	7	0
1981	25.7	35	36.9	19	14.4	57	0.25	137	0
1980	23.4	54	30.6	72	16.2	46	1.80	21	0
1979	7.5	146	15.2	147	-0.2	145	1.72	24	0
1978	11	136	18.9	139	3	135	0.28	135	0
1977	10	141	20	136	0.1	143	0.50	123	0
1976	22.9	57	34.2	33	11.5	87	0.23	139	0
1975	22.6	61	31	63	14.3	58	1.41	44	0
1974	19.5	96	26.7	105	12.3	80	1.51	39	0
1973	22	69	29.1	84	14.9	53	2.09	12	0
1972	16.6	117	25.9	116	7.2	118	0.44	126	0
1971	15.7	121	23.6	123	7.8	114	1.75	22	0
1970	12.7	131	20.9	133	4.5	128	0.26	136	0
1969	16.2	119	23.1	124	9.3	104	1.01	70	0
1968	22.3	64	30.5	74	14	62	0.78	96	0
1967	23.7	49	33.2	43	14.2	59	0.77	98	0
1966	14.2	126	22.3	127	6.1	123	0.96	76	0
1965	17.6	110	26.4	109	8.7	106	1.62	29	0
1964	27.7	20	37.2	15	18.3	25	0.51	120	0
1963	8.5	145	16.5	145	0.5	142	0.83	90	0
1962	12.9	129	21.7	128	4.2	129	0.54	116	0
1961	22	69	32.7	46	11.2	90	0.33	133	0
1960	21.1	77	28.5	90	13.8	64	4.38	1	0
1959	16.3	118	25	119	7.7	115	0.79	94	0
1958	24.8	43	31.8	54	17.8	29	0.71	104	0
1957	15.8	120	24.5	120	7	120	0.79	94	0
1956	19.9	91	28.2	95	11.5	87	0.51	120	0
1955	21.5	73	29.6	79	13.5	70	1.35	47	0
1954	19.6	94	30.9	67	8.3	110	0.07	148	0
1953	24.1	47	31.9	52	16.3	44	0.76	100	0
1952	21.4	75	30.7	69	12.1	81	1.03	67	0
1951	20.4	87	29.5	80	11.2	90	0.59	112	0
1950	19.6	94	30.9	67	8.4	109	1.40	46	0
1949	18.4	103	26.2	113	10.7	96	3.12	3	0
1948	19.4	99	29.3	82	9.6	103	0.18	144	0
1947	26.6	26	35.7	28	17.5	33	2.62	8	0
1946	23.3	55	32.3	47	14	62	2.31	11	2
1945	20	89	27.2	103	12.7	75	0.76	100	0
1944	31	6	40.7	7	21.2	12	1.31	50	0
1943	18.2	105	26.3	111	10	102	0.51	120	0
1942	22.1	68	31	63	13.2	72	1.56	36	0
1941	24.3	46	31	63	17.5	33	2.51	10	0
1940	9	143	17.3	144	0.6	141	0.61	110	0
1939	30.8	8	39.5	11	22.2	7	1.10	60	0
1938	22.6	61	31.2	60	14.1	60	0.83	90	0
1937	14.7	125	24.2	121	5.1	126	1.85	18	0
1936	11.1	135	18.6	141	3.7	132	1.86	17	0
1935	23	56	30.7	69	15.3	50	1.57	35	0
1934	28.3	16	36.7	20	20	18	1.22	53	0
1933	34.2	3	43.7	2	24.7	3	1.06	65	0
1932	24.5	44	31.7	55	17.3	36	1.83	19	0
1931	30.3	12	39.7	10	20.9	14	0.57	114	0
1930	12.3	132	21.5	131	3.2	134	1.41	44	0
1929	11.6	134	20.8	134	2.5	137	2.70	5	0
1928	28	18	37.1	17	18.9	22	0.11	146	0
1927	25.1	40	33.6	38	16.6	42	0.24	138	0
1926	25.4	37	34.5	31	16.3	44	0.95	78	0
1925	22.3	64	32.1	49	12.5	76	0.23	139	0
1924	17.1	112	26.1	114	8	113	1.02	69	0
1923	29.3	15	37	18	21.6	9	0.88	83	0
1922	22.5	63	31.3	58	13.8	64	0.85	85	0
1921	30.4	11	37.8	14	22.9	4	0.59	112	0
1920	18.5	101	26.3	111	10.6	98	0.44	126	0
1919	29.8	13	38.6	12	20.9	14	0.08	147	0
1918	11.8	133	20.7	135	3	135	0.78	96	0
1917	20	89	30	76	10.1	101	0.53	117	0
1916	20.8	79	30.6	72	11	93	2.66	6	0
1915	20.8	79	28.5	90	13	74	1.96	15	0
1914	29.6	14	38	13	21.3	11	0.85	85	0
1913	23.5	53	33.4	40	13.6	67	1.10	60	0
1912	6.1	148	14.8	148	-2.5	148	0.53	117	0
1911	21.7	71	31.6	57	11.7	84	0.84	88	0
1910	20.5	85	28.6	89	12.4	79	1.72	24	0
1909	22.8	59	31	63	14.6	55	1.61	30	0
1908	27.1	23	37.2	15	16.9	39	0.46	125	0
1907	20.5	85	28.4	92	12.5	76	0.87	84	0
1906	27.1	23	36	25	18.3	25	2.07	13	0
1905	12.8	130	21.6	130	4.1	130	1.08	63	0
1904	15.6	123	23.8	122	7.3	117	1.22	53	0
1903	25.4	37	33.9	36	17	37	0.20	142	0
1902	24.4	45	33.9	36	15	52	0.91	80	0
1901	26.3	30	35.9	26	16.7	40	1.01	70	0
1900	27.6	21	36.7	20	18.5	24	0.20	142	0
1899	23.7	49	33.4	40	14.1	60	0.29	134	0
1898	25.6	36	33.5	39	17.7	31	1.59	33	0
1897	19.5	96	28.3	93	10.7	96	2.02	14	0
1896	25	41	32.3	47	17.7	31	0.60	111	0
1895	16.7	114	26.5	106	6.9	121	1.30	51	0
1894	20.8	79	29.9	78	11.7	84	1.09	62	0
1893	10.2	140	18.8	140	1.7	139	0.56	115	0
1892	18.1	106	27.7	99	8.6	107	1.60	32	0
1891	28.3	16	36.6	22	20	18	1.82	20	0
1890	20.7	84	30.3	75	11	93	2.62	8	0
1889	22.9	57	31.3	58	14.5	56	1.22	53	0
1888	7.1	147	16	146	-1.7	146	1.15	58	0
1887	10.9	137	21.7	128	0.1	143	0.83	90	0
1886	10.9	137	18.4	142	3.5	133	3.47	2	0
1885	10.7	139	19.4	138	2	138	1.00	72	0
1884	15.5	124	25.7	117	5.2	125	0.85	85	0
1883	8.8	144	19.7	137	-2.1	147	1.72	24	0
1882	26.2	32	34.6	30	17.8	29	0.63	109	0
1881	13.5	127	23.1	124	3.8	131	1.55	37	0
1880	36.3	1	45.2	1	27.4	2	0.70	105	0
1879	18.3	104	28.1	96	8.5	108	0.69	106	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	36.3
2006	35.6
1933	34.2
1989	32.4
1990	31.7
2002	31
1944	31
1939	30.8
1992	30.7
2012	30.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	6.1
1888	7.1
1979	7.5
1963	8.5
1883	8.8
1940	9
1982	9.6
1977	10
1893	10.2
1885	10.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	4.38
1886	3.47
1949	3.12
1996	2.86
1929	2.70
1916	2.66
1982	2.63
1947	2.62
1890	2.62
1941	2.51

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1954	0.07
1919	0.08
1928	0.11
1986	0.12
1948	0.18
1903	0.20
1900	0.20
2025	0.21
1976	0.23
1925	0.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: -12°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.80 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.89 in of precipitation in Des Moines, IA, the driest January since 2025, 67th driest of 148.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Des Moines, IA: 60°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Des Moines, IA: a low of -12°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Des Moines, IA: 0.80 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.