Des Moines, IA: October

10 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 64.7°F in Des Moines, IA, the warmest 1 to 10 October since 2025, tied 15th warmest of 149 (with 2013, 1973 and 1928).

October 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 64.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 15th warmest of 149
Precipitation: 0.70 in; Wettest since 2025; 63rd wettest of 149

A normal 1 to 10 October in Des Moines, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.3°F, between 52.3°F and 64.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.46 in of precipitation, between 0.04 in and 2.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 10 October in Des Moines, IA since 1878: 64.7°F in 2026; the highest is 71.9°F, in 1879.

Normal range, 52.3 to 64.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 10 October in Des Moines, IA from 1878 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	64.7	15	76.9	10	52.4	27	0.70	63	0
2025	67.4	6	78.2	7	56.6	7	1.30	38	0
2024	64.5	19	77.9	8	51	40	0.20	100	0
2023	61.7	46	73.4	38	49.9	52	0.11	110	0
2022	58.7	79	71.7	57	45.7	95	0.02	124	0
2021	68	5	77	9	59	2	trace	129	0
2020	58.8	76	70.5	67	47	81	0.27	95	0
2019	57	93	66.7	100	47.3	78	6.03	1	0
2018	57.2	91	65.4	111	49	60	2.98	6	0
2017	63.1	32	71.2	60	54.9	15	2.28	15	0
2016	62.1	41	72.1	54	52.1	28	0.74	58	0
2015	59	72	69	83	48.9	62	0.00	143	0
2014	55.7	103	64.8	119	46.6	88	1.83	22	0
2013	64.7	15	75.5	21	53.8	19	2.55	10	0
2012	52	138	64.4	121	39.5	140	0.04	118	0
2011	66.6	7	80.1	5	53	23	0.07	114	0
2010	61.1	49	75.5	21	46.6	88	0.00	143	0
2009	48.9	147	56.8	148	41	136	1.85	21	0
2008	60.2	58	72	55	48.4	67	1.34	35	0
2007	66.1	9	75.5	21	56.6	7	1.91	19	0
2006	63.9	23	74.2	30	53.6	20	0.29	92	0
2005	60.1	60	70.3	70	49.9	52	0.36	86	0
2004	55.8	101	68.9	84	42.6	124	0.39	84	0
2003	60.5	57	74.4	28	46.6	88	0.00	143	0
2002	57.6	88	68.3	90	46.8	84	2.31	13	0
2001	57.7	86	68.1	92	47.2	79	0.52	75	0
2000	49.4	146	59.7	144	39	145	0.25	96	0
1999	54.9	111	66.1	104	43.6	111	0.33	87	0
1998	52.3	134	60.4	140	44.1	108	1.81	23	0
1997	69	3	80.3	4	57.7	4	0.73	60	0
1996	53.6	123	64.2	123	42.9	120	0.09	113	0
1995	56.6	99	66.5	101	46.7	87	0.24	98	0
1994	59	72	68.3	90	49.7	56	0.37	85	0
1993	55.4	106	67.2	97	43.6	111	0.91	53	0
1992	60.6	55	72.2	52	49	60	0.21	99	0
1991	54.6	114	66.4	102	42.7	122	1.41	32	0
1990	56.9	95	66.8	99	47	81	1.38	33	0
1989	52.1	136	63.6	126	40.5	138	0.69	66	0
1988	50.1	144	62.1	135	38	147	trace	129	0
1987	50.4	143	62.2	134	38.5	146	0.03	120	0
1986	55.2	109	63.6	126	46.8	84	0.48	79	0
1985	49.5	145	59.5	146	39.5	140	1.50	30	0
1984	59.7	64	70.5	67	48.8	63	1.80	25	0
1983	60.7	54	72.2	52	49.1	59	0.99	49	0
1982	62	43	71.8	56	52.1	28	1.54	29	0
1981	54.2	117	65	115	43.4	114	0.59	69	0
1980	57	93	70	74	44	109	trace	129	0
1979	53.7	119	65.8	107	41.6	130	0.06	116	0
1978	54.6	114	63.7	125	45.4	99	0.75	56	0
1977	51.3	139	60.3	143	42.3	127	1.46	31	0
1976	56.9	95	70.6	65	43.2	115	0.54	72	0
1975	58.8	76	72.5	47	45.1	103	0.01	127	0
1974	52.5	130	65.8	107	39.1	144	0.49	78	0
1973	64.7	15	72.4	49	57	6	1.81	23	0
1972	56.7	98	68.8	85	44.6	106	0.18	101	0
1971	61.8	44	73.8	36	49.7	56	0.32	88	0
1970	59.5	66	69.7	78	49.2	58	2.59	9	0
1969	62.2	40	72.9	41	51.5	34	0.54	72	0
1968	52.7	129	63.2	130	42.2	129	1.21	42	0
1967	59	72	67.2	97	50.7	43	0.66	68	0
1966	57.1	92	71.1	61	43	118	trace	129	0
1965	57.4	89	69.8	76	45	105	trace	129	0
1964	51	140	62.7	133	39.3	142	0.16	104	0
1963	68.2	4	83.7	1	52.6	25	0.52	75	0
1962	63.2	31	70.5	67	55.8	11	1.61	28	0
1961	59	72	70.6	65	47.4	75	1.89	20	0
1960	59.1	70	72.8	43	45.4	99	trace	129	0
1959	52.4	133	60.4	140	44.3	107	1.63	26	0
1958	58.8	76	70.8	63	46.8	84	0.07	114	0
1957	55.6	104	66	105	45.1	103	1.37	34	0
1956	59.1	70	72.9	41	45.2	102	trace	129	0
1955	61	50	70.9	62	51.1	37	0.15	105	0
1954	59.4	68	67.6	96	51.1	37	2.87	7	0
1953	60.1	60	74.3	29	45.9	93	0.03	120	0
1952	47.6	148	60.4	140	34.7	149	0.03	120	0
1951	59.7	64	69.5	80	49.8	54	1.07	46	0
1950	55.4	106	68	93	42.8	121	0.77	55	0
1949	66.2	8	76.9	10	55.5	13	0.31	89	0
1948	52.5	130	62	136	43	118	0.70	63	0
1947	66	10	76.7	13	55.3	14	0.73	60	0
1946	62.9	34	73.3	39	51.8	32	1.20	44	1
1945	53.1	125	63.1	132	43.1	117	0.01	127	0
1944	53.7	119	60.8	139	46.5	91	0.53	74	0
1943	59.3	69	72.8	43	45.7	95	trace	129	0
1942	63.7	24	75.4	24	51.9	31	1.63	26	0
1941	58.6	80	68.8	85	48.3	70	3.23	4	0
1940	60.9	52	73.3	39	48.4	67	0.29	92	0
1939	63.7	24	76.5	15	50.8	42	0.55	71	0
1938	69.3	2	82.7	2	55.8	11	trace	129	0
1937	61.6	47	72.8	43	50.3	49	0.31	89	0
1936	57.4	89	64.9	117	49.8	54	0.40	81	0
1935	45.6	149	55.6	149	35.5	148	0.25	96	0
1934	63	33	75.9	20	50.1	50	0.00	143	0
1933	53.8	118	65.9	106	41.6	130	trace	129	0
1932	53.5	124	64.2	123	42.7	122	0.29	92	0
1931	65.8	12	75.4	24	56.1	10	2.74	8	0
1930	66	10	75.3	26	56.6	7	0.70	63	0
1929	55.4	106	65.3	113	45.4	99	0.98	50	0
1928	64.7	15	78.3	6	51.1	37	0.02	124	0
1927	54.9	111	64.3	122	45.5	97	2.16	16	0
1926	61.8	44	70.2	72	53.4	22	0.56	70	0
1925	50.6	141	57.6	147	43.5	113	2.30	14	0
1924	59.8	62	69.6	79	50	51	0.12	108	0
1923	57.7	86	68.8	85	46.5	91	trace	129	0
1922	63.3	30	74.6	27	52	30	1.33	36	0
1921	55.5	105	68.7	89	42.3	127	0.02	124	0
1920	62.6	36	76.6	14	48.5	65	0.00	143	0
1919	64.2	21	74	33	54.4	18	1.07	46	0
1918	61.5	48	72.4	49	50.6	44	0.31	89	0
1917	52.1	136	63.3	128	40.9	137	trace	129	0
1916	62.5	37	74	33	51	40	trace	129	0
1915	52.9	127	63.2	130	42.6	124	0.04	118	0
1914	65.2	14	72.5	47	57.9	3	3.03	5	0
1913	65.5	13	76.4	17	54.6	16	1.21	42	0
1912	58.3	82	68.8	85	47.7	74	2.48	11	0
1911	54.9	111	62	136	47.8	72	0.93	52	0
1910	60.2	58	72.4	49	48	71	0.42	80	0
1909	64	22	76.5	15	51.4	35	1.07	46	0
1908	53.7	119	65.7	109	41.6	130	0.13	106	0
1907	58.3	82	69.5	80	47.1	80	0.74	58	0
1906	52.8	128	66.2	103	39.3	142	0.00	143	0
1905	64.4	20	76.1	19	52.6	25	0.73	60	0
1904	61	50	70.3	70	51.6	33	0.95	51	0
1903	58.2	84	67.9	95	48.5	65	1.23	40	0
1902	55.8	101	65.6	110	45.9	93	0.85	54	0
1901	56.8	97	68	93	45.5	97	0.13	106	0
1900	63.4	29	73.9	35	52.8	24	0.68	67	0
1899	60.6	55	74.1	31	47	81	0.03	120	0
1898	60.8	53	70.1	73	51.4	35	0.50	77	0
1897	63.7	24	76.8	12	50.6	44	0.17	103	0
1896	54.4	116	65.1	114	43.7	110	0.40	81	0
1895	53.7	119	64.9	117	42.4	126	0.11	110	0
1894	50.5	142	59.6	145	41.3	133	0.75	56	0
1893	62.1	41	73.5	37	50.6	44	0.12	108	0
1892	62.4	38	76.4	17	48.4	67	trace	129	0
1891	52.5	130	61.8	138	43.2	115	2.07	17	0
1890	57.9	85	65.4	111	50.4	47	1.26	39	0
1889	55.1	110	69.9	75	40.2	139	0.00	143	0
1888	53.1	125	65	115	41.2	135	0.18	101	0
1887	59.8	62	70.7	64	48.8	63	1.32	37	0
1886	62.3	39	74.1	31	50.4	47	0.05	117	0
1885	52.3	134	63.3	128	41.3	133	0.11	110	0
1884	63.6	27	72.6	46	54.5	17	4.48	2	0
1883	56.3	100	64.8	119	47.8	72	2.44	12	0
1882	63.6	27	69.8	76	57.3	5	3.64	3	0
1881	62.7	35	71.7	57	53.6	20	2.04	18	0
1880	58.4	81	69.3	82	47.4	75	0.40	81	0
1879	71.9	1	80.6	3	63.1	1	1.23	40	0
1878	59.5	66	71.5	59	47.4	75	1.13	45	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1879	71.9
1938	69.3
1997	69
1963	68.2
2021	68
2025	67.4
2011	66.6
1949	66.2
2007	66.1
1947	66
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	45.6
1952	47.6
2009	48.9
2000	49.4
1985	49.5
1988	50.1
1987	50.4
1894	50.5
1925	50.6
1964	51

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	6.03
1884	4.48
1882	3.64
1941	3.23
1914	3.03
2018	2.98
1954	2.87
1931	2.74
1970	2.59
2013	2.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	0.00
2010	0.00
2003	0.00
1934	0.00
1920	0.00
1906	0.00
1889	0.00
2021	trace
1988	trace
1980	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 10 October 2026, 9 October 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 2 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.55 in; 8 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.70 in of precipitation in Des Moines, IA, the wettest 1 to 10 October since 2025, tied 63rd wettest of 149 (with 1948 and 1930).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Des Moines, IA: 86°F on Saturday 10 October 2026 and Friday 9 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Des Moines, IA: a low of 45°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Des Moines, IA: 0.55 in on Thursday 8 October 2026.