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ddaarrkk cclouudds
- Humidity: 92%
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: N at 0 MPH
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Cloud Cover: 86%
- UV Index: 0 - Low
- Air Quality: Fair
- Moon: Waxing Gibbous (94% full) · up 6:10pm, down 4:45am
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- Mild temps: standard shamble speed
- Clear sightlines: you will see them coming
- Darkness: their favorite
Today's undead advice: Count your group at dusk. Count again at dawn.
Rule #5
Silence is golden
After dark, sound carries — and so does the smell of the living.
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🌡 The weather here, in general
Des Moines gets a real winter. January nights average 15°F, and July highs reach about 85°F — a 70-degree swing across the year. Cold that deep is its own hazard: exposed skin, car batteries and water pipes all have opinions about it.
The thermometer rarely spikes — only about 17 days a year top 90°F — but it hardly needs to. Summer sits in the mid-eighties for months at a stretch, and with humidity on top of it the heat index runs well above what the air temperature suggests.
Snow shows up most years — about 23 inches — but rarely in quantity. 118 freezing nights a year matter more, because the risk here is ice rather than depth.
Rainfall averages about 38 inches a year, wettest in May and driest in February.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31° | 15° | 1.6" | 7.3" |
| Feb | 36° | 17° | 1.3" | 5.3" |
| Mar | 50° | 31° | 2.8" | 3.3" |
| Apr | 60° | 41° | 3.5" | 1" |
| May | 72° | 53° | 5.3" | — |
| Jun | 83° | 65° | 4.6" | — |
| Jul | 85° | 68° | 4" | — |
| Aug | 83° | 66° | 3.5" | — |
| Sep | 78° | 61° | 3.4" | — |
| Oct | 63° | 47° | 3.6" | 0.4" |
| Nov | 49° | 33° | 2.1" | 1.4" |
| Dec | 39° | 24° | 1.9" | 3.8" |
Averages from ten years of observed daily records (2015–2024) for this location. They describe what is typical, not what will happen — for that, see the forecast above.
📷 Golden Hour
- Golden hour: 6:34pm - 7:10pm (dawn: 7:01am - 7:37am)
- Blue hour: 7:10pm - 7:38pm (dawn: 6:33am - 7:01am)
- Sun sets: 270° W (rises 90° E)
- Dark sky: 8:43pm – 5:28am · next new moon Oct 11 (17d)
Blocked Sunset odds 20/100 Low cloud is sitting on the horizon. The colour never reaches you.
Waxing Gibbous
94% · full Sep 26
94% · full Sep 26
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Thu Sep 24 1am 57° F
ddaarrkk cclouudds
- Cloud Cover: 99%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 93%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: 4 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 4am 57° F
ddaarrkk cclouudds
- Cloud Cover: 96%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 92%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: 6 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 7am 57° F
ddaarrkk cclouudds
- Cloud Cover: 100%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 91%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: 5 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 10am 61° F
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- Cloud Cover: 76%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 87%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: 5 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 1pm 68° F
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS
- Cloud Cover: 100%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 66%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: 6 MPH / SSE
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Thu Sep 24 4pm 67° F
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- Cloud Cover: 100%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 68%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: 7 MPH / SE
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Thu Sep 24 7pm 65° F
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS
- Cloud Cover: 100%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 78%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: 4 MPH / SE
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Thu Sep 24 10pm 61° F
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- Cloud Cover: 100%
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Humidity: 92%
- Precipitation: None
- UV Index: 0 - Unknown
- Visibility: 3.6 Mi
- Wind: 8 MPH / SE
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