All-time weather records — Des Moines, NM

Record high
100.0°F
June 30, 1998
Record low
-24.0°F
February 3, 2011
Wettest day
2.71 in
July 21, 2015

Climate change signal in Des Moines

39.6%

of Des Moines's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (145 of 366 records since 2015).

29.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (108 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1990s
33
85
2000s
74
114
2010s
201
94
2020s
58
73

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1995, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1995-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 19, 2018 -22.0°F — Jan 21, 2025 0.83 in — Jan 15, 2017
February 75.0°F — Feb 21, 2017 -24.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 0.72 in — Feb 6, 2011
March 84.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -11.9°F — Mar 16, 2005 1.14 in — Mar 24, 2017
April 86.0°F — Apr 30, 2020 6.1°F — Apr 1, 2005 2.01 in — Apr 30, 1999
May 93.0°F — May 29, 2000 12.9°F — May 3, 2013 1.65 in — May 25, 2013
June 100.0°F — Jun 30, 1998 0.0°F — Jun 26, 1996 1.97 in — Jun 4, 2023
July 97.0°F — Jul 21, 2016 0.0°F — Jul 26, 1996 2.71 in — Jul 21, 2015
August 95.0°F — Aug 1, 2012 0.0°F — Aug 1, 1996 1.35 in — Aug 1, 2021
September 93.9°F — Sep 6, 2020 21.9°F — Sep 29, 2020 1.76 in — Sep 22, 2015
October 90.0°F — Oct 28, 2008 -2.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.81 in — Oct 19, 2024
November 80.1°F — Nov 8, 2006 -13.0°F — Nov 16, 1997 1.65 in — Nov 7, 2024
December 71.1°F — Dec 2, 2021 -20.0°F — Dec 24, 2004 1.38 in — Dec 30, 2006

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