Des Moines weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Des Moines, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Capulin, 14 km from Des Moines; records cover 1995–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.6 in447 mm
- Snow a year
- 41 in104 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 21
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 6,069
- Cooling degree days
- 389
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −4°−20° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Des Moines in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2018)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 1070
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Des Moines in February
Highs average 49°9° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2017)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 885
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Des Moines in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 24°−4°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2026)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 760
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Des Moines in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 31°0°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2020)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 521
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Des Moines in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 40°4°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2000)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 272
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Des Moines in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 49°10°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1998)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 57
- Cooling degree days
- 82
Des Moines in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 54°12°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 157
Des Moines in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 53°11°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2011)
- Record low
- 38°3° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 107
Des Moines in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 46°8°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2020)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 131
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Des Moines in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 33°1°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2015)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 464
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Des Moines in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2006)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 798
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Des Moines in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1080
- Cooling degree days
- 0