Des Moines IA Highest Temperature Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Des Moines, Iowa. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Des Moines rose above 105 °F? What was the highest temperature in Des Moines five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Des Moines and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Des Moines International Airport and go back to 1946. The highest temperature measured during that time was 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius) on August 16, 1983.

Highest Des Moines temperatures in recent years
Max °F	Date	Max °C
100	August 23, 2023	38
99	August 06, 2022 +	37
101	June 17, 2021	38
96	August 28, 2020 +	36
96	July 19, 2019	36
99	May 27, 2018	37
101	July 21, 2017	38
97	July 21, 2016	36
97	July 13, 2015	36
93	September 04, 2014 +	34
104	August 30, 2013	40
106	July 25, 2012	41
99	August 02, 2011 +	37
97	July 14, 2010	36

Highest temperature recorded at Des Moines each year
Max °F	Date	Max °C
97	June 23, 2009	36
95	August 03, 2008	35
96	July 17, 2007	36
100	July 19, 2006	38
98	July 23, 2005	37
91	August 03, 2004 +	33
101	August 25, 2003	38
97	July 20, 2002	36
99	July 22, 2001	37
98	September 02, 2000	37
100	July 29, 1999	38
98	July 20, 1998	37
96	July 25, 1997	36
95	June 29, 1996	35
101	July 13, 1995	38
95	July 19, 1994	35
92	August 26, 1993	33
92	July 07, 1992 +	33
96	July 22, 1991 +	36
97	September 06, 1990 +	36
99	July 10, 1989 +	37
104	August 17, 1988 +	40
101	August 01, 1987	38
94	July 28, 1986 +	34
101	June 08, 1985	38
100	August 28, 1984 +	38
108	August 16, 1983	42
98	August 03, 1982	37
97	July 12, 1981	36
102	July 30, 1980 +	39
97	August 07, 1979	36
97	September 07, 1978	36
103	July 13, 1977 +	39
97	July 09, 1976	36
99	August 23, 1975 +	37
104	July 21, 1974 +	40
95	June 08, 1973	35
98	July 10, 1972	37
98	June 27, 1971 +	37
99	July 14, 1970 +	37
95	July 12, 1969	35
96	August 23, 1968 +	36
98	May 25, 1967	37
100	July 10, 1966	38
99	August 13, 1965 +	37
100	August 02, 1964	38
97	August 02, 1963 +	36
96	August 23, 1962 +	36
97	June 30, 1961	36
98	August 03, 1960	37
97	August 28, 1959	36
96	August 28, 1958	36
102	July 12, 1957	39
103	July 26, 1956	39
105	July 31, 1955	41
103	July 13, 1954 +	39
99	September 28, 1953 +	37
100	July 27, 1952	38
96	August 30, 1951	36
93	June 25, 1950	34
97	July 01, 1949	36
101	July 06, 1948	38
102	August 03, 1947	39
96	July 18, 1946 +	36

Des Moines - Highest Temperature for Each Year

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