First snow 2026-27 ยท Des Moines, IA

When does Des Moines get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 11.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Nov 11 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 10, 1932
Latest on record
Dec 26, 1939
Record since
1884 (141 winters)
Station
Des Moines International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Des Moines get its first snow?

Around Nov 11. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Des Moines International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Des Moines had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 11.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Des Moines?

Oct 10, 1932, in a record that goes back to 1884.

What is the latest first snow on record in Des Moines?

Dec 26, 1939.

Every winter on record

First snow in Des Moines by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 80.1 in
2024-25Dec 21.2 in
2023-24Nov 251.9 in
2022-23Nov 140.4 in
2021-22Dec 110.5 in
2020-21Oct 181 in
2019-20Oct 281.2 in
2018-19Oct 120.2 in
2017-18Dec 210.1 in
2016-17Dec 40.7 in
2015-16Nov 206.7 in
2014-15Nov 110.3 in
2013-14Nov 110.4 in
2012-13Dec 90.8 in
2011-12Nov 93.7 in
2010-11Dec 30.1 in
2009-10Oct 101.1 in
2008-09Nov 70.1 in
2007-08Nov 214.8 in
2006-07Nov 100.3 in
2005-06Nov 151.5 in
2004-05Nov 290.7 in
2003-04Dec 20.7 in
2002-03Oct 230.3 in
2001-02Dec 130.6 in
2000-01Dec 12 in
1999-00Dec 160.7 in
1998-99Nov 71.9 in
1997-98Oct 266.8 in
1996-97Nov 240.3 in
1995-96Oct 301.8 in
1994-95Nov 280.2 in
1993-94Oct 300.2 in
1992-93Nov 30.2 in
1991-92Nov 11.8 in
1990-91Nov 61.3 in
1989-90Nov 20.1 in
1988-89Nov 50.6 in
1987-88Nov 240.1 in
1986-87Nov 101 in
1985-86Nov 191.5 in
1984-85Nov 100.2 in
1983-84Nov 122.9 in
1982-83Oct 190.7 in
1981-82Oct 240.4 in
1980-81Oct 277.4 in
1979-80Nov 120.2 in
1978-79Nov 160.6 in
1977-78Nov 90.7 in
1976-77Nov 260.7 in
1975-76Nov 120.2 in
1974-75Nov 134 in
1973-74Dec 42.8 in
1972-73Nov 137.5 in
1971-72Nov 81.7 in
1970-71Nov 30.1 in
1969-70Dec 62.4 in
1968-69Nov 90.3 in
1967-68Oct 262.4 in
1966-67Dec 10.3 in
1965-66Dec 160.5 in
1964-65Nov 200.3 in
1963-64Dec 82.1 in
1962-63Oct 241.4 in
1961-62Nov 131.3 in
1960-61Dec 200.4 in
1959-60Nov 51.7 in
1958-59Nov 270.2 in
1957-58Nov 171.4 in
1956-57Nov 202.2 in
1955-56Oct 300.2 in
1954-55Oct 300.1 in
1953-54Dec 93.7 in
1952-53Nov 241.8 in
1951-52Nov 30.1 in
1950-51Nov 190.7 in
1949-50Nov 240.1 in
1948-49Dec 50.4 in
1947-48Nov 140.3 in
1946-47Dec 130.5 in
1945-46Nov 211.1 in
1944-45Nov 251.5 in
1943-44Nov 70.1 in
1942-43Nov 220.4 in
1941-42Dec 111.7 in
1940-41Nov 111.5 in
1939-40Dec 261.3 in
1938-39Oct 230.8 in
1937-38Oct 150.2 in
1936-37Nov 80.1 in
1935-36Nov 110.2 in
1934-35Nov 220.8 in
1933-34Nov 70.1 in
1932-33Oct 100.3 in
1931-32Nov 260.1 in
1930-31Oct 290.5 in
1929-30Nov 200.3 in
1928-29Nov 20.5 in
1927-28Dec 30.2 in
1926-27Nov 20.5 in
1925-26Oct 274.8 in
1924-25Nov 230.3 in
1923-24Oct 292.5 in
1922-23Dec 141.6 in
1921-22Nov 110.4 in
1920-21Nov 20.4 in
1919-20Nov 270.5 in
1918-19Nov 200.1 in
1917-18Oct 220.3 in
1916-17Oct 190.2 in
1915-16Nov 140.4 in
1914-15Dec 71.2 in
1913-14Oct 280.2 in
1912-13Nov 240.2 in
1911-12Nov 10.1 in
1910-11Nov 40.4 in
1909-10Nov 150.1 in
1908-09Nov 130.2 in
1907-08Nov 100.6 in
1906-07Nov 142 in
1905-06Oct 300.8 in
1904-05Dec 116 in
1903-04Nov 240.1 in
1902-03Dec 21 in
1901-02Nov 32 in
1900-01Nov 100.3 in
1899-00Dec 21.5 in
1898-99Oct 251.7 in
1897-98Nov 261 in
1896-97Nov 60.5 in
1895-96Nov 190.1 in
1894-95Dec 110.9 in
1893-94Nov 250.1 in
1892-93Dec 75 in
1891-92Nov 110.2 in
1890-91Nov 80.8 in
1889-90Nov 270.2 in
1888-89Oct 211.5 in
1887-88Nov 240.3 in
1886-87Nov 162.6 in
1885-86Dec 41 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/des-moines