Iowa weather: Below average temps continue with patchy rain chances through Memorial Day weekend

Updated: 12:43 PM CDT May 21, 2025

TO DRY OUT A BIT. ZANE, WE’VE GOT SO MUCH RAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE RAIN HAS STOPPED FOR NOW, BUT MORE IS COMING. YEAH, THERE WILL BE SOME MORE. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE PROBABLY ON THE SCALE OF SOME OF THE RAIN WE SAW EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT WE’RE PROBABLY NOT COMPLETELY DONE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SPORADIC RAINFALL. IN THE MEANTIME, WE JUST GOT SOME BROKEN CLOUD COVER HERE OVER THE DES MOINES METRO AREA. GENERALLY COOL AND A LITTLE BIT DAMP AT TIMES IS KIND OF THE FORECAST OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE AND THERE WILL BE A FEW SHOWERS OUT AND ABOUT. THAT INCLUDES THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND HERE TOO. WE’RE STILL A FEW DAYS OUT, BUT HERE’S KIND OF THE EARLY LOOK AT HOW MEMORIAL DAY IS GOING TO SHAPE UP. SATURDAY. A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE, MAINLY TOWARDS THE LATER PART OF THE DAY, AND THAT’S IN WESTERN IOWA. I THINK IF YOU’RE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE, MAYBE THE DES MOINES METRO, YOU’LL GET THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. DRY 60S FOR TEMPERATURES, THOUGH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE SUNDAY TOO. NOT A WASHOUT, NOT WET THE WHOLE DAY. SORT OF A SIMILAR SITUATION ON MEMORIAL DAY HERE NEXT MONDAY. A LITTLE BIT BREEZY AS WELL WITH SOME LITTLE BIT GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST TO NORTHEAST. SO THOSE 60S MAYBE JUST FEEL A TOUCH COOLER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GOT SOME CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD. IF YOU’RE IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD. AT THIS HOUR. YOU SAW IN ERIC’S LIVE PICTURE THERE A LITTLE BIT OF SOME BREAKS THERE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE, SORT OF TWO CIRCULATIONS OVER OUR HEADS AT THIS HOUR, LOW PRESSURE TO OUR EAST, AND THEN AT THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTHWEST OVER THE DAKOTAS HERE. AND THOSE TWO JUST KIND OF SPINNING AROUND IS KEEPING US A LITTLE BIT IN THE ACTION IN TERMS OF WHERE THERE’S CLOUDS AND WHERE THERE’S A SHOWER OR TWO. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL WE CAN FINALLY CLEAR THAT OUT OF THE NATION’S MIDSECTION. SO THE REST OF TODAY, AGAIN, A FEW BREAKS OF SOME SUN, SOUTHWEST IOWA, A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCKED IN THE CLOUDS UP HERE TO THE NORTH AND EAST, MAYBE A SPORADIC SPRINKLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW MORE CLOUDS WILL SINK ON IN. THIS IS NOW THE MIDDAY PART OF YOUR THURSDAY. TOMORROW A FEW LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS ESPECIALLY MIGHT BUBBLE UP A COUPLE OF THOSE TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS KIND OF COLD AIR SINKS IN ALOFT, BUT THE GROUND WARMS UP AND THAT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF INSTABILITY. AND THEN WE’LL POP UP MAYBE A FEW OF THESE ISOLATED RAINDROPS HERE ON YOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WE’RE ONLY KEEPING THE OVERALL CHANCE OF RAIN AT ABOUT 20% FOR ANY GIVEN SPOT. MORE 60S FOR TEMPERATURES TO NORTHERN IOWA. THAT WILL BE WARMER FOR YOU FOLKS. HAMPTON, IOWA FALLS, CLARION AND EAGLE GROVE. THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN THE 50S. YOU’RE GETTING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. AS WE HEAD TOWARDS FRIDAY. MOST OF THE DAY, I THINK WILL BE DRY, AT LEAST STARTING OFF IN THE MORNING AND THEN THROUGH MIDDAY. LOOK TO THE WEST. ON FRIDAY, THOUGH, WE START TO BRING IN A FEW MORE CLOUDS AND BY THE AFTERNOON, WESTERN IOWA, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE OF A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS TOWARD END THE DAY AND END THE WORKWEEK THERE. ON FRIDAY. THAT SORT OF WEATHER IS WHAT WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND. THESE SORT OF 60S FOR TEMPERATURES AND A LITTLE BIT CLOUDY SKIES AT TIMES, KIND OF UNSETTLED. NOT REALLY. ANY CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS GOING TO BE SPORADIC RAINFALL. NOTICE AT THE END OF THE EIGHT DAY WE START TO SNEAK THOSE TEMPERATURES BACK UP

Iowa weather: Below average temps continue with patchy rain chances through Memorial Day weekend

Updated: 12:43 PM CDT May 21, 2025

Most of Iowa will stay in the 50s for highs this afternoon. Expect more clouds through the day with a slight chance for some pop-up light showers. There isn’t much of a rebound, but we will see the 60s later this week.Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Thursday and Friday will bring back highs in the 60s, but this is still below our seasonal mid-70s normal. The best rain chances will return Friday night into the weekend. We will still be stuck below average this Memorial Day weekend, which doesn’t bode well for summer/pool outside activities. There will also be chances for passing showers this weekend. Models are still not in agreement on timing and placement, but it does seem that parts of Iowa will see rain for the three-day weekend. The 70s look to return deeper into next week. Iowa weather forecastToday: Staying mostly cloudy with a slight rain chance. High 59F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph.Tonight: A few clouds. Low near 44F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.Tomorrow: Partly Sunny. High 63F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.Tomorrow Night: A few clouds. Low 44F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Most of Iowa will stay in the 50s for highs this afternoon. Expect more clouds through the day with a slight chance for some pop-up light showers. There isn’t much of a rebound, but we will see the 60s later this week.

Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts

Thursday and Friday will bring back highs in the 60s, but this is still below our seasonal mid-70s normal. The best rain chances will return Friday night into the weekend. We will still be stuck below average this Memorial Day weekend, which doesn’t bode well for summer/pool outside activities. There will also be chances for passing showers this weekend. Models are still not in agreement on timing and placement, but it does seem that parts of Iowa will see rain for the three-day weekend. The 70s look to return deeper into next week.

Iowa weather forecast

Today: Staying mostly cloudy with a slight rain chance. High 59F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: A few clouds. Low near 44F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tomorrow: Partly Sunny. High 63F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tomorrow Night: A few clouds. Low 44F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.