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DES MOINES RIVER

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Des Moines River at Estherville, IA

ESTHERVILLE, IA43.3993°N, -94.8460°W

AIR TEMP

61°F

WIND

5mph SSE

FISH INDEX

75SCORE / 100

GREAT · 4 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 DAY

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

80°

58°

SUN

89°

67°

MON

91°

75°

TUE

90°

72°

WED

90°

72°

THU

92°

71°

FRI

93°

65°

TIME

SAT

NOW

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

TEMP

hourly forecast

62°

mild

62°

65°

68°

70°

73°

75°

77°

79°

80°

79°

78°

77°

75°

73°

70°

69°

68°

67°

68°

69°

70°

69°

73°

74°

79°

83°

85°

88°

89°

87°

83°

81°

79°

78°

77°

76°

75°

76°

79°

81°

84°

86°

88°

90°

91°

89°

86°

84°

81°

78°

76°

74°

72°

75°

74°

77°

81°

85°

86°

87°

88°

90°

89°

86°

85°

83°

80°

78°

81°

80°

79°

78°

77°

73°

72°

73°

76°

79°

82°

84°

86°

87°

88°

89°

90°

88°

87°

85°

84°

83°

82°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

8mph SE

G 24 mph

G24

G23

G20

G22

G21

G20

G18

SSE

G18

SSE

G21

SSE

G24

G25

G21

G20

G21

G22

G30

G28

G32

G29

G34

G39

G35

G34

G37

G38

SSE

G38

SSE

G36

SSE

G32

SSE

G28

G25

G26

SSE

G29

SSE

G31

SSE

G33

SSE

G35

G36

SSE

G35

G33

G35

G36

G38

G40

G36

G34

SSW

G34

SSW

G35

SSW

G36

SSW

G35

SSW

G33

SSW

G29

SSW

G29

SSW

G31

SSW

G33

G32

G45

G11

G27

G31

G32

G39

G32

G21

SSE

G27

G30

SSW

G33

SSW

G28

SSW

G32

SSW

G30

SSW

G30

SSW

G29

SSW

G27

SSW

G22

SSW

G20

G28

G31

G32

G31

G33

SSW

G36

G29

SSW

G31

SSW

G29

SSW

G29

SSW

G28

SSW

G26

G28

SSW

G28

G27

G28

G29

G32

G36

G39

G40

SSW

G40

SSW

PRECIP

chance %

11%

14%

15%

13%

12%

44%

15%

19%

26%

11%

25%

47%

17%

28%

CLOUDS

cover %

100%

overcast

100%

25%

100%

11%

13%

30%

53%

73%

50%

48%

59%

100%

74%

12%

100%

95%

100%

76%

100%

58%

41%

32%

14%

10%

100%

17%

53%

100%

66%

100%

10%

100%

97%

100%

93%

100%

11%

100%

10%

18%

100%

81%

100%

61%

100%

69%

100%

69%

57%

64%

78%

98%

11%

18%

21%

33%

42%

40%

35%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

968

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Ideal

Wind

Light

Pressure

Stable

Moon Phase

Average

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

05:40 AM

SUNSET

09:04 PM

15H 24M OF DAYLIGHT14H 7M REMAINING

MOON PHASE

Waxing Gibbous

92% illuminated

Station Location

43.3993, -94.8460

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-06-27 06:57 UTC

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