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      • Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
        0.56 Km from Des Moines
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      • Iowa House of Representatives
        1.14 Km from Des Moines
        The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly. The upper house is the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed by dividing the 50 Senate districts in half. Each district has a population of approximately 30,464 as of the 2010 United States Census. The House of Representatives meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Unlike the upper house, the Iowa Senate, sta...
      • Iowa Senate
        1.14 Km from Des Moines
        The Iowa Senate is the upper house of the Iowa General Assembly. There are 50 seats in the Iowa Senate, representing 50 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 60,927 per constituency, as of the 2010 United States Census. Each Senate district is composed of two House districts. The Senate meets at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Unlike the lower house, the Iowa House of Representatives, Senators serve four-year terms, with half of the Senate staggered for...
      • Salisbury House (Des Moines, Iowa)
        5.69 Km from Des Moines
        Salisbury House in Des Moines, Iowa is a Tudor, Gothic and Carolean style manor home. It was built by cosmetic magnate Carl Weeks and his wife, Edith Van Slyke Weeks, between 1923 and 1928. Salisbury House was modeled after the King's House in Salisbury, England, contains 42 rooms and measures just over 22,000 square feet (2,000 m2). The property is owned and operated by the Salisbury House Foundation and is open to the public for tours, public events, and private rentals. Salisbury House was ad...
      • Des Moines Art Center
        6.29 Km from Des Moines
        The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. It was established in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa.
      • KXNO
        7.85 Km from Des Moines
        KXNO is a sports radio station based in Des Moines, Iowa. It is located at 1460 on the AM band. KXNO is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..
      • Rich Eychaner Charitable Foundation
        8.06 Km from Des Moines
        The Rich Eychaner Charitable Foundation is a charitable foundation located in Des Moines, Iowa which seeks to promote tolerance and non-discrimination. The foundation awards scholarships to students who have been active in LGBTQ issues, promotes Iowa's anti-bullying legislation, and helped created the Iowa Pride Network and the GLBT Youth In Iowa Schools Task Force.
      • Merle Hay Mall
        8.35 Km from Des Moines
        Merle Hay Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. Opened in 1959, it is the oldest regional shopping center in Iowa, and was the largest mall in Iowa in terms of gross leasable area before the 2004 opening of Jordan Creek Town Center in neighboring West Des Moines. It was also the site of the deadliest fire in Des Moines' history, which killed ten people in 1978. Sears, Younkers, Kohl's, and Target are the mall's anchor stores, while Applebee's...
      • Iowa Public Television
        10.83 Km from Des Moines
        Iowa Public Television (IPTV) is a network of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member stations in the state of Iowa. IPTV is owned by the Iowa Public Broadcasting Board, an agency of the state education department which holds the licenses for all the PBS member stations in the state. IPTV's studios are located in Johnston, Iowa; a suburb of Des Moines.
      • Adventureland (Iowa)
        10.88 Km from Des Moines
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      Graphic showing average weather in Des Moines in Celcius and Centimeters (Change to Farenheit and Inches)

      Month Temp °C Rainfall Cm Temp °F Rainfall Inches
      Jan -5.9 44.8 21.4 17.6
      Feb -3.8 46.2 25.2 18.2
      Mar 2.5 58.8 36.5 23.1
      Apr 10.1 87.5 50.2 34.4
      May 16.3 115.7 61.3 45.6
      Jun 21.4 127.3 70.5 50.1
      Jul 24.2 104.1 75.6 41
      Aug 23.1 104.6 73.6 41.2
      Sep 18.6 106.5 65.5 41.9
      Oct 12.1 65.2 53.8 25.7
      Nov 3.6 48.5 38.5 19.1
      Dec -3.1 42.4 26.4 16.7

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