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United States of America

AMES, IOWA

Home > North America > United States > Iowa
Elevation: 929 feet Latitude: 41 59N Longitude: 093 37W

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TEMPERATURE

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		48		19		23		35		49		60		69		74		72		64		52		37		24

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		59		29		33		45		61		72		81		86		84		77		65		47		33

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		38		10		13		25		38		49		58		62		60		52		40		27		16

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 68

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		109		63		76		89		95		104		104		109		107		102		94		81		68

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 68

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		-37		-37		-31		-21		7		18		36		39		36		22		-7		-19		-29

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		13.8		---		---		---		---		0.5		2.7		6.1		2.9		1.3		0.2		---		---

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		148.8		30.4		25.9		24.4		8.8		0.8		---		---		---		0.1		8.1		20.7		29.6

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		18.7		8.2		5.4		0.7		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		4.4

PRECIPITATION

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 85

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		30.8		0.9		0.9		1.6		2.8		4.3		4.6		3.6		3.7		3.7		2.3		1.4		1

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		104		6		6		9		10		12		11		10		10		8		8		7		7

Most Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		15.4		2.1		2.4		6.3		7.9		10.8		13.3		15.4		12.9		7.7		7.5		5.8		3.6

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		---		---		---		0.1		0.4		0.9		0.8		1.1		0.1		0.8		0.3		0.1		---

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		6.6		0.7		1.7		2.3		3		6.6		5.6		4.9		5		3.8		2.8		3.4		1.6

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		65		3		3		5		7		8		8		7		7		5		5		4		3

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		21		---		---		2		2		3		3		3		3		2		2		1		---

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7		---		---		---		1		1		1		2		1		1		---		---		---

PRECIPITATION - RAIN

Average Number of Rainy Days

Years on Record: 85

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		57.8		2.6		2.6		4.1		5.9		6.9		7.4		6.3		6.4		5.9		4.1		2.8		2.8

PRECIPITATION - SNOW

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		25.4		6.2		6		4.6		0.9		---		---		---		---		---		0.2		2.3		5.2

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 33

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		26.1		18		18		15		8		---		---		---		---		---		5		11		26.1

DEGREE DAYS

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		7279		1501		1194		935		520		234		32		8		31		147		463		900		1314

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		650		---		---		---		2		40		135		235		193		42		3		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 67

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2788		---		---		---		---		310		570		744		682		420		62		---		---

NEARBY - MAP

NEARBY - LIST

Ames - Iowa State University, Iowa (2 mi / 3 km)
Jordan, Iowa (10 mi / 16 km)
Webster City, Iowa (12 mi / 19 km)
Boone, Iowa (13 mi / 21 km)
Woodward, Iowa (15 mi / 25 km)

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Ames, Iowa

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