CDUS43 KDMX 250626 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 126 AM CDT THU APR 25 2024 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 9999 TO 9999 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ....................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 65 413 PM 64 1 62 MINIMUM 40 549 AM 41 -1 26 AVERAGE 53 52 1 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.15 -0.15 MONTH TO DATE 2.51 2.98 -0.47 SINCE JAN 1 6.30 6.32 -0.02 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 13 -1 21 MONTH TO DATE 332 404 -72 365 SINCE MAR 1 1037 1271 -234 1268 SINCE JUL 1 5158 6472 -1314 6248 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 12 SINCE MAR 1 5 1 4 12 SINCE JAN 1 5 1 4 12 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 400 AM LOWEST 24 400 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2024.........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT APRIL 26 2024.........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$