CDUS43 KDMX 080630 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2025 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 2025... 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 82 229 PM 68 14 74 MINIMUM 49 427 AM 46 3 54 AVERAGE 66 57 9 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.15 -0.15 MONTH TO DATE 0.20 1.03 -0.83 SINCE JAN 1 8.78 8.26 0.52 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 9 -9 1 MONTH TO DATE 55 67 -12 59 SINCE MAR 1 1088 1408 -320 1137 SINCE JUL 1 5776 6609 -833 5258 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 2 -1 0 SINCE MAR 1 6 7 -1 5 SINCE JAN 1 6 7 -1 5 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 500 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2025...........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT MAY 9 2025...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$