CDUS43 KDMX 250633 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 133 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2026 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 2026... 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 63 517 PM 64 -1 70 MINIMUM 44 653 AM 41 3 54 AVERAGE 54 52 2 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.15 -0.15 MONTH TO DATE 6.25 2.98 3.27 SINCE JAN 1 11.41 6.32 5.09 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 13 -2 3 MONTH TO DATE 306 404 -98 340 SINCE MAR 1 963 1271 -308 974 SINCE JUL 1 5663 6472 -809 5662 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 16 0 16 2 SINCE MAR 1 20 1 19 2 SINCE JAN 1 20 1 19 2 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 1000 PM LOWEST 48 600 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... 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 2026.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT APRIL 26 2026.........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. $$