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420 CDUS43 KDMX 190649 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 149 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 86 408 PM 82 4 84 MINIMUM 70 1156 PM 60 10 62 AVERAGE 78 71 7 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.24 0.17 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 3.25 2.77 0.48 SINCE JAN 1 37.41 24.82 12.59 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 3 SINCE JUN 1 6 25 -19 4 SINCE JUL 1 0 4 -4 4 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 6 7 8 MONTH TO DATE 158 130 28 124 SINCE JUN 1 734 580 154 657 SINCE JAN 1 766 636 130 699 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 700 AM LOWEST 68 500 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2025........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2025........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$