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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
140 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2026

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...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         63    157 PM  55      8       49
  MINIMUM         45    125 AM  34     11       32
  AVERAGE         54            44     10       41

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.16          0.07   0.09
  MONTH TO DATE    3.76          2.70   1.06
  SINCE JAN 1     50.77         32.91  17.86

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       11            21    -10       24
  MONTH TO DATE  187           427   -240      255
  SINCE SEP 1    234           549   -315      300
  SINCE JUL 1    234           565   -331      314

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0             0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE   27             9     18       46
  SINCE SEP 1    178            83     95      176
  SINCE JAN 1   1098           785    313     1003
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    86           600 AM
 LOWEST     58           200 PM
 AVERAGE    72

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THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        MM        MM
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        MM        MM


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 31 2026.......SUNRISE   746 AM CDT   SUNSET   610 PM CDT
NOVEMBER  1 2026......SUNRISE   647 AM CST   SUNSET   508 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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