CDUS43 KDMX 180636 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 136 AM CDT THU APR 18 2024 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 65 459 PM 62 3 60 MINIMUM 46 1145 PM 38 8 35 AVERAGE 56 50 6 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.14 -0.14 MONTH TO DATE 2.08 1.95 0.13 SINCE JAN 1 5.87 5.29 0.58 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 15 -6 17 MONTH TO DATE 216 306 -90 232 SINCE MAR 1 921 1173 -252 1135 SINCE JUL 1 5042 6374 -1332 6115 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 400 AM LOWEST 50 600 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2024.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT APRIL 19 2024.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$