CDUS43 KDMX 240627 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 127 AM CDT WED APR 24 2024 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 69 326 PM 64 5 51 MINIMUM 42 234 AM 40 2 28 AVERAGE 56 52 4 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.15 -0.15 MONTH TO DATE 2.51 2.83 -0.32 SINCE JAN 1 6.30 6.17 0.13 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 13 -4 25 MONTH TO DATE 320 391 -71 344 SINCE MAR 1 1025 1258 -233 1247 SINCE JUL 1 5146 6459 -1313 6227 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 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 46 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 400 AM LOWEST 26 100 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... 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 24 2024.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT APRIL 25 2024.........SUNRISE 618 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. $$