CDUS43 KDMX 080632 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT WED JUL 08 2026 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 7 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 89 404 PM 84 5 85 MINIMUM 66 451 AM 63 3 65 AVERAGE 78 73 5 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.16 -0.16 MONTH TO DATE 7.54 1.13 6.41 SINCE JAN 1 29.55 18.74 10.81 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 7 21 -14 6 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 8 5 10 MONTH TO DATE 93 56 37 83 SINCE JUN 1 293 243 50 331 SINCE JAN 1 400 299 101 363 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 8 2026..........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 852 PM CDT JULY 9 2026..........SUNRISE 548 AM CDT SUNSET 851 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$