Average annual temperature is 11.3 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 37.4 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -25.6 °C
Number of sunny days: 206 days
Number of rainy days: 138 days
Number of snow days: 21 days
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* Weather data for Ames United States is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 12.9 | 12.5 | 23.5 | 27.2 | 31.7 | 32.0 | 34.6 | 37.4 | 35.1 | 31.7 | 18.2 | 12.9 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 0.3 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 17.3 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 28.8 | 26.5 | 17.6 | 10.9 | 6.5 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -3.8 | -2.1 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 18.3 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 20.6 | 12.9 | 5.3 | 2.2 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -6.8 | -6.6 | -2.7 | 4.7 | 12.0 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 8.8 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -25.6 | -25.3 | -13.0 | -4.6 | 2.4 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 9.9 | -4.3 | -11.5 | -6.2 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 4.7 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 4.8 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 65 | 38 | 52 | 54 | 84 | 42 | 87 | 71 | 63 | 158 | 9 | 39 |
| Sunny days | 15 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 23 |
| Rainy days | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 7 |
| Snow days | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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