Average annual temperature is 12.6 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 34.6 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -12.0 °C
Number of sunny days: 173 days
Number of rainy days: 180 days
Number of snow days: 12 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) | 17.3 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 26.5 | 29.8 | 32.5 | 34.6 | 33.7 | 31.7 | 29.1 | 23.7 | 15.6 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 5.8 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 18.0 | 23.5 | 27.8 | 28.8 | 27.6 | 25.6 | 18.7 | 11.9 | 8.3 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 2.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 11.2 | 17.3 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 20.1 | 13.7 | 6.3 | 4.2 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -0.7 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 11.4 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 15.2 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -11.3 | -12.0 | -8.3 | -2.7 | 2.0 | 9.4 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 10.1 | -3.6 | -9.2 | -7.6 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 3.7 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 4.6 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 79 | 85 | 172 | 108 | 60 | 31 | 84 | 86 | 26 | 108 | 23 | 56 |
| Sunny days | 8 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 12 |
| Rainy days | 16 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 17 |
| Snow days | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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