Average annual temperature is 11.9 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 37.8 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -18.7 °C
Number of sunny days: 218 days
Number of rainy days: 128 days
Number of snow days: 19 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) | 8.9 | 14.3 | 22.0 | 29.5 | 30.7 | 33.6 | 36.0 | 37.8 | 35.1 | 32.2 | 19.8 | 14.0 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 1.3 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 18.6 | 25.3 | 29.7 | 29.3 | 30.1 | 27.9 | 18.6 | 12.2 | 6.2 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -3.0 | -1.0 | 1.9 | 11.3 | 18.9 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 24.4 | 21.7 | 13.2 | 6.1 | 1.5 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -6.3 | -5.6 | -2.8 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 18.1 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 8.8 | 1.2 | -2.2 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -18.7 | -16.8 | -11.0 | -4.5 | 3.0 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 10.2 | -5.8 | -7.4 | -6.1 |
| 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 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| 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) | 4.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 5.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 53 | 37 | 42 | 38 | 97 | 97 | 90 | 67 | 32 | 81 | 11 | 61 |
| Sunny days | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 21 |
| Rainy days | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 6 |
| Snow days | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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