Average annual temperature is 9.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 31.6 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -29.1 °C
Number of sunny days: 155 days
Number of rainy days: 177 days
Number of snow days: 33 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) | 8.3 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 25.7 | 30.2 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 26.5 | 30.5 | 27.3 | 16.1 | 13.0 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 2.8 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 12.9 | 19.2 | 21.6 | 26.3 | 23.5 | 22.1 | 16.8 | 7.0 | 5.5 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -0.3 | -3.3 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 13.2 | 17.1 | 22.4 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 12.9 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -2.8 | -7.0 | -1.9 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 9.9 | 0.5 | -0.5 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -9.3 | -29.1 | -6.0 | -2.8 | 3.0 | 8.4 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 10.3 | 2.0 | -5.5 | -7.2 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 9.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 4.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 4.3 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 146 | 43 | 90 | 105 | 100 | 153 | 215 | 136 | 138 | 89 | 62 | 159 |
| Sunny days | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 13 |
| Rainy days | 10 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 15 |
| Snow days | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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