218 CDUS43 KDMX 030634 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT FRI OCT 03 2025 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 2025... 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 88 MM 70 18 76 MINIMUM 54 MM 45 9 38 AVERAGE 71 57 14 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.10 -0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.21 -0.21 SINCE JAN 1 39.20 30.42 8.78 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 9 -9 8 MONTH TO DATE 0 17 -17 18 SINCE SEP 1 45 139 -94 52 SINCE JUL 1 59 155 -96 56 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 1 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 13 2 11 0 SINCE SEP 1 143 76 67 113 SINCE JAN 1 970 778 192 915 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 600 AM LOWEST 37 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2025.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 652 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2025.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 650 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$