CDUS43 KDMX 210629 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 129 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 2026... 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 78 300 PM 49 29 47 MINIMUM 45 426 AM 29 16 26 AVERAGE 62 39 23 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.07 -0.07 MONTH TO DATE 2.33 1.06 1.27 SINCE JAN 1 4.70 2.45 2.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 26 -23 28 MONTH TO DATE 497 610 -113 441 SINCE MAR 1 497 610 -113 441 SINCE JUL 1 5197 5811 -614 5129 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 900 PM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2026.........SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT MARCH 22 2026.........SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$