Temperatures in Iowa on Tuesday were rather variable with 70s common for the SE half of the state and 50s to low 60s elsewhere. Reaching 70+ degrees in April is not uncommon and the featured chart displays the hourly frequencies of having such a warm temperature for April for Ames based on period of record data back to 1997. Frequencies max out in the late afternoon between 3 and 6 PM. The 20% value would indicate one in five days, or roughly six days per April at that hour. The month of May is just around the corner and these frequencies make a large jump for the month. This is always a nice time of year when temperatures continue to get warmer, but the ugly and sticky weather of summer has yet to arrive.

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