Our temperatures have recently returned to near average for this time of year after a very warm start to the month. The featured chart looks at the past 11 years for each day in October whether it was above or below the 30 year climatological average. This October 17th will not make it above average with the rest of the week set to follow in that pattern. High temperatures on Wednesday look to only be in the 40s!

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The featured chart presents the average high temperature for Ames for the first 11 days of October. This year has been the warmest since 1997. In the past decade, only 2009 was below average and it was one of the coldest on record. The forecast has our daily high temperatures creeping closer to climatology in the 60s as it will truly start feeling like fall!

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The featured chart presents the distribution of October rainfall accumulations for Ames. Conditions have been on the dry side this year with totals under 2 inches. You can generate more plots like this here.

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