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Recent Blue Days
Posted: 09 Aug 2024 05:30 AM, Views: 1259
The Iowa State Fair got started on Thursday and it is hard to imagine a better start for weather with very comfortable temperatures and low humidity. After a muggy start to the week, the rest has been very much a treat. The featured chart presents a calendar plot of daily high temperature departures from average for Ames since the first of May. Hot weather has been limited since the end of June. The forecast for the fair next week has slightly warmer temperatures, but nothing of great concern and humidity levels will be within reason. This all should help a record attendance for the fair!
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Previous Years' Features
2023: Waterloo vs Des Moines
2017: More time for summer
2016: Wind Climatology
2015: Big Ames Rainfall
2014: Slow Accumulation
2012: Comparing with 1988
2011: Warm August as well?
2010: Surpassing 1993
2009: Steady it goes
2008: Photogenic Tornado
2006: Landspout fun
2004: Unseasonal
2003: Some rain, not enough.
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Soil Temperatures
Data from the Iowa State Soil Moisture Network is found on this website and daily soil temperature averages are used to produce the highlighted analysis.









