861 CDUS43 KDMX 290628 CLIAMW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT THU JUL 29 2021 ................................... ...THE AMES IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 28 2021... 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 94 306 PM 84 10 87 MINIMUM 73 202 AM 63 10 58 AVERAGE 84 73 11 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.15 -0.15 MONTH TO DATE 2.71 3.99 -1.28 SINCE JAN 1 12.31 21.60 -9.29 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 5 21 -16 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 19 8 11 8 MONTH TO DATE 253 240 13 302 SINCE JUN 1 560 427 133 583 SINCE JAN 1 646 483 163 616 ....................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 100 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE AMES IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 MM MM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 MM MM SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 29 2021..........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT JULY 30 2021..........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$