It is as good of a time as any to check in on year to date precipitation accumulations. The featured chart does just that for Ames, presenting the yearly accumulated value for this year, last year, the driest and wettest years along with the climatology. This year is sitting right at about average, but running well behind the 2024 total for the same year to date period. In some regards, what happens for the first three months of the year does not matter much as the totals are meager compared with the upcoming main precipitation months, which can make or break the year total. You can see that there isn't all that much spread between the various lines by the first week of April. Interestingly, you can see how closely 2024 tracked 1993 up until July.

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