Even with all of the recent dry weather, the 2025 precipitation total is still set to come in above average. The featured chart presents year to date accumulated precipitation for Ames. The range of observed data is presented along with accumulations for this year, the wettest year (1993) and the driest year (1910). Even if the 2025 total would flat line for the rest of the year, it would still finish above the climatology shown by the dashed line. The forecast this week continues the dry and warm weather with a very warm start to October expected.

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