From the "Life mimics Art" department, the high temperature on Monday was 67°F for both the Ames and Des Moines airports. This was much to the delight of many school-aged weather / meme enthusiasts, including those within the IEM's developer's household. So today's featured map takes a look at the observed frequency of this high temperature value over the contiguous US using long term climate sites with at least 50 years of data. The highest frequencies are found over California and the lowest over the southern tip of Texas and the Florida Peninsula. Iowa is situated within the large continental frequency blob in the four to five day range. Within the IEM database, the highest frequency was found for the Hawaii National Park (25.0 days per year), which is an elevation of about 4,000 ft. If you are still reading this and wondering when this last happened for Ames + Des Moines, it was only last year on 24 April 2024!

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