Ames
United States · 25 August 2018
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Average
23.8°C
low 17.3°C · high 29.9°C
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
2m/s
daily average
Humidity
78.1%
daily average
Cloud
28%
cover
Pressure
1011hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 17.3°C around 05:00 to 29.9°C around 16:00. No measurable rain was recorded during the day.
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
73th percentile
Low temperature
58th percentile
Rainfall
45th percentile
Wind
10th percentile
A percentile of 100 means this was the hottest/wettest/windiest of the comparable days on file; 50 is right in the middle. This window's average temperature was 22.4°C, versus 23.8°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:32
Sunset
19:58
Day length
13h 27m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Chicago.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 19.8°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 2.5 | W | 96 | 1008 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 19.6°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 1.9 | W | 95 | 1008 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 20°C | 22°C | 0 | 1.7 | W | 94 | 1009 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 19.8°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 2 | W | 92 | 1009 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 18.7°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 2 | WSW | 92 | 1009 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 17.3°C | 18.6°C | 0 | 1.7 | S | 99 | 1009 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 17.5°C | 19°C | 0 | 1.5 | S | 100 | 1009 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 17.9°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 1.6 | SSW | 99 | 1010 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 19°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 2.3 | WSW | 100 | 1011 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 20.1°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 3.1 | W | 100 | 1011 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 24.8°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 2.5 | W | 80 | 1012 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 26.7°C | 29.1°C | 0 | 2.4 | WNW | 70 | 1012 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 28.1°C | 30°C | 0 | 2.4 | WNW | 61 | 1012 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 28.8°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 2.2 | NW | 57 | 1012 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 29.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 1.8 | WNW | 55 | 1012 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 29.4°C | 31.9°C | 0 | 1.3 | WNW | 55 | 1012 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 29.9°C | 32.5°C | 0 | 0.9 | SW | 52 | 1012 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 29.4°C | 32.3°C | 0 | 1.3 | S | 58 | 1012 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 29.2°C | 32.2°C | 0 | 0.9 | S | 57 | 1012 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 28.9°C | 31.8°C | 0 | 1 | ESE | 58 | 1012 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 26°C | 27.9°C | 0 | 2.4 | ESE | 68 | 1012 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 25.7°C | 27.5°C | 0 | 2.2 | ESE | 68 | 1012 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 22.8°C | 24.8°C | 0 | 2.6 | ESE | 85 | 1012 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 22°C | 23.4°C | 0 | 2.9 | ESE | 84 | 1013 |
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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
- Source
- ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
- Data type
- Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
- Coverage
- 2016–2025 (10 years) for United States
- Location
- Ames — 42.000°, -93.500°, ERA5 grid cell center, 10.6 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 25 August 2018 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Ames climate overview for typical conditions.
- Spatial resolution
- 0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
- Version / refreshed
- Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
- Limitations
- A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
- Attribution
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information
Cite this data
PastClimate (2026-07-20). Historical climate data for Ames, United States (42.00°N, 93.50°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Ames, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Ames, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 20, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Ames, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-20},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.