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United States · 2 September 2018
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Average
22.9°C
low 19.6°C · high 25.8°C
Rainfall
32.9mm
rain recorded
Wind
2.6m/s
daily average
Humidity
87.1%
daily average
Cloud
97%
cover
Pressure
1015hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 19.6°C around 06:00 to 25.8°C around 11:00. Rain was recorded across 12 hours, from around 00:00 to 15:00 (32.9mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
45th percentile
Low temperature
85th percentile
Rainfall
100th percentile
Wind
25th 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 20.8°C, versus 22.9°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:40
Sunset
19:45
Day length
13h 5m
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 | 21.8°C | 22°C | 0.17 | 4.7 | SSW | 88 | 1013 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 21.9°C | 22°C | 0.34 | 4.9 | SW | 87 | 1014 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 21.8°C | 22.9°C | 0.23 | 3.7 | SSW | 89 | 1013 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 21.5°C | 22.3°C | 5.69 | 4 | SSW | 90 | 1013 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 21°C | 22.5°C | 14.51 | 3.3 | WSW | 95 | 1014 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 19.6°C | 22.3°C | 5.05 | 0.5 | WNW | 94 | 1014 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 19.6°C | 20.5°C | 0.22 | 3 | SSW | 93 | 1015 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 19.7°C | 20.6°C | 0.01 | 3 | SSW | 93 | 1015 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 20.1°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 2.9 | S | 94 | 1015 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 21.5°C | 22.7°C | 0 | 3.7 | SSW | 92 | 1015 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 24.7°C | 26.5°C | 0 | 3.1 | SSW | 78 | 1015 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 25.8°C | 28.4°C | 0.13 | 2.4 | S | 76 | 1015 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 25.3°C | 28.7°C | 0.41 | 1.4 | SSW | 79 | 1015 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 25.7°C | 29.7°C | 0.6 | 1.1 | SW | 81 | 1015 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 24.9°C | 28.9°C | 2.5 | 1 | WSW | 84 | 1014 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 23.9°C | 26.7°C | 2.76 | 2.4 | SW | 87 | 1015 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 24.7°C | 27.5°C | 0.09 | 2.6 | SW | 84 | 1015 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 24.3°C | 26.6°C | 0.01 | 3 | SW | 84 | 1015 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 24.7°C | 27.9°C | 0 | 1.6 | SW | 81 | 1014 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 24.7°C | 28.4°C | 0 | 0.9 | SSE | 81 | 1014 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 23.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.01 | 1.8 | ESE | 84 | 1015 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 23.7°C | 26.3°C | 0.09 | 2.4 | SE | 86 | 1016 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 22.3°C | 25°C | 0.08 | 2.5 | SE | 95 | 1017 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 22.3°C | 25.1°C | 0 | 2.4 | SE | 95 | 1017 |
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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 2 September 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 (2026-07-19). 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 19, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Ames, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 19, 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 2026-07-19},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.