Ames
United States · 28 August 2021
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Average
27.2°C
low 21.9°C · high 31.5°C
Rainfall
3.8mm
rain recorded
Wind
4.5m/s
daily average
Humidity
70.8%
daily average
Cloud
37%
cover
Pressure
1014hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 21.9°C around 05:00 to 31.5°C around 15:00. Rain was recorded across 4 hours, from around 03:00 to 06:00 (3.8mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
85th percentile
Low temperature
92th percentile
Rainfall
85th percentile
Wind
83th 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 21.8°C, versus 27.2°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:35
Sunset
19:53
Day length
13h 18m
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 | 26.6°C | 26.9°C | 0 | 5.6 | S | 72 | 1012 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 26.1°C | 26.6°C | 0 | 5.1 | S | 73 | 1013 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 25°C | 25.4°C | 0.03 | 5.2 | S | 77 | 1013 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 24.2°C | 25.3°C | 0.48 | 4.4 | S | 82 | 1013 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 24.4°C | 26.6°C | 1.13 | 2.5 | SSE | 80 | 1014 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 21.9°C | 23.9°C | 1.59 | 2.9 | SSW | 93 | 1014 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 22.3°C | 24.6°C | 0.54 | 2.3 | SSE | 90 | 1014 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 22.7°C | 25.9°C | 0 | 1.4 | SSE | 90 | 1015 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 23.3°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 1.8 | SE | 89 | 1015 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 24.7°C | 26.8°C | 0 | 3.4 | SE | 82 | 1015 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 28.4°C | 30°C | 0 | 4.5 | SSE | 68 | 1015 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 29.2°C | 31.3°C | 0 | 3.4 | S | 64 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 30.4°C | 32.7°C | 0 | 3.2 | S | 61 | 1016 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 31°C | 32.1°C | 0 | 4.7 | S | 57 | 1015 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 31.2°C | 31.6°C | 0.01 | 5.7 | SSW | 56 | 1014 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 31.5°C | 31.4°C | 0 | 6.2 | S | 54 | 1014 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 31.5°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 6.8 | S | 54 | 1013 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 30.5°C | 30.3°C | 0 | 6.8 | SSW | 59 | 1013 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 30.2°C | 30.5°C | 0.02 | 6.1 | SSW | 61 | 1013 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 29.6°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 4.9 | SSW | 63 | 1013 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 28.9°C | 29.7°C | 0 | 5.1 | S | 64 | 1012 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 28.2°C | 28.3°C | 0 | 5.8 | S | 66 | 1012 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 25.6°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 5.7 | S | 72 | 1013 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 25.2°C | 25°C | 0 | 5.6 | S | 73 | 1014 |
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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 28 August 2021 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.