Ames
United States · 28 August 2022
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Average
24°C
low 20.3° · high 28.9°
Rainfall
12.9mm
rain recorded
Wind
5.5m/s
daily average
Humidity
83.9%
daily average
Cloud
75%
cover
Pressure
1006hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 20.3°C around 05:00 to 28.9°C around 17:00. Rain was recorded across 12 hours, from around 00:00 to 11:00 (12.8mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
70th percentile
Low temperature
81th percentile
Rainfall
91th percentile
Wind
95th 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 21.9°C, versus 24°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:35
Sunset
19:54
Day length
13h 19m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Chicago.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp °C | Feels °C | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 0.1 | 6.1 | SSE | 92 | 1009 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 21.6 | 21 | 0.3 | 6 | SSE | 89 | 1009 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 21.3 | 20.6 | 2.11 | 6.1 | SSE | 90 | 1008 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 3.51 | 5.5 | SSE | 95 | 1008 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 3.49 | 4.9 | S | 98 | 1008 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 0.96 | 3.8 | SSE | 97 | 1007 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 20.7 | 21.8 | 0.18 | 3.8 | SSE | 96 | 1007 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 21.1 | 22.1 | 0.24 | 3.9 | SSE | 94 | 1007 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 21.2 | 21.7 | 0.35 | 4.6 | S | 93 | 1007 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 20.9 | 21.2 | 0.54 | 4.7 | S | 94 | 1007 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 0.71 | 5.8 | S | 89 | 1007 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 0.32 | 6.7 | S | 88 | 1007 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 0.03 | 6.8 | SSW | 83 | 1006 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 24.8 | 24 | 0 | 7.2 | SSW | 80 | 1005 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 26 | 25.6 | 0 | 6.8 | SSW | 75 | 1005 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 0 | 6.2 | SSW | 73 | 1004 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 27.7 | 28.1 | 0 | 5.9 | SSW | 70 | 1004 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 0 | 7 | SSW | 65 | 1003 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 28.7 | 29.5 | 0 | 5.5 | SSW | 68 | 1003 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 28.4 | 30 | 0 | 4.4 | SSW | 69 | 1003 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 27.4 | 29.6 | 0 | 3.8 | S | 73 | 1004 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 26.8 | 28.4 | 0 | 4.6 | S | 76 | 1004 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 24.9 | 25.5 | 0 | 5.6 | S | 83 | 1005 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 24.9 | 25.5 | 0 | 5.8 | S | 83 | 1005 |
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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 2022 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 (2026-07-18). 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 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Ames, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 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 2026-07-18},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.