Ames
United States · 29 August 2024
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Average
26.2°C
low 21.5° · high 32.2°
Rainfall
7.7mm
rain recorded
Wind
4.1m/s
daily average
Humidity
80.2%
daily average
Cloud
42%
cover
Pressure
1016hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 21.5°C around 23:00 to 32.2°C around 14:00. Rain was recorded across 4 hours, from around 16:00 to 23:00 (7.8mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
88th percentile
Low temperature
87th percentile
Rainfall
88th percentile
Wind
61th 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 26.2°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
19:51
Day length
13h 14m
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 | 24 | 26.5 | 0 | 4 | SE | 95 | 1017 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 23.7 | 26.1 | 0 | 4 | SE | 96 | 1017 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 23.6 | 26 | 0 | 4 | SE | 96 | 1017 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 23.1 | 25.2 | 0.01 | 4.2 | SE | 97 | 1017 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 22.8 | 24.8 | 0 | 4.2 | SE | 98 | 1017 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 22.8 | 24.6 | 0 | 4.2 | SSE | 95 | 1016 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 22.7 | 24.4 | 0 | 4.3 | SSE | 95 | 1017 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 22.8 | 24.3 | 0 | 4.4 | SSE | 94 | 1017 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 23.4 | 24.5 | 0 | 4.9 | SSE | 90 | 1017 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 25.6 | 26.5 | 0 | 5.4 | SSE | 80 | 1017 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 27.3 | 28.3 | 0 | 5.5 | S | 75 | 1017 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 28.5 | 29.9 | 0 | 5.3 | S | 71 | 1017 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 31.4 | 33.1 | 0 | 5.4 | S | 63 | 1016 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 32.1 | 33.8 | 0.01 | 5.5 | S | 61 | 1015 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 32.2 | 33.6 | 0.05 | 5.7 | S | 59 | 1015 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 32.1 | 33.1 | 0.03 | 5.8 | S | 58 | 1014 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 29.9 | 31.3 | 0.26 | 5.3 | S | 66 | 1014 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 28.8 | 30.1 | 0.22 | 4.7 | S | 66 | 1011 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 28.5 | 30.9 | 0 | 3.1 | SSW | 67 | 1012 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 27.1 | 29.9 | 0 | 2.2 | W | 71 | 1014 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 26.2 | 28.7 | 0 | 2.6 | NW | 74 | 1015 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 24.1 | 27.1 | 0 | 1.5 | NNW | 81 | 1016 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 23.5 | 26.9 | 1.05 | 0.8 | W | 83 | 1016 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 21.5 | 24.7 | 6.13 | 0.8 | W | 92 | 1015 |
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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 29 August 2024 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.