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Afternoon mid-60s

Posted: 08 May 2026 05:30 AM, Views: 1155
Temperatures were rather pleasant on Thursday with mid 60s common over much of Iowa during the afternoon hours. Ames reported a temperature of 66°F at 3 PM. The featured chart looks into the frequency of having such a temperature by month for Ames. The bars present the frequency of having a temperature within the inclusive range of 63 to 67°F at 2 PM LST (3 PM CDT) with the blue dots showing the frequency below that range and red dots above. May does have the highest frequency of such temperatures, but only by a slim margin to April. It is kind of interesting to denote the near identical frequencies between February and July!
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