Ames Municipal Airport

KAMW · Iowa, United States

Climate Ames Municipal Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.1 40 41 83 57 39
February 74.0 82 72 81 71 80
March 69.9 84 58 71 77 59
April 77.5 73 81 72 82 84
May 74.8 79 76 73 68
June 89.7 85 88 95 88
July 89.5 87 85 85 95
August 89.1 84 89 95 95
September 85.3 85 85 91 82
October 77.0 74 96 78 83
November 77.5 96 63 88 84
December 65.8 52 48 83 70
Average 77.0 69.5 75.1 79.2 81.7 77.5

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.0 62 71 90 85 67
February 86.8 92 87 95 84 93
March 85.8 93 81 89 91 78
April 91.2 88 92 89 98 94
May 89.8 91 90 89 90
June 95.2 91 93 99 96
July 96.3 94 95 96 98
August 95.2 92 95 99 98
September 92.2 90 90 97 89
October 90.7 91 100 92 93
November 90.7 99 86 97 90
December 83.7 79 64 90 85
Average 89.2 83.4 88.2 90.6 93.2 89.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -2.8 -2 0 -2 0 -1
February 2.0 11 4 2 -6 2
March 9.2 13 8 10 13 11
April 16.0 18 17 14 17 16
May 22.5 25 23 21 20
June 29.0 29 29 31 29
July 29.4 29 30 29 30
August 28.1 29 29 29 29
September 25.7 28 25 28 23
October 16.7 18 19 19 15
November 8.9 12 9 11 13
December 4.0 7 2 7 3
Average 15.0 9.8 17.1 16.2 16.6 15.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -10.4 -9 -8 -15 -8 -8
February -9.2 -3 -7 -11 -14 -7
March -2.7 0 -3 -1 1 1
April 3.7 6 3 2 5 3
May 10.9 11 12 10 10
June 16.9 16 17 17 18
July 18.1 17 18 18 19
August 16.7 18 17 18 17
September 13.1 14 11 13 11
October 5.3 8 3 9 3
November -2.0 -1 -2 -1 0
December -6.3 -2 -6 -4 -8
Average 3.9 -2.3 5.6 4.1 5.4 4.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 17 8 7 5 12
February 8.6 1 14 8 10 6
March 8.5 7 14 10 5 7
April 7.5 7 6 9 3 7
May 5.4 2 6 7 7
June 3.4 3 5 3 3
July 1.9 3 2 2 3
August 3.4 5 4 1 1
September 5.0 4 1 1 11
October 7.1 6 4 8 3
November 5.9 2 15 2 5
December 7.8 9 18 2 7
Average 6.2 8.2 6.3 6.6 3.8 5.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.2 9 9 10 8 9
February 9.8 10 10 12 9 10
March 10.7 12 11 11 11 10
April 11.8 13 13 14 11 11
May 9.1 9 10 10 9
June 8.0 7 8 8 9
July 6.5 6 7 6 6
August 6.8 7 6 7 8
September 7.8 7 7 8 9
October 9.5 10 8 9 10
November 10.3 9 12 11 11
December 9.3 9 10 10 9
Average 9.2 11.1 8.7 9.3 8.8 9.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 308° 300° 304° 334° 302°
February 273° 306° 315° 329° 316°
March 345° 328° 324° 153° 288°
April 305° 280° 240° 275° 293°
May 130° 187° 171° 020°
June 124° 205° 214° 171°
July 296° 219° 212° 146°
August 165° 196° 163° 177°
September 176° 190° 187° 238°
October 295° 266° 316° 292°
November 248° 274° 265° 235°
December 269° 204° 249° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.