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Typical Ames May Weather 1991–2020 |
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|---|---|---|
| Average daily high | 71.9 °F | |
| Average daily low | 49.9 °F | |
| Average monthly precipitation | 5.1 inches | |
| Daily chance of precipitation | 42.8% | |
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Ames May Weather Records 1893–2024 |
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|---|---|---|
| Highest temperature | 104 °F | May 30, 1934 |
| Lowest temperature | 18 °F | May 4, 1907 |
| Highest daily low | 73 °F | May 31, 1934 |
| Lowest daily high | 34 °F | May 3, 2013 |
| Hottest average high temperature | 84.5 °F | 1934 |
| Coldest average high temperature | 63.9 °F | 1935 |
| Most daily precipitation | 4.9 inches | May 22, 2004 |
| Most monthly precipitation | 12.3 inches | 1944 |
| Day | Average (°F) | Record (°F) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | High | Low | |
| May 1 | 66.4 | 44.1 | 90 | 26 |
| May 2 | 66.9 | 44.4 | 89 | 26 |
| May 3 | 67.2 | 44.8 | 89 | 24 |
| May 4 | 67.6 | 45.1 | 92 | 18 |
| May 5 | 68.0 | 45.4 | 93 | 30 |
| May 6 | 68.3 | 45.8 | 93 | 29 |
| May 7 | 68.6 | 46.2 | 89 | 25 |
| May 8 | 69.0 | 46.6 | 94 | 31 |
| May 9 | 69.3 | 47.1 | 94 | 28 |
| May 10 | 69.6 | 47.4 | 93 | 27 |
| May 11 | 69.9 | 47.8 | 97 | 27 |
| May 12 | 70.3 | 48.2 | 91 | 29 |
| May 13 | 70.6 | 48.7 | 91 | 30 |
| May 14 | 71.1 | 49.1 | 94 | 31 |
| May 15 | 71.5 | 49.5 | 92 | 33 |
| May 16 | 72.0 | 49.9 | 92 | 31 |
| May 17 | 72.4 | 50.3 | 91 | 34 |
| May 18 | 72.9 | 50.7 | 94 | 34 |
| May 19 | 73.1 | 51.1 | 94 | 29 |
| May 20 | 73.4 | 51.4 | 93 | 30 |
| May 21 | 73.6 | 51.7 | 90 | 33 |
| May 22 | 74.0 | 52.0 | 100 | 32 |
| May 23 | 74.3 | 52.3 | 93 | 34 |
| May 24 | 74.6 | 52.6 | 97 | 34 |
| May 25 | 75.0 | 53.0 | 100 | 33 |
| May 26 | 75.3 | 53.3 | 98 | 36 |
| May 27 | 75.8 | 53.8 | 98 | 34 |
| May 28 | 76.2 | 54.3 | 98 | 32 |
| May 29 | 76.6 | 54.7 | 100 | 31 |
| May 30 | 76.9 | 55.1 | 104 | 37 |
| May 31 | 77.1 | 55.4 | 103 | 36 |