AmesAMW
At an airfield/2.5 mi away/919 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
55F
Clear
- Feels like
- 55 F
- Wind
- 6 mph
- Gust
- 15 mph
- Humidity
- 55%
Now, today, and the week
7 days ahead
Now
55
Today
68
39
Clear, wind 15 mph S
Mon
67
44
Partly cloudy, wind 8 mph SSE
Tue
69
44
1%
Clear, wind 9 mph SE
Wed
73
48
1%
Clear, wind 8 mph
Thu
74
51
1%
, wind 7 mph
Fri
74
54
3%
, wind 13 mph
Sat
73
56
17%
, wind 10 mph
HighLow
Wed2026-10-21
Clear, 73 over 48, wind to 8 mph
- High
- 73 F
- Low
- 48 F
- Rain
- 1%
- Wind
- 8 mph
- Sunrise
- 7:33 am
- Sunset
- 6:24 pm
- Ultraviolet
- 4
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Ames, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Ames (I-35)RAMI4
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/1,027 ft/106 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/5.6 mi away/1,073 ft/152 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Ames ScanAMMI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/1,073 ft/152 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/36.7 mi away/903 ft/18 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ames 0.8 ENEIA-SR-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/929 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ames 5 SEAESI4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/863 ft/58 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Iowa
14 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.