AmesAMW
At an airfield/2.5 mi away/919 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
57F
Overcast
- Feels like
- 55 F
- Wind
- 6 mph
- Gust
- 18 mph
- Humidity
- 93%
Now, today, and the week
7 days ahead
Now
57
Today
61
56
52%
Heavy drizzle, wind 10 mph ENE
Tue
56
54
14%
Light drizzle, wind 9 mph ENE
Wed
68
47
Overcast, wind 9 mph ESE
Thu
63
53
37%
Light drizzle, wind 10 mph ESE
Fri
67
59
32%
Light rain, wind 16 mph SE
Sat
71
61
44%
Rain, wind 15 mph SSE
Sun
76
62
31%
Overcast, wind 11 mph NNE
HighLow
Fri2026-09-25
Light rain, 67 over 59, 32% chance of rain, wind to 16 mph from the SE
- High
- 67 F
- Low
- 59 F
- Rain
- 32%
- Wind
- 16 mph from the SE
- Sunrise
- 7:05 am
- Sunset
- 7:06 pm
- Ultraviolet
- 3
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 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 now3 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
Ames ScanAMMI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/1,073 ft/152 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
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.