There is still time to go back and review how the year 2025 stacked up. The featured chart presents the number of days per year that the high temperature was at least the given threshold value for Ames. The orange bars show the 2025 totals with the blue bars + labels representing the maximum value and which year(s) it occurred. The yellow dots show a simple long term average and the triangles show the minimum total on record. The year 2025 is shown above average for all plotted thresholds below 97°F. Totals for the previous year around 80°F are not far from record values. This chart is indicative of a climate change trend for Iowa, which is an increase in warm days, but not much for really hot days due to increased humidity levels during the summer.

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