The featured chart presents the daily high and low temperature climatology, 2026 observations, and the departure between the two for Ames. The chart nicely shows the cooler than average weather that dominated the last half of June has been replaced by warmer weather to start off July. The bottom panel, which plots difference between observations and the climatology average, is interesting as while highs and lows generally directionally match, the magnitudes are different with high temperature departures typically having larger absolute values than lows.