The summer heat is on starting today and for the next few days with highs expected well into the 90s. This would be the warmest temperatures to date for the year. The featured chart displays the yearly maximum daily high temperature for Ames. An overall average is plotted along with a trailing 30 year average. The red bars are years above the long term average and blue bars below. There have been very few recent years above long term average these past 30 years, so it is no wonder that the trending average is going down!

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