For Ames, December got off to a very wet start with over an inch reported on the first and just a few tenths on the second. It has been dry since then and looks to remain that way into at least next week. The featured chart looks at the accumulated precipitation totals for the site for this year, climatology, and the range of observed values based on the nearest climatological site for Ames. Even with not having precipitation since the second, the month to date total is still well above average.

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