The flow pattern over the contiguous US so far this January has kept the really cold air away from Iowa. The featured chart presents the daily high and low temperature departures from period of record averages for Ames. The top panel presents the averages and 2023 observations with the bottom panel showing the departures. Little time has been spent below average so far and the near term forecast does not contain much for bitter cold temperatures.

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