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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ames, Spain
Ames climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean14°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,559 mm144 wet days a year
42.90° N, 8.66° WElevation 113 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goAmes · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low20° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ames has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 25° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 1,559 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (183 mm, 18 wet days) and July the driest (36 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 26% in July to 47% in December.
Compared with Madrid, the capital, Ames is 7.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · August
- Coldest nights
- 5° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 26% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 20 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 13° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 14° |
| Average low | 6° | 5° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 183 mm | 144 mm | 133 mm | 129 mm | 121 mm | 55 mm | 36 mm | 47 mm | 96 mm | 196 mm | 189 mm | 230 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 17.5 | 13.1 | 15 | 13.7 | 11.9 | 7.5 | 6 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 15.3 |
| Cloud cover | 45% | 42% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 32% | 26% | 27% | 32% | 43% | 46% | 47% |
| Daylight | 9h 22 | 10h 33 | 11h 53 | 13h 23 | 14h 38 | 15h 20 | 15h 03 | 13h 58 | 12h 32 | 11h 06 | 9h 46 | 9h 02 |
| Month score | 33 | 42 | 52 | 64 | 68 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 62 | 46 | 36 |
ivMonth by month
Ames in every month
January33
13° / 6°
183 mm · 17.5 wet days
February42
14° / 5°
144 mm · 13.1 wet days
March52
16° / 6°
133 mm · 15 wet days
April64
18° / 8°
129 mm · 13.7 wet days
May68
21° / 10°
121 mm · 11.9 wet days
June81
23° / 12°
55 mm · 7.5 wet days
July86
25° / 14°
36 mm · 6 wet days
August84
25° / 14°
47 mm · 6.4 wet days
September82
24° / 13°
96 mm · 7.3 wet days
October62
20° / 11°
196 mm · 14.2 wet days
November46
15° / 8°
189 mm · 16.3 wet days
December36
14° / 6°
230 mm · 15.3 wet days