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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
131 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2024

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO FOR MONDAY AUGUST 26...

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS SET AT
WATERLOO, IOWA FOR MONDAY AUGUST 26. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 74 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1990.

&&

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE WATERLOO AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO
GENERAL LOCATIONS. THE FIRST AREA WAS IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN
WATERLOO WITH INITIAL RECORDS BEGINNING ON JANUARY 21, 1895 AT A
BUILDING ON THE 600 BLOCK OF MULBERRY STREET. IN APRIL 1911, THE
OBSERVATION LOCATION MOVED TO THE 300 BLOCK OF HIGH STREET WITH THE
FINAL MOVE TO THE 700 BLOCK OF FAIRVIEW AVENUE IN JUNE OF 1914 WHERE
OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 1950. OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS
THEN MOVED TO THE WATERLOO AIRPORT ON MARCH 1, 1950 AND REMAINED
THERE UNTIL PRESENT.

TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL RECORDS ALL BEGAN ON JANUARY
21, 1895.

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