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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1241 AM CST SAT DEC 28 2024

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT OTTUMWA FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER
27...

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 44 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA,
IOWA FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER 27. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
40 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2003.

&&

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE OTTUMWA AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO GENERAL
LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1923 NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL JANUARY 31, 1948. AT THAT POINT,
OBSERVATIONS WERE MOVED TO THE OTTUMWA AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 1,
1948 WHERE THEY REMAIN UNTIL PRESENT.



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