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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1243 AM CST SAT DEC 28 2024

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE TIED AT DES MOINES FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER
27...

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 43 DEGREES WAS TIED AT DES
MOINES, IOWA FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER 27. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
43 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2003.

&&

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DES MOINES AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO
GENERAL LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED AT THE POLK COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1939, OBSERVATIONS MOVED TO THE DES
MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HAVE REMAINED THERE UNTIL PRESENT.

TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS DATE BACK TO AUGUST 1,
1878 WITH SNOWFALL DATING BACK TO DECEMBER 1, 1884.

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