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

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES FOR MONDAY AUGUST
26...

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS SET AT DES
MOINES, IOWA FOR MONDAY AUGUST 26. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
74 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2003.

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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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