SXUS99 KDSM 090038
RERDSM

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
638 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2001

            ...NEW RECORDS ABOUND ACROSS IOWA...

THERE IS ONLY ONE RECORD THAT NEEDED UPDATING...YET HERE IS THE 
FINAL LIST OF NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL TWO 
THIRDS OF IOWA.

                NEW RECORD                  PREVIOUS RECORD
DES MOINES      64 AT 244 PM                60 IN 1999
WATERLOO        57 AT 327 PM                51 IN 1902
MASON CITY      54 AT 255 PM                52 IN 1963
LAMONI          62 AT 227 PM                60 IN 1939

...UNOFFICIAL RECORDS BROKEN...

WEBSTER CITY    60 AT 130 PM                56 IN 1963
ESTHERVILLE     58                          52 IN 1990
ATLANTIC        61 AT 300 PM                59 IN 1902

MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR DES MOINES...

THE WARMEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS 65 DEGREES ON 
JANUARY 10 IN 1928 AND ON JANUARY 31ST 1989.

BARLOW