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SXUS99 KDSM 092239
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
438 PM CST WED JAN 9 2001

...STILL ANOTHER RECORD SETTING DAY IN IOWA...

THICKENING CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF IOWA COULD NOT PREVENT 
TEMPERATURES FROM RISING TO RECORD HEIGHTS AY SEVERAL LOCATIONS 
ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. MILD PACIFIC AIR PUSHED TEMPERATURES UP 
TO RECORD LEVELS LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

                NEW RECORD                 PREVIOUS RECORD

DES MOINES      57 AT 203 PM                55 IN 1928  
MASON CITY      49 AT 324 PM                46 IN 1933

..............UNOFFICIAL RECORDS..............

ATLANTIC        58 AT 130 PM                51 IN 1896
(KJAN RADIO)

CARROLL         53 AT 1040 AM               45 IN 1963
(KCIM RADIO)

WEBSTER CITY    51 AT 1130 AM               50 IN 1939
(KQWC RADIO)

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LIST OF RECORDS...UNLESS THESE READINGS NEED 
TO BE ADJUSTED UPWARD.

BARLOW/NWS DMX