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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
202 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2001

        ...RECORD TEMPERATURE TIED AT DES MOINES AND OTTUMWA...

DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE STATE...TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN 
CLIMBED WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR JANUARY.

CITY               RECORD         PREVIOUS RECORD AND DATE 
DES MOINES      59 AT 140 PM            59 IN 1934 TIED
OTTUMWA         63 AT 113 PM            63 IN 1944 TIED

...THE FOLLOWING STILL HAVE A FEW DEGREES TO GO...

                   CURRENT                RECORD 
WATERLOO        58 AT 140 PM            60 IN 1944
LAMONI          61 AT 146 PM            62 IN 1934
MASON CITY      54 AT 150 PM            57 IN 1944


READINGS MAY CLIMB EVEN HIGHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. A 
COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF NEW RECORDS CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON IF TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE. ON A SIDE NOTE...THIS
IS THE 6TH TEMPERATURE RECORD THAT HAS BEEN TIED OR BROKEN THIS MONTH
IN DES MOINES. 

SJT