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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
622 AM CST TUE FEB 25 2003

             ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FALL AGAIN...

AS TEMPERATURES BEGAN TO SLIDE LATE LAST NIGHT...A RECORD LOW WAS 
ECLIPSED AT LAMONI. EARLY THIS MORNING RECORD LOWS WERE EITHER SET 
OR TIED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

CITY                   NEW RECORD           OLD RECORD

LAMONI                   -5                 -4 IN 1940

DES MOINES               -5         TIED    -5 IN 1967

OTTUMWA                  -6         TIED    -6 IN 1924

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COOP OBSERVERS SITES

ATLANTIC---KJAN RADIO    -11                -10 IN 1974 

THESE READINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD...AS NORMALLY THE 
COLDEST READINGS OCCUR RIGHT AROUND SUNRISE.

BARLOW/DMX