892 
SXUS99 KDSM 012243 CCA
RERDSM

RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED DES MOINES DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
435 PM CST TUE APR 1 2003

       

    ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOUND ACROSS IOWA...

HIGH PRESSURE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION WAS PUMPING VERY WARM AIR INTO 
THE MIDWEST ON BRISK SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. ON WEDNESDAY WE 
EXPECT TO SEE TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 80S OVER AT LEAST 
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...ALTHOUGH RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATE 
MAY NOT BE THREATENED.

             NEW RECORD  TIME       PREVIOUS RECORD

WATERLOO        88       326 PM     80 SET IN 1946  
DES MOINES      87       319 PM     83 SET IN 1882
OTTUMWA         85       308 PM     82 SET IN 1946  

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COOP SITE RECORDS

CARROLL         87                  86 SET IN 1956
WEBSTER CITY    86                  77 SET IN 1903 


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