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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
347 PM CDT THU OCT 28 2010

...RECORD LONGEST GROWING SEASON IN DES MOINES...

THE LAST FREEZING TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT WAS ON THE
29TH OF MARCH.  THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT HAS NOT
REACHED FREEZING YET THIS FALL. THROUGH YESTERDAY...THIS IS A LENGTH
OF 212 DAYS AND IS THE LONGEST FROST FREE PERIOD OF RECORD AT THE
DES MOINES AIRPORT.  IT IS LIKEY TO FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES BY FRIDAY
MORNING...ENDING THE FROST FREE PERIOD.  IF THE TEMPERATURE AT THE
DES MOINES AIRPORT REACHES 32 DEGREES BEFORE MIDNIGHT CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME...OR 100 AM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME...THE STRING WILL
END AT 212 DAYS.  IT IT OCCURS AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE FROST FREE
PERIOD WILL BE 213 DAYS.

THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR LONGEST GROWING SEASON WAS 211 DAYS IN 1941
FROM THE 30TH OF MARCH THROUGH THE 26TH OF OCTOBER INCLUSIVE.

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MS OCT 10