SXUS73 KDMX 110100 RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 800 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2025 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT OTTUMWA FOR MONDAY MARCH 10... A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA IOWA FOR MONDAY MARCH 10. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2021. && WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE OTTUMWA AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO GENERAL LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1923 NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL JANUARY 31, 1948. AT THAT POINT, OBSERVATIONS WERE MOVED TO THE OTTUMWA AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 1, 1948 WHERE THEY REMAIN UNTIL PRESENT. $$ SMALL SXUS73 KDMX 110633 RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 133 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2025 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT OTTUMWA FOR MONDAY MARCH 10... A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA, IOWA FOR MONDAY MARCH 10. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2021. && WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE OTTUMWA AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO GENERAL LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1923 NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL JANUARY 31, 1948. AT THAT POINT, OBSERVATIONS WERE MOVED TO THE OTTUMWA AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 1, 1948 WHERE THEY REMAIN UNTIL PRESENT. $$