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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
624 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2002

        ...RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES TIED IN OTTUMWA...

ONCE AGAIN...TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE WERE COOL ENOUGH EARLY 
THIS MORNING TO TIE THE RECORD AT OTTUMWA AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES 
TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER IN THE MIDWEST. ALTHOUGH NOT AS COOL AS THE 
PREVIOUS 2 DAYS BUT COOL ENOUGH TO DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 
30S OVER THE NORTH...TO THE MID AND UPPER 30S ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHERN AREAS. 


               TIED RECORD  TIME                OLD RECORD  DATE

OTTUMWA             38      0443                    38      1931


...CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE A RECORD...

DES MOINES          41                              35      1892
LAMONI              36                              33      1931
MASON CITY          30                              28      1907
WATERLOO            35                              31      1954
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