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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
451 AM CST WED JAN 1 2003

...NEW MONTHLY AND ALL TIME RECORDS FOR DRYNESS...


CITY         NEW MONTHLY RECORD                        OLD RECORD AND DATE

DES MOINES   DRIEST DECEMBER (TRACE PRECIPITATION)     0.09 INCHES 1903         
             LEAST SNOWFALL TIED (0.10 INCHES)         0.10 INCHES 1889

OTTUMWA      DRIEST DECEMBER (0.02)                    0.07 INCHES 1976
             LEAST SNOWFALL TIED (TRACE)               TRACE       2001


             ALL TIME RECORD

DES MOINES   DRIEST MONTH EVER (TRACE DECEMBER 2002)   0.03 INCHES OCT 1952
                                                       0.03 INCHES NOV 1969
             
              


IN ADDITION...DES MOINES CONTINUES ITS ALL TIME RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WITHOUT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AT 50 DAYS (FROM 11/12/02 - 12/31/02).

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