992 
SXUS99 KMLI 191204
RERMLI

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
703 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003


...PRELIMINARY REPORT...


...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...

COOL AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES CAUSED
TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO UNSEASONABLE LEVELS BY DAYBREAK. NORMAL LOWS
FOR MID JULY ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.  IN EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS MOST LOCATIONS REPORTED TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
50S THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW AREAS REPORTING READINGS IN THE UPPER
40S.

NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE ESTABLISHED AT DUBUQUE IOWA AND
MOLINE ILLINOIS.

AT DUBUQUE THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 50 DEGREES AT 434 AM...THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 52 DEGREES WAS SET IN 1929.

AT MOLINE THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 52 DEGREES AT 453 AM...THE
PREVIOUS RECORD LOW OF 53 WAS SET IN 1979.

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