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SXUS99 KDSM 192119
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
420 PM CDT SUN OCT 19 2003
                                                                                
...RECORDS TUMBLE IN IOWA...
                                                                                
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATUES WERE SET AT MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL
IOWA.  AN UNUSUAL SUMMERLIKE PATTERN SENT TEMPERATURES TO THE 90
DEGREE MARK AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.  BELOW IS A PRELIMINARY LIST OF
RECORDS HIGHS SET TODAY.  A FINAL LIST WILL BE SENT EARLY THIS
EVENING.
                                                                                
STATION        HIGH TODAY      OLD RECORD AND YEAR
ALGONA             86               80 IN 1958
ESTHERVILLE        87               83 IN 1953
MASON CITY         84               81 IN 2000
ANKENY             86               82 IN 2000
AMES               85               82 IN 2000
AUDUBON            88               83 IN 1924
BOONE              84               82 IN 2000
CARROLL            90               84 IN 1903
DES MOINES         85               83 IN 1924
ATLANTIC           88               83 IN 1924
CHARITON           86               85 IN 1963
WEBSTER CITY       87               83 IN 2000
                                                                                
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