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SXUS99 KDSM 201136
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
635 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2003
                                                                                
...LATE RECORD TEMPERATURE REPORTS...
OVER THE PAST WEEKEND SEVERAL RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE
ESTABLISHED ACROSS IOWA. FROM RADIO STATION KJAN IN ATLANTIC TWO
MORE RECORD HIGHS WERE PASSED ALONG THIS MORNING.
                                                                                
ON SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER A NEW RECORD HIGH OF 86 WAS SET...THE OLD
RECORD WAS 84 SET IN 1924 AND 1950.
                                                                                
ON SUNDAY THE MERCURY ROSE TO 88 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD OF 83
SET BACK IN 1924.
                                                                                
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ALTHOUGH RECORD HIGHS FOR THIS DATE ARE SOMEWHAT WARMER THAN THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...TEMPERATURES MAY ONCE AGAIN RISE TO RECORD
LEVELS. LOOK FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE AS THE
DAY UNFOLDS.
                                                                                
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BARLOW/DMX/11