391 SXUS99 KDSM 082342 RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 641 PM CDT THU JUL 08 2004 ...DAILY RECORD LOW TIED IN ESTHERVILLE... THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING REACHED A COOL 48 DEGREES IN ESTHERVILLE. THIS TIED THEIR PREVIOUS RECORD LOW FOR THIS DATE...SET BACK IN 1953. NEAR-RECORD LOWS WERE ALSO EXPERIENCED IN WATERLOO AND MASON CITY. THESE SITES WERE BOTH JUST ONE DEGREE AWAY FROM THEIR RECORD LOWS. CITY LOW TODAY RECORD ESTHERVILLE 48 48/1953 *TIED* MASON CITY 44 43/1899 WATERLOO 47 46/1922 $$ GRAMS