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SXUS99 KDSM 151455
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
955 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2004
                                                                                
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN THIS MORNING...
                                                                                
ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING...TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO RECORD LOWS ACROSS
CENTRAL IOWA.  COOL HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEAR SKIES ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO FALL SOME 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR.  IF THE COOL WEATHER CONTINUES...THIS COULD BE A RECORD
BREAKING YEAR AS FAR AS THE COOLEST SUMMER IS CONCERNED.
                                                                                
SITE            NEW RECORD LOW      PREVIOUS RECORD
                                                                                
OTTUMWA              46              47 SET IN 1929
WATERLOO             42              42 SET IN 1929
LAMONI               49              50 SET IN 1929
AUDUBON              44              44 SET IN 1992
ANKENY               46              46 SET IN 1994
MARSHALLTOWN         44              45 SET IN 1979
                                                                                
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