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SXUS99 KDSM 160643 CCA
RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTION FOR OTTUMWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
141 AM CDT MON AUG 16 2004
                                                                                
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN SUNDAY MORNING...
                                                                                
TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO RECORD LOWS ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA SUNDAY
MORNING.  COOL HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEAR SKIES ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO
FALL SOME 20 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              45              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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