136 SXUS99 KDSM 011556 CCA RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1050 AM CDT FRI OCT 1 2004 ...MONTHLY RECORDS ESTABLISHED IN DES MOINES AND WATERLOO... THE SEPTEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DES MOINES WAS 68.4 DEGREES WHICH TIED THE 17TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. IT WAS ALSO ONLY 0.4 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST. IN WATERLOO...THE SEPTEMBER MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 66.7 DEGREES. THIS TIED AS THE 9TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. IN ADDITION...SEPTEMBER HAD A WARMER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAN AUGUST DID WITH 66.4 DEGREES. THE 0.65 INCHES OF RAIN THAT WATERLOO REPORTED FOR SEPTEMBER MADE IT THE 4TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. $$ BF