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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
149 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009

...RECORD DAILY MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES IA...

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON 
AUGUST 8TH WAS 80 DEGREES. THIS SETS THE RECORD FOR THE MAX MINIMUM 
TEMPERATURE ON THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 79 DEGREES BACK IN 
1896. 

THE LAST TIME THE LOW TEMPERATURE IN DES MOINES REMAINED AT 80 
DEGREES OR ABOVE OCCURRED ON JULY 24TH 2005. BEFORE THAT...THE 
PREVIOUS 80 DEGREE LOW OCCURRED ON AUGUST 17TH 1983. A LOW 
TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR ABOVE HAS BEEN RECORDED 27 TIMES IN DES 
MOINES...DATING BACK TO 1878. THE WARMEST MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 
RECORDED IN DES MOINES IS 83 DEGREES WHICH HAS OCCURRED ON THREE 
OCCASIONS...ALL IN THE EARLY 1930S.


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DONAVON