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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
315 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 2009

...EARLIEST INITIAL OCCURRENCE OF 1" OF SNOW SET AT DES MOINES IA...

THE DES MOINES AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 1.1" OF SNOW TODAY. THIS BREAKS 
THE RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF 1" OF SNOW.  THE PREVIOUS 
RECORD WAS OCTOBER 20, 1916. RECORDS FOR SNOWFALL IN DES MOINES HAVE 
BEEN KEPT SINCE 1884.

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