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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1259 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

...RECORD DECEMBER MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES IA...

ANOTHER 2.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT 
OVERNIGHT...BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE MONTH TO 27.7 INCHES. THIS 
BREAKS THE ALL TIME DES MOINES RECORD FOR DECEMBER SNOWFALL...WHICH 
WAS PREVIOUSLY 26.9 SET IN 2000. THE 27.7 INCH TOTAL IS ALSO THE 
THIRD HIGHEST CALENDAR MONTH SNOWFALL ON RECORD FOR DES 
MOINES...ONLY BEHIND MARCH 1912 WITH 28.0 INCHES...AND JANUARY 1886 
WITH 37.0 INCHES.

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LEE