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RECORD EVENT REPORT..CORRECTED FOR DATE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
247 PM CST MON FEB 6 2012

...RECORD FOR LATEST FIRST ZERO IN DES MOINES BROKEN...

THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE SO FAR AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT THIS WINTER 
SEASON HAS BEEN 1 DEGREE ABOVE ZERO.  THE RECORD FOR THE LATEST 
OCCURRENCE OF A ZERO OR LOWER TEMPERATURE IN DES MOINES WAS ON THE 
6TH OF FEBRUARY IN 1914...WHEN IT WAS 2 BELOW ZERO.  WITH VIRTUALLY 
NO CHANCE OF FALLING TO ZERO BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THE RECORD WILL 
BE BROKEN.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A WINTER IN THE 134 YEARS OF RECORD THAT THE 
TEMPERATURE AT DES MOINES HAS NOT FALLEN TO ZERO OR BELOW.  IT IS 
BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT RECORD MAY FALL AS WELL.

IN ADDITION...THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER TO 
DATE...DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 5TH...HAS BEEN 32.1 DEGREES.  
THIS WINTER HAS BEEN THE WARMEST ON RECORD THUS FAR.  THE PREVIOUS 
RECORD WAS 31.8 DEGREES IN THE WINTER OF 1918-19.

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MS FEB 12