SXUS73 KDMX 032300
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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
559 PM CDT FRI MAY 03 2013

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

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 3.5 INCHES WAS SET AT DES MOINES IA TODAY. THIS 
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.2 INCHES SET IN 1907.

THE 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY MAY SNOW TOTAL 
FOR DES MOINES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3.4 INCHES SET 
YESTERDAY...MAY 2 2013. 

THE 6.9 INCHES OF SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS IS 
ALSO THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF SNOW EVER RECEIVED IN THE MONTH OF MAY 
FOR DES MOINES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.3 INCHES SET DURING MAY OF 
1907.

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KS

SXUS73 KDMX 040634
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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 AM CDT SAT MAY 04 2013

...RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES IA...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ONLY 
REACHED 35 DEGREES ON MAY 3. THIS IS SIX DEGREES COLDER 
THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 41 DEGREES SET 
ON THIS DATE IN 1967.

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AWB