SXUS73 KDMX 172301 CCA RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 500 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2017 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AT OTTUMWA AND LAMONI TODAY... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA TODAY. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68 SET IN 2011. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS ALSO SET AT LAMONI TODAY. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 70 SET IN 1930. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON DATA AS OF 5 PM. AN UPDATE WILL BE SENT IF HIGHER TEMPERATURES ARE RECORDED BY THE END OF THE DAY. $$ MARTIN SXUS73 KDMX 172312 CCA RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 510 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2017 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AT OTTUMWA AND LAMONI TODAY... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA TODAY. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68 SET IN 2011. IN ADDITION...TODAY HAS ALSO TIED THE SECOND WARMEST FEBRUARY DAY ON RECORD...TRAILING ONLY FEBRUARY 24TH OF 1930 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HIT 78 DEGREES. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS ALSO SET AT LAMONI TODAY. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 69 SET IN 2011. IT ALSO TIED THE SECOND WARMEST FEBRUARY DAY ON RECORD...TRAILING ONLY FEBRUARY 24TH OF 1930 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HIT 79 DEGREES. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON DATA AS OF 5 PM. AN UPDATE WILL BE SENT IF HIGHER TEMPERATURES ARE RECORDED BY THE END OF THE DAY. $$ MARTIN