SXUS73 KDMX 212321 CCA RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 520 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2017 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET OR TIED AT OTTUMWA...LAMONI...AND MASON CITY TODAY... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA TODAY. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 69 SET IN 1930. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES WAS TIED AT LAMONI TODAY. THE STANDING RECORD OF 69 DEGREES WAS LAST SEEN IN 1922. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS ALSO TIED AT MASON CITY TODAY. THE STANDING RECORD OF 59 DEGREES WAS LAST SEEN 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