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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1113 AM CST FRI DEC 22 2023

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE TIED AT OTTUMWA FOR THURSDAY DECEMBER
21... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS TIED AT
OTTUMWA, IOWA FOR THURSDAY DECEMBER 21. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 38 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1994.

&& 

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE OTTUMWA AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO GENERAL
LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1923 NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL JANUARY 31, 1948. AT THAT POINT,
OBSERVATIONS WERE MOVED TO THE OTTUMWA AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 1,
1948 WHERE THEY REMAIN UNTIL PRESENT.



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