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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1242 AM CST MON DEC 25 2023

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT OTTUMWA FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER
24... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 44 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA,
IOWA FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 24. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
42 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1982.

&& 

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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