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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1246 AM CST THU FEB 8 2024

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT OTTUMWA FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
07... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA,
IOWA FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 07. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
37 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1996.

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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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