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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 PM CST TUE FEB 20 2024

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT DES MOINES FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY
20... 

A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES WAS TIED AT DES MOINES,
IOWA FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
64 DEGREES, WHICH LAST OCCURRED IN 1981.

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WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DES MOINES AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO
GENERAL LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED AT THE POLK COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1939, OBSERVATIONS MOVED TO THE DES
MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HAVE REMAINED THERE UNTIL PRESENT.

TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS DATE BACK TO AUGUST 1,
1878 WITH SNOWFALL DATING BACK TO DECEMBER 1, 1884.

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