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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1244 AM CST WED FEB 28 2024

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AT OTTUMWA AND LAMONI FOR TUESDAY 
FEBRUARY 27...

A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA IOWA
FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72 
DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1976.

A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS SET AT LAMONI IOWA 
FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72 DEGREES
WHICH OCCURRED IN 1976.

NOTE...BOTH PREVIOUS RECORDS WERE IDENTICAL...72 DEGREES IN 1976.

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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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