SXUS73 KDMX 040637
RERALO
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1237 AM CST MON MAR 4 2024

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO FOR SUNDAY MARCH 03... 

A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS SET AT WATERLOO,
IOWA FOR SUNDAY MARCH 03. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
70 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1983.

&& 

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE WATERLOO AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO
GENERAL LOCATIONS. THE FIRST AREA WAS IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN
WATERLOO WITH INITIAL RECORDS BEGINNING ON JANUARY 21, 1895 AT A
BUILDING ON THE 600 BLOCK OF MULBERRY STREET. IN APRIL 1911, THE
OBSERVATION LOCATION MOVED TO THE 300 BLOCK OF HIGH STREET WITH THE
FINAL MOVE TO THE 700 BLOCK OF FAIRVIEW AVENUE IN JUNE OF 1914 WHERE
OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 1950. OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS
THEN MOVED TO THE WATERLOO AIRPORT ON MARCH 1, 1950 AND REMAINED
THERE UNTIL PRESENT.

TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL RECORDS ALL BEGAN ON JANUARY
21, 1895.

$$

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SXUS73 KDMX 032333
RERALO
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
530 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2024

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO FOR SUNDAY MARCH 3... 

A DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS SET AT WATERLOO,
IOWA FOR SUNDAY MARCH 3. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 70 
DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1983. THIS ALSO MARKS THE EARLIEST IN THE
YEAR THAT WATERLOO HAS EVER REACHED 80 DEGREES. PREVIOUSLY THE
EARLIEST SUCH OCCURRENCE WAS NEARLY TWO WEEKS LATER...ON MARCH 16 IN
BOTH 2012 AND 2015.

&& 

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE WATERLOO AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO
GENERAL LOCATIONS. THE FIRST AREA WAS IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN
WATERLOO WITH INITIAL RECORDS BEGINNING ON JANUARY 21, 1895 AT A
BUILDING ON THE 600 BLOCK OF MULBERRY STREET. IN APRIL 1911, THE
OBSERVATION LOCATION MOVED TO THE 300 BLOCK OF HIGH STREET WITH THE
FINAL MOVE TO THE 700 BLOCK OF FAIRVIEW AVENUE IN JUNE OF 1914 WHERE
OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 1950. OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS
THEN MOVED TO THE WATERLOO AIRPORT ON MARCH 1, 1950 AND REMAINED
THERE UNTIL PRESENT.

TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL RECORDS ALL BEGAN ON JANUARY
21, 1895.

$$