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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
139 AM CDT WED OCT 30 2024

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER
29... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES WAS SET AT DES
MOINES, IOWA FOR TUESDAY OCTOBER 29. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 66 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1946.

&& 

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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