SXUS73 KDMX 280642
RERALO
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1241 AM CST SAT DEC 28 2024

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER
27... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 41 DEGREES WAS SET AT
WATERLOO, IOWA FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER 27. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 40 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2003.

&& 

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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