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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1244 AM CST THU FEB 20 2025

...RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT OTTUMWA FOR WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 19... 

A DAILY RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 8 DEGREES WAS TIED AT
OTTUMWA, IOWA FOR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 8 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1929.

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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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