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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
649 AM CST MON MAR 4 2002

...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN ON MARCH 3RD... 

COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS YEAR RESULTED IN RECORD LOWS FOR 
MARCH 3RD.

CITY                 RECORD LOW             OLD RECORD       

MASON CITY           -6                     -5 IN 1978 
OTTUMWA              -4                      0 IN 1943 
LAMONI               -2          TIES       -2 IN 1943

UNOFFICIAL RECORD
ATLANTIC             -6                     -5 IN 1975

IN ADDITION...DES MOINES SET A RECORD FOR THE LOWEST HIGH 
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED ON THE 3RD OF MARCH WITH 9 DEGREES. THE 
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 11 DEGREES SET IN 1893.  THIS WILL BE THE FINAL 
REPORT UNLESS ANOTHER RECORD IS BROKEN.                                           
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