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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
637 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2002

        ...NEW RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES SET IN OTTUMWA...

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE WERE ONCE AGAIN COOL EARLY THIS MORNING 
AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE MIDWEST...DROPPING TEMPERATURES INTO THE
LOWER TO MID 30S.  A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED AT 
OTTUMWA WITH A FEW OTHER STATIONS COMING VERY CLOSE.


                NEW RECORD  TIME                OLD RECORD  DATE

OTTUMWA             34      0506                    37      1929


...CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE A RECORD...

DES MOINES          37                              35      1888
LAMONI              38                              33      1916
MASON CITY          30                              27      1929
WATERLOO            35                              29      1929
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