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SXUS99 KDSM 250035
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
735 PM CDT THU JUN 24 2004
                                                                                
...RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUMS SET OR TIED IN CENTRAL IOWA...
                                                                                
AN UNSEASONABLY COOL DAY FOR LATE JUNE LED TO HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT
APPROACHED RECORDS FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THIS DATE.
OTTUMWA SET A NEW RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM WITH A HIGH OF 64
DEGREES. THIS BROKE THEIR RECORD OF 65 SET IN 1967. WATERLOO TIED
THEIR RECORD LOW MAXIMUM WITH A HIGH OF 63...SET IN 1967. OTHER
SITES IN CENTRAL IOWA CAME CLOSE TO BREAKING THEIR RECORDS AS WELL.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE THUS FAR
TODAY...AND THE CORRESPONDING RECORD AT EACH SITE.
                                                                                
                TODAYS     RECORD
CITY             HIGH      LOW MAX  YEAR
DES MOINES        67       65       1967
WATERLOO          63       63       1967     *TIED*
MASON CITY        64       63       1967
OTTUMWA           64       65       1967     *NEW RECORD*
LAMONI            70       69       1967
                                                                                
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