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RERDSM
                                                                                
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
800 AM CDT SAT AUG 21 2004
                                                                                
...MORE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES...
COOL AUGUST READINGS OF RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE FELT IN
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IOWA.  ESTERVILLE'S LOW OF 36 BROKE THE
PREVIOUS LOW OF 45 DEGREES SET IN 1949.  MASON CITY'S MERCURY ALSO
PLUMMETED TO 36 DEGREES AND THE RECORD LOW HAD BEEN 41 SET IN 1925.
WATERLOO LOWERED TO 39 DEGREES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 43 SET IN
1950.
                                                                                
                                                                                
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