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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1218 AM CST SAT DEC 23 2023

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER
22... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 46 DEGREES WAS SET AT DES
MOINES, IOWA FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER 22. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 45 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1885.

&& 

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DES MOINES AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO
GENERAL LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED AT THE POLK COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1939, OBSERVATIONS MOVED TO THE DES
MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HAVE REMAINED THERE UNTIL PRESENT.

TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS DATE BACK TO AUGUST 1,
1878 WITH SNOWFALL DATING BACK TO DECEMBER 1, 1884.

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