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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
155 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES...

A RECORD HIGH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET AT THE DES MOINES
AIRPORT ON THE 24TH OF JULY.  THE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY WAS A
VERY WARM 80 DEGREES.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR HIGHEST OVERNIGHT LOW
FOR THE 24TH WAS 77...SET IN 1934.

OVER THE LAST 127 YEARS OF RECORD...A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES
OR WARMER HAS OCCURRED IN DES MOINES IN 17 DIFFERENT YEARS...OR AN
AVERAGE OF ONCE EVERY 7 YEARS.  THE LAST TIME AN OVERNIGHT LOW OF 80
DEGREES OR HIGHER OCCURRED IN DES MOINES WAS BACK ON THE 17TH OF
AUGUST OF 1983 WITH A LOW OF 80 DEGREES.  THAT OCCURRED THE MORNING
AFTER A RECORD HIGH OF 108 DEGREES OCCURRED.

THE HIGHEST OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN DES MOINES IS
83 DEGREES.  THIS OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN HISTORY...ON THE 26TH OF JULY
IN 1930...THE 3RD OF AUGUST OF 1930...AND THE 21ST OF JULY IN
1934.

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