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RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1012 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

...RECORD WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET ON MONDAY THE 3RD...

WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WAS IN PLACE OVER IOWA COMBINED WITH VERY
WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW KEEPING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES SOME 20 PLUS
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  THIS IS ALSO THE LATEST
WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA ON RECORD.

  CITY        NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM     PREVIOUS RECORD

DES MOINES       73                        69 SET BACK IN 1889
MASON CITY       69                        60 SET BACK IN 1903
WATERLOO         70                        66 SET BACK IN 1900
OTTUMWA          70                        67 SET BACK IN 1997 & 1900

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