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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
127 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2023

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES FOR THURSDAY AUGUST
24... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES WAS SET AT DES
MOINES, IOWA FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 24. THIS BREAKS THE MOST RECENT 
RECORD OF 76 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2021.

&& 

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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