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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
145 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES FOR TUESDAY AUGUST
11... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS SET AT DES
MOINES, IOWA FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 11. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 75 DEGREES WHICH LAST 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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