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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
428 PM CST WED JAN 8 2003

...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AGAIN ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...

SITE         TEMPERATURE    PREVIOUS RECORD

DES MOINES       67           64 IN 2002  
LAMONI           66           62 IN 2002
MASON CITY       57           54 IN 2002
OTTUMWA          69           64 IN 1939
WATERLOO         60           57 IN 2002
WEBSTER CITY     61           61 IN 2002

DES MOINES SET A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF 
JANUARY.  THE OLD RECORD WAS 65 DEGREES...SET ON JANUARY 26TH 2002 
AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

BOTH LAMONI AND OTTUMWA EXPERIENCED THEIR 2ND HIGHEST JANUARY 
TEMPERATURES ON RECORD.  THE ALL-TIME JANUARY HIGHS FOR BOTH CITIES 
WERE SET ON JANUARY 31ST 1989.  LAMONI HAD 70 DEGREES...WHILE 
OTTUMWA HAD 71.

GRAMS