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SXUS99 KDSM 012329 CCA
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
627 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2003
                                                                                
...IT WAS A RECORD WARM AND DRY AUGUST IN DES MOINES...
                                                                                
THE AUGUST RAINFALL TOTAL FOR DES MOINES WAS 0.31 INCHES. THIS IS
THE 3RD DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR DES MOINES. THE DRIEST AUGUST
WAS 0.14 INCHES IN 1909.
                                                                                
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DES MOINES FOR AUGUST WAS 77.8 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE 14TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR DES MOINES.
                                                                                
                                                                                
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