142 SXUS99 KDSM 042007 RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 205 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2005 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT MASON CITY AND DES MOINES... THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...NEW RECORD HIGHS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AT DES MOINES AND MASON CITY. DES MOINES HAS REACHED 61 DEGREES WHICH BREAKS THE RECORD OF 60 DEGREES SET IN 1925. MEANWHILE... MASON CITY HAS REACHED 53 DEGREES WHICH TOPS THE OLD RECORD OF 51 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1964. THESE ARE PRELIMINARY HIGHS AS READINGS MAKE CONTINUE TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING LATER THIS EVENING. $$ COGIL