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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
146 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012

...RECORD TEMPERATURES SET AT MASON CITY...OTTUMWA AND LAMONI...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MASON CITY TODAY WAS 78 DEGREES. THIS SETS A 
NEW RECORD HIGH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 63 DEGREES SET IN 1911.  A 
RECORD MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO TIED.  THE LOW WEDNESDAY OF 
45 TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 45 SET IN 1973.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN OTTUMWA WAS 81 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW 
RECORD HIGH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 75 DEGREES SET IN 2002.  A 
RECORD MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO SET.  THE LOW WEDNESDAY OF 
51 BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 51 SET IN 1990.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LAMONI TODAY WAS 81 DEGREES.  THIS SET A NEW 
RECORD HIGH.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 77 DEGREES SET IN 2002.  THERE 
IS NO RELIABLE RECORD MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE DATA AVAILABLE FOR 
LAMONI.

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