SXUS73 KDMX 171616 CCA RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1115 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT MASON CITY... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MASON CITY HAS ALREADY REACHED 72 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 69 SET BACK IN 1966. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO AROUND 80 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. AN UPDATED RECORD REPORT WILL BE SENT LATER TODAY WITH FINAL HIGH TEMPERATURE READINGS. $$ FILLBACH SXUS73 KDMX 172252 CCA RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 550 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT MASON CITY... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MASON CITY REACHED 81 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 69 SET BACK IN 1966. $$ SXUS73 KDMX 180654 RERDMX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...RECORD TEMPERATURES SET AT MASON CITY AND OTTUMWA... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MASON CITY REACHED 81 DEGREES YESTERDAY. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 69 SET BACK IN 1966. A RECORD MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO SET. THE LOW SATURDAY OF 53 BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 45 SET IN 1966. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN OTTUMWA REACHED 82 DEGREES YESTERDAY. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 79 SET BACK IN 2009. A RECORD MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO SET. THE LOW SATURDAY OF 59 BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 53 SET IN 1905. $$ SMALL