SXUS73 KDMX 101841 RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1242 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES IA... THE TEMPERATURE AT DES MOINES IA REACHED 78 DEGREES AT 1235PM THIS AFTERNOON...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 77 SET IN 1927. THE TEMPERATURE MAY RISE ANOTHER FEW DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...AND AN UPDATED STATEMENT ON THE FINAL HIGH TEMPERATURE WILL BE SENT OUT THIS EVENING. $$ KS