SXUS73 KDMX 140657 RERALO RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1245 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT WATERLOO IA... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.32 INCHES WAS SET AT WATERLOO IA YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.18 SET IN 1952. THE RECORD RAINFALL OF 3.32 INCHES AT WATERLOO ALSO BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE WETTEST DECEMBER DAY...AND ALSO THE WETTEST DAY EVER BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST DECEMBER DAY WAS 5 DECEMBER 1982 WITH 1.68 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST DAY IN OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL WAS 25 APRIL 2008 WITH 3.05 INCHES OF RAIN. $$ MJB