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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
137 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2023

...RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT OTTUMWA FOR THURSDAY OCTOBER
26... 

A DAILY RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES WAS SET AT OTTUMWA,
IOWA FOR THURSDAY OCTOBER 26. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
58 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2000.

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WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE OTTUMWA AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO GENERAL
LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1923 NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL JANUARY 31, 1948. AT THAT POINT,
OBSERVATIONS WERE MOVED TO THE OTTUMWA AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 1,
1948 WHERE THEY REMAIN UNTIL PRESENT.



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