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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
308 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...IMPRESSIVE HEAT ACROSS IOWA TODAY...

READINGS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA HAVE
BREACHED 100 DEGREES TODAY. SIOUX CITY HAS REACHED AT LEAST 106 DEGREES
WITH ESTHERVILLE AND SPENCER BOTH AT 103 DEGREES. THIS IS THE
EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF 106 DEGREES IN IOWA SINCE SAC CITY HIT 108
DEGREES ON MAY 29 1934.

HISTORICALLY...THERE HAVE BEEN 11 YEARS IN IOWA SINCE 1873 WHERE
TEMPERATURES HAVE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF
MAY. 1934 SAW THE MOST DAYS WITH 10 DATES REACHING THE CENTURY
MARK. 1934 ALSO SAW THE HIGHEST MAY READING ON RECORD WITH 111
DEGREES AT INWOOD SET ON MAY 30.

THIS MONTH ALSO NOW MARKS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT SNOW HAS
OCCURRED IN THE SAME MONTH AS 100 DEGREE HEAT IN IOWA. MAY 1967
SAW 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN GLENWOOD ON THE 3RD WITH TEMPERATURES
HITTING 100 DEGREES IN ONAWA ON THE 24TH AND 104 DEGREES IN SIOUX
CENTER ON THE 25TH. IN APRIL 1980...SNOW FELL ON A SEVERAL
DIFFERENT DAYS EARLY IN THE MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES HITTING 100
DEGREES IN FORT DODGE AND WATERLOO ON THE 22ND.

HISTORICAL DATA PROVIDED IN THIS STATEMENT WAS PROVIDED BY HARRY
HILLAKER...IOWA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST.

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