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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1043 PM CST TUE DEC 2 2025

...RECORD HIGH SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES FOR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29...


A DAILY RECORD HIGH SNOWFALL OF 8.9 INCHES WAS SET AT DES MOINES,
IOWA FOR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
2.6 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1886.

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WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DES MOINES AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO
GENERAL LOCATIONS. INITIAL RECORDS WERE STARTED AT THE POLK COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1939, OBSERVATIONS MOVED TO THE DES
MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HAVE REMAINED THERE UNTIL PRESENT.

TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS DATE BACK TO AUGUST 1,
1878 WITH SNOWFALL DATING BACK TO DECEMBER 1, 1884.

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