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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
835 AM CST MON JAN 15 2024

...RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT OTTUMWA FOR SUNDAY JANUARY
14...

A DAILY RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF -9 DEGREES WAS SET AT
OTTUMWA, IOWA FOR SUNDAY JANUARY 14. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF -3 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1979.

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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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