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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1244 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2026
..RECORD HIGH SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES FOR THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19
A DAILY RECORD HIGH SNOWFALL OF 5.0 INCHES WAS SET AT DES MOINES,
IOWA FOR THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF
4.3 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED IN 2010.
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.
-TDR
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