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RERALO

RECORD EVENT REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

627 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2026



...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT WATERLOO FOR MARCH... 



A MONTHLY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS TIED AT WATERLOO,

IOWA FOR MARCH. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES WHICH

OCCURRED IN 1986.



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WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE WATERLOO AREA HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM TWO

GENERAL LOCATIONS. THE FIRST AREA WAS IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN

WATERLOO WITH INITIAL RECORDS BEGINNING ON JANUARY 21, 1895 AT A

BUILDING ON THE 600 BLOCK OF MULBERRY STREET. IN APRIL 1911, THE

OBSERVATION LOCATION MOVED TO THE 300 BLOCK OF HIGH STREET WITH THE

FINAL MOVE TO THE 700 BLOCK OF FAIRVIEW AVENUE IN JUNE OF 1914 WHERE

OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 1950. OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS

THEN MOVED TO THE WATERLOO AIRPORT ON MARCH 1, 1950 AND REMAINED

THERE UNTIL PRESENT.



TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL RECORDS ALL BEGAN ON JANUARY

21, 1895.



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