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Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

DES MOINES

74446

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Event typeevent_typeHeat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id74,446
Episode IDepisode_id13,403
Begin UTCbegin_utc2008-01-06T18:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2008-01-08T03:00:00+00:00
StatestateIOWA
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameDES MOINES
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceASOS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeStrong low pressure in the Plains brought warm air into the region, melting much of the snow cover. Temperatures soared into the 60s near and south of I-80 on January 6-7, 2008. This resulted in record high temperatures at Moline, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeA record high temperature of 61 was set at Burlington, Iowa on January 6, 2008. This shattered the previous record of 53 set in 1961. Another record high temperature was established on January 7 when the maximum reached 65 degrees. This broke the previous record of 61 set in 1900.
Yearyear2,008

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