UNSEASONABLY HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA ON SATURDAY…WITH SNOW FALLING IN THE NORTHWEST. SEVERAL STATIONS BROKE DAILY RECORDS FOR PRECIPITATION AS INDICATED BELOW.

AT DES MOINES…1.38 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION BROKE THE DAILY RECORD
WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY 0.92 INCHES SET IN 1990. IT WAS ALSO THE
WETTEST DECEMBER DAY AT DES MOINES SINCE 1994…AND THE FOURTH
WETTEST DECEMBER DAY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1878. THE TOP FIVE
WETTEST DECEMBER DAYS ON RECORD AT DES MOINES ARE NOW AS FOLLOWS:

PRECIP SNOWFALL DATE
—— ——– —-
1. 1.48 0.0 12/27/1982
2. 1.46 2.8 12/04/1973
3. 1.43 7.5 12/06/1994
4. 1.38 TRACE 12/03/2011
4. 1.37 1.1 12/31/1931

AT WATERLOO…1.13 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION BROKE THE DAILY RECORD WHICH WAS PREVIUOSLY 0.75 INCHES SET IN 1933. IT WAS ALSO THE WETTEST DECEMBER DAY AT WATERLOO SINCE 1982.

AT OTTUMWA…1.09 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION BROKE THE DAILY RECORD
WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY 0.51 INCHES SET IN 1990.