…RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO IA…

A RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES WAS SET AT
WATERLOO YESTERDAY…THURSDAY MAY 2. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 42 DEGREES SET IN 1909.

RECORD EVENT REPORT…CORRECTED FOR DATE AND TIME IN HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 AM CDT FRI MAY 03 2013

…RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES IA FOR MAY 2ND…

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 3.4 INCHES FELL AT DES MOINES IA ON THURSDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF TRACE SET IN 1976.

THE 3.4 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY MAY SNOW TOTAL
FOR DES MOINES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.2 INCHES SET ON MAY 3
1907.

THIS IS ALSO THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF SNOW EVER RECEIVED IN THE MONTH
OF MAY FOR DES MOINES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.3 INCHES SET DURING
MAY OF 1907.

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND WILL ADD TO THE
MONTHLY TOTAL. A RECORD FOR THAT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN THE SNOW ENDS.