Here are a few of the record highs that were set today across the area.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
0424 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA…
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS
IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 93 SET IN 1932.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
453 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN OMAHA NEBRASKA TODAY…
THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 101 DECREES AT 348 PM AT OMAHA EPPLEY
AIRFIELD TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 96 DEGREES THAT
WAS SET IN 1915. THIS IS ALSO THE EARLIEST 100 DEGREE READING ON
RECORD BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET ON MAY 29 1934 WHEN WE HIT
102.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
420 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
…RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT DES MOINES IA…
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY
WAS 94 AT 309 CDT. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 93 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1988.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
425 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
…RECORD DAILY HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO IA…
A RECORD DAILY HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT
WATERLOO TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 94 DEGREES SET
IN 1932.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
435 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
…RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT MASON CITY…
THE TEMPERATURE AT THE MASON CITY AIRPORT WAS 99 DEGREES TODAY. THIS
BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY OF 92 DEGREES
WHICH WAS SET IN 1998.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
205 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013
…RECORD DAILY AND MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD SMASHED AT
SIOUX CITY IA…
AT 135 PM THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 106 DEGREES AT THE SIOUX CITY
GATEWAY AIRPORT ESTABLISHING A NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
FOR THIS DATE AND A NEW RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH OF MAY.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 97 DEGREES SET IN
2001 AND THE PREVIOUS RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR MAY WAS
105 DEGREES SET ON MAY 30, 1934.