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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1025 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2008

...FEBRUARY 2008 SNOWIEST ON RECORD AT DES MOINES...

FEBRUARY 2008 WAS THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AT DES MOINES. 

SNOWFALL EVENTS ON THE 5TH AND 6TH...THEN AGAIN ON THE 17TH AND 
25TH ACCOUNTED FOR MOST OF THE 22.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL DURING THE 
MONTH. THE 22.7 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT 
OUTRANKED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 21.3 INCHES THAT FELL IN 1962.   

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RUSSELL