639 SXUS73 KDMX 031405 RERDSM RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 800 AM CDT MON NOV 3 2008 ...RECORD WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED IN DES MOINES... AT 458 AM...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT BOTTOMED OUT AT 56 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE IN DES MOINES...SET BACK IN 1981. IN ADDITION...RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY WILL BE THREATENED WITH FORECASTED HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S. THE RECORD HIGH FOR DES MOINES IS 76 SET IN 1978. $$ BF