This Day in Weather History January 8

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

2003: Unseasonably warm weather brought temperatures into the 60s across about the southern half of Iowa resulting in record temperatures in many areas. At Des Moines the temperature reached 67 F which is the warmest January reading on record at that location. Other reported high temperatures included 60 F at Sioux City and Waterloo, 64 F at Cedar Rapids and Onawa, 65 F at Atlantic and Iowa City, 66 F at Glenwood and Fort Madison, 67 F at Fairfield and Keosauqua, and 70 F at Indianola.

Source: National Weather Service