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metmike: Who would like it if we could go back to the "old" much harsher climate before this current climate optimum began?
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On this date in #IowaWeather History: The earliest measurable snow recorded in Iowa occurred...September 16, 1881. 
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This image is from the War Department depicting the surface low track from Sept 14-17, 1881. #iawx https://nws.weather.gov/blog/nwsdesmoines/2014/09/16/snow-in-september/
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