Did you know that the highest recorded temperature in Iowa was set in Keokuk on July 20, 1934?
The highest measurement recorded in the Lee County town stood at 118.4 degrees in the shade. Another reading at the Federal Courthouse located at 7th and Blondeau also reached the 118 degree mark.
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