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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
949 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...3RD WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING IN ROCHESTER MN...

THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS
RECEIVED 1.13 INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS RAISED THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING
/MARCH 1ST TO MAY 31ST/ PRECIPITATION TOTAL TO 14.65 INCHES.  THIS
MAKES IT THE THIRD WETTEST SPRING.  THIS SPRING IS JUST 0.44 INCHES
FOR TYING 1888 FOR SECOND PLACE...AND 1.22 INCHES FROM TYING 2001
/15.87 INCHES/ FOR THE WETTEST SPRING EVER RECORDED.

THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP TEN WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS IN
ROCHESTER MN.

    WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS
           IN ROCHESTER MN
              1886-2013

            MARCH 1-MAY 31
            PRECIPITATION
   RANK         TOTAL          YEAR
   ----     -------------      ----
     1       15.87 INCHES      2001
     2       15.09 INCHES      1888
     3       14.65 INCHES      2013+
     4       14.57 INCHES      1990
     5       14.35 INCHES      1945
     6       12.85 INCHES      1982
     7       12.60 INCHES      1999
     8       12.37 INCHES      1973
     9       12.06 INCHES      1938
    10       11.91 INCHES      1991

    + THROUGH 9 AM MAY 17TH

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