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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
618 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

...UNPRECEDENTED SNOWFALL FOR ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...

WHAT A STORM FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. THE INFORMATION BELOW SHOWCASES
HOW THIS SNOWSTORM RANKS FROM A MAY PERSPECTIVE...AND ALSO THE
ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR.

THE 13.5 INCHES...THROUGH 130 PM...BREAKS THE FOLLOWING RECORDS...

...DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL FOR MAY 2ND / 0.7 INCHES IN 1954 /

...DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL FOR MONTH OF MAY / 1.2 INCHES IN 1944/

...MAY MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL / 2.0 INCHES MAY 1944 /

IT CURRENTLY TIES AS SIXTH GREATEST ALL-TIME DAILY SNOWFALL. THIS
WILL LIKELY RISE ONCE THE OFFICIAL SNOW TOTAL IS REPORTED.

         ALL-TIME 1-DAY SNOWFALL RECORDS
               ROCHESTER MINNESOTA
                   1886-2013

    RANK          SNOWFALL         YEAR
    ----       -------------      -------
      1         19.8 INCHES      3/18/2005
      2         15.4 INCHES      1/22/1982
      3         15.0 INCHES     12/11/2010
      4         14.0 INCHES      3/30/1934
                                 4/20/1893
      6         13.5 INCHES      5/02/2013
                                 2/27/1893
      8         13.0 INCHES      4/26/1988
      9         12.0 INCHES     11/30/1934


TO PUT THIS SNOWSTORM IN ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE...TODAYS SNOWFALL IN
ROCHESTER SHATTERS THE COMBINED TOTAL FOR ALL PREVIOUS MAY
MEASURABLE SNOW EVENTS. SINCE 1886...THERE WERE 10 MEASURABLE MAY
EVENTS...FOR A TOTAL OF 4.3 INCHES. TODAYS SNOWFALL IS OVER 3 TIMES
THAT.

FURTHER CLIMATE AND RECORD INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED ONCE TOTALS ARE
CONFIRMED AND THE SNOW ENDS.

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