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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
122 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013

...JANUARY 2013 AT ROCHESTER MN...ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION...BUT MUCH BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL...

THE AVERAGE JANUARY TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER WAS 17.5 DEGREES. THIS
WAS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 26.3
DEGREES WHILE THE AVERAGE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.8 DEGREES. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 44 DEGREES ON THE 18TH...WHILE
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 1ST.

A TOTAL OF 0.78 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION FELL DURING THE MONTH
OF JANUARY...WHICH WAS 0.08 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR
TOTAL WAS 0.34 INCHES...WHICH FELL FROM THE 27TH TO 28TH.

SNOWFALL TOTALED JUST 1.9 INCHES...WHICH WAS 10.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. THE GREATEST ONE-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR
JANUARY WAS 1.1 INCHES WHICH FELL ON THE 30TH. SEASONAL SNOWFALL
THROUGH JANUARY 31ST WAS 16.4 INCHES...WHICH WAS 15.0 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL.

...RECORDS...

JANUARY 28TH...THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES TIES THE WARMEST LOW
TEMPERATURE LAST SET IN 1970.

...DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE REGION ALTERNATED FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHWEST DURING THE MONTH...WITH THE MILDER SOUTHWEST FLOW PUSHING
THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE INTO THE ABOVE NORMAL RANGE. THIS EVEN
THOUGH 14 DAYS DURING THE MONTH POSTED BELOW NORMAL DAILY AVERAGES.
OFFSETTING THIS WERE 5 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE 40S...WITH ANOTHER 8 DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S. VERY DRY
WEATHER PREVAILED DURING THE FIRST 3 WEEKS OF THE MONTH AS THE BULK
OF THE MONTHS PRECIPITAITON...0.53 INCHES...FELL DURING THE LAST
WEEK.

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...THE ROCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              58   01/25/1944
 LOW              -42   01/07/1887
HIGHEST            44   01/18        MM      MM       55  01/05
LOWEST            -10   01/01        MM      MM      -12  01/21
AVG. MAXIMUM     26.3              23.6     2.7     31.1
AVG. MINIMUM      8.8               7.7     1.1     14.4
MEAN             17.5              15.7     1.8     22.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     21              22.4    -1.4       16
DAYS MIN <= 32     30              30.5    -0.5       30
DAYS MIN <= 0       7               9.4    -2.4        7

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         4.40   1886
 MINIMUM         0.07   1961
TOTALS           0.78              0.86   -0.08     0.57
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.03    0.00     0.02
DAYS >= .01        10               8.4     1.6       10
DAYS >= .10         3               2.7     0.3        2
DAYS >= .50         0               0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.34   01/27 TO 01/28

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           30.2   1996
TOTALS            1.9              12.0   -10.1      8.1
SINCE 7/1        16.4              31.4   -15.0     16.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1                 6      -5        2
DAYS >= 1.0         1               3.6    -2.6        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         5   01/04                          5  01/26
                        01/03                             01/25
                        01/02                             01/24
 24 HR TOTAL      1.1   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1465              1530     -65
 SINCE 7/1       4183              4608    -425
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              13.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    47/300    DATE  01/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    56/310    DATE  01/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                5     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          3     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               15     SLEET                      1
FOG                      16     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                     17

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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