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SXUS73 KARX 201023
RERRST

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
523 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...WETTEST MAY EVER IN ROCHESTER MN...

SINCE 1 AM THIS MORNING...0.15 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THIS RAISED THEIR MAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL TO
8.53 INCHES.  THIS IS THE WETTEST MAY EVER RECORDED IN THE ROCHESTER
AREA.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 8.41 INCHES IN 1982.  PRECIPITATION
RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1886.

THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP TEN WETTEST MAYS IN ROCHESTER.

             WETTEST MAYS
           IN ROCHESTER MN
              1886-2013

             PRECIPITATION
    RANK         TOTAL          YEAR
    ----     -------------      ----
      1       8.53 INCHES       2013+
      2       8.41 INCHES       1982
      3       7.42 INCHES       1888
      4       7.38 INCHES       2000
      5       7.28 INCHES       1945
      6       7.18 INCHES       2001
      7       7.14 INCHES       1915
      8       6.70 INCHES       1970
      9       6.53 INCHES       1960
     10       6.42 INCHES       1938

    + THROUGH 4 AM ON MAY 20TH

MAY 2013 IS NOW TIED WITH JUNE OF 2004 FOR THE 13TH WETTEST CALENDAR
MONTH.  THE WETTEST CALENDAR MONTH IS AUGUST OF 2007 WHEN 14.07
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.  THIS MONTH IS THE WETTEST CALENDAR
MONTH SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2010 WHEN 9.11 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.

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