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Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
308 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2013
...7TH COLDEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING IN ROCHESTER MN...
...WETTEST AND SNOWIEST SPRING IN ROCHESTER MN...
COLD AND WET SUMMARIZES THE SPRING OF 2013 VERY WELL. IT WAS THE 7TH
COLDEST SPRING AND THE COLDEST SINCE 1996. IN ADDITION, IT WAS THE
WETTEST AND SNOWIEST EVER RECORDED. MORE DETAILS ON THESE
STATISTICS CAN BE FOUND BELOW.
TEMPERATURES - 7TH COLDEST SPRING - COLDEST SINCE 1996
FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 39.9 DEGREES. THIS WAS 5.8 DEGREES
COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 45.7 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE 7TH
COLDEST SPRING AND THE COLDEST SINCE 1996 /39.7 DEGREES/. THE TABLE
BELOW LISTS THE TOP 10 COLDEST SPRINGS IN ROCHESTER MN.
COLDEST SPRINGS
IN ROCHESTER MN
1886-2013
AVERAGE
RANK TEMPERATURE YEAR
---- ----------- ----
1 36.6 DEGREES 1888
2 39.2 DEGREES 1950
3 39.3 DEGREES 1892
4 39.4 DEGREES 1893
5 39.5 DEGREES 1965
6 39.7 DEGREES 1996
7 39.9 DEGREES 2013
8 40.2 DEGREES 1984
9 40.3 DEGREES 1909
10 40.4 DEGREES 1997
40.4 DEGREES 1975
40.4 DEGREES 1937
THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2013.
SPRING 2013 TEMPERATURES
IN ROCHESTER MN
AVERAGE DEPARTURE
MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL
----- ----------- -----------
MARCH 23.8 DEGREES -8.6 DEGREES - 11TH COLDEST
APRIL 40.2 DEGREES -6.5 DEGREES - 8TH COLDEST
MAY 55.7 DEGREES -2.4 DEGREES -
SPRING 39.9 DEGREES -5.8 DEGREES - 7TH COLDEST
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 48.2 DEGREES. THIS WAS 7.2 DEGREES
COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 55.4 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE 3RD
COLDEST AND THE COLDEST SINCE 1965 /47.6 DEGREES/. THE COLDEST EVER
OCCURRED IN 1888 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 44.3 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 31.7 DEGREES. THIS WAS 4.3 DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 36.0 DEGREES. THIS WAS COLDEST SINCE 2002 /31.5
DEGREES - 20TH COLDEST/.
THE DAILY TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL ON 65 DAYS /70.6
PERCENT/...ABOVE NORMAL ON 23 DAYS /25.0 PERCENT/...AND NORMAL ON 4
DAYS /4.3 PERCENT/.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE SPRING WAS 97 DEGREES ON MAY 14TH.
ONLY 1934 /106 DEGREES/ HAD A WARMER TEMPERATURE DURING A SPRING.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE SPRING WAS -4 DEGREES ON MARCH 7TH.
THIS WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN A SPRING SINCE 2008 /-8 DEGREES/.
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH...
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR BELOW 19 DAYS - 5TH MOST
MOST SINCE 1975
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE 1 DAY
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR BELOW 51 DAYS - 9TH MOST
MOST SINCE 1996
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 0 DEGREES OR BELOW 2 DAYS
MOST SINCE 2009
PRECIPITATION - WETTEST SPRING
FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
RECEIVED 21.90 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS 13.15 INCHES
WETTER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 8.75 INCHES. THIS WAS THE
WETTEST SPRING EVER RECORDED IN ROCHESTER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
15.87 INCHES IN 2001. THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP 10 WETTEST
SPRINGS IN ROCHESTER MN.
WETTEST SPRINGS
IN ROCHESTER MN
1893-2013
TOTAL
RANK PRECIPITATION YEAR
---- ------------- ----
1 21.90 INCHES 2013
2 15.87 INCHES 2001
3 15.09 INCHES 1888
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
BY MID-APRIL, THE RECORD PRECIPITATION HAD ALLEVIATED THE SEVERE
/D2/ DROUGHT WHICH HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AUTUMN
OF 2012.
THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2013.
SPRING 2012 PRECIPITATION
IN ROCHESTER MN
1886-2013
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL
----- ------------ -----------
MARCH 2.85 INCHES +0.97 INCHES - 16TH WETTEST
APRIL 6.79 INCHES +3.55 INCHES - 2ND WETTEST
MAY 12.26 INCHES +8.63 INCHES - WETTEST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD
8.42 INCHES IN
1982
SPRING 21.90 INCHES +13.15 INCHES - WETTEST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD
15.87 INCHES
IN 2001
THE WETTEST SPRING DAY WAS 2.43 INCHES FROM MAY 17TH. THIS WAS THE
5TH WETTEST SPRING DAY AND THE WETTEST SINCE APRIL 11 2001
/3.75 INCHES - 3RD WETTEST/. THE WETTEST SPRING DAY OCCURRED ON MAY
17 2000 WHEN 4.02 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH...
0.01 INCHES OR MORE 48 DAYS - MOST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD 47 DAYS
IN 1965
0.10 INCHES OR MORE 34 DAYS - MOST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD 31 DAYS
IN 1888
0.50 INCHES OR MORE 15 DAYS - MOST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD 12 DAYS
IN 1888
1.00 INCHES OR MORE 8 DAYS - MOST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD 7 DAYS
IN 1999
SNOWFALL - SNOWIEST SPRING
FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, THE SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 42.2 SNOW. THIS WAS 30.2 INCHES ABOVE
THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 12.0 INCHES. THIS WAS SNOWIEST SPRING EVER
RECORDED IN ROCHESTER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 36.1 INCHES IN 1951.
THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP 10 SNOWIEST SPRINGS IN ROCHESTER MN.
SNOWIEST SPRINGS
IN ROCHESTER MN
1893-2013
TOTAL
RANK SNOWFALL YEAR
---- -------- ----
1 42.2 INCHES 2013
2 36.1 INCHES 1951
3 30.0 INCHES 1952
4 29.1 INCHES 1962
5 29.0 INCHES 1985
6 27.6 INCHES 1983
7 26.2 INCHES 1956
8 23.7 INCHES 1958
9 23.4 INCHES 1961
10 23.1 INCHES 2005
THE GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A SINGLE CALENDAR DAY WAS 14.0 INCHES ON
MAY 2ND. THIS TIED 1893 /APRIL 20TH/ AND 1934 /MARCH 30TH/ AS THE
SECOND GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL IN A SPRING. THE MOST EVER IN A
SPRING WAS 19.8 INCHES IN 2005 /MARCH 18TH/.
THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2013.
SPRING 2013 SNOWFALL
IN ROCHESTER MN
SNOWFALL DEPARTURE
MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL
----- ------------ -----------
MARCH 23.5 INCHES +14.8 INCHES
APRIL 4.2 INCHES + 0.9 INCHES
MAY 14.5 INCHES +14.5 INCHES - MOST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD
2.0 INCHES
IN 1944
SPRING 42.2 INCHES +30.2 INCHES - MOST EVER
PREVIOUS RECORD
36.1 INCHES
IN 1951
CLOUD COVER -
NUMBER OF DAYS...
CLEAR 0 TO 3 TENTHS 32 DAYS
PARTLY CLOUDY 4 TO 7 TENTHS 29 DAYS
CLOUDY 8 TO 10 TENTHS 31 DAYS
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE -
THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS 29.44 INCHES ON APRIL 18TH.
THE HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS 30.50 INCHES ON MAY 2ND
WIND DATA -
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 12.4 MPH.
THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON MAY 19TH.
...................................
...THE ROCHESTER CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2013 TO 5/31/2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED
VALUE DATE(S)
................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST 97 05/14
LOWEST -4 03/07
AVG. MAXIMUM 48.2
AVG. MINIMUM 31.7
MEAN 39.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 1
DAYS MAX <= 32 19
DAYS MIN <= 32 51
DAYS MIN <= 0 2
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 21.90R
DAYS >= .01 48
DAYS >= .10 34
DAYS >= .50 15
DAYS >= 1.00 8
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 2.43 MM
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 42.2R
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4
DAYS >= TRACE 26
DAYS >= 1.0 9
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 15
24 HR TOTAL 14.0 MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 2314
COOLING TOTAL 30
.................................
WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/230 DATE 05/19
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
$$
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