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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
733 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...14TH WETTEST CALENDAR MONTH IN ROCHESTER MN...

THROUGH 5 AM ON MAY 20TH...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS
RECEIVED 8.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  THIS IS THE WETTEST MAY EVER
AND IT IS TIED WITH JUNE 2004 FOR THE 14TH WETTEST CALENDAR MONTH.

            WETTEST MONTHS
           IN ROCHESTER MN

            PRECIPITATION
     RANK       TOTAL            MONTH
     ----   -------------        -----
       1     14.07 INCHES      AUGUST 2007
       2     12.51 INCHES      JUNE 2000
       3     12.33 INCHES      JULY 1978
       4     11.99 INCHES      JUNE 1914
       5     10.50 INCHES      SEPTEMBER 1986
       6     10.46 INCHES      JULY 1981
       7      9.95 INCHES      SEPTEMBER 2010
       8      9.66 INCHES      JULY 1938
       9      9.52 INCHES      AUGUST 1979
      10      9.27 INCHES      JUNE 1990
      11      9.11 INCHES      OCTOBER 1911
      12      9.00 INCHES      JULY 1997
      13      8.74 INCHES      JULY 1999
      14      8.53 INCHES      MAY 2013
              8.53 INCHES      JUNE 2004
      16      8.41 INCHES      MAY 1982
      17      8.34 INCHES      JUNE 1967
      18      8.29 INCHES      JULY 1990
      19      8.20 INCHES      JUNE 2002
      20      8.14 INCHES      JULY 1951

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