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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
807 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 13.9 INCHES...THROUGH 730 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 MAY 5 1944/

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

IT CURRENTLY RANKS 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         13.9 INCHES      5/02/2013
      7         13.5 INCHES      2/27/1893
      8         13.0 INCHES      4/26/1988
      9         12.0 INCHES     11/30/1934

OTHER RECORDS BROKEN TODAY INCLUDE...

THE LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 2ND...33 DEGREES. THIS ALSO
MAKES IT THE LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR ANY DAY IN THE MONTH OF
MAY. THE PREVIOUS LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN MAY WAS 36
DEGREES...ON MAY 1ST 1940.

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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