Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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000 CXUS53 KARX 030830 CLSRST CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 330 AM CST MON JUN 3 2019 ...ANOTHER COLD AND WET METEOROLOGICAL SPRING AT ROCHESTER MN... DURING THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING OF 2019, IT WAS COLD (4.2F COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL) AND WET (4TH WETTEST AND 6TH TIME THIS DECADE TO BE AMONG THE 25 WETTEST SPRINGS) AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MORE DETAILS ON THESE STATISTICS CAN BE FOUND BELOW. TEMPERATURES - FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 41.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 4.2 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 45.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 50.7F. THIS WAS 4.7F COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 55.4F. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 32.4F. THIS WAS 3.6F COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 36.0F. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2019. SPRING 2019 TEMPERATURES IN ROCHESTER MN AVERAGE DEPARTURE MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL ----- ----------- ----------- MARCH 25.9 DEGREES -6.5 DEGREES APRIL 44.8 DEGREES -1.9 DEGREES MAY 53.9 DEGREES -4.2 DEGREES SPRING 41.5 DEGREES -4.2 DEGREES THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 86F ON MAY 31. THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS -1F ON MARCH 3. THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 58F ON MAY 16 AND MAY 31. THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS -17F ON MARCH 3 AND MARCH 4. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE <= 32 ON 11 DAYS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE >= 90 ON 0 DAYS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE <= 32 ON 38 DAYS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE <= 0 ON 6 DAYS PRECIPITATION - 4TH WETTEST FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 14.82 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS 6.07 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 8.75 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 4TH WETTEST SPRING. THIS IS THE 6TH TIME THIS DECADE (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, AND 2019) AND THE 8TH TIME THIS CENTURY THAT A SPRING HAS BEEN AMONG THE 25 WETTEST SPRINGS. BELOW ARE THE 10 WETTEST SPRINGS IN ROCHESTER MN. WETTEST SPRINGS IN ROCHESTER MN 1886-2019 PRECIPITATION RANK TOTAL YEAR ---- ------------ ---- 1 21.90 INCHES 2013 2 15.87 INCHES 2001 3 15.09 INCHES 1888 4 14.82 INCHES 2019 5 14.57 INCHES 1990 6 14.35 INCHES 1945 7 12.85 INCHES 1982 8 12.60 INCHES 1999 9 12.37 INCHES 1973 10 12.06 INCHES 1938 THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2019. SPRING 2019 PRECIPITATION IN ROCHESTER MN PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- MARCH 1.47 INCHES -0.41 INCHES APRIL 3.93 INCHES +0.69 INCHES MAY 9.42 INCHES +5.79 INCHES - 2ND WETTEST SPRING 14.82 INCHES +6.07 INCHES - 4TH WETTEST THE WETTEST DAY WAS MAY 27TH WHEN 3.33 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 39 DAYS (42.4%) AND TRACE AMOUNTS ON 10 DAYS (10.9%). SNOWFALL - FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, THE SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 13.0 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS 1 INCH SNOWIER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 12.0 INCHES. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2019. SPRING 2019 SNOWFALL IN ROCHESTER MN SNOWFALL DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- MARCH 4.8 INCHES -3.9 INCHES APRIL 8.2 INCHES +4.9 INCHES MAY 0.0 INCHES 0.0 INCHES SPRING 13.0 INCHES +1.0 INCH THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS ON APRIL 10 WHEN 4.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 9 DAYS (9.8%) AND TRACE AMOUNTS ON 9 DAYS (9.8%). ................................... ...THE ROCHESTER MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 05/31/1934 LOW -31 03/01/1962 HIGHEST 86 05/31 MM MM 95 05/28 LOWEST -17 03/04 MM MM 5 03/08 03/03 AVG. MAXIMUM 50.7 55.4 -4.7 AVG. MINIMUM 32.4 36.0 -3.6 33.5 MEAN 41.5 45.7 -4.2 43.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 6 DAYS MAX <= 32 11 6.7 4.3 14 DAYS MIN <= 32 38 32.6 5.4 52 DAYS MIN <= 0 6 1.3 4.7 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 14.82 8.75 6.07 9.28 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.10 0.06 DAYS >= .01 39 33.8 5.2 30 DAYS >= .10 22 18.6 3.4 19 DAYS >= .50 9 5.5 3.5 5 DAYS >= 1.00 5 1.6 3.4 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.33 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 13.0 12.0 1.0 LIQUID EQUIV 1.30 MM MM SINCE 7/1 86.8 51.9 34.9 DAYS >= TRACE 18 8.4 9.6 DAYS >= 1.0 6 3.3 2.7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 25 03/02 24 HR TOTAL 4.1 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2157 1809 348 SINCE 7/1 MM 7670 MM COOLING TOTAL 17 34 -17 SINCE 1/1 17 34 -17 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/080 DATE 04/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/070 DATE 04/11 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 40 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 24 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 28 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 14 LIGHT RAIN 40 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 18 SLEET 1 FOG 49 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ BOYNE