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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
931 AM CDT MON NOV 1 2009
..SNOWIEST OCTOBER IN ROCHESTER MN
DURING OCTOBER 2009...THE OFFICIAL SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 7.9 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS
6.9 INCHES GREATER THAN THE OCTOBER NORMAL OF 1.1 INCHES. THIS WAS
THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER IN ROCHESTER.
THE TABLE BELOW PROVIDES THE TEN SNOWIEST OCTOBERS IN ROCHESTER MN.
SNOWIEST OCTOBERS
IN ROCHESTER MN
1886-2009
SNOWFALL
RANK TOTAL YEAR
---- ------------- ----
1 7.9 INCHES 2009+
2 6.6 INCHES 1929
3 5.5 INCHES 1917
4 5.4 INCHES 1979
5 4.5 INCHES 1991
6 4.0 INCHES 1930
7 2.9 INCHES 1976
8 2.6 INCHES 1989
9 2.3 INCHES 1995
10 2.2 INCHES 1981
+ IN A PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED ON
OCTOBER 24TH...IT WAS STATED THAT THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER
IN ROCHESTER OCCURRED BACK IN 1887 WITH 10.0 INCHES.
SINCE THAT STATEMENT WAS ISSUED...THERE HAS BEEN AN
EXTENSIVE SEARCH TO AUTHENTICATE /NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA
CENTER...MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE...AND ON
STATION/ THAT RECORD. SINCE NO OFFICIAL FORM HAS BEEN
FOUND...THIS SNOWFALL AMOUNT WILL BE NO LONGER CONSIDERED
OFFICIAL AND THE OCTOBER 2009 SNOWFALL OF 7.9 INCHES WILL
NOW BE CONSIDERED THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER IN ROCHESTER.
BOYNE
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