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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
615 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 2026
..JULY 2026 WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT ROCHESTER MN
..JULY 2026 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - 11TH WARMEST JULY AND 14TH WARMEST MONTH.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 74.1°F AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THIS WAS 3.6°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 70.5°F.
THIS WAS THE 11TH WARMEST JULY. BELOW ARE THE 20 WARMEST JULYS IN
ROCHESTER MN.
20 WARMEST JULYS
IN ROCHESTER MN
1886-2026
RANK AVG. TEMP YEAR
---- --------- ----
1 77.7°F 1936
2 77.3°F 1916
3 77.2°F 1955
4 77.1°F 2012
5 75.6°F 1935
6 75.2°F 1949
7 75.1°F 2011
8 75.0°F 1957
9 74.5°F 1974
10 74.3°F 2006
11 74.1°F 2026
12 74.0°F 1931
13 73.9°F 1983
14 73.8°F 1964
73.8°F 1914
16 73.7°F 1976
73.7°F 1943
73.7°F 1887
19 73.6°F 1988
73.6°F 1987
THIS WAS THE WARMEST MONTH SINCE JULY 2012 (77.1°F) AND THE 14TH
WARMEST MONTH.
4 OUT OF THE TOP 11 WARMEST JULYS HAVE OCCURRED THIS CENTURY.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 83.4°F. THIS WAS 3.1°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 80.3°F.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 64.9°F. THIS WAS 4.1°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 60.8°F. THIS WAS THE 5TH WARMEST AND THE
WARMEST SINCE 2012 (66.7°F - WARMEST)
THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94°F ON JULY 27. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE
WAS 55°F ON JULY 22 AND JULY 23.
THERE WERE 6 DAYS IN WHICH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED
90°F. THE 1991-2020 NORMAL IS 2 DAYS.
RAINFALL - 5TH WETTEST
A TOTAL OF 8.84 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THIS WAS 4.65 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF
4.19 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 5TH WETTEST JULY. WETTEST JULY SINCE 1997
(9 INCHES - 4TH WETTEST). 18TH WETTEST MONTH. WETTEST SINCE JUNE
2024 (9.89 INCHES - 9TH WETTEST MONTH) BELOW ARE THE 10 WETTEST
JULYS IN ROCHESTER MN.
10 WETTEST JULYS
IN ROCHESTER MN
1886-2026
RANK RAINFALL YEAR
---- -------- ----
1 12.33 INCHES 1978
2 10.46 INCHES 1981
3 9.66 INCHES 1938
4 9.00 INCHES 1997
5 8.84 INCHES 2026
6 8.74 INCHES 1999
7 8.29 INCHES 1990
8 8.14 INCHES 1951
9 7.38 INCHES 2019
10 7.24 INCHES 1987
A TOTAL OF 5.60 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE 1ST HALF (JULY 1-16)
OF JULY. THIS WAS THE 2ND WETTEST FIRST 10 DAYS OF JULY. ONLY 1978
WAS WETTER WITH 7.81 INCHES.
MEASURABLE RAIN FELL ON 9 DAYS (29%) AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON
ANOTHER DAY (3.2%).
THE WETTEST DAY WAS 2.34 INCHES ON JULY 31.
..JULY 2024 RECORDS
DAILY RAINFALL
JULY 1 - 1.47 INCHES - PREVIOUS RECORD 1.31 INCHES IN 1961
JULY 2 - 1.82 INCHES - PREVIOUS RECORD 1.34 INCHES IN 1933
JULY 31 - 2.34 INCHES - PREVIOUS RECORD 1.67 INCHES IN 1938
..LOOKING AHEAD TO AUGUST
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER FALLS FROM 79°F ON AUGUST
1ST TO 76°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE
FALLS FROM 60°F ON THE 1ST TO 56°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE
NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH IS 68.2°F. ROCHESTER’S HOTTEST
AUGUST OCCURRED IN 1947 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 77°F, AND
THEIR COLDEST AUGUST OCCURRED IN 1992 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 63.1°F.
FOR AUGUST, THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS 100°F ON AUGUST 3,
1930, AUGUST 15, 1936, AUGUST 4, 1947, AUGUST 23, 1948, AND AUGUST
24, 1948, AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 32°F ON AUGUST 30, 1915.
NORMALLY, THERE IS ONLY 1 DAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90°F.
THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST IS 4.12 INCHES. THE WETTEST
AUGUST OCCURRED IN 2007 WHEN 14.07 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AND THE
DRIEST OCCURRED IN 1941 WHEN 0.31 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST
AUGUST DAY WAS 5.16 INCHES ON AUGUST 18, 2007. NORMALLY, THERE ARE 6
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
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