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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1136 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2026
..DECEMBER 2025 WAS DRIER AND COLDER THAN NORMAL AT ROCHESTER, MN
..DECEMBER 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - MUCH COLDER THAN NORMAL
DURING DECEMBER 2025, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 18°F AT ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE 1991-2020 NORMAL IS 20.8°F. THIS WAS
2.8°F COLDER THAN NORMAL. THIS WAS THE COLDEST DECEMBER SINCE 2022
(17.2°F).
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 26.8°F. THE 1991-2020 NORMAL IS
28°F. THIS WAS 1.2°F COLDER THAN NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 9.2°F. THE 1991-2020 NORMAL IS
13.6°F. THIS WAS 4.4°F COLDER THAN NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING THE FIRST HALF (FIRST 16 DAYS) OF
DECEMBER WAS 13.4°F. THIS WAS 9.9°F COLDER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL
OF 23.3°F. THIS WAS TIED WITH 2008 FOR THE 21ST COLDEST FIRST HALF
OF A DECEMBER. THE COLDEST FIRST HALF OF A DECEMBER OCCURRED IN 1919
WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS -0.7°F.
THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 40°F ON DECEMBER 16.
THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 0°F ON DECEMBER 13.
THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 31°F ON DECEMBER 27.
THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS -13°F ON DECEMBER 14.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 0°F ON 7 DAYS. THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE
IS 7 DAYS.
PRECIPITATION - DRIER THAN NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 0.94 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THIS WAS 0.34 INCHES
BELOW THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 1.28 INCHES.
THE WETTEST DAY WAS 0.43 INCHES ON DECEMBER 28.
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 12 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON
ANOTHER 6 DAYS.
SNOWFALL - LESS SNOW THAN NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 9 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED BY THE OFFICIAL NWS
SNOWFALL OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 3.4
INCHES BELOW THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 12.4 INCHES.
THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS 5.2 INCHES ON DECEMBER 28.
MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 12 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON ANOTHER 4
DAYS.
SNOW DEPTH - 20TH HIGHEST AVERAGE
THE AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH WAS 5 INCHES NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THIS WAS 1.5 INCHES GREATER THAN THE LONG-TERM (1940-2025)
AVERAGE OF 3.5 INCHES.
..DECEMBER 2025 RECORDS
NONE.
..LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES IN ROCHESTER RANGE FROM 22 TO 24°F. THE
COLDEST NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES OCCUR FROM JANUARY 10 THROUGH
JANUARY 26. THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 6 TO 9°F. THE
COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES OCCUR FROM JANUARY 18 THROUGH JANUARY 30.
THE WARMEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD WAS 58°F ON JANUARY 25,
1944, AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS -42°F ON JANUARY 7, 1887.
THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY IS 14.7°F (COLDEST MONTH).
ROCHESTER’S WARMEST JANUARY OCCURRED IN 2006 WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 28.1°F, AND THEIR COLDEST JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1912
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -3.8°F (COLDEST MONTH EVER RECORDED).
THE NORMAL JANUARY PRECIPITATION IS 0.99 INCHES (DRIEST MONTH ON
AVERAGE). THE WETTEST JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1888 WITH 2.92 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION AND THE DRIEST JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1961 WITH JUST 0.07
INCHES. THE WETTEST JANUARY DAY OCCURRED ON JANUARY 6, 1888, WHEN
1.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.
THE NORMAL JANUARY SNOWFALL IS 12.2 INCHES (2ND SNOWIEST MONTH ON
AVERAGE). THE SNOWIEST JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1996 WITH 30.2 INCHES OF
SNOW AND THE LEAST SNOW WAS 0.8 INCHES IN 2006. THE SNOWIEST JANUARY
DAY OCCURRED ON JANUARY 22, 1982, WHEN 15.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
BOYNE
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