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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1115 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2025
..FEBRUARY 2025 WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN ROCHESTER MN
..FEBRUARY 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - COLDER THAN NORMAL
DURING FEBRUARY 2025, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 16°F. THIS WAS 2.7°F COLDER THAN THE 1991-
2020 NORMAL OF 18.7°F. THIS WAS THE LARGEST COLD ANOMALY IN A MONTH
SINCE FEBRUARY 2022 (ALSO 2.7°F COLDER THAN NORMAL). THIS WAS THE
COLDEST FDEBRUARY SINCE 2022 (13.9°F). 6 OUT OF LAST 10 FEBRUARYS
WERE COLDER THAN NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 24.8°F. THIS WAS 1.9°F COLDER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 26.7°F. THIS WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 2022
(24.2°F). 6 OUT OF LAST 10 FEBRUARYS WERE COLDER THAN NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 7.2°F. THIS WAS 3.5°F COLDER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 10.7°F. THIS WAS THE COLDEST SINCE 2022
(3.6°F). 6 OUT OF LAST 10 FEBRUARYS WERE COLDER THAN NORMAL.
THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 50°F ON FEBRUARY 24 AND THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE WAS -19°F ON FEBRUARY 18.
THE TEMPERATURE FELL BELOW 0°F ON 11 DAYS. THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE
(1886-2025) IS 8 DAYS. THIS WAS THE MOST SINCE 2021 (8 DAYS). THE
MOST WAS 23 DAYS IN 1936.
PRECIPITATION - DRIER THAN NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 0.48 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THIS WAS 0.54 INCHES
BELOW THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 1.02 INCHES.
THE WETTEST DAY WAS ON FEBRUARY 24 WITH 0.14 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.
PRECIPITATION FELL ON 14 DAYS (50%). MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL
ON 7 DAYS (25%) AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON ANOTHER 7 DAYS (25%).
SNOWFALL - BELOW NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 5.3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED BY OUR OFFICIAL SNOW
OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 5.4 INCHES
BELOW THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 10.7 INCHES.
THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS ON FEBRUARY 14 WHEN 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
SNOW FELL ON 8 DAYS (28.6%). MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 5 DAYS (25%)
AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON ANOTHER 3 DAYS (10.7%).
SNOW DEPTH - BELOW AVERAGE
THE AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH WAS 1.2 INCHES. THIS WAS 4.7 INCHES BELOW THE
LONG-TERM AVERAGE (1893-2025) OF 5.9 INCHES.
THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 3 INCHES FROM FEBRUARY 15 THROUGH
FEBRUARY 20.
MEASURABLE SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND 15 DAYS (53.6%), NO SNOW ON THE
GROUND 11 DAYS (39.3%), AND A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE GROUND 2 DAYS
(7.1%).
..RECORDS
DAILY RECORDS
FEBRUARY 18 - LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD TIED (-19°F). PREVIOUS RECORD
WAS SET IN 2006. DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEGAN ON JULY 1, 1886.
..LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER WARMS FROM 32°F ON MARCH
1ST TO 48°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE
WARMS FROM 17°F ON THE 1ST TO 30°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE
WARMEST MARCH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD IS 82°F ON MARCH 24, 1910; AND
THE COLDEST IS -31°F ON MARCH 1, 1962.
THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH IS 31.7°F. ROCHESTER’S WARMEST
MARCH OCCURRED IN 2012 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 49.1°F, AND
ITS COLDEST MARCH OCCURRED IN 1888 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
17.4°F.
THE NORMAL MARCH PRECIPITATION IS 2.02 INCHES. THE WETTEST MARCH
OCCURRED IN 1888 WITH 4.02 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND THE DRIEST
OCCURRED IN 1910 WITH JUST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION. THE WETTEST
MARCH DAY OCCURRED ON MARCH 22, 2011, WHEN 2.20 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL. NORMALLY, THERE IS 1 DAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
THE NORMAL MARCH SNOWFALL IS 8.6 INCHES (4TH SNOWIEST MONTH). THE
SNOWIEST MARCH OCCURRED IN 1951 WITH 35.1 INCHES OF SNOW AND THE
LEAST SNOW WAS NO SNOW IN 2010. THE SNOWIEST MARCH DAY OCCURRED ON
MARCH 18, 2005, WHEN 19.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
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