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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
929 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2025
..APRIL 2025 WAS WETTER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN ROCHESTER, MN
..APRIL 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - WARMER THAN NORMAL
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 46.4°F AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THIS WAS 1.2°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 45.2°F.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 56.6°F. THIS WAS 1.3°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 55.3°F.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 36.2°F. THIS WAS 1.1°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 35.1°F.
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 74°F ON APRIL 28 AND THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 19°F ON APRIL 8.
PRECIPITATION - 12TH WETTEST
A TOTAL OF 4.85 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 1.33 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1991-
2020 NORMAL OF 3.52 INCHES.
THIS WAS THE 12TH WETTEST APRIL AND THE WETTEST SINCE 2022 (6.83
INCHES - 2ND WETTEST). THE WETTEST APRIL OCCURRED IN 2001 WHEN 7.30
INCHES FELL. THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE 20 WETTEST APRILS IN
ROCHESTER, MN.
20 WETTEST APRILS
IN ROCHESTER MN
1886-2025
PRECIPITATION
RANK TOTAL YEAR
---- ------------- ----
1 7.30 INCHES 2001
2 6.83 INCHES 2022
3 6.79 INCHES 2013
4 6.47 INCHES 1999
6.47 INCHES 1990
6 5.64 INCHES 2014
7 5.51 INCHES 2006
8 5.25 INCHES 1991
9 5.22 INCHES 1929
10 4.95 INCHES 1994
11 4.93 INCHES 2015
12 4.85 INCHES 2025
13 4.68 INCHES 1954
14 4.56 INCHES 1993
15 4.55 INCHES 2017
16 4.54 INCHES 1945
17 4.44 INCHES 1919
18 4.26 INCHES 1973
19 4.17 INCHES 2008
4.17 INCHES 1930
9 OUT OF THE 20 WETTEST APRILS HAVE OCCURRED THIS CENTURY.
THE WETTEST DAY WAS ON APRIL 20 WHEN 1.36 INCHES FELL.
PRECIPITATION FELL ON 14 DAYS. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 12
DAYS AND A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 2 DAYS.
SNOWFALL - BELOW NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED BY THE OFFICIAL SNOW
OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 1.9 INCHES
LOWER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 3.3 INCHES.
SNOWIEST DAY OCCURRED ON APRIL 1 WHEN 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 1 DAY AND A TRACE FELL ON ANOTHER.
SNOW DEPTH - BELOW AVERAGE
THE AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH WAS 0 INCHES NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THIS WAS 0.2 INCHES BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF
0.2 INCHES.
THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS A TRACE ON APRIL 2.
..DAILY RECORDS
APRIL 28 - WETTEST (0.76 INCHES) - PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.63 INCHES
IN 1938 AND 1989
..LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER RISES FROM 62°F ON MAY 1ST
TO 74°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE RISES
FROM 41°F ON THE 1ST TO 53°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL
MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH IS 57.6°F. ROCHESTER’S WARMEST MAY
OCCURRED IN 1934 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 66.2°F, AND ITS
COLDEST MAY OCCURRED IN 1888 WITH AN AVERAGE OF ONLY 49.6°F.
DURING MAY, THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 106°F ON MAY 31, 1934, AND
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 21°F ON MAY 3 IN 1910, AND 1967.
NORMALLY, THERE IS ONLY 1 DAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90°F.
THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR MAY IS 4.35 INCHES. THE WETTEST MAY
OCCURRED IN 2013 WITH 12.26 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. WHILE THE
DRIEST WAS IN 1934 WITH 0.40 OF AN INCH. THE WETTEST MAY DAY WAS
4.02 INCHES ON MAY 17, 2000. NORMALLY, THERE ARE 5 DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS.
BOYNE
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