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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
940 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2025
..MARCH 2025 WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN ROCHESTER, MN
..MARCH 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - TIED FOR 7TH WARMEST WITH 1977
DURING MARCH 2025, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 38.7°F. THIS WAS 7°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-
2020 NORMAL OF 31.7°F. THIS WAS TIED WITH 1977 FOR THE 7TH WARMEST
MARCH. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MARCH SINCE 2012 (49.1°F - WARMEST).
BELOW ARE THE 10 WARMEST MARCHES IN ROCHESTER, MN.
WARMEST MARCHES
IN ROCHESTER MN
1886-2025
AVERAGE
RANK TEMPERATURE YEAR
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1 49.1°F 2012
2 42.7°F 1910
3 42.5°F 1946
4 39.2°F 2000
39.2°F 1973
6 39.0°F 1945
7 38.7°F 2025
38.7°F 1977
9 38.5°F 2016
10 38.3°F 2010
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 49.5°F. THIS WAS 9.6°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 39.9°F. THIS WAS TIED FOR THE 5TH WARMEST
WITH 1968. THIS WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2012 (58.8°F - WARMEST).
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 28°F. THIS WAS 4.6°F WARMER THAN THE
1991-2020 NORMAL OF 23.4°F. THIS WAS TIED FOR THE 13TH WARMEST WITH
2007, AND THE WARMEST SINCE 2021 (28.9°F - 10TH WARMEST). THE
WARMEST AVERAGE LOW WAS 39.5°F IN 2012.
THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 80°F ON MARCH 28.
THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 26°F ON MARCH 1.
THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 48°F ON MARCH 14.
THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 11°F ON MARCH 2 AND MARCH 6.
THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 80°F ON 1 DAY (MARCH 28). THIS
WAS ONLY THE 4TH MARCH DAY TO REACH OR EXCEED 80°F. THE OTHER DAYS
WERE MARCH 24, 1910 (82°F), MARCH 17, 2012 (81°F), AND MARCH 18,
2012 (80°F).
PRECIPITATION - WETTER THAN NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 2.79 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 0.77 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1991-
2020 NORMAL OF 2.02 INCHES. THIS IS MORE PRECIPITATION THAN WE HAVE
SEEN DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS (1.77 INCHES).
THE WETTEST DAY WAS MARCH 4 WHEN 0.92 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.
PRECIPITATION FELL ON 13 DAYS. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 9
DAYS AND A TRACE FELL ON ANOTHER 4 DAYS.
SNOWFALL - NEAR NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 9.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WAS MEASURED BY THE OFFICIAL NWS
SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 0.9
INCHES ABOVE THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 8.6 INCHES.
THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS MARCH 19 WHEN 5.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
SNOW FELL ON 7 DAYS. MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 4 DAYS AND A TRACE FELL
ON ANOTHER 3 DAYS.
SNOW DEPTH - BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE
A AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH MEASURED BY THE OFFICIAL NWS SNOW OBSERVER NEAR
ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 0.5 INCHES. THIS WAS 2.8 INCHES
BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE (1893-2025) OF 3.3 INCHES.
THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 6 INCHES ON MARCH 20.
..MARCH 2025 DAILY RECORDS
DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS...
MARCH 10 - TIED RECORD HIGH (63°F) - TIED WITH 1977 MARCH 14 - TIED
RECORD HIGH (74°F) - TIED WITH 2012 MARCH 28 - NEW RECORD HIGH
(80°F) - PREVIOUS RECORD 76°F IN 1946
DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS...
MARCH 4 - NEW RECORD PRECIPITATION (0.92 INCHES) - PREVIOUS RECORD
0.70 INCHES IN 1932
..LOOKING AHEAD TO APRIL
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER RISES FROM 48°F ON APRIL
1ST AND WARMS TO 62°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW
TEMPERATURE RISES FROM 30°F ON THE 1ST AND WARMS TO 41°F BY THE END
OF THE MONTH. THE WARMEST APRIL TEMPERATURE ON RECORD IS 92°F ON
APRIL 24, 2009, AND THE COLDEST IS 5°F ON APRIL 6, 1982.
THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL IS 45.2°F. ROCHESTER’S WARMEST
APRIL OCCURRED IN 1915 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 54.5°F, AND
ITS COLDEST APRIL OCCURRED IN 2018 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
34.5°F.
THE NORMAL APRIL PRECIPITATION IS 3.52 INCHES. THE WETTEST APRIL
OCCURRED IN 2001 WITH 7.30 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND THE DRIEST
OCCURRED IN 1946 WITH 0.46 INCHES. THE WETTEST APRIL DAY OCCURRED ON
APRIL 23, 1990, WHEN 3.81 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. NORMALLY,
THERE ARE 3 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
THE NORMAL APRIL SNOWFALL IS 3.3 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST APRIL OCCURRED
IN 2018 WITH 17 INCHES OF SNOW. THE SNOWIEST APRIL DAY OCCURRED ON
APRIL 20, 1893, WHEN 14 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
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