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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
1201 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025  
   
..JULY 2025 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT ROCHESTER MN  
 
   
..JULY 2025 HIGHLIGHTS  
 
TEMPERATURES - WARMER THAN NORMAL  
 
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 72°F.  
THIS WAS 1.5°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 70.5°F. 8 OUT OF  
THE LAST 10 JULYS WERE NEAR NORMAL.  
 
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 81.1°F. THIS WAS 0.8°F WARMER THAN  
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 80.3°F.  
 
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 63°F. THIS WAS 2.2°F WARMER THAN THE  
1991-2020 NORMAL OF 60.8°F. THIS WAS TIED FOR THE 13TH WARMEST WITH  
1983.  
 
THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 88°F ON JULY 23.  
THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 71°F ON JULY 17.  
 
THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 72°F ON JULY 4 AND JULY 22.  
THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 51°F ON JULY 17.  
 
THE TEMPERATURE NEVER REACHED OR EXCEEDED 90°F. THE LONG-TERM  
AVERAGE (1886-2025) IS 4.2 DAYS.  
 
A 23-DAY STRETCH WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 60-DEGREES ENDED ON JULY  
12. THIS STREAK BEGAN ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER (JUNE 20). THIS WAS  
THE 2ND LONGEST. THE ONLY LONGER STRETCH OF DAYS WAS 26 DAYS IN 1955  
(JULY 12-AUGUST 6).  
 
PRECIPITATION - DRIER THAN NORMAL  
 
A TOTAL OF 3.33 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL  
AIRPORT. THIS WAS 0.86 INCHES DRIER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF  
4.19 INCHES.  
 
THE WETTEST DAY WAS JULY 23 WHEN 0.99 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.  
 
RAIN FELL ON 19 DAYS (MEASURABLE FELL ON 15 DAYS AND A TRACE FELL ON  
4 DAYS).  
   
..JULY 2025 RECORDS  
 
NONE.  
   
..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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