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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1116 AM CST MON DEC 1 2025
..NOVEMBER 2025 CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR ROCHESTER, MN
..NOVEMBER 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - WARMER THAN NORMAL
DURING NOVEMBER, ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 36.2°F. THIS WAS 2.6°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-2020
NORMAL OF 33.6°F.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 44.2°F. THIS WAS 2.5°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 41.7°F.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 28.3°F. THIS WAS 2.7°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 25.6°F.
THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 69°F ON NOVEMBER 14.
THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 22°F ON NOVEMBER 30.
THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 38°F ON NOVEMBER 24.
THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 13°F ON NOVEMBER 28.
PRECIPITATION - DRIER THAN NORMAL
DURING NOVEMBER, 1.52 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 0.28 INCHES BELOW THE 1991-2020
NORMAL OF 1.80 INCHES.
THE WETTEST DAY WAS ON NOVEMBER 29 WHEN 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
FELL.
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 10 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON
ANOTHER 3 DAYS.
SNOWFALL - 17TH SNOWIEST
DURING NOVEMBER, A 9.7 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED BY THE OFFICIAL
SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 5.2
INCHES BELOW THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 4.5 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 17TH
SNOWIEST NOVEMBER AND THE SNOWIEST SINCE 2019 (13.1 INCHES).
THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS NOVEMBER 29 WHEN 7.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THIS
NOT ONLY EASILY SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS SNOW RECORD FOR THE DAY (3.8
INCHES IN 1988), BUT IT WAS THE 5TH LARGEST ONE-DAY NOVEMBER
SNOWFALL. IT WAS THE LARGEST ONE-DAY SNOWFALL SINCE MARCH 15, 2021
(7.9 INCHES), AND THE LARGEST NOVEMBER ONE-DAY SNOWFALL SINCE
NOVEMBER 10, 2006 (10.5 INCHES).
ON NOVEMBER 29-30, 8.2 INCHES OF THIS SNOW FELL. THIS WAS 8TH
LARGEST 2-DAY NOVEMBER SNOWFALL. THIS WAS THE LARGEST 2-DAY SNOWFALL
SINCE FEBRUARY 23-24, 2019 (12.1 INCHES) AND THE GREATEST NOVEMBER 2-
DAY SNOWFALL SINCE NOVEMBER 10-11, 2006 (10.5 INCHES - 5TH LARGEST
NOVEMBER 2-DAY SNOWFALL).
MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 6 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON ANOTHER 2
DAYS.
..NOVEMBER 2025 RECORDS
DAILY -
NOVEMBER 14 - RECORD HIGH OF 69°F - PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 68°F IN 1990
NOVEMBER 29 - SNOW - 7.6 INCHES - PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3.8 INCHES IN
1988
..LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER STARTS OFF AT 34°F ON
DECEMBER 1ST AND FALLS TO 24°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL
LOW TEMPERATURE STARTS OFF AT 19°F ON THE 1ST AND FALLS TO 9°F BY
THE END OF THE MONTH. THE WARMEST DECEMBER TEMPERATURE ON RECORD IS
64°F ON DECEMBER 4, 2017, AND DECEMBER 15, 2021, AND THE COLDEST IS -
33°F ON DECEMBER 19, 1983.
THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER IS 20.8°F. ROCHESTER’S
WARMEST DECEMBER OCCURRED IN 1931 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
30.7°F, AND ITS COLDEST DECEMBER OCCURRED IN 1983 WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 2.9°F.
THE NORMAL DECEMBER PRECIPITATION IS 1.28 INCHES. THE WETTEST
DECEMBER OCCURRED IN 2010 WITH 3.68 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND THE
DRIEST DECEMBER OCCURRED IN 1943 WITH ONLY A TRACE. THIS TIED MARCH
1910 AND JUNE 1910 FOR THEIR DRIEST MONTH. THE WETTEST DECEMBER DAY
OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 11, 2010, WHEN 1.36 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
FELL.
THE NORMAL DECEMBER SNOWFALL IS 12.4 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER
OCCURRED IN 2010 WITH 41.3 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS THEIR SNOWIEST
MONTH. THE LEAST SNOW WAS A TRACE IN 1913 AND 1943. THE SNOWIEST
DECEMBER DAY OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 11, 2010, WHEN 15 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL.
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