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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
139 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2008


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...THE ROCHESTER MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2008...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2008


 WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         59   1033 AM  80    2003  61     -2       55
  MINIMUM         40    637 AM  21    1915  40      0       45
  AVERAGE         50                        50      0       50

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.03          1.18 1968   0.07  -0.04      T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.92                      0.67   1.25     1.54
  SINCE SEP 1      3.67                      3.79  -0.12     8.94
  SINCE JAN 1     26.40                     26.84  -0.44    37.93

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1967   0.0    0.0      0.0
                                      1932
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       T      0.0       T
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       15                        15      0       15
  MONTH TO DATE  107                       118    -11       32
  SINCE SEP 1    223                       326   -103      144
  SINCE JUL 1    235                       399   -164      161

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1       38
  SINCE SEP 1     50                        27     23      124
  SINCE JAN 1    497                       473     24      740
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 WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    82           900 PM
 LOWEST     33          1100 AM
 AVERAGE    58

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THE ROCHESTER MN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        85      1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        22      1987


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 10 2008.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT
OCTOBER 11 2008.......SUNRISE   720 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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