A November Heat Wave

A look at the month ...

November 1999 will go down in the record books as the warmest November ever in many Minnesota communities. Temperatures across the State finished 7 to 9 degrees above the historical average. Some November temperatures can be found in the table below.

November, 1999 was very sunny as well. Solar radiation data gathered on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota show that November, 1999 was the sunniest November of the 37 year record. Only five days in November, 1999 received below average solar radiation.

Many daily temperature records set ...

November 8, 9, and 13 brought extraordinarily warm temperatures to the central United States. Many maximum temperature records were shattered across the Great Plains and Upper Midwest, including nearly every community in Minnesota.

Most November data have yet to be entered into the final climate record, however, here's a sampling of some of the warmer temperatures recorded at official National Weather Service observing sites:

Canby 82 11/9/1999
Olivia 82 11/9/1999
Redwood Fls 82 11/8/1999
Hutchinson 81 11/9/1999
Lamberton 81 11/9/1999
Montevideo 80 11/9/1999
Willmar 80 11/9/1999
Winnebago 80 11/14/1999

(note: date lags are due to the observer's time of observation)

A quick glance at data from unofficial airport locations shows that Appleton, Benson, Hutchinson, Redwood Falls, and St. James all reached 81 or 82 degrees on November 8. Fairmont, Jackson, St. James, and Windom topped 80 degrees on November 13. The Windom station reached 84 degrees on that date.

In the 109 year modern climate record, November temperatures in Minnesota have only reached 80 degrees or more on seven dates. The warmest November temperature ever recorded in Minnesota was 84 degrees at Winona on November 1, 1950.

When the November 1999 data are finalized, November 8, 1999 and November 13, 1999 will be determined to be two of Minnesota's warmest November days ever.

The 77 degree maximum temperature recorded in the Twin Cities on November 8 was approximately three standard deviations above the normal of 46 degrees. The standard deviation is a measure of the year-to-year variability found in a weather element for a given day. Twin Cities maximum daily temperatures for any date exceeded the normal by three or more standard deviations only 39 times in the past 109 years.

Below you will find record event reports released by the National Weather Service. These reports offer information about Minnesota's larger cities and some of the larger border communities.

Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Cloud and Western Wisconsin Record Event Reports

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
105 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE TWIN CITIES...
JUST BEFORE 100 PM THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 73 DEGREES AT THE
MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY...WAS 68 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

CARLYON

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
115 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR ST CLOUD...
JUST AFTER 100 PM THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 71 DEGREES AT THE ST CLOUD
AIRPORT.

THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY...WAS 68 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

CARLYON

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
245 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...77 DEGREES TIES MONTHLY RECORD HIGH FOR THE TWIN CITIES...
JUST BEFORE 200 PM...THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED...IN
NOVEMBER IN THE TWIN CITIES...WAS TIED.

THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 77 DEGREES.
THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS 77 SET NOV 1 1933.

THIS IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE SO LATE IN THE YEAR.

THIS ALSO SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY...WAS 68 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

CARLYON

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RERMSP
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
845 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...76 DEGREES BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH FOR EAU CLAIRE. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED...IN EAU CLAIRE FOR SO LATE IN THE YEAR.
THE ONLY DAY IN NOVEMBER WITH A WARMER READING WAS A 79 ON NOVEMBER
1ST 1933. THE 76 DEGREE TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY SMASHED THE OLD
RECORD OF 69 SET IN 1931.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
910 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999


...IT WAS A WARM DAY ALL OVER MINNESOTA/WEST WISCONSIN...

NEARLY EVERY REPORTING STATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE
NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR REPORTED HIGHS WELL INTO THE 70S. A FEW
SITES ALSO REPORTED 80S...ON THIS 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER. NORMAL
HIGHS ARE ONLY IN THE 40S THIS LATE IN THE YEAR.

THE TWIN CITIES TOPPED OUT AT 77. THIS EQUALS WAS THE WARMEST
EVER RECORDED IN NOVEMBER. IT WAS THE WARMEST SO LATE IN
THE SEASON. THE 77 DEGREE BROKE THE DAYS PREVIOUS RECORD
ESTABLISHED IN 1931 0F 68. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE MONTH
WAS ALSO 77 SET ON NOVEMBER 1ST 1931.

ST. CLOUD ALSO SET SIMILAR RECORDS YESTERDAY. THE 75 AT ST.
CLOUD WAS ALSO THE WARMEST FOR THE MONTH SURPASSING THE OLD
RECORD 0F 74 SET ON NOVEMBER 3RD 1978. ADDITIONALLY THE 75
WAS THE WARMEST FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON. THE 75 DEGREE
READING BLEW THE OLD READING FOR THE DATE ESTABLISHED IN 1931
OF 68 OUT OF THE WATER.

FINALLY EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN CAME IN WITH A HIGH OF 76. THIS
ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD FOR THE DAY SURPASSING THE OLD 69
DEGREE RECORD THAT STOOD SINCE 1931. THE 76 DEGREE WAS THE
WARMEST FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON AND SO LATE IN NOVEMBER. IT
RANKS NUMBER 2 IN WAREST DAYS OF NOVEMBER. NUMBER 1 WAS A 79
DEGRREE READING ON THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER 1933.

SCHALLER

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
245 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...77 DEGREES TIES MONTHLY RECORD HIGH FOR THE TWIN CITIES...
JUST BEFORE 200 PM...THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED...IN
NOVEMBER IN THE TWIN CITIES...WAS TIED.

THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 77 DEGREES.
THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS 77 SET NOV 1 1933.

THIS IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE SO LATE IN THE YEAR.

THIS ALSO SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY...WAS 68 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

CARLYON

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
320 PM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...70 DEGREES TIES THIS AFTERNOON BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH
OF 67 THAT OCCURRED IN 1931. THIS MARKS THE SECOND DAY IN A
ROW OF RECORD WARMTH.

BUT IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH...THE LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY
WAS THIS MORNINGS 54. IF WE DO NOT FALL BELOW 46 BY MIDNIGHT
WE WILL HAVE SET A RECORD WARM MINIMUM. THE OLD RECORD WAS 46
SET IN 1964 AND EQUALLED IN 1978. THE RECORD WARM MINIMUM FOR
THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS 57 SET ON NOVEMBER 2ND 1938.

SCHALLER

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
625 PM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE TWIN CITIES. THE OLD RECORD OF 67
ESTABLISHED IN 1931 WAS SURPASSED BY THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH
OF 70.

NEW RECORD HIGH FOR EAU CLAIRE. THE OLD RECORD OF 68
ESTABLISHED IN 1975 WAS SURPASSED BY THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH
OF 74

NEW RECORD HIGH FOR ST. CLOUD. THE OLD RECORD OF 62
ESTABLISHED IN 1937 WAS SURPASSED BY THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH
OF 68.

BUT IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH...THE TWIN CITIES LOW TEMPERATURE
SO FAR TODAY WAS THIS MORNINGS 54. IF WE DO NOT FALL BELOW
46 BY MIDNIGHT WE WILL HAVE SET A RECORD WARM MINIMUM. THE
OLD RECORD WAS 46 SET IN 1964 AND EQUALLED IN 1978. THE
RECORD WARM MINIMUM FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS 57
SET ON NOVEMBER 2ND 1938.

SCHALLER

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1200 AM CST WED NOV 10 1999

NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE TWIN CITIES. THE OLD RECORD
HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER WAS 46 SET IN 1964 AND
TIED IN 1978. THE 24 HOUR LOW OF 48 SMASHES THE OLD RECORD.

ADDITIONALLY YESTERDAY ALSO ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD HIGH OF
70 ECLIPSING THE OLD RECORD OF 67 SET IN 1931.

SCHALLER

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
425 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1999

...71 DEGREES...SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE TWIN CITIES...
THE OLD RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY NOVEMBER 13...WAS 62 SET IN 1952.
CARLYON

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RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1225 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1999

...71 DEGREES...TIED THE RECORD HIGH FOR ST CLOUD...
THE RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER 13 IS 71 SET IN 1912 AND TIED YESTERDAY.

CARLYON

Duluth and International Falls Record Event Reports

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1155 AM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...A NEW DULUTH AIRPORT RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER 8TH...

AT 1145 THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT REACHED 64 DEGREES
SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR THE AIRPORT LOCATION. THE OLD RECORD WAS 63
DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1978. THE ALL-TIME RECORD OF 65 FOR THIS DATE
SET BACK IN 1931...APPEARS TO BE WITHIN REACH.

AIRPORT RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1941.
ALL-TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1870.

J.CHRISTENSON

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1212 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS FOR NOVEMBER
8TH...

AT 1155 THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE AT THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS
AIRPORT REACHED 65 DEGREES SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE
OLD RECORD WAS 59 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1978.

UNINTERRUPTED RECORDS AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS GO BACK TO 1939. PRIOR
TO 1939 THERE WERE GAPS IN DATA DATING BACK TO 1894.

J.CHRISTENSON

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1230 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...A NEW DULUTH ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER 8TH...

AT 1225 THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT REACHED
66 DEGREES SETTING A NEW ALL TIME RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD
RECORD WAS 65 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1931.

THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER IS 73...SET ON NOVEMBER 3RD
1903. WE WON'T MAKE THAT ONE.

ALL-TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO OCTOBER 1870.

J.CHRISTENSON

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RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATE FOR HIGHER TEMP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
230 CST MON NOV 8 1999

...A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS FOR NOVEMBER
8TH...

AT 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE AT THE INTERNATIONAL
FALLS AIRPORT REACHED 72 DEGREES SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR THIS DATE.
THE OLD RECORD WAS 59 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1978. THIS WAS ONE
DEGREE AWAY FROM THE ALL TIME NOVEMBER RECORD OF 73 SET ON THE 5TH
IN 1975.

UNINTERRUPTED RECORDS AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS GO BACK TO 1939. PRIOR
TO 1939 THERE WERE GAPS IN DATA DATING BACK TO 1894.

KFM

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RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATE RECORD TEMP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
340 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...A NEW DULUTH ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER 8TH...

AT 245 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT
REACHED 69 DEGREES SETTING A NEW ALL TIME RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE
OLD RECORD WAS 65 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1931.

THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER IS 73...SET ON NOVEMBER 3RD
1903.

ALL-TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO OCTOBER 1870.

KFM

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1000 AM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...A NEW DULUTH ALL-TIME WARMEST TEMPERATURE SO LATE IN THE SEASON...

THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ON NOVEMBER 8TH OF 69 DEGREES WAS ALSO
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR THIS LATE IN THE SEASON.
THERES NEVER BEEN A WARMER TEMPERATURE SO LATE IN THE SEASON. THE
OLD RECORD WAS 68 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 17TH 1953.

KFM

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
12 PM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...A NEW DULUTH ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER 9TH...

AT 1154 AM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT
REACHED 66 DEGREES SETTING A NEW ALL TIME RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE
OLD RECORD WAS 60 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1931.

THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED IF AND AFTER PEAK HEATING OCCURS.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
3 PM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...TWO ALL-TIME RECORD HIGHS FOR DULUTH...

AT 205 PM THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT REACHED 71 DEGREES
SETTING A NEW ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE AND ALL TIME HIGH SO
LATE IN THE SEASON. THE OLD DAILY RECORD WAS 60 DEGREES...SET BACK
IN 1931 AND THE OLD SEASON RECORD WAS JUST YESTERDAY THE 8TH OF 69
DEGREES.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1205 AM CST WED NOV 10 1999

...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM SET AT DULUTH FOR NOVEMBER 9...

THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 42 DEGREES AT 730 AM NOVEMBER 9 WAS THE
HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD WAS 40 SET IN 1884 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

KFM

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1234 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1999

...A NEW DULUTH ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR NOVEMBER 13TH...

AT 1215 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT
REACHED 64 DEGREES SETTING A NEW ALL TIME RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE
OLD RECORD WAS 60 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1954.

THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED IF THE TEMPERATURE GOES ANY HIGHER.

J.CHRISTENSON

Rochester and La Crosse Record Event Reports

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
455 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...RECORD HIGH BROKEN AT LA CROSSE...

THE TEMPERATURE AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT ROSE TO 74 DEGREES AROUND 2:30
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 69 DEGREES WHICH WAS
SET IN 1931.

LOW TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE WARMER THAN THOSE ON
RECORD. TUESDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE 70 DEGREE
MARK...WHICH WOULD BREAK ANOTHER RECORD HIGH.

PABST/CONSIDINE

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
525 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...RECORD HIGH BROKEN AT ROCHESTER...

THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT ROSE TO 75 DEGREES AROUND 3:00
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 74 DEGREES WHICH WAS
SET IN 1915.

LOW TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE WARMER THAN THOSE ON
RECORD. TUESDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE 70 DEGREE
MARK...WHICH WOULD BREAK THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH OF 69 DEGREES.

PABST/CONSIDINE

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
500 AM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO FALL TODAY...

WITH READINGS FORECAST TO CLIMB WELL INTO THE 70S...HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORDS ARE AGAIN LIKELY TO FALL IN LA CROSSE WISCONSIN AND ROCHESTER
MINNESOTA.

IN LA CROSSE...AFTER A RECORD SETTING DAY ON MONDAY...THE RECORD HIGH
OF 69 DEGREES SET IN 1931 IS LIKELY TO FALL ON TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...
THE HIGH MINIMUM RECORD (47 DEGREES IN 1964) FOR THIS DATE WILL LIKELY
BE BROKEN AS WELL. MONDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES SHATTERED THE
PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 69 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

IN ROCHESTER...THE RECORD HIGH OF 66 DEGREES SET IN 1931 WILL ALSO
LIKELY BE SURPASSED. IN ADDITION...THE LOW MINIMUM OF 43 DEGREES IN
1963 WILL PROBABLY BE BROKEN. MONDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES
ECLIPSED AN 84 YEAR OLD RECORD OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 1915.

THE RECORD SETTING MILD WEATHER WILL COME TO AN END BY WEDNESDAY...
AS A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MAKE A PASSAGE THROUGH THE REGION. THIS FRONT
WILL SIGNAL THE RETURN OF MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES FOR THE REST OF
THE WEEK.


NOVEMBER 9TH RECORDS:
RECORD HIGH RECORD HIGH RECORD HIGH
MINIMUM FOR NOVEMBER

LA CROSSE 69 IN 1931 47 IN 1964 80 ON
WISCONSIN NOV 1 1933

ROCHESTER 66 IN 1931 43 IN 1963 77 ON
MINNESOTA NOV 1 1983


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GUYER

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RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED TUESDAY RECORD HIGH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
515 AM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...RECORD HIGH BROKEN AT ROCHESTER...

THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT ROSE TO 75 DEGREES AROUND 3 PM
MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 74 DEGREES WHICH WAS
SET IN 1915.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE 70 DEGREE MARK...
WHICH WOULD BREAK THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH OF 66 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

GUYER/PABST/CONSIDINE

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
430 PM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN AT ROCHESTER AND LA CROSSE...

AT 1PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE HAD REACHED 75 DEGREES...
WHICH SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE OF 69
SET BACK IN 1931.

IN ROCHESTER...THE TEMPERATURE WAS 71 DEGREES AT AT 1PM. THIS BROKE
THE OLD RECORD FOR NOVEMBER 9TH OF 66 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1931.

BREESER

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1210 PM CST TUE NOV 9 1999

...MORE RECORD HIGHS TOPPLE...

AT NOON...THE TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE HAD REACHED 72 DEGREES...
WHICH SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE OF 69
SET BACK IN 1931.

IN ROCHESTER...THE TEMPERATURE WAS 67 DEGREES AT NOON. THIS BROKE
THE OLD RECORD FOR NOVEMBER 9TH OF 66 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1931.

THESE ARE JUST NOON TEMPERATURES AND NOT THE OFFICIAL HIGHS FOR
THE DAY. WE WILL REISSUE A RECORD REPORT LATER THIS AFTERNOON ONCE
THE OFFICIAL HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE REACHED.

SHEA

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
205 AM CST WED NOV 10 1999

...MORE RECORD TEMPERATURES AT LA CROSSE AND ROCHESTER...

NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET FOR BOTH LA CROSSE AND
ROCHESTER ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9. AT LA CROSSE THE LOW TUESDAY ONLY FELL
TO 50 DEGREES...WHICH BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 47 SET IN 1964.

IN ROCHESTER...TUESDAYS LOW FELL TO 48 DEGREES...WHICH BREAKS THE
PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 43...SET IN 1963.

SJT

Fargo and Grand Forks Record Event Reports

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
337 PM CST SUN NOV 7 1999

...RECORD BREAKING WARMTH AFFECTS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...

SEVERAL AREA RECORD TEMPERATURES FELL AS OF 3PM THIS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AND TEMPERATURES SOARED ABOUT 30 DEGREES ABOVE THE SEASONAL
NORMAL.

IN DEVILS LAKE...THE OFFICIAL HIGH TEMPERATURE REPORTED BY THE
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER...KDLR RADIO...WAS 75 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
WAS 64 SET IN 1931.

AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 72
DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 64 WHICH WAS LAST SET IN 1978. THE
NWS/UND SITE HAS RECORDS WHICH GO BACK TO 1890.

THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT ALSO ACHIEVED A RECORD THIS AFTERNOON WITH 73
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 67 DEGREES WAS LAST SET IN 1978.

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE IN FARGO HAS BEEN 69 DEGREES...BREAKING THE
RECORD OF 65 WHICH WAS SET IN 1964.

ANOTHER DAY OF POSSIBLE RECORD BREAKING WARMTH IS EXPECTED
TOMORROW...SO STAY TUNED.

KELLENBENZ

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RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
330 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999


SEVERAL AREA RECORD TEMPERATURES FELL ONCE AGAIN AS OF 3PM THIS MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT BROKE A RECORD THIS AFTERNOON WITH 69 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 66 DEGREES WAS LAST SET IN 1978...AND RECORDS
DATE BACK TO 1941. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECORDED A HIGH OF
68...FALLING SHORT OF 69 SET IN 1931...RECORDS FOR THE NWS/UND SITE DATE
BACK TO 1890.

FARGO REACHED 71 DEGREES...BREAKING THE RECORD OF 69 WHICH WAS SET IN
1931.

KELLENBENZ

Sioux Falls Record Event Reports

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
221 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...RECORD HIGHS BROKEN AT SIOUX FALLS...BROOKINGS...HURON...MITCHELL
AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS SIOUX CITY IOWA...

...WARMEST NOVEMBER TEMPERATURES AT HURON AND SIOUX FALLS...

AT 2 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE IN HURON STOOD AT 84 DEGREES BREAKING THE
RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 79 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THE TEMPERATURE HAS HIT 80 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN HURON
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

AT 210 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA HIT 81 DEGREES
BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME SIOUX FALLS HAS HIT 80 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN.

AT 2 PM CST YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA HIT 83 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD FOR
THE DATE OF 80 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THIS IS THE WARMEST RECORDED FOR
SO LATE IN THE SEASON.

AT 2 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX CITY IOWA WAS 80 DEGREES BREAKING
THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

AT 2 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE IN MITCHELL STOOD AT 79 DEGREES BREAKING THE
RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

AT 2 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE IN BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA WAS 77 DEGREES
BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 76 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THIS IS THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN BROOKINGS.

SHEEHAN

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RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
315 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...RECORD HIGHS BROKEN AT SIOUX FALLS...BROOKINGS...HURON...MITCHELL
AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS SIOUX CITY IOWA...

THE HIGH SO FAR IN HURON SOUTH DAKOTA IS 86 DEGREES BREAKING THE
RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 79 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THE TEMPERATURE HAS HIT 80 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN HURON
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

THE HIGH SO FAR IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA IS 81 DEGREES BREAKING
THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME SIOUX FALLS HAS HIT 80 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN.

THE HIGH SO FAR TODAY AT YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA IS 83 DEGREES BREAKING
THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 80 DEGREES SET IN 1931.
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THE HIGH SO FAR TODAY IN SIOUX CITY IOWA IS 81 DEGREES BREAKING
THE RECORD OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

THE HIGH SO FAR TODAY IN MITCHELL IS 82 DEGREES BREAKING THE
RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

THE HIGH SO FAR TODAY IN BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA IS 77 DEGREES
BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 76 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

SHEEHAN

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RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
456 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

...NOVEMBER 1999 SHATTERING PREVIOUS RECORDS FROM 1931...
...RECORD HIGHS BROKEN AT SIOUX FALLS...BROOKINGS...HURON...MITCHELL
AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS SIOUX CITY AND SPENCER IOWA...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON IN HURON SOUTH DAKOTA WAS 86
DEGREES...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS EXTREME FOR THE DATE OF 79 DEGREES
SET IN 1931. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TEMPERATURE HAS HIT 80
DEGREES DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN HURON SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WAS
81 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS EXTREME FOR THE DATE OF 74 DEGREES
SET IN 1931. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SIOUX FALLS HAS HIT 80 DEGREES
IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA WAS 83 DEGREES...
BREAKING THE PRIOR RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 80 DEGREES SET IN 1931.
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THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX CITY IOWA WAS 81 DEGREES...BREAKING
THE PRIOR RECORD OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

THE TEMPERATURE IN SPENCER IOWA THIS AFTERNOON PEAKED AT 79
DEGREES...BREAKING THE PRIOR RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES SET
IN 1931.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MITCHELL WAS 81 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PRIOR
RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REPORTED SO FAR TODAY IN BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA
IS 77 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PRIOR RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 76 DEGREES
SET IN 1931.

CHAPMAN/SHEEHAN

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RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1242 PM CST TUE NOV 8 1999

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 1240 PM THE TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS HIT 69 DEGREES TIEING THE
RECORD FOR THE DATE SET IN 1937.

SHEEHAN

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RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
105 PM CST TUE NOV 8 1999

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...

SHORTLY AFTER 1 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA HIT
70 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 69 DEGREES SET IN 1937.

...

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1242 PM CST TUE NOV 8 1999

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 1240 PM THE TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS HIT 69 DEGREES TIEING THE
RECORD FOR THE DATE SET IN 1937.
SHEEHAN

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RECORD REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
456 PM CST MON NOV 8 1999

ADDED INFORMATION FOR SIOUX CITY

...NOVEMBER 1999 SHATTERING PREVIOUS RECORDS FROM 1931...
...RECORD HIGHS BROKEN AT SIOUX FALLS...BROOKINGS...HURON...MITCHELL
AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS SIOUX CITY AND SPENCER IOWA...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS AFTERNOON IN HURON SOUTH DAKOTA WAS 86
DEGREES...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS EXTREME FOR THE DATE OF 79 DEGREES
SET IN 1931. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TEMPERATURE HAS HIT 80
DEGREES DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN HURON SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WAS
81 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS EXTREME FOR THE DATE OF 74 DEGREES
SET IN 1931. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SIOUX FALLS HAS HIT 80 DEGREES
IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA WAS 83 DEGREES...
BREAKING THE PRIOR RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 80 DEGREES SET IN 1931.
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THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX CITY IOWA WAS 81 DEGREES...BREAKING
THE PRIOR RECORD OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THIS TEMPERATURE WAS
THE WARMEST SO LATE IN THE SEASON...AND TIED THE PREVIOUS WARMEST
NOVEMBER HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 3 1978.

THE TEMPERATURE IN SPENCER IOWA THIS AFTERNOON PEAKED AT 79
DEGREES...BREAKING THE PRIOR RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES SET
IN 1931.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MITCHELL WAS 81 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PRIOR
RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1931.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REPORTED SO FAR TODAY IN BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA
IS 77 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PRIOR RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 76 DEGREES
SET IN 1931.

CHAPMAN/SHEEHAN

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RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1150 AM CST SAT NOV 13 1999

...ANOTHER DAILY RECORD HIGH BROKEN IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 1146 AM THE TEMPERATURE AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT ROSE TO 70
DEGREES WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH.

THE OLD RECORD WAS 69 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1981.

...

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
500 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1999

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES BROKEN...


SIOUX FALLS...NEW HIGH...79 DEGREES. OLD RECORD WAS 69 SET IN 1981.

HURON.........NEW HIGH...75 DEGRESS. OLD RECORD WAS 68 SET IN 1981.

BROOKINGS.....NEW HIGH...73 DEGRESS. OLD RECORD WAS 68 SET IN 1958.

MITCHELL......NEW HIGH...77 DEGRESS. OLD RECORD WAS 74 SET IN 1958.

YANKTON.......NEW HIGH...76 DEGRESS. OLD RECORD WAS 70 SET IN 1954.


IOWA


SIOUX CITY....NEW HIGH...78 DEGRESS. OLD RECORD WAS 71 SET IN 1944..

SPENCER.......NEW HIGH...74 DEGRESS. OLD RECORD WAS 69 SET IN 1944.


AT 2 PM THE TEMPERATURE AT THE MITCHELL AIRPORT ROSE TO 77
DEGREES WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH.

THE OLD RECORD WAS 74 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1958.

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