RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 111 PM CST WED JAN 9 2001 ...NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE AT DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT THE DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 42 DEGREES AT 1204 PM. THIS EXCEEDS THE ALL-TIME HIGH FOR JANUARY 9TH OF 41 DEGREES SET IN 1986. THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ANY FURTHER DUE TO THE THICKENING CLOUD COVER. IF IT DOES THOUGH...AN UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED. THE NORMAL HIGH TODAY IN DULUTH WOULD BE 17 WITH A NORMAL LOW OF 2 BELOW. RECORD EVENT REPORT...ADDENDUM FOR MSP HIGH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 200 PM CST WED JAN 9 2002 ...HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FALL BY THE WAYSIDE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND EAU CLAIRE... AN INFLUX OF RELATIVELY MILD PACIFIC AIR HAS SOWN THE SEEDS FOR RECORD WARMTH THIS AFTERNOON IN MINNEAPOLIS AND EAU CLAIRE. MINNEAPOLIS SO FAR TODAY HAS RISEN TO A BALMY 48 DEGREES. THEIR PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 45 DEGREES SET IN 1939. NOT TO BE OUTDONE...THE THERMOMETER AT THE EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT HAS ALSO BEEN CATAPULTED TO AN IMPRESSIVE 48 DEGREES. THEIR RECORD MAX FOR THIS DATE WAS 46 DEGREES...ALSO SET DURING JANUARY OF 1939. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 215 PM CST WED JAN 9 2002 ...RECORD WARMTH AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN... AS OF 2 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN REACHED 53... BYPASSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DAY OF 51 SET IN 1939. OF SPECIAL NOTE...THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN LA CROSSE DURING JANUARY WAS 57...WHICH OCCURRED IN 1874 AND 1897. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 620 PM CST WED JAN 9 2002 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA... AS OF 6 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA REACHED 46 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1939. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1220 AM CST THU JAN 10 2002 ...NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD SET AT THE TWIN CITIES AIRPORT. BY MIDNIGHT THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT THE TWIN CITIES AIRPORT HAD DROPPED TO 34 DEGREES. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 9TH. THE OLD RECORD WAS 31 SET IN 1939. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 222 AM CST THU JAN 10 2002 ...RECORD HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA... THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA FOR JANUARY 9TH WAS 33. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 9TH HAD BEEN 27 SET IN 1963.