RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 450 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE... AT 208 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT CLIMBED TO 56 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 48 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1949. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 450 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA... AT 300 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLIMBED TO 51 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 45 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1933. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 445 PM CDT TUE JAN 7 2003 ...NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SMASHED FOR JANUARY 7TH AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS... A NEW RECORD HIGH OF 46 DEGREES WAS SET FOR TODAY AT 351 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY WAS 37 DEGREES SET IN 1990. THIS IS ALSO THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE SINCE JANUARY 24TH IN 1981 WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 47 DEGREES. THE ALL-TIME HIGH REMAINS 48 DEGREES THAT WAS SET ON THE 9TH IN 1958...ON THE 23RD IN 1942 AND ON THE 24TH IN 1973. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 730 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...TWO MORE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES BROKEN TODAY IN SOUTH DAKOTA... THE TEMPERATURE AT KENNEBEC SOUTH DAKOTA ROSE TO 63 DEGREES TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1963. THE TEMPERATURE AT TIMBER LAKE SOUTH DAKOTA ROSE TO 55 DEGREES TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES SET IN 1963. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 145 AM CST WED JAN 8 2003 ...FALSE SPRING BLOSSOMS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... A MASSIVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACCOMPANIED BY LACK OF NORMAL SNOW COVER PROPAGATED A POWERFUL EARLY WINTER WARMUP ACROSS VAST TRACTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY. THE RECORDS ARE AS FOLLOWS: MINNEAPOLIS POSTED AN AFTERNOON HIGH OF 52 DEGREES...HANDILY BEATING THE OLD RECORD TEMPERATURE OF 45 DEGREES SET IN 1949. ST CLOUD WENT ALONG WITH THE TREND...JUMPING UP TO A SPRINGLIKE 51 DEGREES...EASILY TROUNCING THEIR OLD RECORD MAX OF 42 DEGREES SET IN 1990. EAU CLAIRE ALSO WENT TO THE THERMAL PARTY...PRODUCING AN AFTERNOON MAX OF 49 DEGREES...SENDING TO THE SHOWERS THE PREVIOUS RECORD READING OF 45 RECORDED IN 1949. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 715 PM CST JAN 7 2003 ...TEMPERATURES SOAR WELL ABOVE RECORD READINGS... VERY WARM AIR SURGED INTO MOST OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN TODAY ON WESTERLY WINDS... AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. THE RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING NORMAL HIGHS FOR THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF JANUARY ARE ONLY IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S. SOME READINGS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WERE SOME 30 TO 35 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WHICH MAKES THIS WARMUP QUITE RARE. THERE MAY BE SOME MORE RECORDS IN THE EARLY PORTION OF WEDNESDAY...BEFORE AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT SLAMS THROUGH MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...BRINGING VERY GUSTY WINDS...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...AS WELL AS A REMINDER THAT IT IS STILL THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. BY THE WEEKEND...THE WARMTH WILL BE A DISTANT MEMORY...WITH HIGHS STRUGGLING INTO THE MID AND UPPER TEENS...WHICH IS AROUND NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. HERE ARE SOME HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN COUNTY WARNING AREA. A (**) DENOTES CITIES WHICH DID NOT BREAK A RECORD TODAY. LOCATION HIGH TEMPERATURE OLD RECORD --------------------------------------------------------------- ALBERT LEA 57 45 (1900) ALEXANDRIA 42 41 (1949) APPLETON 50 49 (1902) BENSON 54 44 (1963) BLAINE 52 42 (1963) CAMBRIDGE 52 43 (1949) CRYSTAL 52 45 (1949) EAU CLAIRE, WI 49 45 (1949) EDEN PRAIRIE 53 45 (1949) FAIRMONT 57 52 (1914) FARIBAULT 55 44 (1949) GLENWOOD 45 43 (1963) HUTCHINSON 54 45 (1963) LAKEVILLE 55 44 (1902) LITCHFIELD 50 44 (1990) LITTLE FALLS 50 46 (1949) MADISON 52** 53 (1990) MANKATO 55 44 (1963) MAPLE LAKE 54 42 (1990) MINNEAPOLIS INTL 52 45 (1949) MONTEVIDEO 52 48 (1990) MORA 54 44 (1949) MORRIS 48 46 (1902) NEW ULM 55** 59 (1933) OSCEOLA, WI 52 NOT AVAILABLE OWATONNA 55 NOT AVAILABLE PRINCETON 52 45 (1990) RED WING 52 44 (1949) REDWOOD FALLS 56 48 (1990) RICE LAKE, WI 46 NOT AVAILABLE STAPLES 45 43 (1949) ST. CLOUD 51 42 (1990) ST. JAMES 59 45 (1963) ST. PAUL 53 44 (1990) SOUTH ST. PAUL 54 45 (1949) WILLMAR 52 43 (1902) PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 545 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...EARLY JANUARY RECORD BREAKING WARMTH ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA... AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED 46 DEGREES AT BOTH THE DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS AIRPORT...SETTING NEW RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY AT DULUTH WAS 43 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1990 WHILE THE PREVIOUS HIGH FOR TODAY AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS WAS 37 DEGREES SET IN 1990. THIS WAS ALSO THE WARMEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE IN DULUTH SINCE JANUARY 25TH IN 1973 WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 47 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE WARMEST JANUARY TEMPERATURE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS SINCE JANUARY 25TH IN 1981 WHEN THE HIGH REACHED 47 DEGREES. THE ALL-TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY AT DULUTH REMAINS AT 55 DEGREES SET ON JANUARY 22ND AND 23RD IN 1955. THE ALL-TIME HIGH FOR JANUARY AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS REMAINS AT 48 DEGREES THAT WAS SET ON THE 9TH IN 1958...ON THE 23RD IN 1942 AND ON THE 24TH IN 1973. THE NORMAL HIGH FOR TODAY IN DULUTH IS 17 DEGREES AND AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS 13 DEGREES.