PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
800 AM CST MON JAN 1 2001
...3RD WETTEST YEAR IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...

DURING 2000...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 42.65 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION. THIS MADE IT THE THIRD WETTEST YEAR IN ROCHESTER. 
PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR THE ROCHESTER DATE BACK TO 1909. THE 
WETTEST YEAR OCCURRED BACK IN 1990 WHEN 43.94 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION FELL. THE TABLE BELOW GIVES THE TOP WETTEST YEARS IN 
ROCHESTER.
                  WETTEST YEARS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA

                                              PRECIPITATION
             RANK             YEAR                TOTAL
             ----             ----            -------------
               1              1990            43.94 INCHES
               2              1938            43.69 INCHES
               3              2000            42.65 INCHES
               4              1942            41.68 INCHES
               5              1973            40.90 INCHES
       
NORMALLY...THE ROCHESTER AREA RECEIVES 29.66 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION 
A YEAR. THIS AMOUNT WAS SURPASSED ON JULY 12, 2000 AND SINCE THAT 
DATE...THE ROCHESTER AREA HAS RECEIVED JUST 12.91 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION. WE RECEIVED ALMOST THAT AMOUNT IN JUST JUNE 2000 
(12.52 INCHES) ALONE. 

THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES A BREAK DOWN OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION 
IN ROCHESTER DURING 2000...
      
                   MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IN ROCHESTER
 
                          PRECIPITATION        DEPARTURE
            MONTH            AMOUNT           FROM NORMAL
            -----         -------------       -----------
           JANUARY         1.76 INCHES        + 0.98 INCHES
           FEBRUARY        0.99 INCHES        + 0.25 INCHES
           MARCH           0.87 INCHES        - 0.91 INCHES
           APRIL           0.94 INCHES        - 1.79 INCHES
           MAY             7.37 INCHES        + 3.97 INCHES
           JUNE           12.52 INCHES        + 8.80 INCHES
           JULY            5.56 INCHES        + 1.36 INCHES
           AUGUST          5.25 INCHES        + 1.37 INCHES
           SEPTEMBER       1.04 INCHES        - 2.43 INCHES
           OCTOBER         1.65 INCHES        - 0.65 INCHES
           NOVEMBER        3.06 INCHES        + 1.45 INCHES
           DECEMBER        1.64 INCHES        + 0.61 INCHES
           --------       ------------        -------------
           YEAR TOTAL     42.65 INCHES       + 12.99 INCHES  


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