A Balmy Start to Minnesota's Winter
Late November and early December was extraordinarily warm across most of Minnesota. Many maximum temperature records were set. Below you will find record reports released by National Weather Service offices. These reports offer information for a handful of Minnesota's larger cities and some of the larger border cities. Most certainly, records were also set for other, smaller communities.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 PM CST SUN NOV 22 1998 A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS REACHED AT 300PM AT THE TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH A READING OF 59 DEGREES. THIS BEATS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58 SET IN 1980. PAULSON
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 145 AM CST THU NOV 26 1998 ...A RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN... THE LOW TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY NOVEMBER 25TH AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT WAS 42 DEGREES. THIS WAS WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM WAS 39 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1915. WITH THE WEATHER PATTERN TO REMAIN RELATIVELY UNCHANGED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...MORE RECORD WARM MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 150 AM CST THU NOV 26 1998 ...A RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA... THE LOW TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY NOVEMBER 25TH AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT WAS 36 DEGREES. THIS WAS WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM WAS 35 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1961. WITH THE WEATHER PATTERN TO REMAIN RATHER UNCHANGED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...MORE RECORD WARM MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA 300 PM CST FRI NOV 27 1998 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA... AT 239 PM CST...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS AIRPORT REACHED 47 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THIS DATE SET IN 1962.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 305 PM CST FRI NOV 27 1998 A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED THIS AFTERNOON AT THE TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE BALMY READING OF 63 DEGREES SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS MAX READING OF 61 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE IN 1909. THE AIRPORT AT ST CLOUD ALSO REPORTED A NEW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THIS LAST FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER. THE NEW RECORD OF 58 DEGREES HANDILY RETIRED THE OLD RECORD OF 55 DEGREES REACHED DURING THE WARM UP OF 1909. ZALESKI
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 330 PM CST FRI NOV 27 1998 ...RECORD HIGH IN DULUTH MINNESOTA... AT 254 PM CST...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 60 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 51 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE IN 1909.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 340 PM CST FRI NOV 27 1998 ...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT LA CROSSE WI... THE TEMPERATURE AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT REACHED 63 DEGREES SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM TODAY. THIS TIES THE RECORD FIRST SET ON THIS DATE IN 1909. THE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE AREA SO ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 500 PM CST FRI NOV 27 1998 THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON SET A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE. AT 231 PM...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 64 DEGREES. THIS SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 1909.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 200 PM CST SAT NOV 28 1998 ...ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE TIED IN DULUTH... AT 115 PM CST...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 46 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE STANDING RECORD OF 46 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE BACK IN 1962.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 500 PM CST SAT NOV 28 1998 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT LA CROSSE WI... THE TEMPERATURE AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT REACHED 62 DEGREES AROUND 2PM TODAY. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 57 SET BACK IN 1960.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 109 AM CST SUN NOV 29 1998 ...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA... THE 1 AM TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT WAS 56 DEGREES. THIS WAS WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER 29TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH WAS 53 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1962.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 312 AM CST SUN NOV 29 1998 ...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN... THE TEMPERATURE AT 3 AM AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT WAS 57 DEGREES. THIS WAS WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER 29TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH WAS 55 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1941.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 210 PM CST SUN NOV 29 1998 ...A NEW RECORD HIGH SET IN ST CLOUD... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN ST CLOUD TODAY WAS 58. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY...57 SET NOVEMBER 29 1932.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 223 PM CST SUN NOV 29 1998 THE TEMPERATURE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS BEEN A RECORD HIGH ALL DAY LONG. THE 200 PM TEMPERATURE WAS 61 AT THE TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH OF 53 FOR SET IN NOVEMBER 29 1890.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 115 AM CST MON NOV 30 1998 ...MORE RECORD TEMPERATURES IN LA CROSSE... SUNDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE...65 DEGREES...BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH 55 SET IN 1941. SUNDAY'S LOW...57 DEGREES...WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 45 DEGREES SET IN 1913.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 129 AM CST MON NOV 30 1998 ...MORE RECORD TEMPERATURES IN ROCHESTER... SUNDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE...62 DEGREES...BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH...53...SET IN 1962. SUNDAY'S LOW TEMPERATURE...54 DEGREES...WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD...33 DEGREES...SET IN 1982.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 242 AM CST MON NOV 30 1998 ...THIRD CONSECUTIVE RECORD HIGH IN LA CROSSE... THE TEMPERATURE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN LA CROSSE WAS 63 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY SO ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN BROKEN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH WAS 62 DEGREES IN 1922. THE RECORD HIGH WAS TIED ON 27 NOVEMBER AND NEW RECORD HIGHS WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE 28TH, 29TH AND 30TH.
RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 536 AM CST MON NOV 30 1998 ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS.... THE TEMPERATURE AT THE SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT NEVER DROPPED BELOW 40 DEGREES ON SUNDAY...NOVEMBER 29TH. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 36 DEGREES SET ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1899.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 910 AM CST MON NOV 30 1998 THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY WAS 50 DEGREES. THIS READING SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE (40 DEGREES) SET BACK IN 1899.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 300 PM CST TUE DEC 1 1998 ...MORE RECORD WARMTH FOR LA CROSSE... AFTER NOVEMBER ENDED WITH 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES TIEING OR SETTING RECORD HIGHS...DECEMBER STARTS OUT ON AN EQUALLY WARM NOTE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE THROUGH 3 PM...AS RECORDED AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT...WAS 61 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 60 SET BACK IN 1962.
RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 430 PM CST TUE DEC 1 1998 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES BROKEN AT SIOUX FALLS...YANKTON AND BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA... THE AFTERNOON HIGH IN SIOUX FALLS HIT 63 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD FOR DATE OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 1962. THIS IS ALSO THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST DECEMBER DAY IN SIOUX FALLS WAS 62 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 3 1941. ...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA HIT 69 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 65 DEGREES SET IN 1951. THIS IS ALSO THE WARMEST DECEMBER DAY RECORDED IN YANKTON. 67 DEGREES HAD BEEN THE WARMEST DECEMBER DAY SET ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. ...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BROOKINGS HIT 63 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE OF 60 DEGREES SET IN 1962.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 435 PM CST TUE DEC 01 1998 THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ROSE TO A VERY BALMY 68 DEGREES AT 2:49 PM. THIS NOT ONLY HANDILY SHATTERS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 57 ESTABLISHED IN 1962...IT ALSO BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE SET DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED IN 1939 AND 1982. THE AIRPORT IN ST CLOUD ALSO TERMINATED THEIR PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58 DEGREES SET ON THIS FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1962. TODAY'S NEW RECORD READING OF 61 DEGREES WAS SET AT 3:13 THIS AFTERNOON.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 445 PM CST TUE DEC 1 1998 ...ANOTHER RECORD TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT ROSE TO 62 DEGREES SHORTLY BEFORE 330 THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TIES THE RECORD SET ON THIS DATE IN 1962.
RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 431 PM CST WED DEC 2 1998 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES BROKEN AT SIOUX FALLS...BROOKINGS AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA... YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA HIT 70 DEGREES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BREAKING THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE OF 62 DEGREES SET IN 1941. THIS IS ALSO THE ONLY TIME THE TEMPERATURE HAS REACHED 70 DEGREES DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER IN YANKTON. ...IN SIOUX FALLS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 63 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 58 DEGREES SET IN 1909. THIS ALSO EQUALS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WHICH WAS SET YESTERDAY. ...IN BROOKINGS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 56 DEGREES SET IN 1982.
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Last modified: December 4, 1998
