Springtime Heat: April 14, 2003

The finale to the warm spell over Minnesota was the record heat on Monday April 14th. This heat smashed records across the southern two thirds of Minnesota. Some places even cracked 90. Benson and Montevideo hit 93. The high heat and low humidity on both Sunday and Monday set the stage for numerous grass fires. The largest fire was a 3,400 acre one near Appleton on Sunday. A cool front draped over northern Minnesota prevented the record heat from reaching that part of the state. Some of the records included 89 at both St. Cloud and the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. Cool air filtered south over the state overnight and put an end to the high heat.

Listed below is information from National Weather Service Public Information Statements about various warm records broken.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 PM CDT MON APR 14 2003
...RECORD HIGH SMASHED IN LITTLE FALLS THIS AFTERNOON...

THE TEMPERATURE OF 85 AT 3 PM FOR APRIL 14TH IN LITTLE FALLS
HAS SMASHED THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1908.


RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
440 PM CDT MON APR 14 2003
...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...

AT 354 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 
87 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THIS 
DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 83 DEGREES BACK IN 1954. 


RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 PM CDT MON APR 14 2003
...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS 90 
DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THIS 
DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 82 DEGREES BACK IN 2000.



RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
715 PM CDT MON APR 14 2003
...HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
TODAY WAS 89...

THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 85 FOR APRIL 14TH SET IN 1954.


RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
715 PM CDT MON APR 14 2003
...HIGH TEMPERATURE AT ST CLOUD TODAY WAS 89...

THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 84 FOR APRIL 14TH SET IN 1908.


RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
826 PM CDT MON APR 14 2003
...AT LEAST 4 RECORDS BROKEN BY HEAT THIS AFTERNOON...

HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S BROKE AT LEAST 4 RECORDS 
IN THE SIOUX FALLS COUNTY WARNING AREA OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. AS 
MORE REPORTS COME IN LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...FURTHER 
RECORD REPORTS MAY BE POSTED. SO FAR THE FOLLOWING NEW RECORDS HAVE 
BEEN ESTABLISHED:
CITY        NEW RECORD  YEAR    OLD RECORD  YEAR

HURON SD        91      2003        86      1908
MITCHELL SD     91 TIED 2003        91      1908
ACADEMY SD      92      2003        88      1940
CHAMBERLAIN SD  90      2003        84      1976
MARSHALL MN     89      2003        85      1954

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