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Mid-April Heat Wave April 15-16, 2002 Not to be redundant, but this particular warm spell is historical in nature based on climatology:
Sioux_Falls, SD 96 F Sioux_City, IA 96 F Faribault, MN 93 F Waseca, MN 92 F Lamberton, MN 92 F Eau_Claire, WI 91 F Yankton, SD 91 F Jackson, MN 91 F Twin_Cities, MN 91 F Redwood_Falls, MN 91 F Farimont, MN 91 F Mankato, MN 91 F New_Ulm, MN 91 F Red_Wing, MN 91 F St_James, MN 91 F Estherville, IA 91 F Mason_City, IA 91 F Decorah, IA 91 F Spencer, IA 91 F La_Crosse, WI 90 F Worthington, MN 90 F Windom, MN 90 F Austin, MN 90 F Winona, MN 90 F Albert_Lea, MN 90 F Cambridge, MN 90 F Hutchinson, MN 90 F Owatonna, MN 90 F Marshall, MN 88 F Madison, WI 87 F Vermillion, SD 87 F Des_Moines, IA 87 F St_Cloud, MN 84 F Litchfield, MN 84 F Mora, MN 84 F Brainerd, MN 84 F Little_Falls, MN 82 F Aitkin, MN 82 F Moose_Lake, MN 82 F Grand_Rapids, MN 81 F Hibbing, MN 80 F Wadena, MN 79 FMark Seeley Professor and Extension Climatologist Department of Soil, Water, and Climate University of Minnesota St Paul, MN 55108 Below you will find record event reports issued by National Weather Service Forecast Offices on April 15 and 16. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 414 PM CST WED APR 15 2002 ...NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH ESTABLISHED AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN... AT 303 PM...LA CROSSE WISCONSIN REPORTED A TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 84 DEGREES SET BACK ON THIS DATE IN 1896. THIS 90 DEGREE READING IS ONLY THE 10TH TIME SINCE 1873 THAT THE TEMPERATURE HAS CLIMBED INTO THE 90S IN APRIL AT LA CROSSE. IT WAS FIRST TIME SINCE APRIL 6, 1991 THAT THE TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED AT LEAST 90 DEGREES IN APRIL AT LA CROSSE. ALSO...THIS WAS THE 3RD LATEST DATE FOR EARLIEST 90 DEGREE READING AT LA CROSSE. THE EARLIEST DATE WAS APRIL 6, 1991. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 437 PM CST WED APR 15 2002 ...NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH ESTABLISHED AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ALONG WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TODAY SET THE STAGE FOR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 1532 PM...ROCHESTER MINNESOTA REPORTED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 DEGREES SET BACK ON THIS DATE IN 1942. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 510 PM CST MON APR 15 2002 ...HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS SLAUGHTERED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS... MILLIONS OF PLAIN OLD FOLK ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WERE DOUBLE CHECKING THEIR THERMOMETERS AND CALENDARS THIS AFTERNOON...AS MOTHER NATURE HUFFED AND PUFFED AND BLEW THE OLD RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE DOORS DOWN AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL SITES HAD NEW RECORD WARMTH ON THIS TAX DAY 2002: CITY OLD RECORD NEW AND IMPROVED RECORD MINNEAPOLIS 82 IN 1915,1976 91 ST CLOUD 83 IN 1913 84 EAU CLAIRE 82 IN 1942 91 RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 957 PM CDT MON APR 15 2002 ...TWO RECORD HIGH MINIMUMS SET IN THE REGION TODAY... IN ADDITION TO THE RECORD BREAKING WARMTH THIS AFTERNOON...THE TEMPERATURES NEVER REALLY COOLED DOWN ALL THAT MUCH EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY ARE ALSO NOT EXPECTED TO DROP THAT MUCH BEFORE MIDNIGHT...SO THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUMS IN BOTH SIOUX FALLS AND SIOUX CITY HAVE BEEN BROKEN. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 63 AT 310 AM CDT IN SIOUX FALLS BROKE THE RECORD OF 57...SET BACK IN 1957. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 64 AT 253 AM CDT IN SIOUX CITY BROKE THE RECORD OF 58...SET BACK IN 1976. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1029 PM CDT MON APR 15 2002 ADDED IN THE YEAR OF THE OLD RECORD IN SIOUX CITY ...FOUR RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES SET IN THE REGION TODAY... THE WARM SOUTH WIND ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON PUSHED HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 80S TO MID 90S. SIOUX CITY IOWA WAS ONE OF THE WARMEST PLACES...REACHING 96 DEGREES AT 516 PM CDT. THIS BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 85 SET BACK IN 1985. THE HIGH PEAKED OUT AT 91 DEGREES AT RADIO STATION KICD SPENCER IOWA...BREAKING THE RECORD OF 82 SET BACK IN 1977. IN VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA...THE TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED 90 DEGREES BY 330 PM. THIS BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 87 SET BACK IN 1954. THE THERMOMETER AT THE SIOUX FALLS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPPED OUT AT 89 DEGREES AT 320 PM CDT...SMASHING THE RECORD HIGH OF 85 SET WAY BACK IN 1898. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 442 PM CST TUE APR 16 2002 ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA... FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW...UNSEASONABLE WARM TEMPERATURES WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. ROCHESTER MINNESOTA REPORTED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES THROUGH 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET ON THIS DATE IN 1977. IF THE RECORD IS BROKEN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...ANOTHER RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 514 PM CST TUE APR 16 2002 ...RECORD DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKE AT THE NATIONS ICE BOX... THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA REACHED A RECORD HIGH OF 79 DEGREES AT 431 PM CDT...TODAY APRIL 16TH. THE OLD RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY WAS 75 DEGREES SET IN 1958. THE NORMAL HIGH TODAY IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS IS 52 AND THE NORMAL LOW IS 27. A UPDATED RECORD EVENT REPORT WILL BE SENT LATER THIS EVENING IF THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE THE CURRENT 79 DEGREES. RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 608 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002 ...SEVERAL RECORDS FALL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 87 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AT 323 PM...WHICH BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 82 DEGREES SET IN 1981. THE TEMPERATURE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS REACHED 87 DEGREES AT AROUND 420 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 SET IN 1981. THE TEMPERATURE AT HECTOR AIRPORT IN FARGO REACHED 89 DEGREES AT 140 PM...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 82 DEGREES WHICH WAS LAST SET IN 1913. RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 140 AM CST WED APR 17 2002 ...RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION BROKE AT THE NATIONS ICE BOX... THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA RECORDED 0.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...TODAY APRIL 16TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD AMOUNT FOR APRIL 16TH WAS 0.41 INCHES RECORDED IN 1961. THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE DAY IS 0.05 INCHES.
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