Record Warmth in Early March, 2000

Minnesota and the Upper Midwest experienced extraordinary warmth during the first week of March, 2000. Temperatures soared into the 60's and 70's on March 4th through 8th, breaking many maximum temperature records. Maximum temperatures in the 70's have occurred during the first week of March in only seven prior years in Minnesota's 110 year modern climate record.

The 72 degree temperature reported in the Twin Cities on March 5th shattered the previous record of 56 degrees set in 1937, and was 39 degrees above the historical average. The 39 degree departure is among the largest positive temperature anomalies ever recorded in the Twin Cities. The 72 degree temperature also marked the earliest date of a 70 degree value found in the Twin Cities modern climate record.

The period spanning the last 70 degree day of the autumn to the first 70 degree day of the following spring averages 175 days for the Twin Cities. It has been as long as 209 days (Sep 9, 1981 to Apr 23, 1982). Before this season, the shortest such period was 131 days (Nov 6, 1893 to Mar 17, 1894). During the 1999-2000 season, the last 70 degree day was on Nov 13, 1999 while the first of the 'spring' was Mar 5, 2000 which yields a period just 113 days in length. This season's '70 degree free period' was 18 days shorter than any other in record! Here are the shortest '70 degree free periods' for the Twin Cities for the period 1891 to present:

11 /13/1999 to 3/5/2000 113 days
11/6/1893 to 3/17/1894 131 days
11/14/1990 to 3/26/1991 132 days
10/21/1986 to 3/7/1987 137 days
10/30/1965 to 3/17/1966 138 days
11/17/1953 to 4/6/1954 140 days
11/2/1938 to 3/23/1939 141 days
11/1/1944 to 3/22/1945 141 days
10/25/1929 to 3/16/ 1930 142 days
10/29/1937 to 3/21/1938 143 days

Below you will find some 'Record Event Reports' as issued by National Weather Service offices with forecast responsibilities for Minnesota.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1235 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000
...GRAND FORKS AIRPORT RECEIVES YET ANOTHER RECORD HIGH...

TODAY AT THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT THE THEMOMETER REACHED 54 DEGREES
AS OF 1 PM. THIS TEMPERATURE BROKE THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 47 SET
IN 1994. RECORDS FOR THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT GO BACK TO 1949.
AN ADDITIONAL REPORT WILL BE SENT OUT LATER TODAY IF THE TEMPERATURE
RISES ABOVE 54 LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
315 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000
...GRAND FORKS AIRPORT RECEIVES YET ANOTHER RECORD HIGH...

TODAY AT THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT THE THEMOMETER REACHED 58 DEGREES.
THIS TEMPERATURE BROKE THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 47 SET IN 1994.
RECORDS FOR THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT GO BACK TO 1949.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
348 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000

...FARGO TIES RECORD HIGH...
FARGO TIED THE RECORD HIGH OF 60 TODAY SET IN 1905 AS OF 4 PM CST.
IF THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBS ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO THIS
AFTERNOON...ANOTHER REPORT WILL BE SENT.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN...UPDATED
500 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000
...WARMEST MARCH 3RD ON RECORD IN DULUTH...

AT 416 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 55 DEGREES
SETTING A NEW ALL-TIME HIGH FOR MARCH 3RD. THE OLD RECORD WAS 51
DEGREES SET WAY BACK IN 1894. THE OLD AIRPORT RECORD...BROKEN THIS
MORNING...WAS 45 DEGREES SET IN 1982. ALL TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO
1870...WHILE AIRPORT RECORDS GO BACK TO 1941.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN...UPDATED
120 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000
...RECORD HIGH AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA...

AT 251 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 60 DEGREES
SETTING A NEW ALL-TIME HIGH FOR MARCH 3RD. THE FORMER RECORD HIGH
FOR THIS DATE WAS 52 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1994. THIS IS ALSO THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED THIS EARLY IN A CALENDAR YEAR.
THE OLD RECORD WAS 60 DEGREES ON MARCH 6TH OF 1987.
UNINTERRUPTED RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1939 AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
900 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000
...FARGO SETS NEW RECORD HIGH...

FARGO SET A NEW RECORD HIGH OF 61 TODAY. THE OLD RECORD WAS 60 SET
IN 1905.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1206 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2000
...THE MARCH 4TH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED IN DULUTH...

THE TEMPERATURE AT 1154 AM THE MORNING CLIMBED TO 51 DEGREES...THIS
TIED THE ALL-TIME HIGH FOR MARCH 4TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 51 DEGREES
WAS SET IN 1910. THE OLD AIRPORT RECORD...BROKEN THIS MORNING...WAS 50
DEGREES SET IN 1968.
ALL TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1870...WHILE AIRPORT RECORDS GO BACK TO
1941.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE 50S THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW
RECORD EVENT REPORT WILL BE SENT AFTER THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IS
REACHED.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1206 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2000

...THE MARCH 4TH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED IN DULUTH...
THE TEMPERATURE AT 1154 AM CLIMBED TO 51 DEGREES...THIS TIED THE
ALL-TIME HIGH FOR MARCH 4TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 51 DEGREES WAS SET
IN 1910. THE OLD AIRPORT RECORD...BROKEN THIS MORNING...WAS 50 DEGREES
SET IN 1968.

ALL TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1870...WHILE AIRPORT RECORDS GO BACK TO
1941.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE 50S THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW
RECORD EVENT REPORT WILL BE SENT AFTER THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IS
REACHED.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
445 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2000

...ANTOHER ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN DULUTH...
THE TEMPERATURE AT 354 PM CLIMBED TO 56 DEGREES IN DULUTH. THIS SET
THE ALL-TIME HIGH FOR MARCH 4TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 51 DEGREES
WAS SET IN 1910. THE OLD AIRPORT RECORD...WAS 50 DEGREES SET IN
1968.

ALL TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1870...WHILE AIRPORT RECORDS GO BACK TO
1941.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
450 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2000

...RECORD HIGHS BROKEN IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
FARGO SET A NEW RECORD HIGH OF 55 TODAY. THE OLD RECORD WAS 50 SET
IN 1968.

GRAND FORKS AIRPORT ALSO SET A RECORD HIGH TODAY OF 53
DEGREES...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 47 SET IN 1993.
IN TOWN AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS A NEW RECORD
OF 53 WAS SET BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 48 ALSO SET IN 1993.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
450 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2000

...ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS
MINNESOTA...
AT 401 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 56 DEGREES
SETTING A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 4TH. THE FORMER
RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE WAS 52 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1994.

UNINTERRUPTED RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1939 AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
715 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2000

...NEW RECORD HIGHS AT ROCHESTER AND LA CROSSE...
AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE LA CROSSE
AIRPORT ROSE TO 63 DEGREES...WHICH BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 62 SET ON THIS DATE IN 1983.

THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 61
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH ALSO SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH IN ROCHESTER WAS 60 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE
IN 1983.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
750 PM CST SAT MAR 4 2000

...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET FOR EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN AND
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED FOR THE TWIN CITIES TODAY...
EAU CLAIRE WICSONSIN HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY WAS 61 DEGREES...
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 56 SET WAY BACK IN 1894.

THE TWIN CITIES AIRPORT HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY WAS 61 DEGREES...
THIS TIES THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1983.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1008 AM CST SUN MAR 5 2000
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA QUICKLY TIED...

AT 10 AM...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
REACHED 53 DEGREES...TYING THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE SET IN 1910.
THE RECORD WILL LIKELY BE SHATTERED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE TEMPERATURE
IS EXPECTED TO REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 60S.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
610 PM CST SUN MAR 5 2000
...RECORD HIGHS BROKEN FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AS OF NOON TODAY...SEVERAL RECORD HIGHS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROKEN.
GRAND FORKS AIRPORT HAS SET A RECORD HIGH OF 55
DEGREES...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 44 SET IN 1988 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS A RECORD HIGH OF 57
WAS SET BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 46 SET IN 1927.
IN DEVILS LAKE AT KDLR RADIO STATION...A RECORD HIGH OF 56 HAS BEEN
SET BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 48 SET IN 1988.

AN ADDITIONAL RECORD REPORT WILL BE SET LATER THIS AFTERNOON ONCE
THE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY ARE REACHED.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1200 PM CST MON MAR 6 2000

...RECORD HIGHS BROKEN FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
AS OF NOON TODAY...SEVERAL RECORD HIGHS HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROKEN.

GRAND FORKS AIRPORT HAS SET A RECORD HIGH OF 55
DEGREES...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 44 SET IN 1988 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS A RECORD HIGH OF 57
WAS SET BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 46 SET IN 1927.

IN DEVILS LAKE AT KDLR RADIO STATION...A RECORD HIGH OF 56 HAS BEEN
SET BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 48 SET IN 1988.
AN ADDITIONAL RECORD REPORT WILL BE SET LATER THIS AFTERNOON ONCE
THE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY ARE REACHED.

RECORD EVENT REPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
230 PM CST MON MAR 6 2000

...YET ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS
MINNESOTA...
AT 1220 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 66 DEGREES AT
THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS AIRPORT SETTING A NEW RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 6TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE
WAS 60 DEGREES...SET IN 1987.

THE RECORD TODAY MARKS THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF RECORD BREAKING
HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE ICE BOX OF THE NATION. ALSO OF
NOTE...TODAY BRINGS THE TOTAL OF TIED OR NEW RECORDS TO 9 OF THE
PAST 15 DAYS IN WHICH THIS HAS OCCURED. THE FOLLOWING TABLE REFLECTS
THESE OCCURRANCES:
21 FEB...50...PREVIOUS 45 IN 1984 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
22 FEB...58...PREVIOUS 46 IN 1998 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
...ALSO SETS THE ALL-TIME MONTHLY RECORD FOR FEBRUARY.
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 55 SET ON THE 2ND IN 1991.
23 FEB...49...PREVIOUS 47 IN 1958.
27 FEB...43...PREVIOUS 42 IN 1958.
28 FEB...44...TIED RECORD SET IN 1990 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

03 MAR...60...PREVIOUS 52 IN 1994.
04 MAR...56...PREVIOUS 52 IN 1994 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
05 MAR...67...PREVIOUS 53 IN 1994 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
06 MAR...66...PREVIOUS 60 IN 1987.
UNINTERRUPTED RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1939 AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS IS 64 DEGREES AT 230
PM. THIS RECORD EVENT REPORT WILL BE UPDATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON IF
THE TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS THE 1220 PM READING OF 66 DEGREES.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
655 PM CST MON MAR 6 2000
...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AGAIN TODAY...

THE TWIN CITIES AIRPORT HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY WAS 69 DEGREES...
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 67 DEGREES SET IN 1987.
EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN RECORDED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES
TODAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 64 SET IN 1983.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
812 PM CST MON MAR 6 2000
...RECORD HIGHS 3 DAYS IN A ROW AT LA CROSSE AND ROCHESTER...

FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY IN A ROW...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
WERE SET AT LA CROSSE AND ROCHESTER. AT LA CROSSE THE TEMPERATURE
ROSE TO 74 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...SMASHING THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF
65 DEGREES...SET ON THIS DATE IN 1974.
IN ROCHESTER THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FELL BY 11 AM...EVENTUALLY
REACHING 67 DEGREES A LITTLE AFTER 3 PM. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH IN
ROCHESTER WAS 58 DEGREES...SET IN 1974. MORE RECORD HIGHS ARE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
308 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

...RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN SIOUX FALLS THIS AFTERNOON...

JUST AFTER 3 PM...THE TEMPERATURE AT SIOUX FALLS REACHED 79 DEGREES.
THIS BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE OF 78 DEGREES...SET IN
1987. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...
IF THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE 79.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
330 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

...EARLIEST 80 DEGREES EVER IN SIOUX FALLS...

AROUND 310 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 80 DEGREES.
THIS NOT ONLY BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 78 FOR THE DATE...BUT IT WAS
THE EARLIEST IN THE YEAR WE HAVE EVER REACHED 80 DEGREES. THE OLD
RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST 80 WAS ON MARCH 17TH WAY BACK IN 1894.
RYRHOLM

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
345 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

...ALL-TIME DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT DULUTH WITH
THE EARLIEST 70 DEGREE TEMPERATURE...
THE TEMPERATURE AT 314 PM CLIMBED TO 70 DEGREES AT THE DULUTH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE ALL-TIME AND THE AIRPORT RECORD
HIGH FOR MARCH 7TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORDS FOR THIS DATE WERE 69 DEGREES
SET IN 1987. THIS DATE OF MARCH 7TH IS THE EARLIEST DATE IN THE YEAR THAT
A 70 DEGREE READING OR HIGHER HAS EVER BEEN REACHED IN DULUTH. THE PREVIOUS
EARLIEST 70 DEGREE READING DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL MARCH 22ND BACK IN 1945
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 72.

ALL-TIME RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1870...AND AIRPORT RECORDS GO BACK TO 1941.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
400 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

...YET ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS...
AT 339 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 67 DEGRESS.
THIS SMASHES THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH 7TH OF 56 DEGREES
SET BACK IN 1987.

THIS IS ALSO THE 5TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE NOW BEEN TIED
OR BROKEN ON 10 OF THE LAST 16 DAYS.
UNINTERRUPTED RECORDS DATE BACK TO ONLY 1939 AT INTERNATIONAL
FALLS MINNESOTA.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
548 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000
...NEW RECORD HIGHS IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT DAY...

AS OF 530 PM THREE NEW RECORD HIGHS WERE SET IN EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...AND ONE RECORD WAS TIED.
THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT SET A NEW HIGH OF 60 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 48 DEGREES...SET IN 1968.

AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE THE TEMPERATURE ALSO REACHED
60 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 50 SET IN 1968.
KDLR RADIO IN DEVILS LAKE HAD A HIGH OF 57 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD HIGH WAS 55 IN 1977.

IN FARGO...THE RECORD HIGH OF 62 WAS TIED THIS AFTERNOON.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
115 AM CST WED MAR 8 2000

...MORE RECORDS FALL BY THE WAYSIDE...
THE TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SET A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE ON TUESDAY. THE MARCH 7TH AIRPORT LOW OF 45 DEGREES
PULVERIZED THE PREVIOUS RECORD MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 41 DEGREES
SET IN 1987.

ANOTHER RECORD HIGH WAS ALREADY SET THIS MORNING AT THE TWIN CITIES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AS OF 1 AM THE NEW MARCH 8TH RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES HANDILY RETIRES THE PREVIOUS CENTURY PLUS,
OLD RECORD OF 61 DEGREES, SET DURING THE LATE WINTER OF 1898.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
128 AM CST WED MAR 8 2000
...RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT LA CROSSE AND ROCHESTER
FOR MARCH 7TH...

AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT YESTERDAY...THE LOW TEMPERATURE ONLY
REACHED 55 DEGREES. THIS LOW BEAT THE PREVIOUS HIGHEST MINIMUM OF
47 SET IN 1987.
AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY...THE LOW
TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 49 DEGREES. THIS LOW BEAT THE PREVIOUS
HIGHEST MINIMUM OF 41 SET IN 1987.

...MORE RECORDS AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN AND ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...
THE TEMPERATURE AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT REACHED 82 DEGREES...THE
OLD RECORD WAS 74 IN 1987. NOT ONLY IS THIS THE RECORD FOR MARCH
7TH...BUT IT ALSO MARKS THE EARLIEST FIRST OCCURRENCE OF 80 DEGREES
OR GREATER IN LA CROSSE. THE PREVIOUS EARLIEST 80 DEGREE OR GREATER
DAY WAS BACK ON MARCH 23RD 1910.

THEN AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 75
DEGREES...THE OLD RECORD WAS 69 DEGREES SET IN 1987. THIS ALSO SETS
A RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST 70 DEGREE READING AT ROCHESTER. PRIOR TO
TODAY...THE RECORD WAS 70 DEGREES RECORDED ON MARCH 14 IN 1910.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
153 AM CST WED MAR 8 2000
...NEW RECORD HIGH FOR ROCHESTER FOR MARCH 8TH ALREADY THIS
MORNING AND THE RECORD HAS BEEN TIED AT LA CROSSE...

AT MIDNIGHT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 60 DEGREES.
THIS TEMPERATURE BEAT THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 57 SET IN 1977.
THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT REPORTED 64 DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT. THIS
TEMPERATURE TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 64 SET IN 1878.
THESE RECORDS MARK THE FIFTH DAY IN A ROW OF RECORD HIGHS AT BOTH
ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND LA CROSSE WISCONSIN.

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE THESE LEVELS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND A FINAL RECORD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER
TODAY.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
823 AM CST WED MAR 8 2000

A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE TWIN CITIES...OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING.
AT 230 AM IT WAS 63 DEGREES.

THIS SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH 8.
THE OLD RECORD WAS 61...SET IN 1898.

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
515 PM CST WED MAR 8 2000
...ONE LAST RECORD BEFORE THE RETURN TO REALITY...

ONE LAST RECORD WAS TIED AT GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...EVEN
THOUGH IT WAS AT MIDNIGHT. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT MIDNIGHT WAS 46.
THE LAST TIME THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 46 DEGREES WAS 1977.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
128 AM CST THU MAR 9 2000
...RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND
LA CROSSE WISCONSIN...

AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE ONLY FELL TO
45 DEGREES YESTERDAY. THIS LOW BEAT THE PREVIOUS HIGHEST MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES SET IN 1992.
AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE ONLY FELL TO 52 DEGREES
YESTERDAY. THIS LOW TIED THE PREVIOUS HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF
52 DEGREES SET IN 1878.

...DAY FIVE OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN AND
ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...
THE TEMPERATURE AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT REACHED 74 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 66 DEGREES SET IN 1878.

AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 68 DEGREES...
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 57 DEGREES SET IN 1977.
THIS STREAK OF RECORD SETTING DAYS HAS COME TO AN END. A COLD
FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD THE REGION OVERNIGHT BRINGING COLDER AND
MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION.

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