National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...SECOND WETTEST OCTOBER IN ROCHESTER MN...
...WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE 1911...
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...7.57 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL
AT THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THIS IS 5.37 INCHES GREATER 
THAN NORMAL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER /2.20 INCHES/.  THIS 
OCTOBER ENDED UP AS THE SECOND WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AND IS THE 
WETTEST OCTOBER SINCE 1911 WHEN 9.11 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.

THE TABLE BELOW PROVIDES THE TEN WETTEST OCTOBERS IN ROCHESTER MN.

WETTEST STARTS TO AN OCTOBER
       IN ROCHESTER MN
          1886-2009

RANK    PRECIP.	YEAR

1
9.11
1911
2
7.57
2009
3
6.08
1970
4
4.95
1979
5
4.71
1998
6
3.86
1966
7
3.83
1941
8
3.78
1984
9
3.57
1986
10
3.50
2002