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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
931 AM CDT MON NOV 1 2009

...SNOWIEST OCTOBER IN ROCHESTER MN...

DURING OCTOBER 2009...THE OFFICIAL SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 7.9 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS
6.9 INCHES GREATER THAN THE OCTOBER NORMAL OF 1.1 INCHES.  THIS WAS
THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER IN ROCHESTER.

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

            SNOWIEST OCTOBERS
             IN ROCHESTER MN
                1886-2009

                 SNOWFALL
    RANK           TOTAL            YEAR
    ----       -------------        ----
      1          7.9 INCHES         2009+
      2          6.6 INCHES         1929
      3          5.5 INCHES         1917
      4          5.4 INCHES         1979
      5          4.5 INCHES         1991
      6          4.0 INCHES         1930
      7          2.9 INCHES         1976
      8          2.6 INCHES         1989
      9          2.3 INCHES         1995
     10          2.2 INCHES         1981

  + IN A PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED ON
    OCTOBER 24TH...IT WAS STATED THAT THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER
    IN ROCHESTER OCCURRED BACK IN 1887 WITH 10.0 INCHES.
    SINCE THAT STATEMENT WAS ISSUED...THERE HAS BEEN AN
    EXTENSIVE SEARCH TO AUTHENTICATE /NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA
    CENTER...MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE...AND ON
    STATION/ THAT RECORD. SINCE NO OFFICIAL FORM HAS BEEN
    FOUND...THIS SNOWFALL AMOUNT WILL BE NO LONGER CONSIDERED
    OFFICIAL AND THE OCTOBER 2009 SNOWFALL OF 7.9 INCHES WILL
    NOW BE CONSIDERED THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER IN ROCHESTER.

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