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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
333 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

...WETTEST SPRING IN ROCHESTER MN...

SHORTLY AFTER 3 PM ON MAY 17TH, ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ESTABLISHED A NEW SPRING PRECIPITATION RECORD.  THROUGH 306 PM...THE
AIRPORT HAD RECEIVED 2.37 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY.  THIS RAISED THE
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING /MARCH 1ST TO MAY 31ST/ PRECIPITATION TOTAL TO
15.89 INCHES WHICH IS THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION EVER FOR A SPRING.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 15.87 INCHES IN 2001.

THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP TEN WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS IN
ROCHESTER MN.

    WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS
           IN ROCHESTER MN
              1886-2013

            MARCH 1-MAY 31
            PRECIPITATION
   RANK         TOTAL          YEAR
   ----     -------------      ----
     1       15.89 INCHES      2013+
     1       15.87 INCHES      2001
     3       15.09 INCHES      1888
     4       14.57 INCHES      1990
     5       14.35 INCHES      1945
     6       12.85 INCHES      1982
     7       12.60 INCHES      1999
     8       12.37 INCHES      1973
     9       12.06 INCHES      1938
    10       11.91 INCHES      1991

    + THROUGH 306 PM ON MAY 17TH

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