Record Report
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
710 SXUS73 KARX 262105 RERRST RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 304 PM CST MON FEB 26 2024 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT ROCHESTER MN TODAY... ...ALL-TIME WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE IN FEBRUARY SET ALSO... AT 248 PM, THE ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA AIRPORT REACHED 68 DEGREES WHICH SETS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY 26. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 58 DEGREES SET IN 1958. THIS ALSO SETS A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD AND WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN FEBRUARY WAS 63 DEGREES IN 1981. THE HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER BEGAN IN 1886. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THE TEMPERATURE COULD WARM FURTHER THIS AFTERNOON. $$ DB/JN