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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
152 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2018

...DAILY RAINFALL RECORD SET FOR ROCHESTER MN...
...5TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAY IN ROCHESTER MN...

ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 
RECEIVED 3.32 INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS SURPASSED THE 
RAINFALL RECORD FOR THIS DATE.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD 
WAS 1.50 INCHES IN 1887.

IT WAS ALSO THE 5TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAY AND THE 
WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAY SINCE SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
(3.60" IN 4TH WETTEST).  THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE 
10 WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAYS IN ROCHESTER MN.

          WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAYS
             IN ROCHESTER MN

              RAINFALL
   RANK        TOTAL          DATE
   ----       --------        ----
     1      5.98 INCHES    9/12/1978
     2      4.34 INCHES    9/23/2010
     3      4.04 INCHES    9/14/2004
     4      3.60 INCHES    9/21/2016
     5      3.32 INCHES    9/ 4/2018
     6      3.17 INCHES    9/25/2005
            3.17 INCHES    9/15/1941
     8      3.11 INCHES    9/10/1938
     9      3.04 INCHES    9/10/1986
    10      2.51 INCHES    9/19/1983

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