Rose Creek, Minnesota

... 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

... Location... ... time... ... amt...

... Northeast Iowa...

... Allamakee County...
Dorchester Hwy 76 (660 ft)(goes) 800 am may 18 0.11 in
Lansing 4se (830 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.04 in
ion (664 ft)(goes) 445 am may 18 0.02 in

... Floyd County...
Charles City (993 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.14 in
Nashua 2sw (1035 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 T in
Charles City (993 ft)(awos) 700 am may 18 T in

... Howard County...
Cresco 1ne (1255 ft)(coop) 500 am may 18 0.40 in

... Mitchell County...
Osage (1160 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.96 in

... Winneshiek County...
4 S Sattre (948 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.60 in
Decorah Municipal Airport (awos) 700 am may 18 0.39 in

... Southeast Minnesota...

... Dodge County...
2 SSE Claremont (1273 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 2.12 in
Dodge Center (1305 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 1.87 in
Dodge Center Airport (1304 ft)(awos) 700 am may 18 1.73 in
2 E Claremont (1294 ft)(cocorahs) 800 am may 18 1.43 in
2 ESE Mantorville (1210 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 1.08 in

... Fillmore County...
Spring Valley (1275 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 1.78 in
Spring Valley 3e (1214 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.79 in
Lanesboro (955 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.56 in
Preston Fillmore County Airport (awos) 700 am may 18 0.48 in
1 WNW Highland (968 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.40 in
so.Fork root river (975 ft)(goes) 830 am may 18 0.39 in
Preston (930 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.31 in

... Houston County...
2 ENE Wilmington (1094 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.15 in

... Mower County...
Grand Meadow (1350 ft)(coop) 600 am may 18 2.40 in
Austin Municipal Airport (awos) 700 am may 18 1.38 in
2 NNE Varco (1214 ft)(hads) 800 am may 18 0.89 in

... Olmsted County...
Rochester ap 2ne (1270 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 1.56 in
Rochester international Airport (asos) 700 am may 18 1.47 in
Mayo helipad (1164 ft)(awos) 652 am may 18 1.04 in
Silver Creek (1010 ft)(goes) 830 am may 18 0.87 in
Rochester beltline (1297 ft)(goes) 830 am may 18 0.82 in
4 NNW Rochester (1009 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.82 in
3 NNW Chester (1225 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.77 in
Byron 4 north (1041 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.73 in
Elgin 2ssw (1110 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.63 in

... Wabasha County...
Wabasha (700 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.24 in
4 SSW Zumbro Falls (1106 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.17 in
Theilman 1ssw (737 ft)(coop) 745 am may 18 0.10 in

... Winona County...
Lewiston (1221 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.83 in
La Crescent dam 7 (647 ft)(coop) 600 am may 18 0.76 in
Winona dam 5a (663 ft)(coop) 600 am may 18 0.70 in
Minnesota City dam 5 (670 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.65 in
Altura 5w (865 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.57 in
Winona Municipal Airport (656 ft)(awos) 700 am may 18 0.30 in

... Southwest and central Wisconsin...

... Adams County...
Monroe Center 1e (960 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.62 in
Friendship (960 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.30 in

... Buffalo County...
Alma dam 4 (670 ft)(coop) 600 am may 18 0.50 in

... Clark County...
Neillsville 3ese (1080 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.32 in
Owen 2n (1280 ft)(coop) 800 am may 18 0.28 in

... Crawford County...
Soldiers Grove (920 ft)(ucoop) 653 am may 18 0.18 in
Steuben (goes) 530 am may 18 0.14 in
Lynxville dam 9 (633 ft)(coop) 600 am may 18 0.04 in

... Grant County...
1 ENE Boscobel (672 ft)(raws) 603 am may 18 0.02 in
Boscobel Airport (673 ft)(asos) 700 am may 18 T in

... Jackson County...
1 WNW Vaudreuil (814 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.76 in
Hatfield dam (885 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.45 in
Black River Falls Area Airport (awos) 700 am may 18 0.33 in
1 E Black River Falls (837 ft)(raws) 815 am may 18 0.32 in
Black River Falls (796 ft)(goes) 800 am may 18 0.30 in

... Juneau County...
Volk Field Airport (906 ft)(asos) 700 am may 18 0.45 in
New Lisbon 4ene (895 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.39 in
Necedah 1w (920 ft)(goes) 748 am may 18 0.32 in

... La Crosse County...
Holland (718 ft)(ucoop) 600 am may 18 0.87 in
2 E Mindoro (837 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.83 in
Holmen 2s (718 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.70 in
La Crosse Municipal Airport (asos) 700 am may 18 0.52 in
La Crosse 4nnw (660 ft)(coop) 730 am may 18 0.43 in
Four Corners (913 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.33 in
Mississippi River at La Crosse (goes) 800 am may 18 0.22 in

... Monroe County...
Tunnel City (1053 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.68 in
Sparta/Fort Mc Coy Airport (awos) 700 am may 18 0.52 in
Warrens 4wsw (1101 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.40 in
1 ENE Melvina (862 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.39 in

... Richland County...
Richland Center (730 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.31 in

... Taylor County...
3 NE Lublin (1316 ft)(raws) 814 am may 18 0.51 in
Medford (1470 ft)(coop) 800 am may 18 0.43 in

... Trempealeau County...
Trempealeau dam 6 (660 ft)(coop) 600 am may 18 0.85 in
2 NW Trempealeau (724 ft)(cocorahs) 700 am may 18 0.48 in
Osseo (965 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.42 in
Galesville 2wsw (771 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.31 in
Ettrick 4wnw (818 ft)(ucoop) 721 am may 18 0.29 in

... Vernon County...
Hillsboro WSW (979 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.85 in
Viroqua Municipal Airport (awos) 700 am may 18 0.83 in
La Farge (810 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.77 in
Stoddard (654 ft)(ucoop) 700 am may 18 0.77 in
Viroqua (1250 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.74 in
Ontario 3e (960 ft)(coop) 700 am may 18 0.62 in
Readstown 4ne (763 ft)(coop) 800 am may 18 0.34 in


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equipment and exposures. Not all data listed is considered official. The
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