SXUS73 KARX 050053 RERRST RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 652 PM CST MON DEC 4 2017 ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ROCHESTER MN... ...WARMEST DECEMBER TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... ...WARMEST TEMPERATURE FOR A METEOROLOGICAL WINTER IN ROCHESTER MN... ON DECEMBER 4TH, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 64 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THIS DATE WAS 57 DEGREES IN 1941. THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR A DECEMBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 63 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 17 1939. THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN A METEOROLOGICAL WINTER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 63 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 17 1939 AND FEBRUARY 17 1981. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR ROCHESTER MINNESOTA DATE BACK TO JULY 1 1886. $$ BOYNE