SXUS73 KARX 010752 RERRST RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 251 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018 ...COLDEST APRIL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... ...COLDEST APRIL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... ...COLDEST APRIL AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... ...SNOWIEST APRIL IN ROCHESTER MN... ...GREATEST AVERAGE APRIL SNOW DEPTH IN ROCHESTER MN... DURING APRIL 2018, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 34.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 12.2 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE OF 46.7 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 37.6 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1950. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A MONTHLY COLD RECORD HAS OCCURRED SINCE SEPTEMBER 1993. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 44.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 12.5 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE OF 57.0 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 45.9 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1961. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 24.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 11.9 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE OF 36.4 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 28.1 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1909. 17 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED BY THE OFFICIAL NWS SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORMALLY, ONLY 3.3 INCHES OF SNOW FALLS DURING APRIL. THE BROKE THE PREVIOUS SNOWFALL RECORD FOR APRIL WHICH WAS 16.4 INCHES IN 1983. THE AVERAGE APRIL SNOW DEPTH NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 1.6 INCHES. THIS ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.3 INCHES IN 1962 AND 1973. $$ BOYNE SXUS73 KARX 011050 RERRST RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 251 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2018 ...COLDEST APRIL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... ...COLDEST APRIL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... ...COLDEST APRIL AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN ROCHESTER MN... ...SNOWIEST APRIL IN ROCHESTER MN... ...GREATEST AVERAGE APRIL SNOW DEPTH IN ROCHESTER MN... DURING APRIL 2018, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 34.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 12.2 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE OF 46.7 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 37.6 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1950. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A MONTHLY COLD RECORD HAS OCCURRED SINCE SEPTEMBER 1993. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 44.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 12.5 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE OF 57.0 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 45.9 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1961. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 24.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 11.9 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE OF 36.4 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 28.1 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1909. 17 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED BY THE OFFICIAL NWS SNOW OBSERVER NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORMALLY, ONLY 3.3 INCHES OF SNOW FALLS DURING APRIL. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS SNOWFALL RECORD FOR APRIL WHICH WAS 16.4 INCHES IN 1983. THE AVERAGE APRIL SNOW DEPTH NEAR ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 1.6 INCHES. THIS ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.3 INCHES IN 1962 AND 1973. $$ BOYNE