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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1201 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025

...July 2025 was Warmer and Drier than Normal at Rochester MN...

...July 2025 Highlights...

Temperatures - Warmer than Normal

The average temperature at Rochester International Airport was 72F.
This was 1.5F warmer than the 1991-2020 normal of 70.5F. 8 out of
the last 10 Julys were near normal.

The average high temperature was 81.1F. This was 0.8F warmer than
the 1991-2020 normal of 80.3F.

The average low temperature was 63F. This was 2.2F warmer than the
1991-2020 normal of 60.8F. This was tied for the 13th warmest with
1983.

The hottest temperature was 88F on July 23.
The coldest high temperature was 71F on July 17.

The warmest low temperature was 72F on July 4 and July 22.
The coldest low temperature was 51F on July 17.

The temperature never reached or exceeded 90F. The long-term
average (1886-2025) is 4.2 days.

A 23-day stretch with temperatures above 60-degrees ended on July
12. This streak began on the first day of summer (June 20). This was
the 2nd longest. The only longer stretch of days was 26 days in 1955
(July 12-August 6).

Precipitation - Drier than Normal

A total of 3.33 inches of rain fell at Rochester International
Airport. This was 0.86 inches drier than the 1991-2020 normal of
4.19 inches.

The wettest day was July 23 when 0.99 inches of rain fell.

Rain fell on 19 days (measurable fell on 15 days and a trace fell on
4 days).

...July 2025 Records...

None.

...Looking ahead to August...

The normal high temperature in Rochester falls from 79F on August
1st to 76F by the end of the month. The normal low temperature
falls from 60F on the 1st to 56F by the end of the month. The
normal mean temperature for the month is 68.2F. Rochesters hottest
August occurred in 1947 with an average temperature of 77F, and
their coldest August occurred in 1992 with an average of 63.1F.

For August, the hottest temperature recorded was 100F on August 3,
1930, August 15, 1936, August 4, 1947, August 23, 1948, and August
24, 1948, and the coldest temperature was 32F on August 30, 1915.
Normally, there is only 1 day with temperatures at or above 90F.

The average precipitation for August is 4.12 inches. The wettest
August occurred in 2007 when 14.07 inches of rain fell and the
driest occurred in 1941 when 0.31 inches of rain fell.  The wettest
August day was 5.16 inches on August 18, 2007. Normally, there are 6
days with thunderstorms.

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Boyne