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SXUS73 KARX 202107
RERARX

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
408 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2025

...DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND...

24-HOUR RAINFALL RECORDS FOR AUGUST 15-16...

                         NEW                            RECORDS
    LOCATION            RECORD         OLD RECORD        BEGAN
    --------            ------         ----------       -------
MONDOVI, WI          2.85 INCHES   1.70 INCHES IN 1954    1908
ROCHESTER AP 2NE, MN 1.18 INCHES   0.88 INCHES IN 2004    2000
SPRING VALLEY, MN    1.95 INCHES   0.82 INCHES IN 2009    1886
WABASHA, MN          1.19 INCHES   0.71 INCHES IN 2004    1892

24-HOUR RAINFALL RECORDS FOR AUGUST 16-17...
                         NEW                            RECORDS
    LOCATION            RECORD         OLD RECORD        BEGAN
    --------            ------         ----------       -------
DECORAH, IA          2.90 INCHES   1.59 INCHES IN 1938    1893
FRIENDSHIP, WI       1.63 INCHES   1.24 INCHES IN 2000    1930
GRAND MEADOW, MN     6.30 INCHES   1.54 INCHES IN 2000    1887
    3RD WETTEST - ONLY 8/13/1911 (6.41 INCHES) AND 9/15/2004
    (7.20 INCHES) WERE WETTER
LYNXVILLE DAM 9, WI  2.85 INCHES   2.33 INCHES IN 2018    1936
PRESTON, MN          2.68 INCHES   1.78 INCHES IN 1998    1952
SPRING VALLEY, MN    1.59 INCHES   0.81 INCHES IN 2017    1886

24-HOUR RAINFALL RECORDS FOR AUGUST 17-18...
                         NEW                            RECORDS
    LOCATION            RECORD         OLD RECORD        BEGAN
    --------            ------         ----------       -------
ALMA DAM 4, WI       1.32 INCHES   1.26 INCHES IN 1940    1936
AUSTIN WWTF, MN      2.65 INCHES   2.09 INCHES IN 2015    1937
CHARLES CITY, IA     3.60 INCHES   2.33 INCHES IN 2005    1893
DECORAH, IA          8.64 INCHES   1.02 INCHES IN 1954    1893
     WETTEST AUGUST AND WETTEST DAY
ELMA, IA             6.48 INCHES   1.08 INCHES IN 2005    1907
     2ND WETTEST - ONLY 8/28/2021 (8.74 INCHES) WAS WETTER
IONIA 2 W, IA        4.27 INCHES   4.18 INCHES IN 2005    2002
     4TH WETTEST - ONLY 8/9/2021 (11.25 INCHES),
     7/22/2017 (9.30 INCHES), AND 9/22/2016 (6 INCHES) WERE WETTER
MINNESOTA CITY, MN   2.32 INCHES   1.11 INCHES IN 1954    1939
NASHUA 2 SW, IA      0.88 INCHES   0.68 INCHES IN 2019    2001
PRESTON, MN          2.35 INCHES   0.71 INCHES IN 1954    1952
SPRING VALLEY, MN    3.10 INCHES   0.74 INCHES IN 2006    1886
TREMPEALEAU DAM, WI  0.95 INCHES   0.90 INCHES IN 2006    1936
WABASHA, MN          2.86 INCHES   0.70 INCHES IN 2014    1892
WAUKON 3 NNE, IA     2.65 INCHES   2.31 INCHES IN 2005    1934
WINONA DAM 5A, MN    1.71 INCHES   0.90 INCHES IN 1954    1939

WETTEST AUGUST DAY...

                         NEW                                RECORDS
    LOCATION            RECORD         OLD RECORD            BEGAN
    --------            ------         ----------           -------
DECORAH, IA          8.64 INCHES  8.06 INCHES ON 8/24/2016    1893
                   ON 8/17-18/2025

WETTEST CALENDAR DAY...

                         NEW                                RECORDS
    LOCATION            RECORD         OLD RECORD            BEGAN
    --------            ------         ----------           -------
DECORAH, IA          8.64 INCHES   8.06 INCHES ON 8/24/2016   1893
                   ON 8/17-18/2025

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