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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1144 PM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT ROCHESTER MN...

ON JULY 31, 2.35 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THIS SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THIS DATE OF 1.67
INCHES SET IN 1938. THIS WAS THE 3RD DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD SET
THIS MONTH. THE OTHERS WERE SET ON JULY 1 (1.47 INCHES - PREVIOUS
RECORD 1.31 INCHES IN 1961) AND JULY 2 (1.82 INCHES - PREVIOUS
RECORD 1.34 INCHES IN 1933).

THIS RAISED THE JULY 2026 RAINFALL TOTAL TO 8.84 INCHES. THIS IS THE
5TH WETTEST JULY AND THE WETTEST JULY SINCE 1997 (9 INCHES - 4TH
WETTEST JULY). THE WETTEST JULY OCCURRED IN 1978 WHEN 12.33 INCHES
OF RAIN FELL.

IT IS THE 18TH WETTEST MONTH ON RECORD. WETTEST MONTH SINCE JUNE
2024 (9.86 INCHES - 9TH WETTEST MONTH). THE WETTEST MONTH OCCURRED
IN AUGUST 2007 (14.07 INCHES).

DAILY RECORDS GO BACK TO JULY 1886.

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