Record Report
Statement as of 3:33 PM CDT on May 17, 2013
... Wettest Spring in Rochester MN...
Shortly after 3 PM on may 17th, Rochester international Airport
established a new Spring precipitation record. Through 306 PM... the
Airport had received 2.37 inches of rain today. This raised the
meteorological Spring /March 1st to may 31st/ precipitation total to
15.89 inches which is the highest precipitation ever for a Spring.
The previous record was 15.87 inches in 2001.
The Table below lists the top ten wettest meteorological Springs in
Rochester MN.
Wettest meteorological Springs
in Rochester MN
1886-2013
March 1-may 31
precipitation
rank total year
---- ------------- ----
1 15.89 inches 2013+
1 15.87 inches 2001
3 15.09 inches 1888
4 14.57 inches 1990
5 14.35 inches 1945
6 12.85 inches 1982
7 12.60 inches 1999
8 12.37 inches 1973
9 12.06 inches 1938
10 11.91 inches 1991
+ through 306 PM on may 17th
