SXUS73 KARX 081549
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1049 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2018

...RECORD LOW TIED AT ROCHESTER MN...
...TIED THE RECORD FOR COLDEST SO LATE IN A SEASON...

THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 9 DEGREES THIS MORNING AT ROCHESTER 
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THIS TIED THE RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE SET 
BACK 1997.  THIS ALSO TIED THE LATEST DATE DURING THE SPRING THAT 
THE TEMPERATURE HAS FALLEN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS.

THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS MONTH THAT A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE HAS 
BEEN EITHER TIED OR BROKEN.  THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED DURING A 
CALENDAR MONTH WAS DECEMBER 1983 (DECEMBER 17-19 & DECEMBER 22-24) 
WHEN 6 RECORD LOWS WERE SET. 

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