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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1051 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...HIGHEST DEW POINT SO LATE IN THE YEAR AT ROCHESTER MN...

WITH A DEW POINT OF 68F THIS AFTERNOON (BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM) AT
ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THIS WAS THE HIGHEST DEW POINT
EVER SO LATE IN THE YEAR AT ROCHESTER MN.  PRIOR TO TODAY...THE
LATEST 68F OR HIGHER DEW POINT IN A YEAR WAS OCTOBER 13TH BACK IN
1962.  DEW POINT RECORDS FOR ROCHESTER MN DATE BACK TO 1948.

THIS WAS THE 4TH HIGHEST OCTOBER DEW POINT ON A CALENDAR DAY.  THE
ONLY DAYS WHICH HAD A HIGHER DEW POINT WAS OCTOBER 7 2007
(72F)...OCTOBER 4, 2005 (70F)...AND OCTOBER 3 2005 (70F).  BELOW ARE
HIGHEST OCTOBER CALENDAR DAY DEW POINTS.

    HIGHEST DEW POINTS BY
 OCTOBER DAY IN ROCHESTER MN 

         DEW
  RANK  POINT         DATE
  ----  -----         ----
    1    72F      OCTOBER 7 2007
    2    70F      OCTOBER 4 2005
         70F      OCTOBER 3 2005
    4    68F      OCTOBER 17 2016
         68F      OCTOBER 8 2007
         68F      OCTOBER 2 2005
         68F      OCTOBER 7 1997
         68F      OCTOBER 13 1962
         68F      OCTOBER 10 1962
         68F      OCTOBER 8 1949
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