SXUS73 KARX 251250
RERARX

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 
750 AM CST SUN MAR 25 2018

...NEW HAMPTON IA AND FAYETTE IA SET NEW SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR MARCH 
24TH...

NEW HAMPTON, IA...

THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 8.5 INCHES ENDING AT 7 AM SATURDAY AT NEW 
HAMPTON IA SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE PERIOD.  THE OLD RECORD WAS 4.0 
INCHES IN 1979.

THIS WAS THEIR 5TH GREATEST SINGLE DAY SNOW TOTAL FOR A MARCH.  THE 
ONLY MARCH DAYS TO HAVE A GREATER SNOWFALL WAS MARCH 15 1959 
(12.5"), MARCH 19 1971 (12.0"), MARCH 13 2017 (10.0"), AND MARCH 8 
1961 (10").

SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR NEW HAMPTON DATE BACK TO 1897.

FAYETTE IA...

THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 4.4 INCHES ENDING AT 7 AM SATURDAY AT 
FAYETTE IA SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE PERIOD.  THE OLD RECORD WAS 4.0 
INCHES IN 1979.

SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR NEW HAMPTON DATE BACK TO 1893.

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