SXUS73 KARX 312035
RERARX

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
335 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012

...WARMEST MARCH EVER ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...

THE FOLLOWING COOPERATIVE SITES HAD THEIR WARMEST MARCH EVER. 

IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

                      2012 MARCH        PREVIOUS RECORD    WHEN RECORDS
                      AVG. TEMP.           FOR MARCH          BEGAN
                      ----------        ---------------    ------------
CRESCO 1NE           48.0 DEGREES    42.2 DEGREES IN 1946     1893

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

                      2012 MARCH        PREVIOUS RECORD    WHEN RECORDS
                      AVG. TEMP.           FOR MARCH          BEGAN
                      ----------        ---------------    ------------
BYRON                46.0 DEGREES    38.2 DEGREES IN 2000     1993
GRAND MEADOW         45.8 DEGREES    44.5 DEGREES IN 1910     1891
WINONA DAM 5A        49.1 DEGREES    41.5 DEGREES IN 2000     1940
ZUMBROTA             47.1 DEGREES    44.6 DEGREES IN 1910     1896

IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...

                      2012 MARCH        PREVIOUS RECORD    WHEN RECORDS
                      AVG. TEMP.           FOR MARCH          BEGAN
                      ----------        ---------------    ------------
BLAIR 2NW            47.4 DEGREES    36.7 DEGREES IN 2010     2010
FRIENDSHIP           47.7 DEGREES    41.7 DEGREES IN 1945     1930
MEDFORD              43.2 DEGREES    41.1 DEGREES IN 1910     1893
NECEDAH 2SE          47.1 DEGREES    41.4 DEGREES IN 2000     1954
NEILLSVILLE 3SW      46.0 DEGREES    39.0 DEGREES IN 1973     1893

ADDITIONAL SITES WILL BE ADDED AS THEIR DATA BECOMES FINALIZED.

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