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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1140 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2016 

...RECORD WETTEST YEAR AT LA CROSSE WISCONSIN...NWS LA CROSSE
WEATHER OFFICE CLOSING IN ON ITS WETTEST YEAR...

WITH 0.67 INCH OF RAIN AT LA CROSSE FROM 6 AM ON THE 25TH TO 6 AM
ON THE 26TH...THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR 2016 NOW STANDS AT 44.76
INCHES. THIS MAKES 2016 THE WETTEST YEAR OF RECORD AT LA CROSSE
WISCONSIN. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST YEAR OF RECORD WAS 44.74 INCHES IN
1881. ANNUAL PRECIPITATION RECORDS AT LA CROSSE START IN 1873. 

AFTER THE RAINS THROUGH 6 AM ON DECEMBER 26TH...THE 2016
PRECIPITATION TOTAL AT THE LA CROSSE NWS OFFICE STANDS AT 49.04
INCHES. ODDLY ENOUGH...THIS IS NOT A RECORD ANNUAL TOTAL AT THE LA
CROSSE WEATHER OFFICE AND RECORDS ONLY GO BACK TO 2000. THE WETTEST
YEAR AT THE WEATHER OFFICE IS 2007 WITH A TOTAL OF 49.53 INCHES. 

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