8 Years Ago This Week Rochester Was Shoveling a Lot of Snow
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If you ever needed proof about how different the weather can be during spring in Minnesota, just check out what s happened during the first days of May.
Ahh, spring in the Land of 10,000 Lakes when it can be sunny and warm one day and then 50 degrees colder with snow flurries falling only a day or so later, right? Yes, the Minnesota weather roller coaster can give you a serious case of whiplash during the spring.
Take, for instance, the weather we just experienced on the first day of May here in 2021. According to the National Weather Service in La Crosse, our high temperature reached all the way up to 91 degrees on Saturday at Rochester International Airport, breaking the previous record of 89 which was set back in 1992.