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CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED YEAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1039 AM CDT FRI MAR 1 2013

...METEOROLOGICAL WINTER WAS WARM AND WET IN LA CROSSE WI...

DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER /DECEMBER 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28/...
LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL...AND BOTH THE
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WERE ABOVE NORMAL.  THE INFORMATION BELOW
PROVIDES MORE DETAILS ON THESE STATISTICS.

TEMPERATURES -

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT
LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS 22.0 DEGREES.  THIS WAS 1.5 DEGREES
WARMER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 20.5 DEGREES.  THE AVERAGE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 30.3 DEGREES.  THIS WAS 1.6 DEGREES WARMER
THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 28.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 13.8 DEGREES.  THIS WAS 1.6 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE
1981-2010 NORMAL OF 12.2 DEGREES.

THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 64 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 3RD.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS -10 DEGREES ON JANUARY 1ST.

THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE WINTER OF 2012-13.

          WINTER 2012-13 TEMPERATURES
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                  AVERAGE            DEPARTURE
   MONTH        TEMPERATURE         FROM NORMAL
   -----        -----------         -----------
 DECEMBER       26.0 DEGREES        +4.4 DEGREES
 JANUARY        19.8 DEGREES        +2.4 DEGREES
 FEBRUARY       20.3 DEGREES        -2.2 DEGREES

 WINTER         22.0 DEGREES        +1.5 DEGREES


PRECIPITATION -

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH...LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT RECEIVED 4.38 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  THIS WAS 0.85 INCHES
ABOVE THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 3.53 INCHES.

THE WETTEST DAY WAS DECEMBER 20TH WHEN 0.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
FELL.

PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED ON 19 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JANUARY 27TH
THROUGH FEBRUARY 14TH.  THIS TIED SIMILAR STREAKS IN 1887-88
/DECEMBER 14-JANUARY 1/ AND 1939 /JANUARY 8-26/.  IT WAS THE LONGEST
STRETCH OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION SINCE 1969-70 /DECEMBER
16-JANUARY 4/.  THE LONGEST STRETCH OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION WAS
21 DAYS IN 1962 /FEBRUARY 7-27/.

THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE WINTER OF 2012-13.

          WINTER 2012-13 PRECIPITATION
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                PRECIPITATION         DEPARTURE
   MONTH            TOTAL            FROM NORMAL
   -----        ------------         -----------
 DECEMBER        1.98 INCHES        +0.62 INCHES
 JANUARY         1.09 INCHES        -0.03 INCHES
 FEBRUARY        1.31 INCHES        +0.26 INCHES

 WINTER          4.38 INCHES        +0.85 INCHES

THERE WAS 50 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.  HERE IS A
BREAKDOWN OF THIS PRECIPITATION.

0.01 INCHES OR MORE       36 DAYS
0.10 INCHES OR MORE       13 DAYS
0.50 INCHES OR MORE        1 DAYS
1.00 INCHES OR MORE        0 DAYS


SNOWFALL -

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH...THE SNOW OBSERVER NEAR LA
CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 39.9 INCHES OF SNOW.  THIS WAS
9.7 INCHES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 30.2 INCHES.

THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS 6.7 INCHES ON DECEMBER 9TH.

SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED ON 16 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JANUARY 30TH
THROUGH FEBRUARY 14TH.  THIS WAS THE SECOND LONGEST STRETCH OF DAYS
WITH SNOWFALL.  THE LONGEST STRETCH OF DAYS WAS 18 DAYS IN 1969-70
/DECEMBER 18-JANUARY 4/.

THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE WINTER OF 2012-13.

           WINTER 2012-13 SNOWFALL
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                  SNOWFALL            DEPARTURE
   MONTH            TOTAL            FROM NORMAL
   -----        ------------         -----------
 DECEMBER        18.3 INCHES        + 7.0 INCHES
 JANUARY          6.5 INCHES        - 4.2 INCHES
 FEBRUARY        15.1 INCHES        + 6.9 INCHES

 WINTER          39.9 INCHES        + 9.7 INCHES


SNOW DEPTH -

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH...THE OFFICIAL SNOW OBSERVER
NEAR LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH OF
4.1 INCHES. THIS WAS 0.3 INCHES LESS THAN THE 1893-2013 AVERAGE OF
4.4 INCHES.

THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 10 INCHES FROM FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH
FEBRUARY 10TH.

WIND -

AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 8.1 MPH.

HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND SPEED WAS 38.0 MPH FROM THE WEST ON JANUARY 19TH.

HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 51 MPH FROM THE WEST ON JANUARY 19TH.

...................................

...THE LA CROSSE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2012 TO
2/28/2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED
                 VALUE   DATE(S)

................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST            64   12/03
LOWEST            -10   01/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     30.3
AVG. MINIMUM     13.8
MEAN             22.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MAX <= 32     50
DAYS MIN <= 32     83
DAYS MIN <= 0      10

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS           4.38
DAYS >= .01        36
DAYS >= .10        13
DAYS >= .50         1
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.61  12/20

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           39.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      4
DAYS >= TRACE      51
DAYS >= 1.0        10
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10
 24 HR TOTAL      6.7   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    3840
COOLING TOTAL       0
.................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.1
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/290    DATE  01/19

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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