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Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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000 NOUS43 KARX 021213 PNSARX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 712 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...7TH COLDEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING AND COLDEST SINCE 1965 IN LA CROSSE WI... ...2ND WETTEST SPRING PRECIPITATION AND WETTEST SINCE 1973 IN LA CROSSE WI... ...10TH SNOWIEST SPRING AND SNOWIEST SINCE 1975 IN LA CROSSE WI... TWO WORDS SUM UP THIS SPRING WELL...AND THEY ARE COLD AND WET. IT WAS THE COLDEST SPRING SINCE 1965...AND THE WETTEST AND SNOWIEST SINCE THE EARLY TO MID 1970S. MORE DETAILS ON THESE STATISTICS CAN BE FOUND BELOW. TEMPERATURES - 7TH COLDEST SPRING AND COLDEST SINCE 1975 FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST...LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 42.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 5.0 DEGREES BELOW THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 47.6 DEGREES. THIS TIED 1883 AND 1909 FOR THE 7TH COLDEST SPRING AND IT WAS THE COLDEST SPRING SINCE 1965 /42.3 DEGREES/. IN CONTRAST...THE SPRING OF 2012 WAS THE WARMEST WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 54.7 DEGREES OR 12.1 DEGREES WARMER THAN THIS SPRING. THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP 10 COLDEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI. COLDEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI 1873-2013 AVERAGE RANK TEMPERATURE YEAR ---- ----------- ---- 1 39.5 DEGREES 1888 2 42.3 DEGREES 1965 42.3 DEGREES 1950 4 42.4 DEGREES 1956 5 42.5 DEGREES 1907 42.5 DEGREES 1892 7 42.6 DEGREES 2013 42.6 DEGREES 1909 42.6 DEGREES 1883 10 42.7 DEGREES 1975 42.7 DEGREES 1893 42.7 DEGREES 1890 THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2013. SPRING 2013 TEMPERATURES IN LA CROSSE WI AVERAGE DEPARTURE MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL ----- ----------- ----------- MARCH 26.2 DEGREES -8.3 DEGREES - 15TH COLDEST APRIL 42.6 DEGREES -6.0 DEGREES - 10TH COLDEST MAY 59.1 DEGREES -0.6 DEGREES SPRING 42.3 DEGREES -5.0 DEGREES - 7TH COLDEST THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 51.7 DEGREES. THIS WAS 6.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 58.0 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE 9TH COLDEST AND THE COLDEST SINCE 1965 /51.6 DEGREES/. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 33.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 3.7 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 37.3 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE 11TH COLDEST AND THE COLDEST SINCE 2008 /33.6 DEGREES/. THE DAILY TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL ON 66 DAYS /71.7 PERCENT/...AND ABOVE NORMAL ON 26 DAYS /28.3 PERCENT/. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE SPRING WAS 92 DEGREES ON MAY 14TH. THIS IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE ONLY 47 OUT OF 141 /33.3 PERCENT/ SPRINGS HAVE HAD A 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE OR GREATER. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE SPRING WAS -4 DEGREES ON MARCH 7TH. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH... MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR BELOW 13 DAYS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE 1 DAY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR BELOW 45 DAYS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 0 DEGREES OR BELOW 1 DAYS PRECIPITATION - 2ND WETTEST AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1973 FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST...LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 16.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS 7.63 INCHES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 SPRING NORMAL OF 8.90 INCHES. THIS MADE IT THE SECOND WETTEST SPRING EVER IN THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE ONLY SPRING WHICH WAS WETTER WAS 1973 /17.21 INCHES/. THE NEAR-RECORD PRECIPITATION ALLEVIATED THE MODERATE /D1/ ACROSS THE AREA. THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP 10 WETTEST SPRINGS IN THE LA CROSSE AREA. WETTEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI 1873-2013 PRECIPITATION RANK TOTAL YEAR ---- ------------- ---- 1 17.21 INCHES 1973 2 16.53 INCHES 2013 3 15.37 INCHES 1945 4 15.04 INCHES 1991 5 14.61 INCHES 2004 6 13.70 INCHES 1993 7 13.61 INCHES 1888 8 13.28 INCHES 1908 9 13.11 INCHES 1903 10 12.88 INCHES 1960 THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2013. SPRING 2013 PRECIPITATION IN LA CROSSE WI PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- MARCH 2.12 INCHES +0.08 INCHES APRIL 5.92 INCHES +2.58 INCHES - 9TH WETTEST MAY 8.49 INCHES +4.97 INCHES - 3RD WETTEST SPRING 16.53 INCHES +7.63 INCHES - 2ND WETTEST MEASURABLE RAIN /0.01 INCHES OR GREATER/ FELL ON 46 DAYS. NORMALLY...MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FALLS ON 32 DAYS. THIS TIED 1903...1927...AND 2004 FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. THE WETTEST SPRING DAY WAS 2.58 INCHES FROM MAY 29TH INTO MAY 30TH. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH... 0.01 INCHES OR MORE 46 DAYS - TIED WITH 1903...1927...AND 2004 FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS 0.10 INCHES OR MORE 29 DAYS - TIED WITH 1951 FOR GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS 0.50 INCHES OR MORE 10 DAYS - MOST SINCE 2004 - 6TH GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 5 DAYS - TIED WITH 1908...1991... 1993...AND 2008 FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS SNOWFALL - 10TH SNOWIEST AND SNOWIEST SINCE 1975 FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, THE SNOW OBSERVER NEAR LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT RECORDED 20.6 INCHES. THIS WAS 11.8 INCHES BELOW THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 8.8 INCHES. THIS WAS THE TENTH HIGHEST AMOUNT OF SNOW DURING A SPRING AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNT SINCE THE SPRING OF 1975. THE HIGHEST SPRING SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED WAS 33.5 INCHES IN 1959. THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP 10 SNOWIEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI. SNOWIEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI 1884-2013 TOTAL RANK SNOWFALL YEAR ---- -------- ---- 1 33.5 INCHES 1959 2 28.5 INCHES 1923 28.5 INCHES 1909 4 27.5 INCHES 1962 5 26.9 INCHES 1956 6 24.7 INCHES 1951 7 23.1 INCH 1900 8 22.0 INCHES 1975 9 20.8 INCHES 1952 10 20.6 INCHES 2013 THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2013. SPRING 2013 SNOWFALL IN LA CROSSE WI SNOWFALL DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- MARCH 15.6 INCHES +8.5 INCHES - 19TH SNOWIEST APRIL 4.2 INCHES +2.5 INCHES MAY 0.8 INCHES +0.8 INCHES SPRING 20.6 INCHES +11.8 INCHES CLOUD COVER - NUMBER OF DAYS... CLEAR 0 TO 3 TENTHS 34 DAYS PARTLY CLOUDY 4 TO 7 TENTHS 28 DAYS CLOUDY 8 TO 10 TENTHS 30 DAYS BAROMETRIC PRESSURE - THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS 29.37 INCHES ON APRIL 19TH. THE HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS 30.49 INCHES ON MARCH 7TH. ................................... ...THE LA CROSSE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2013 TO 5/31/2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED VALUE DATE(S) ................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 92 05/14 LOWEST -4 03/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.7 AVG. MINIMUM 33.6 MEAN 42.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 13 DAYS MIN <= 32 45 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 16.53 DAYS >= .01 46 DAYS >= .10 29 DAYS >= .50 10 DAYS >= 1.00 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.58 MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 20.6 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 DAYS >= TRACE 24 DAYS >= 1.0 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 12 24 HR TOTAL 7.7 MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2098 COOLING TOTAL 60 ................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/240 DATE 05/29 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ BOYNE
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