Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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994 CXUS53 KARX 030825 RRA CLSLSE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 325 AM CST MON JUN 3 2019 ...ANOTHER WET SPRING IN LA CROSSE WI... THE METEOROLOGICAL SPRING OF 2019 WAS ANOTHER WET ONE AT LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT. IT WAS THE 24TH WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING. THIS WAS THIS WAS THE 6TH TIME THIS DECADE AND THE 9TH TIME THIS CENTURY THAT A SPRING HAS BEEN AMONG THE 25 WETTEST SPRINGS. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED JUST OVER 2 DEGREES (-2.1F) COLDER-THAN-NORMAL. MORE DETAILS ON THESE STATISTICS CAN BE FOUND BELOW. TEMPERATURES - FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 45.5F. THIS WAS 2.1F COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 47.6F. IT WAS THE COLDEST SPRING SINCE 2014 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 44.3F. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 55.4F. THIS WAS 2.6F COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 58F. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 35.6F. THIS WAS 1.7F COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 37.3F. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2019. SPRING 2019 TEMPERATURES IN LA CROSSE WI AVERAGE DEPARTURE MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL ----- ----------- ----------- MARCH 30.2 DEGREES -4.3 DEGREES APRIL 48.5 DEGREES -0.1 DEGREES MAY 57.7 DEGREES -2.0 DEGREES SPRING 45.5 DEGREES -2.1 DEGREES THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 90F ON MAY 31. THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 10F ON MARCH 4. THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 61F ON MAY 16. THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS -15F ON MARCH 4. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE <= 32 ON 7 DAYS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE >= 90 ON 1 DAY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE <= 32 ON 31 DAYS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE <= 0 ON 4 DAYS PRECIPITATION - 24TH WETTEST FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 11.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS 2.11 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1981-2010 SPRING NORMAL OF 8.90 INCHES. THIS MADE IT THE 24TH WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING. THIS WAS THE 6TH TIME THIS DECADE AND THE 9TH TIME THIS CENTURY THAT A SPRING HAS BEEN AMONG THE 25 WETTEST SPRINGS. BELOW ARE THE 25 WETTEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI. WETTEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI 1873-2019 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 13.83 INCHES 2017 7 13.70 INCHES 1993 8 13.61 INCHES 1888 9 13.28 INCHES 1908 10 13.11 INCHES 1903 11 12.88 INCHES 1960 12 12.41 INCHES 2008 13 12.31 INCHES 1951 14 12.29 INCHES 1892 15 12.03 INCHES 1965 16 11.97 INCHES 1876 17 11.53 INCHES 2018 18 11.51 INCHES 2006 19 11.41 INCHES 1956 20 11.38 INCHES 2015 21 11.17 INCHES 2011 22 11.10 INCHES 1913 23 11.07 INCHES 1938 24 11.01 INCHES 2019 25 10.99 INCHES 1999 10.99 INCHES 1918 THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2019. SPRING 2019 PRECIPITATION IN LA CROSSE WI PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- MARCH 1.81 INCHES -0.23 INCHES APRIL 3.17 INCHES -0.17 INCHES MAY 6.03 INCHES +2.51 INCHES - 17TH WETTEST SPRING 11.01 INCHES +2.11 INCHES - 24TH WETTEST THE WETTEST DAY WAS MAY 18 WHEN 1.17 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 34 DAYS (37.0%) AND TRACE AMOUNTS ON 15 DAYS (16.3%). SNOWFALL - FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST, THE SNOW OBSERVER NEAR LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 12.1 INCHES. THIS WAS 3.3 INCHES SNOWIER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 8.8 INCHES. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2019. SPRING 2019 SNOWFALL IN LA CROSSE WI SNOWFALL DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- MARCH 5.9 INCHES -1.2 INCHES APRIL 6.2 INCHES +4.5 INCHES MAY 0 INCHES 0.0 INCHES SPRING 12.1 INCHES +3.3 INCHES THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS ON APRIL 10 WHEN 3.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 6 DAYS (6.5%) AND TRACE AMOUNTS ON 11 DAYS (12%). ................................... ...THE LA CROSSE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 107 05/31/1934 LOW -28 03/01/1962 HIGHEST 90 05/31 MM MM LOWEST -15 03/04 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 55.4 58.0 -2.6 AVG. MINIMUM 35.6 37.3 -1.7 MEAN 45.5 47.6 -2.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.7 0.3 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 4.7 2.3 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 31.4 -0.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 0.6 3.4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 11.01 8.90 2.11 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.10 0.02 DAYS >= .01 34 32.9 1.1 DAYS >= .10 20 18.0 2.0 DAYS >= .50 8 5.9 2.1 DAYS >= 1.00 5 2.0 3.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.17 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 12.1 8.8 3.3 LIQUID EQUIV 1.21 0.90 0.31 SINCE 7/1 64.3 43.3 21.0 LIQUID 7/1 6.43 DAYS >= TRACE 16 5.5 10.5 DAYS >= 1.0 4 2.3 1.7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 18 03/05 03/03 03/04 24 HR TOTAL 3.9 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1806 1649 157 SINCE 7/1 MM 7157 MM COOLING TOTAL 31 48 -17 SINCE 1/1 31 48 -17 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/220 DATE 04/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/120 DATE 05/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 40 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 31 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 21 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 15 LIGHT RAIN 38 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 1 FOG 38 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 10 HAZE 27 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ BOYNE BOYNE