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Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI

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SEASONAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1151 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...A COLD AND WET METEOROLOGICAL SPRING IN LA CROSSE WI...

DURING METEOROLOGICAL SPRING /MARCH 1 THROUGH MAY 31/...LA CROSSE
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS COLDER (COLDEST SINCE 1996) AND WETTER /10TH
WETTEST/ THAN NORMAL.  THE INFORMATION BELOW PROVIDES MORE DETAILS
ON THESE STATISTICS.

TEMPERATURES - COLDEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING SINCE 1996...

FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST...LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HAD AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 43.9 DEGREES.  THIS WAS 3.9 DEGREES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 47.8 DEGREES.  IT WAS THE COLDEST SPRING SINCE 1996 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 43.4 DEGREES.

ALTHOUGH IT SEEMED LIKE A VERY COLD SPRING...IT DID NOT EVEN MAKE
THE TOP TWENTY COLDEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE. THE
SPRING OF 2008 WILL GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE 27TH COLDEST
SPRING.  THE COLDEST SPRING EVER RECORDED WAS BACK IN 1888 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY 39.5 DEGREES /4.4 DEGREES COLDER THAN
THIS SPRING/.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP TEN COLDEST SPRINGS, THEY ALL OCCURRED OVER
FOUR DECADES AGO /MOST RECENT BEING 1965/.

        TOP TEN COLDEST SPRINGS
            IN LA CROSSE WI
               1873-2008

                 AVERAGE
     RANK      TEMPERATURE       YEAR
     ----      -----------       ----
       1       39.5 DEGREES      1888
       2       42.3 DEGREES      1965
       3       42.4 DEGREES      1956
               42.4 DEGREES      1950
               42.4 DEGREES      1892
       6       42.6 DEGREES      1909
               42.6 DEGREES      1907
               42.6 DEGREES      1883
       9       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 2008.

           SPRING 2008 TEMPERATURES
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                  AVERAGE            DEPARTURE
   MONTH        TEMPERATURE         FROM NORMAL
   -----        -----------         -----------
   MARCH       34.6 DEGREES        -5.7 DEGREES
   APRIL       48.4 DEGREES        -2.1 DEGREES
   MAY         56.5 DEGREES        -4.1 DEGREES

   SPRING      43.9 DEGREES        -3.9 DEGREES

PRECIPITATION - TENTH WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING

FROM MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST...LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
RECEIVED 12.41 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  THIS WAS 3.65 INCHES ABOVE
THE SPRING NORMAL OF 8.76 INCHES.  THIS WAS THE WETTEST SPRING SINCE
2004 WHEN 14.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.  THE SPRING OF 2008
WAS THE TENTH WETTEST ON RECORD.  THE WETTEST SPRING OCCURRED DURING
THE SPRING OF 1973 WHEN 17.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.  THE
TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TWENTY WETTEST SPRINGS IN LA CROSSE WI.

         WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRINGS
                IN LA CROSSE WI
                   1873-2008

                                 PRECIPITATION
     RANK         SPRING             TOTAL
     ----         ------         -------------
       1           1973          17.21 INCHES
       2           1945          15.37 INCHES
       3           1991          15.04 INCHES
       4           2004          14.61 INCHES
       5           1993          13.70 INCHES
       6           1888          13.61 INCHES
       7           1908          13.28 INCHES
       8           1903          13.11 INCHES
       9           1960          12.88 INCHES
      10           2008          12.41 INCHES
      11           1951          12.31 INCHES
      12           1892          12.29 INCHES
      13           1965          12.03 INCHES
      14           1876          11.97 INCHES
      15           2006          11.51 INCHES
      16           1956          11.41 INCHES
      17           1913          11.10 INCHES
      18           1938          11.07 INCHES
      19           1999          10.99 INCHES
                   1918          10.99 INCHES

THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE SPRING OF 2008.

          SPRING 2008 PRECIPITATION
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                PRECIPITATION         DEPARTURE
   MONTH            TOTAL            FROM NORMAL
   -----        ------------         -----------
   MARCH        2.15 INCHES         +0.15 INCHES
   APRIL        6.74 INCHES         +3.36 INCHES
   MAY          3.52 INCHES         +0.14 INCHES

   SPRING      12.41 INCHES         +3.65 INCHES
$$

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