- Warnings
- Observations
- Forecasts
- Text Messages
- Forecast Models
- Climate
- Weather Safety
- Education/Outreach
- Information Center
- Contact Us
RSS Feeds
Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Versions: 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
000
CXUS53 KARX 021221 CCA
CLSLSE
SEASONAL CLIMATE REPORT
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 1965
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
- National Weather Service
- Central Illinois Weather Forecast Office
- 1362 State Route 10
- Lincoln, IL 62656
- 217-732-3089 (8:30 am to 4 pm)
- Page Author: ILX Webmaster
- Web Master's E-mail: w-ilx.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Page last modified: Jun 3rd, 2013 13:59 UTC