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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
631 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013

...FEBRUARY IN LA CROSSE BROUGHT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND
ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN LA CROSSE WAS 20.3 DEGREES. THIS WAS
2.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS 28.5 DEGREES WHILE THE
AVERAGE LOW WAS 12.2 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 41 DEGREES ON THE 25TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE IN FEBRUARY WAS
-2 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 1ST.

A TOTAL OF 1.31 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED DURING
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THIS AMOUNT WAS 0.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE
GREATEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 0.39 INCHES WHICH FELL
FROM THE 10TH TO 11TH. THERE WAS A TOTAL 15.1 INCHES OF SNOW DURING
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY...WHICH WAS 6.9 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE
GREATEST ONE-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL WAS 5.1 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE
22ND OF THE MONTH.

...RECORDS...

NO RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED.

...DISCUSSION...

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN DOMINATED THE MONTH WITH 23 OF 28 DAYS
RECORDING A TRACE OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION. IN FACT A TRACE OR MORE
OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED EVERY DAY DURING THE FIRST 14 DAYS OF
THE MONTH. COLD TEMPERATURES ALSO STARTED OFF FEBRUARY WITH THE
FIRST 7 DAYS HAVING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WITH ANOTHER 8 OF 10
DAYS FROM THE 15TH TO 24TH RECORDING BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES.

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...THE LA CROSSE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...

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

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              65   02/15/1921
                        02/12/1882
 LOW              -36   02/08/1971
HIGHEST            41   02/25        MM      MM       51  02/26
LOWEST             -9   02/01        MM      MM        7  02/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     28.5              31.4    -2.9     37.0
AVG. MINIMUM     12.2              13.6    -1.4     21.2
MEAN             20.3              22.5    -2.2     29.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     18              13.7     4.3        6
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              26.0     2.0       29
DAYS MIN <= 0       2               5.4    -3.4        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         4.04   1922
 MINIMUM         0.05   1969
TOTALS           1.31              1.05    0.26     1.44
DAILY AVG.       0.05              0.04    0.01     0.05
DAYS >= .01        14               8.0     6.0        6
DAYS >= .10         3               2.9     0.1        3
DAYS >= .50         0               0.5    -0.5        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.39   02/10 TO 02/11

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           31.0   1959
TOTALS           15.1               8.2     6.9      2.8
SINCE 7/1        40.0              34.5     5.5     21.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      7                 5       2        2
DAYS >= 1.0         6               2.6     3.4        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   02/24                          4  02/15
                        02/23                             02/14
                        02/10                             02/02
 24 HR TOTAL      5.1   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1244              1190      54
 SINCE 7/1       5329              5509    -180
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/320    DATE  02/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    36/320    DATE  02/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         12

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     74

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                2     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW               23     SLEET                      0
FOG                      20     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                     12

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

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