Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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000 CXUS53 KARX 020227 RRA CLSLSE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 827 PM CDT SUN DEC 1 2019 ...METEOROLOGICAL AUTUMN OF 2019 WAS WARMER AND WETTER-THAN-NORMAL (5TH WETTEST) AT LA CROSSE, WI... TEMPERATURES... FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.2 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.6 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 49.6 DEGREES. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE AUTUMN OF 2019. AUTUMN 2019 TEMPERATURES IN LA CROSSE WI AVERAGE DEPARTURE MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL ----- ----------- ----------- SEPTEMBER 69.1 DEGREES +6.3 DEGREES - 2ND WARMEST OCTOBER 49.0 DEGREES -1.2 DEGREES NOVEMBER 32.4 DEGREES -3.5 DEGREES AUTUMN 50.2 DEGREES +0.6 DEGREES THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 57.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 59.0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 42.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 40.3 DEGREES. THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 91 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 30. THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 21 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 12. THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 74 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 21. THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 6 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 12. PRECIPITATION...5TH WETTEST FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 14.36 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THIS WAS 6.62 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 7.74 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 5TH WETTEST AUTUMN AND THE WETTEST AUTUMN SINCE 1965 (15.16 - 4TH WETTEST). THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP TWENTY WETTEST AUTUMNS IN LA CROSSE WI. WETTEST AUTUMNS IN LA CROSSE WI 1873-2019 PRECIPITATION RANK TOTAL YEAR ---- ------------- ---- 1 19.60 INCHES 1881 2 18.43 INCHES 1934 3 17.84 INCHES 1900 4 15.16 INCHES 1965 5 14.36 INCHES 2019 6 14.10 INCHES 1941 7 13.94 INCHES 1911 8 13.85 INCHES 2016 9 13.77 INCHES 1884 10 13.28 INCHES 1901 THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE AUTUMN OF 2019. AUTUMN 2019 PRECIPITATION IN LA CROSSE WI PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- SEPTEMBER 6.77 INCHES +3.21 INCHES - 18TH WETTEST OCTOBER 4.85 INCHES +2.68 INCHES - 9TH WETTEST NOVEMBER 2.74 INCHES +0.73 INCHES AUTUMN 14.36 INCHES +6.62 INCHES - 5TH WETTEST THE HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS 1.69 INCHES ON SEPTEMBER 12. SNOWFALL... FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 6.5 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS 2.2 INCHES SNOWIER THAN THEIR 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 4.3 INCHES. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE AUTUMN OF 2019. AUTUMN 2019 SNOWFALL IN LA CROSSE WI SNOWFALL DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- SEPTEMBER 0.0 INCHES 0.0 INCHES OCTOBER TRACE -0.2 INCHES NOVEMBER 6.5 INCHES +2.4 INCHES AUTUMN 6.5 INCHES +2.2 INCHES THE HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL TOTAL WAS 4.5 ON NOVEMBER 6. GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 4 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 7. ................................... ...THE LA CROSSE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2019 TO 11/30/2019... 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 101 09/06/1922 LOW -21 11/29/1875 HIGHEST 91 09/30 MM MM LOWEST 6 11/12 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 57.9 59.0 -1.1 AVG. MINIMUM 42.4 40.3 2.1 MEAN 50.2 49.6 0.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.9 0.1 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 4.5 1.5 DAYS MIN <= 32 30 25.4 4.6 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 14.36 7.74 6.62 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.09 0.07 DAYS >= .01 40 27.9 12.1 DAYS >= .10 21 15.3 5.7 DAYS >= .50 10 4.4 5.6 DAYS >= 1.00 4 1.7 2.3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.69 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 6.5 4.3 2.2 LIQUID EQUIV 0.65 0.40 0.25 SINCE 7/1 6.5 4.3 2.2 LIQUID 7/1 0.65 DAYS >= TRACE 19 3.4 15.6 DAYS >= 1.0 2 1.3 0.7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 11/07 24 HR TOTAL 4.5 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1481 1479 2 SINCE 7/1 MM 1500 MM COOLING TOTAL 153 81 72 SINCE 1/1 950 782 168 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/330 DATE 11/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/200 DATE 10/12 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 25 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 31 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 35 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 14 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 12 RAIN 14 LT RAIN 45 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 19 SLEET 0 FOG 42 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 15 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ BOYNE