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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
326 PM CST SUN MAR 1 2020

...2019-20 METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SUMMARY FOR LA CROSSE WI...

DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 29),
LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS WARMER-THAN-NORMAL (24.5F OR
4F WARMER-THAN-NORMAL), PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR-NORMAL
(3.49" OR 0.04" DRIER-THAN-NORMAL) AND SNOWFALL WAS NEAR-NORMAL
(28.8" OR 1.4" BELOW-NORMAL). THE INFORMATION BELOW PROVIDES
MORE DETAILS ON THESE STATISTICS.


TEMPERATURES - TIED WITH 1959-60 FOR THE 21ST WARMEST

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 29TH, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
AT LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS 24.5F.  THIS WAS 4F WARMER
THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 20.5F.  THIS WAS TIED WITH 1959-60
FOR THE 21ST WARMEST WINTER.  4 OUT OF THE LAST 5 WINTERS HAVE
BEEN WARMER-THAN-NORMAL.  THE LONE EXCEPTION WAS LAST WINTER
AND THAT WAS JUST 0.2F COLDER-THAN-NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 33.0F.  THIS WAS 4.3F
WARMER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 28.7F.

THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 16.0F.  THIS WAS 3.8F
WARMER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 12.2F.

THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE WINTER OF 2019-20.

          WINTER 2019-20 TEMPERATURES
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                  AVERAGE            DEPARTURE
   MONTH        TEMPERATURE         FROM NORMAL
   -----        -----------         -----------
 DECEMBER          27.2F             +5.6F
 JANUARY           24.1F             +6.6F
 FEBRUARY          22.2F             -0.3F

 WINTER            24.5F             +4.0F

THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 54F ON DECEMBER 29.
THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 9F ON JANUARY 16.

THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 36F ON DECEMBER 29.
THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS -16F ON FEBRUARY 14.

THE DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL ON 61 DAYS
(67%), BELOW NORMAL ON 27 DAYS (29.7%), AND NORMAL ON
3 DAYS (3.3%).

THE TEMPERATURE FELL BELOW ZERO ON 12 DAYS. ON AVERAGE,
THERE ARE 23 DAYS WITH SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES IN A WINTER.
THIS WAS THE LEAST SINCE THE 2016-17 WINTER WHEN THERE
WAS JUST 10 DAYS.


PRECIPITATION - SLIGHTLY DRIER-THAN-NORMAL

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 29TH, LA CROSSE REGIONAL
AIRPORT RECEIVED 3.49 OF PRECIPITATION.  THIS WAS 0.04 DRIER
THAN THE 1981-2010 WINTER NORMAL OF 3.53 INCHES. THE TABLE
BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE WINTER OF 2019-20.

          WINTER 2019-20 PRECIPITATION
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                PRECIPITATION         DEPARTURE
   MONTH            TOTAL            FROM NORMAL
   -----        ------------         -----------
 DECEMBER        1.43 INCHES        +0.07 INCHES
 JANUARY         1.01 INCHES        -0.11 INCHES
 FEBRUARY        1.05 INCHES         0.00 INCHES

 WINTER          3.49 INCHES        -0.04 INCHES

THE WETTEST DAY WAS ON FEBRUARY 9 WHEN 0.74 OF PRECIPITATION
FELL.

PRECIPITATION FELL ON 42 DAYS (47.3%). MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
FELL ON 26 DAYS (28.6%). TRACE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION FELL
ON 17 DAYS (18.7%).


SNOWFALL - SLIGHTLY LOWER-THAN-NORMAL

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 29TH, THE SNOW OBSERVER
NEAR LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 28.8 OF SNOW.  THIS
WAS 1.4 LOWER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 30.2 INCHES.

THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AND
THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE WINTER OF 2019-20.

           WINTER 2019-20 SNOWFALL
               IN LA CROSSE WI

                  SNOWFALL            DEPARTURE
   MONTH            TOTAL            FROM NORMAL
   -----        ------------         -----------
 DECEMBER         5.0 INCHES         -6.3 INCHES
 JANUARY         11.9 INCHES         +1.2 INCHES
 FEBRUARY        11.9 INCHES         +3.7  INCHES

 WINTER          28.8 INCHES         -1.4 INCHES

THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS 8.5 ON FEBRUARY 9.

SNOW FELL ON 40 DAYS (44%).  MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON
21 DAYS (23.1%).  A TRACE OF SNOW FELL ON ANOTHER 19 DAYS
(20.9%).


SNOW DEPTH - SLIGHTLY BELOW THE LONGTERM AVERAGE

FROM DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 29TH, THE OFFICIAL SNOW
OBSERVER NEAR LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE
SNOW DEPTH OF 3.7. THIS WAS 0.7 LESS THAN THE 1893-2020
LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF 4.4.

THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 11 ON FEBRUARY 10.

THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND ON 72 DAYS (79.1%) THIS WINTER.
MEASURABLE SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND ON 64 DAYS (70.3%) AND
TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ON THE GROUND ON 8 DAYS (8.8%).


DAYTIME CLOUDINESS -

CLEAR - 33 DAYS - 36.3%
PARTLY CLOUDY - 30 DAYS - 33%
CLOUDY - 28 DAYS - 30.8%

THE GREATEST STRETCH OF CLOUDY DAYS WAS 9 DAYS FROM
JANUARY 23 TO JANUARY 31.  LOOKING AT THE CLOUD DATA
WHICH GOES BACK TO 1950 IN LA CROSSE, THIS IS ONLY THE
18TH TIME IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN A SUNLESS STRETCH OF
AT LEAST 9 DAYS. THE LAST TIME LA CROSSE WENT THAT LONG
WITHOUT SEEING THE SUN WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER 1997
(NOVEMBER 1-10).


WIND -

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED - 29 MPH OUT OF THE WEST ON JANUARY 18
PEAK WIND GUST - 39 MPH OUT OF THE EAST ON DECEMBER 29

SEA LEVEL PRESSURE -

HIGHEST - 30.92 INCHES OF MERCURY ON JANUARY 17
LOWEST - 29.34 INCHES ON MERCURY JANUARY 2


...................................

...THE LA CROSSE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2019 TO 2/29/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              67   12/05/1998
 LOW              -43   01/18/1873
HIGHEST            54   12/29        MM      MM
LOWEST            -16   02/14        MM      MM
AVG. MAXIMUM     33.0              28.7     4.3
AVG. MINIMUM     16.0              12.2     3.8
MEAN             24.5              20.5     4.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32     38              51.8   -13.8
DAYS MIN <= 32     86              85.4     0.6
DAYS MIN <= 0      12              19.4    -7.4

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM           MM   MM
 MINIMUM           MM   MM
TOTALS           3.49              3.53   -0.04
DAILY AVG.       0.04              0.04    0.00
DAYS >= .01        26              26.3    -0.3
DAYS >= .10        10              10.4    -0.4
DAYS >= .50         2               1.4     0.6
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.2    -0.2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.74   MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   5
 24 HR TOTAL       MM
TOTALS           28.8              30.2    -1.4
 LIQUID EQUIV    2.88              3.00   -0.12
SINCE 7/1        35.3              34.5     0.8
 LIQUID 7/1      3.53
DAYS >= TRACE      40              21.2    18.8
DAYS >= 1.0        10               9.6     0.4
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        11   02/10
 24 HR TOTAL      8.5   MM
 STORM TOTAL       MM
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    3664              4009    -345
 SINCE 7/1         MM              5546      MM
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     MM
 LATEST       MM
EARLIEST                        MM
LATEST                          MM
.................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/270    DATE  01/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/080    DATE  12/29

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           36
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             24
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         31

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     70

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                6     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       7
LIGHT SNOW               40     SLEET                      0
FOG                      41     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      9
HAZE                     40

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

$$

BOYNE