La Crosse Snowfall Records

Highest Snowfall Totals for Months
October   November   December   January
1. 7.0" 1917   1. 30.3" 1991   1. 32.7" 2008   1. 39.6" 1929
2. 3.1" 1929   2. 15.8" 1934   2. 30.4" 1990   2. 35.0" 1996
3. 2.4" 1926   3. 13.1" 1919   3. 26.6" 1968   3. 32.2" 1886
4. 1.8" 1992   4. 13.0" 1957   4.  25.5" 2000   4. 31.9" 1999
5. 1.6" 1925   5. 12.2" 1940       1927   5. 29.7" 1979
6. 1.4" 1959   6. 12.0" 1977   6. 24.2" 2007   6. 26.5" 1971
7. 1.2" 1991       1942   7. 21.9" 1911   7. 23.1" 1937
8. 1.1" 1909   8. 11.8" 1959   8. 19.8" 1969   8. 22.5" 1917
9. 0.8" 2002   9. 11.5" 1947   9. 19.5" 1950   9.  21.4" 1994
    1920   10. 10.5" 1996   10. 18.8" 1977       1943
                             
February   March   April   May
1. 31.0" 1959   1. 33.5" 1959   1. 17.0" 1973   1. 6.6" 1935
2. 27.1" 1936   2. 26.1" 1923   2. 12.4" 1910   2. 5.2" 1911
3. 25.9" 1962   3. 23.8" 1951   3. 10.9" 1909   3. 0.8" 1960
4. 23.8" 2007   4. 22.4" 1956   4. 10.8" 2002   4. 0.4" 1923
5. 20.4" 1971   5. 20.9" 1962   5. 10.2" 1952   5. 0.2" 1947
    1945   6. 19.7" 2005   6. 9.7" 1928       1909
7. 20.1" 1975   7. 19.3" 1989   7. 8.9" 1993        
8. 18.8" 1939   8. 18.7" 1933   8. 7.1" 1911        
9. 18.7" 1994   9. 18.3" 1940   9. 7.0" 1945        
10. 18.5" 1983   10. 18.1" 1975   10. 6.7" 2003        


Lowest Snowfall Totals for Months
December   January   February   March
1. trace 2006   1. 1.6" 2006   1. 0.5" 1954   1. trace 1990
    1979   2. 1.9" 1981   2. 0.6" 1958       1986
    1943   3. 2.0" 1974   3. 0.8" 1969       1973
4. 0.3" 1913   4. 2.1" 1944       1968       1919
5. 0.5" 1939   5. 2.3" 1948   5. 1.0" 1964   5. 0.1" 1968
6. 0.8" 1912   6. 2.9" 1962   6. 1.2" 1996   6. 0.2" 1910
7. 1.0" 2001   7. 3.4" 1957       1947   7. 0.3" 1991
    1975       1928   8. 1.7" 1984   8. 0.5" 1949
9. 1.3" 1965   9. 3.5" 1984   9. 2.2" 1995   9. 0.8" 1994
10. 1.4" 1960   10. 3.7" 1933   10.   1982   10. 1.0" 1981
                             



Highest Snowfall for One Month Record One-Day Snowfall
1. 39.6" January 1929 1. 16.7" December 7, 1927
2. 35.0" January 1996 2. 14.4" December 3, 1990
3. 33.5" March 1959 3. 14.3" March 13, 1997
4. 32.7" December 2008 4. 13.9" March 18, 2005
5. 32.2" January 1886 5. 13.1" March 5, 1959
6. 31.9" January 1999 6. 13.0" November 23, 1991
7. 31.0" February 1959 7. 12.5" November 30, 1934
8. 30.4" December 1990 8. 12.1" March 9, 1909
9. 30.3" November 1991 9. 12.0" January 26, 1996
10. 29.7" January 1979 10. 11.5" January 4, 1922



Seasonal Snowfall
Highest   Lowest
1. 78.7" 1961-62   1. 7.7" 1967-68
2. 78.3" 1958-59   2. 18.8" 1953-54
3. 73.2" 1974-75   3. 19.4" 1975-76
4. 69.1" 1996-97   4. 20.0" 1965-66
5. 67.9" 2007-08   5. 20.5" 1913-14
6. 67.6" 1970-71   6. 21.8" 1980-81
7. 67.5" 1951-52   7. 24.7" 1957-58
8. 66.9" 1928-29   8. 24.9" 1956-57
9. 65.8" 1950-51   9. 25.6" 1999-00
10. 65.1" 1985-86   10. 26.3" 1901-02

 


Earliest TRACE of snowfall:   September 23, 1928
Earliest measurable snowfall:   September 26, 1942 (0.2")
Earliest first inch of snowfall:   October 18, 1991 (1.2")
     
Average first TRACE of snowfall:   October 25th
Average earliest measurable snowfall:   November 11th
     
Latest measurable (and TRACE) snowfall:   May 28th, 1947 (0.2")
Average last TRACE of snowfall:   April 18th
Average latest measurable snowfall:   April 4th

 

Seasonal snowfall is from July through June.

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