La Crosse Record Wet/Dry Streaks

Most consecutive days without ANY precipitation:

24 days:

  • October 26th - November 18th, 1953

22 days:

  • August 30th - September 20th, 2009

18 days:

  • April 10th - 27th, 1980
  • September 18th - October 5th, 1897
  • March 10th - March 27th, 1999

17 days:

  • May 28th - June 13th, 1988
  • August 13th - 29th, 1953
  • October 6th - 22nd, 1944
  • November 2nd - 18th, 1917

16 days:

  • August 28th - September 12th, 1967
  • August 7th - 22nd, 1955
  • October 17th - November 1st, 1952
  • October 8th - 23rd, 1947
  • October 29th - November 13th, 1930
  • June 10th - 25th, 1910
  • September 23rd - October 8th, 1909
  • October 24th - November 8th, 1903
  • October 21st - November 5th, 1897

Most consecutive days without measurable* precipitation:

56 days:

  • November 9th 1943 - January 3rd 1944...11 days with a trace.
    (11/9, 11/10, 11/12, 11/15, 11/26, 11/29, 12/5, 12/12, 12/13, 12/26, 12/27)

44 days:

    October 20th - December 2nd 1976...16 days with a trace.
    (10/21, 10/23, 10/24, 10/30, 11/3, 11/10, 11/12, 11/20, 11/21, 11/22, 11/23, 11/24, 11/26, 11/27, 11/28, 12/1)

36 days:

  • April 21st - May 25th 1939...12 days with a trace.
    (4/27, 5/3, 5/4, 5/6, 5/7, 5/9, 5/13, 5/14, 5/16, 5/20, 5/24, 5/25)

32 days:

  • December 13th 1947 - January 13th 1948...12 days with a trace.
    (12/15, 12/16, 12/17, 12/19, 12/20, 12/25, 12/31, 1/3, 1/10, 1/11, 1/12, 1/13)

30 days:

  • April 10th - May 9th 1980...2 days with a trace.
    (4/28, 4/29)
  • October 17th - November 15th 1952...1 day with a trace.
    (11/2)
  • January 10th - February 8th 1942...9 days with a trace.
    (1/17, 1/26, 1/30, 1/31, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5, 2/6)

Most consecutive days with a trace or more of precipitation:

19 days:

  • January 8th - 26th, 1939...a total of .88 inches

16 days:

  • October 27th - November 11th, 1989...a total of 1.31 inches

15 days:

  • December 16th - 30th, 1993...a total of .50 inches, 9 days with only a trace
  • January 4th - 18th, 1932...a total of 1.93 inches
  • December 6th - 20th, 1929...a total of .17 inches, 10 days with only a trace
  • May 11th - 25th, 1915...a total of 2.97 inches

14 days:

  • November 26th - December 9th, 1934...a total of 3.27 inches
  • September 2nd - 15th, 1903...a total of 3.17 inches

Most consecutive days with measurable* precipitation:

11 days:

  • February 17th - February 27th, 1962...a total of 1.49 inches, 22 inches of snow

10 days:

  • March 7th - 16th, 1990...a total of 3.00 inches, a trace of snow
  • May 28th - June 6th, 1942...a total of 3.65 inches, no day over 1 inch, 4 days around 1/2 inch
  • September 5th - 14th, 1938...a total of 6.89 inches

9 days:

  • October 26th - November 3rd, 1970...a total of 2.31 inches
  • August 9th - August 17th, 1940...a total of 3.25 inches
  • September 25th - October 3rd, 1927...a total of 4.00 inches
  • May 30th - June 7th, 1919...a total of 2.38 inches
  • April 24th - May 2nd, 1893...a total of 2.20 inches
  • May 29th - June 6th, 1880...a total of 3.36 inches

8 days:

  • Many


* measurable: refers to more then a trace of precipitation...0.01 inches or more.

 

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