La Crosse Century Climate Records
(1900-1999)
Researched and compiled by Todd Rieck, Meteorologist NWS-La Crosse
Temperature:
Warmest day: 108 on July 13th, 1995 and July 14th, 1936Coldest day: -37 on January 30th, 1951
Warmest month: 79.5 degrees in July of 1936
Coldest month: -1.1 degrees in January of 1912
Warmest year: 51.7 degrees in 1998
Coldest year: 41.9 degrees in 1917
Warmest spring: 54.0 degrees in 1977
Coldest spring: 42.3 degrees in 1950 (not the all-time record...39.3 in 1888)
Warmest summer: 75.8 degrees in 1995
Coldest summer: 65.5 degrees in 1915
Warmest fall: 55.6 degrees in 1931
Coldest fall: 44.6 degrees in 1976 (not the all-time record...37.6 in 1890)
Warmest winter: 28.8 degrees in 1997-98 (not the all-time record...34.7 in 1877-78)
Coldest winter: 11.4 degrees in 1935-36
Earliest first 80 degree day: March 23rd, 1910
Latest first 80 degree day: June 24th, 1945
Earliest last 80 degree day: August 31st, 1942
Latest last 80 degree day: November 1st, 1933
Earliest first 70 degree day: March 7th, 1987
Latest first 70 degree day: May 7th, 1961
Earliest last 70 degree day: September 20th, 1985
Latest last 70 degree day: November 21st, 1991
Earliest first 32 degree day: September 13th, 1902
Latest first 32 degree day: November 11th, 1900
Earliest last 32 degree day: March 27th, 1999
Latest last 32 degree day: May 27th, 1917
Year with most 90 degree or greater temperatures: 46 in 1988
Year with most 100 degree or greater temperatures: 11 in 1936
Year with most high temperatures at or below zero: 11 in 1917
Year with most low temperatures at or below zero: 50 in 1985 and 1978
Consecutive days with 90 degree or greater temperatures: 14 days...from July 5th-18th, 1936
Consecutive days with 100 degree or greater temperatures: 9 days...from July 6th-14th, 1936
Consecutive days not reaching above freezing (32 degrees): 52 days...from December 30th 1978 -
February 19th, 1979
Consecutive days not reaching above zero: 6 days...from January 30th - February 4th, 1996
Precipitation:
Wettest day: 5.24 inches on July 27th, 1987Wettest month: 12.09 inches in October 1900
Driest month: Trace in November 1976
Wettest year: 44.11 inches in 1973 (not the all-time record...44.74 in 1881)
Driest year: 16.77 inches in 1910
Wettest spring: 17.21 inches in 1973
Driest spring: 3.19 inches in 1925 (not the all-time record...2.70 in 1887)
Wettest summer: 20.11 inches in 1990
Driest summer: 4.51 inches in 1976 (not the all-time record...3.01 in 1894)
Wettest fall: 18.43 inches in 1934 (not the all-time record...19.60 in 1881)
Driest fall: 0.82 inches in 1976
Wettest winter: 6.37 inches in 1921-22 (not the all-time record...1875-76)
Driest winter: 0.92 inches in 1963-64
Snowiest day: 14.4 inches on December 3rd, 1990
Snowiest month: 39.6 inches in January 1929
Snowiest season: 78.7 inches in 1961-62
Least snowy season: 7.7 inches in 1967-68
Earliest measurable snowfall: October 1st, 1999
Latest measurable snowfall: May 7th, 1960
Year with most number of days with a trace or more of precipitation: 143 in 1927
Year with the lowest number of days with a trace or more of precipitation: 76 in 1976
Most consecutive days without any precipitation: 24 days...from October 26th-November 18th, 1953
Most consecutive days with a trace or more of precipitation: 19 days...from January 8th-26th, 1939
Most consecutive days with more than a trace of precipitation: 10 days...March 7th-16th 1990, May 28th-
June 6th 1942, August 9th-18th 1940, and September 5th-14th 1938
NOTE: These records are only for 1900-1999 and does not cover the entire climatic record for La Crosse. In the cases where the record was known to not be the all-time record, that was indicated and the all-time record included. Also, daily snowfall records only date back to June 1948. All other records cover the 1900-1999 period.
