Miscellaneous Climate Normals
for La Crosse, WI
(1971-00)

Mean number of days with:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Cloud Cover from Sunrise to Sunset:
Clear 7.4 7.9 7.4 6.8 6.9 7.3 9.8 9.5 9.1 10.8 5.8 6.8 95.5
Partly Cloudy 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 9.1 10.4 10.9 10.6 8.9 6.9 6.1 5.8 96.9
Cloudy 16.7 13.2 16.5 16.1 15.0 12.3 10.4 10.9 11.9 13.4 18.1 18.5 173.0
Precipitation .01 inches or more
9.5 7.6 9.6 10.8 11.0 11.0 10.8 10.4 9.6 8.3 8.9 9.3 116.8
Snow 1 inch or more
4.0 2.5 2.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1.3 3.1 13.8
Thunderstorms
0.1 0.3 1.2 2.9 5.2 7.6 7.3 6.8 4.4 2.1 0.6 0.2 38.7
Temperature Maximum
90 or above 0 0 0 0.1 1.0 4.0 7.3 4.1 1.3 0.1 0 0 17.9
32 or below 22.0 14.2 5.5 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 17.9 65.4
Temperature Minimum
32 or below 30.5 26.5 23.9 9.4 0.6 0 0 0 0.4 6.7 21.3 29.4 148.7
0 or below 11.5 6.7 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 6.1 26.0


Degree Days (base 65 F)
Heating 1536 1202 959 521 202 38 6 17 152 467 893 1347 7340
Cooling 0 0 0 8 49 162 272 208 70 6 0 0 775
Wind in m.p.h.
Mean speed 8.9 8.8 9.5 10.7 9.6 8.6 7.7 7.4 8.3 9.3 10.0 9.0 9.0
Mean direction NW S NW S S S S S S S S S S




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