RSS FeedsIssued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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CXUS53 KARX 021545
CLMLSE
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
944 AM CST MON NOV 2 2009
...4TH COLDEST AND 4TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT LA CROSSE WI...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 44.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS
WAS 6.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 4TH COLDEST OCTOBER
ON RECORD. THIS WAS THE COLDEST OCTOBER SINCE 1925. THE AVERAGE HIGH
WAS 51 DEGREES...WHILE THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 38 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 19TH WHILE THE LOWEST READING WAS
26 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 11TH.
LA CROSSE RECEIVED 5.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE MONTH
OF OCTOBER WHICH WAS 3.51 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS IT AS THE
4TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1911. THIS WAS
ALSO THE WETTEST MONTH IN 2009. THIS HAS ONLY OCCURRED ONE OTHER
YEAR AND THAT WAS BACK IN 1900. THE GREATEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION
AMOUNT WAS 1.67 INCHES THAT FELL FROM THE 21-22ND. THERE WAS 0.4
INCHES OF SNOWFALL DURING THE MONTH...AND THAT WAS 0.2 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 15TH SNOWIEST OCTOBER AND SNOWIEST SINCE 2002.
ONLY 22 OCTOBERS HAVE HAD MEASURABLE SNOW SINCE 1909.
...RECORDS...
OCT 21ST...1.60 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...OLD RECORD 1.03 IN 1951.
OCT 15TH...TRACE OF SNOW TIED RECORD FOR THE DAY SET IN 1972.
OCT 14TH...TRACE OF SNOW TIED RECORD FOR THE DAY SET IN 1986.
OCT 13TH...TRACE OF SNOW TIED RECORD FOR THE DAY SET IN 1997.
...DISCUSSION...
A SERIES OF NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEMS KEPT TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW
NORMAL DURING THE MONTH...ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST HALF. IN FACT
EVERY DAY THROUGH THE 18TH WAS BELOW NORMAL...WITH THE 19TH HAVING
THE FIRST DAY WITH AN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE. IN TOTAL ONLY 6 DAYS
OF THE MONTH RECORDED AN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE. SEVERAL SYSTEMS
WERE ALSO ABLE TO TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE AND THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT
RAIN TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ON DAYS 21 TO 23 WHEN 2.85 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL.
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...THE LA CROSSE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 93 10/06/1963
LOW 6 10/25/1887
HIGHEST 69 10/19 MM MM 80 10/12
LOWEST 26 10/11 MM MM 23 10/28
AVG. MAXIMUM 51.4 61.1 -9.7 61.4
AVG. MINIMUM 37.7 40.1 -2.4 40.4
MEAN 44.5 50.6 -6.1 50.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 7 6.5 0.5 4
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.09 1900
MINIMUM 0.02 1952
TOTALS 5.67 2.16 3.51 1.16
DAILY AVG. 0.18 0.07 0.11 0.04
DAYS >= .01 17 8.6 8.4 7
DAYS >= .10 10 4.7 5.3 5
DAYS >= .50 4 1.3 2.7 0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.3 0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.67 10/21 TO 10/22
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 7.0 1917
TOTALS 0.4 0.2 0.2 T
SINCE 7/1 0.4 0.2 0.2 T
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 0.4 MM
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 627 467 160
SINCE 7/1 730 642 88
COOLING TOTAL 0 6 -6
SINCE 1/1 520 775 -255
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/210 DATE 10/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/220 DATE 10/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 18
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 78
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0
FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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