July, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data La Crosse, WI National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 93 69 81 9 0 0 0 16 219 21 T T 0.13 M M M M M 2 78 63 71 -2 0 0 0 6 225 19 T T 0.26 M M M M M 3 69 56 63 -10 2 2 2 0 225 11 0.06 0.06 0.39 M M M M M 4 72 54 63 -10 2 4 4 0 225 3 0.10 0.16 0.52 M M M M M 5 81 54 68 -5 0 4 4 3 228 -2 0.02 0.18 0.65 M M M M M 6 72 51 62 -11 3 7 7 0 228 -10 0 0.18 0.78 M M M M M 7 75 46 61 -12 4 11 11 0 228 -18 0.54 0.72 0.91 M M M M M 8 78 62 70 -3 0 11 11 5 233 -21 0.11 0.83 1.03 M M M M M 9 76 56 66 -7 0 11 10 1 234 -29 0 0.83 1.15 M M M M M 10 82 53 68 -5 0 11 9 3 237 -35 0 0.83 1.27 M M M M M 11 86 61 74 1 0 11 8 9 246 -35 0 0.83 1.39 M M M M M 12 87 71 79 6 0 11 7 14 260 -30 0.17 1.00 1.51 M M M M M 13 93 68 81 8 0 11 6 16 276 -23 0.38 1.38 1.63 M M M M M 14 82 69 76 3 0 11 5 11 287 -21 0.02 1.40 1.75 M M M M M 15 93 66 80 6 0 11 4 15 302 -15 0 1.40 1.87 M M M M M 16 97 74 86 12 0 11 4 21 323 -3 0 1.40 1.99 M M M M M 17 91 69 80 6 0 11 4 15 338 3 0.98 2.38 2.11 M M M M M 18 85 69 77 3 0 11 4 12 350 6 0.28 2.66 2.23 M M M M M 19 73 63 68 -6 0 11 4 3 353 0 0.66 3.32 2.35 M M M M M 20 90 69 80 6 0 11 4 15 368 6 0.28 3.60 2.47 M M M M M 21 82 67 75 1 0 11 4 10 378 7 0.12 3.72 2.59 M M M M M 22 77 63 70 -4 0 11 4 5 383 3 0.03 3.75 2.71 M M M M M 23 83 63 73 -1 0 11 4 8 391 2 0.28 4.03 2.83 M M M M M 24 85 66 76 2 0 11 4 11 402 4 0 4.03 2.95 M M M M M 25 91 72 82 8 0 11 4 17 419 12 1.35 5.38 3.07 M M M M M 26 93 73 83 9 0 11 4 18 437 21 0.08 5.46 3.19 M M M M M 27 85 69 77 3 0 11 4 12 449 24 T 5.46 3.31 M M M M M 28 84 65 75 1 0 11 4 10 459 25 0 5.46 3.43 M M M M M 29 80 57 69 -5 0 11 4 4 463 20 0 5.46 3.55 M M M M M 30 84 53 69 -5 0 11 4 4 467 15 0 5.46 3.67 M M M M M 31 83 56 70 -4 0 11 4 5 472 11 T 5.46 3.79 M M M M M JUL CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR LA CROSSE WISCONSIN ...JULY WAS WET MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL... JULY 1ST WAS A TYPICAL JULY DAY AS THE MERCURY ROSE INTO THE LOW 90S. ON THE 2ND A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH AND BROUGHT VERY COLD WEATHER FOR EARLY JULY TO LA CROSSE. AFTERNOON HIGHS STAYED IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S FOR ALL BUT ONE DAY FROM THE 2ND THROUGH THE 9TH. A NEW RECORD LOW WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 7TH WHEN THE MERCURY DIPPED TO 47 DEGREES. STARTING ON THE 11TH MORE SUMMER LIKE HOT...HUMID WEATHER RETURNED AS THE MERCURY CLIMBED BACK INTO THE 80S AND 90S. THE WARM WEATHER LINGERED THROUGH THE THE 27TH. THERE WERE ONLY TWO DAYS DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE MERCURY FAILED TO REACH THE 80 DEGREE MARK. THE END OF THE MONTH MARKED ANOTHER COOLING TREND AS AFTERNOON READINGS FELL BACK TO AROUND 80 AS ANOTHER BATCH OF COLD AIR MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. IT WAS A RAINY MONTH BUT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CAUSED THE HEAVY RAIN MOVED THROUGH DURING THE NIGHT TIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.67 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. HEAVY RAIN CAUSED STREET FLOODING IN LA CROSSE ON FRIDAY THE 25TH WHEN SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DUMPED NEARLY 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A 30 MINUTE PERIOD BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM. THROUGH THE 26TH RAIN HAD FALLEN ON ALL BUT 7 DAYS. THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS DRY WITH ONLY A TRACE REPORTED ON THE 31ST. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 73.0 OR 0.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 83.2 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 62.8 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 97 ON DAY 16 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 46 ON DAY 7 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 11 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 269 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 11 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 472 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 11 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 5.46 OR 1.67 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 18.90 OR 1.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.35 INCHES ON DAY(S) 25 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ T GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 17 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 12 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 8 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 4 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0