August, 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 82 65 74 0 0 11 4 9 481 11 0.01 0.01 0.12 M M M M M 2 94 63 79 6 0 11 4 14 495 17 0 0.01 0.24 M M M M M 3 88 67 78 5 0 11 4 13 508 22 0.59 0.60 0.36 M M M M M 4 83 60 72 -1 0 11 4 7 515 21 0 0.60 0.48 M M M M M 5 79 50 65 -8 0 11 4 0 515 13 T 0.60 0.60 M M M M M 6 78 61 70 -3 0 11 4 5 520 10 0.02 0.62 0.72 M M M M M 7 85 60 73 0 0 11 4 8 528 10 0 0.62 0.84 M M M M M 8 84 64 74 1 0 11 4 9 537 11 0 0.62 0.96 M M M M M 9 83 61 72 0 0 11 4 7 544 11 0 0.62 1.08 M M M M M 10 74 58 66 -6 0 11 4 1 545 5 0.21 0.83 1.20 M M M M M 11 74 58 66 -6 0 11 4 1 546 -1 0 0.83 1.32 M M M M M 12 68 61 65 -7 0 11 4 0 546 -8 0.39 1.22 1.45 M M M M M 13 74 54 64 -8 1 12 5 0 546 -15 0 1.22 1.58 M M M M M 14 73 50 62 -10 3 15 8 0 546 -22 0.98 2.20 1.71 M M M M M 15 87 64 76 4 0 15 8 11 557 -17 0.80 3.00 1.84 M M M M M 16 84 66 75 4 0 15 8 10 567 -13 0.40 3.40 1.97 M M M M M 17 68 54 61 -10 4 19 12 0 567 -19 0 3.40 2.10 M M M M M 18 73 57 65 -5 0 19 11 0 567 -25 0 3.40 2.23 M M M M M 19 70 56 63 -7 2 21 12 0 567 -31 0.14 3.54 2.36 M M M M M 20 68 56 62 -8 3 24 14 0 567 -37 0.03 3.57 2.49 M M M M M 21 76 53 65 -5 0 24 13 0 567 -43 0.11 3.68 2.62 M M M M M 22 75 53 64 -6 1 25 13 0 567 -49 0 3.68 2.75 M M M M M 23 78 54 66 -3 0 25 12 1 568 -53 1.11 4.79 2.88 M M M M M 24 74 62 68 -1 0 25 11 3 571 -55 0 4.79 3.01 M M M M M 25 76 56 66 -3 0 25 10 1 572 -59 0 4.79 3.14 M M M M M 26 80 62 71 2 0 25 9 6 578 -58 0 4.79 3.27 M M M M M 27 86 64 75 7 0 25 8 10 588 -52 0 4.79 3.40 M M M M M 28 84 59 72 4 0 25 7 7 595 -49 0 4.79 3.53 M M M M M 29 78 60 69 1 0 25 5 4 599 -49 0 4.79 3.66 M M M M M 30 80 66 73 5 0 25 3 8 607 -45 0.76 5.55 3.79 M M M M M 31 87 65 76 9 0 25 1 11 618 -38 0 5.55 3.92 M M M M M AUGUST CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR LA CROSSE WISCONSIN AUGUST OF 1997 WAS A CLOUDIER AND COOLER THAN NORMAL MONTH IN LA CROSSE WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH OF 78.8 DEGREES WAS ALMOST THREE DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 81.6 DEGREES. LA CROSSE EXPERIENCED ONLY ONE DAY WHEN THE MERCURY REACHED 90 DEGREES COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL OF FIVE SUCH DAYS IN AUGUST. THE MIDDLE PART OF THE MONTH WAS PARTICULARILY COOL AS HIGHS REACHED 80 DEGREES ONLY TWICE FROM THE 10TH THROUGH THE 25TH. THE 5.55 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION THIS AUGUST FOLLOWS A WET JULY WHEN RAINFALL WAS ALSO A LITTLE MORE THAN AN INCH AND A HALF ABOVE NORMAL. JUNE OF THIS YEAR WAS...HOWEVER...RELATIVELY DRY THUS THE RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE THREE MONTH SUMMER PERIOD WAS ONLY ABOUT 2 INCHES GREATER THAN NORMAL. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 69.1 OR 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 78.8 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 59.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94 ON DAY 2 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 50 ON DAY 14 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 14 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 146 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -49 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 25 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 618 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -38 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 5.55 OR 1.63 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 24.45 OR 2.89 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.11 INCHES ON DAY(S) 23RD ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 13 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 10 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 1 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 5 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0