October, 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 63 44 54 -2 11 117 -46 0 673 -19 0 0 0.10 M M M M M 2 84 54 69 13 0 117 -55 4 677 -15 0 0 0.20 M M M M M 3 91 59 75 20 0 117 -65 10 687 -5 0 0 0.29 M M M M M 4 82 54 68 13 0 117 -75 3 690 -2 0 0 0.38 M M M M M 5 85 54 70 15 0 117 -85 5 695 3 0 0 0.47 M M M M M 6 86 50 68 14 0 117 -96 3 698 6 0 0 0.55 M M M M M 7 86 59 73 19 0 117 -107 8 706 14 0 0 0.63 M M M M M 8 81 65 73 19 0 117 -119 8 714 22 1.01 1.01 0.71 M M M M M 9 70 47 59 6 6 123 -125 0 714 22 0.02 1.03 0.79 M M M M M 10 71 41 56 3 9 132 -128 0 714 22 0 1.03 0.87 M M M M M 12 72 64 68 16 0 132 -154 3 721 29RECORD 2.22 1.01 M M M M M 13 65 36 51 -1 14 146 -154 0 721 29 0.05 2.27 1.08 T T M M M 14 49 34 42 -9 23 169 -145 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.15 0 M M M M 15 57 33 45 -6 20 189 -139 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.22 0 T M M M 16 65 37 51 1 14 203 -140 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.29 0 T M M M 17 63 37 50 0 15 218 -140 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.36 0 T M M M 18 65 44 55 6 10 228 -146 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.42 0 T M M M 19 57 38 48 -1 17 245 -145 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.48 0 T M M M 20 51 32 42 -7 23 268 -139 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.54 0 T M M M 21 43 35 39 -9 26 294 -130 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.60 0 T M M M 22 47 29 38 -10 27 321 -120 0 721 29 0 2.27 1.66 0 T M M M 23 47 39 43 -4 22 343 -116 0 721 29 0.02 2.29 1.72 T T M M M 24 46 42 44 -3 21 364 -113 0 721 29 0 2.29 1.78 0 T M M M 25 45 33 39 -7 26 390 -106 0 721 29 0 2.29 1.84 0 T M M M 26 41 32 37 -9 28 418 -97 0 721 29 0 2.29 1.90 0.0 T M M M 27 46 23 35 -10 30 448 -87 0 721 29 0 2.29 1.96 0.0 T M M M 28 45 32 39 -6 26 474 -81 0 721 29 0.03 2.32 2.02 0.0 T M M M 29 59 32 46 1 19 493 -83 0 721 29 0 2.32 2.08 0 T M M M 30 52 49 51 7 14 507 -90 0 721 29 0.02 2.34 2.14 0 T M M M 31 62 42 52 8 13 520 -98 0 721 29 0.08 2.42 2.20 0 T M M M OCT CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR LA CROSSE WISCONSIN ...OCTOBER WAS MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL AND SLIGHTLY WETTER THAN NORMAL... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 53.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. WHILE OCTOBER 1997 WILL NOT GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS IT DID RANK AS THE SECOND WARMEST OCTOBER SINCE 1975. THE FIRST PART OF THE MONTH DID START OFF AT A RECORD PACE. A RECORD 91 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE 3RD AND THE 86 DEGREES RECORDED ON 7TH TIED THE RECORD FOR THAT DAY. THE 91 DEGREE TEMPERATURE ON THE 3RD WAS ONLY 2 DEGREES OFF THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR OCTOBER. THE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALLED 2.42 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.22 ABOVE NORMAL. A RECORD FOR DAILY RAINFALL WAS SET ON THE 12TH WHEN 1.19 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THERE WERE 2 DAYS DURING THE MONTH WHEN MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FELL. THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON WAS RECORDED ON THE 13TH WHEN A TRACE FELL. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 53.0 OR 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 62.9 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 43.0 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 91 ON DAY 3 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 23 ON DAY 27 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 414 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 48 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -50 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 48 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 520 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 721 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -98 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 29 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.42 OR 0.22 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 29.30 OR 1.75 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... T TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ T ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 8 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 2 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 1 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 6 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE IS 35.6 DEGREES...THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IS 1.73 INCHES AND THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 3.5 INCHES. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE STARTS OFF AS 52 DEGREES ON THE FIRST AND THEN FALLS TO 35 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE STARTS OFF AT 34 AND BY THE END OF THE MONTH DROPS TO 20 DEGREES.