November, 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 54 39 47 4 18 538 -102 0 721 29 0.01 0.01 0.06 0 T M M M 2 41 34 38 -5 27 565 -97 0 721 29 0.02 0.03 0.12 0.1 0.1 M M M 3 39 34 37 -5 28 593 -92 0 721 29 0.01 0.04 0.18 0.1 0.2 M M M 4 39 32 36 -6 29 622 -86 0 721 29 0 0.04 0.24 0 0.2 M M M 5 41 36 39 -2 26 648 -84 0 721 29 0.01 0.05 0.30 T 0.2 M M M 6 44 37 41 0 24 672 -84 0 721 29 T 0.05 0.36 0 0.2 M M M 7 48 38 43 3 22 694 -87 0 721 29 0 0.05 0.42 0 0.2 M M M 8 45 41 43 3 22 716 -90 0 721 29 0.0 0.05 0.48 0 0.2 M M M 9 41 34 38 -1 27 743 -89 0 721 29 0.06 0.11 0.54 T 0.2 M M M 10 34 27 31 -8 34 777 -81 0 721 29 T 0.11 0.60 T 0.2 M M M 11 34 21 28 -10 37 814 -71 0 721 29 T 0.11 0.66 T 0.2 M M M 12 32 14 23 -15 42 856 -56 0 721 29 0 0.11 0.72 0.0 0.2 M M M 13 38 18 28 -9 37 893 -47 0 721 29 T 0.11 0.78 T 0.2 M M M 14 40 31 36 0 29 922 -47 0 721 29 0.07 0.18 0.84 0.8 1.0 M M M 15 31 23 27 M 38 M M 0 721 29 0.05 0.23 M 0.7 1.7 M M M 16 29 19 24 -11 41 1001 -27 0 721 29 0 0.23 0.96 0 1.7 M M M 17 42 19 31 -4 34 1035 -23 0 721 29 0 0.23 1.02 0 1.7 M M M 18 33 23 28 -6 37 1072 -17 0 721 29 T 0.23 1.08 T 1.7 M M M 19 33 20 27 -7 38 1110 -10 0 721 29 0 0.23 1.14 0 1.7 M M M 20 36 22 29 -4 36 1146 -6 0 721 29 0 0.23 1.20 0 1.7 M M M 21 37 16 27 -6 38 1184 0 0 721 29 0 0.23 1.26 0 1.7 M M M 22 35 19 27 -5 38 1222 5 0 721 29 0.01 0.24 1.32 0.1 1.8 M M M 23 27 17 22 -10 43 1265 15 0 721 29 T 0.24 1.38 T 1.8 M M M 24 32 11 22 -9 43 1308 24 0 721 29 0 0.24 1.43 0 1.8 M M M 25 49 29 39 9 26 1334 15 0 721 29 0 0.24 1.48 0 1.8 M M M 26 47 27 37 7 28 1362 8 0 721 29 0 0.24 1.53 0 1.8 M M M 27 46 31 39 10 26 1388 -2 0 721 29 0 0.24 1.58 T 1.8 M M M 28 40 24 32 3 33 1421 -5 0 721 29 0 0.24 1.63 0 1.8 M M M 29 39 31 35 7 30 1451 -12 0 721 29 0 0.24 1.68 0 1.8 M M M 30 41 32 37 9 28 1479 -21 0 721 29 0 0.24 1.73 0.0 1.8 M M M NOV CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR LA CROSSE WISCONSIN ...NOVEMBER 1997 WAS COLDER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 32.8 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE DAILY AVERAGES WERE BELOW NORMAL EXCEPT DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH. NO RECORD HIGHS OR LOWS WERE SET THIS NOVEMBER. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN NOVEMBER WAS 0.24 INCH...WHICH WAS 1.49 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 8TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD IN LA CROSSE. HALF OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 14TH AND 15TH IN THE FORM OF 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL THIS MONTH WAS 1.8 INCHES TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 32.8 OR 2.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 38.9 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 26.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 54 ON DAY 1 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 11 ON DAY 24 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 959 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 77 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 1479 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 721 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -21 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 29 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.24 OR 1.49 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 29.54 OR 0.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.12 INCHES ON DAY(S) 14-15 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.8 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 1.8 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 1.5 INCHES ON DAY(S) 14-15 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 8 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 5 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 0 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 22 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... 20.3 AVERAGE HIGH... 28.1 (34 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 24 BY THE 31ST) AVERAGE LOW.... 12.5 (20 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 7 BY THE 31ST) AVERAGE PRECIPITATION... 1.27 AVERAGE SNOWFALL....... 10.2