February, 1998 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 38 29 34 18 31 3888 -616 0 0 0 0.52 0.52 0.03 3.8 27.8 M M M 2 35 15 25 9 40 3928 -625 0 0 0 T 0.52 0.06 T 27.8 M M M 3 31 11 21 5 44 3972 -630 0 0 0 T 0.52 0.09 T 27.8 M M M 4 27 12 20 4 45 4017 -634 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.12 0 27.8 M M M 5 29 11 20 3 45 4062 -637 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.15 0 27.8 M M M 6 33 11 22 5 43 4105 -642 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.18 0 27.8 M M M 7 38 11 25 8 40 4145 -650 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.21 0 27.8 M M M 8 42 13 28 10 37 4182 -660 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.24 0.0 27.8 M M M 9 39 27 33 15 32 4214 -675 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.27 0.0 27.8 M M M 10 37 26 32 14 33 4247 -689 0 0 0 0.03 0.55 0.30 T 27.8 M M M 11 38 38 3 3 32 4279 -704 0 0 0 0.06 0.61 0.33 T 27.8 M M M 12 37 25 31 12 34 4313 -716 0 0 0 0 0.61 0.36 0 27.8 M M M 13 33 27 30 11 35 4348 -727 0 0 0 0 0.61 0.39 0 27.8 M M M 14 37 29 33 14 32 4380 -741 0 0 0 T 0.61 0.42 0 27.8 M M M 15 46 29 38 18 27 4407 -759 0 0 0 T 0.61 0.45 0 27.8 M M M 16 47 29 38 18 27 4434 -777 0 0 0 0.03 0.64 0.48 0.0 27.8 M M M 17 38 37 38 17 27 4461 -794 0 0 0 0.30 0.94 0.51 0.0 27.8 M M M 18 42 35 39 18 26 4487 -812 0 0 0 T 0.94 0.54 0 27.8 M M M 19 44 33 39 18 26 4513 -830 0 0 0 0 0.94 0.57 0 27.8 M M M 20 44 30 37 15 28 4541 -845 0 0 0 T 0.94 0.60 T 27.8 M M M 21 46 31 39 17 26 4567 -862 0 0 0 T 0.94 0.63 0 27.8 M M M 22 47 32 40 18 25 4592 -880 0 0 0 0.01 0.95 0.66 0 27.8 M M M 23 46 40 43 20 22 4614 -900 0 0 0 0.04 0.99 0.70 0 27.8 M M M 24 53 36 45 22 20 4634 -922 0 0 0 0 0.99 0.74 0 27.8 M M M 25 55 36 46 22 19 4653 -944 0 0 0 0.06 1.05 0.78 0.0 27.8 M M M 26 51 45 48 24 17 4670 -968 0 0 0 1.10 2.15 0.82 0.0 27.8 M M M 27 51 33 42 17 23 4693 -985 0 0 0 0.52 2.67 0.86 T 27.8 M M M 28 39 29 34 9 31 4724 -994 0 0 0 0.04 2.71 0.90 T 27.8 M M M FEB CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR LA CROSSE WISCONSIN ...FEBRUARY 1998 WAS MUCH WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 33.7 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 13.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 4TH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND THE WARMEST SINCE 1882. THIS FEBRUARY WAS ACTUALLY WARMER THAN A TYPICAL MARCH IN LA CROSSE. EVERY DAY THIS MONTH ALSO AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 2.71 INCHES...WHICH WAS 1.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 4TH WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1922. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS ONLY 3.8 INCHES...WHICH ALL FELL ON THE 1ST DAY OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL SNOWFALL IS 8.0 INCHES. A FEW DAILY RECORDS WERE SET THIS PAST FEBRUARY. RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 23RD AND THE 26TH DAY OF THE MONTH WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 40 AND 45 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY. A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL WAS SET ON THE 26TH WITH 1.10 INCHES. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 33.7 OR 13.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 40.8 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 26.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 55 ON DAY 25 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 11 ON DAY 7 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 867 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -396 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 4724 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -994 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.71 OR 1.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 4.46 OR 2.63 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.10 INCHES ON DAY(S) 26 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.8 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 27.8 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 3.8 INCHES ON DAY(S) 1 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 11 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 3 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 4 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 3 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 20 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... 32.8 DEGREES AVERAGE HIGH... 42.1 DEGREES AVERAGE LOW.... 23.6 DEGREES AVERAGE PRECIPITATION... 1.98 INCHES AVERAGE SNOWFALL........ 10.0 INCHES AVERAGE HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 998