May, 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 79 46 63 9 2 5994-1252 0 3 3 0 0 0.10 M M M M M 2 66 48 57 2 8 6002-1255 0 3 2 0.17 0.17 0.20 M M M M M 3 64 50 57 2 8 6010-1258 0 3 1 0.01 0.18 0.30 M M M M M 4 78 45 62 7 3 6013-1266 0 3 0 0 0.18 0.40 M M M M M 5 78 50 64 8 1 6014-1275 0 3 -1 0 0.18 0.50 M M M M M 6 82 44 63 7 2 6016-1283 0 3 -2 0 0.18 0.60 M M M M M 7 62 58 60 4 5 6021-1288 0 3 -3 1.31 1.49 0.70 M M M M M 8 76 55 66 9 0 6021-1298 1 4 -3 0 1.49 0.80 M M M M M 9 76 54 65 8 0 6021-1307 0 4 -4 0 1.49 0.90 M M M M M 10 76 48 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 11 80 45 63 5 2 6026-1320 0 4 -6 0 1.49 1.10 M M M M M 12 80 58 69 11 0 6026-1328 4 8 -3 T 1.49 1.20 M M M M M 13 80 51 66 7 0 6026-1336 1 9 -3 0 1.49 1.30 M M M M M 14 91 56 74 15 0 6026-1343 9 18 5 0 1.49 1.40 M M M M M 15 86 64 75 16 0 6026-1350 10 28 14 0.23 1.72 1.50 M M M M M 16 80 58 69 9 0 6026-1357 4 32 16 T 1.72 1.60 M M M M M 17 92 52 72 12 0 6026-1364 7 39 21 0 1.72 1.70 M M M M M 18 91 68 M M M M M M M M 0.08 M M M M M M M 19 90 60 75 14 0 6026-1378 10 64 42 0 1.80 1.91 M M M M M 20 77 57 67 6 0 6026-1384 2 66 42 0 1.80 2.02 M M M M M 21 78 50 64 3 1 6027-1389 0 66 40 0 1.80 2.13 M M M M M 22 67 50 59 -3 6 6033-1388 0 66 38 0 1.80 2.24 M M M M M 23 73 50 62 0 3 6036-1390 0 66 36 0.10 1.90 2.35 M M M M M 24 64 50 57 -5 8 6044-1387 0 66 34 0.54 2.44 2.46 M M M M M 25 76 47 62 -1 3 6047-1388 0 66 32 0 2.44 2.57 M M M M M 26 81 49 65 2 0 6047-1392 0 66 30 0 2.44 2.68 M M M M M 27 82 54 68 5 0 6047-1396 3 69 31 0 2.44 2.79 M M M M M 28 94 68 81 17 0 6047-1400 16 85 44 T 2.44 2.90 M M M M M 29 85 60 73 9 0 6047-1404 8 93 49 0 2.44 3.02 M M M M M 30 83 57 70 6 0 6047-1408 5 98 51 0.50 2.94 3.14 M M M M M Monthly Summary for May TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 66.0 OR 6.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 78.7 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 53.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94 ON DAY 28 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 44 ON DAY 6 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 58 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 95 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -166 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 45 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 6050 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 98 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1409 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 48 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.95 OR 0.31 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 11.67 OR 1.72 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.31 INCHES ON DAY(S) 7 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 38.3 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 5 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 3 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 REMARKS... FOR MORE MAY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR LA CROSSE...CONSULT THE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT. END...