August, 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 87 59 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 2 89 58 M M M M M M M M 0.01 M M M M M M M 3 76 63 70 -3 0 0 -7 5 632 146 0.70 0.71 0.36 M M M M M 4 74 63 69 -4 0 0 -7 4 636 142 0.66 1.37 0.48 M M M M M 5 71 66 69 -4 0 0 -7 4 640 138 0.37 1.74 0.60 M M M M M 6 73 64 69 -4 0 0 -7 4 644 134 0.52 2.26 0.72 M M M M M 7 87 68 78 5 0 0 -7 13 657 139 0.09 2.35 0.84 M M M M M 8 87 66 77 4 0 0 -7 12 669 143 0 2.35 0.96 M M M M M 9 92 66 79 7 0 0 -7 14 683 150 0.62 2.97 1.08 M M M M M 10 83 65 74 0 0 0 M 9 692 M 0 2.97 M M M M M M 11 84 60 72 0 0 0 -7 7 699 152 0 2.97 1.32 M M M M M 12 82 58 70 -2 0 0 -7 5 704 150 0 2.97 1.45 M M M M M 13 88 60 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 14 90 63 M M M M M M M M 1.29 M M M M M M M 15 82 59 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 16 87 62 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 17 86 68 77 6 0 0 -7 12 752 166 0.85 5.10 2.10 M M M M M 18 74 65 70 0 0 0 -8 5 757 165 0 5.10 2.23 M M M M M 19 87 61 74 4 0 0 -9 9 766 168 0.01 5.11 2.36 M M M M M 20 89 69 79 9 0 0 -10 14 780 176 0.52 5.63 2.49 M M M M M 21 83 70 77 7 0 0 -11 12 792 182 0 5.63 2.62 M M M M M 22 89 66 78 8 0 0 -12 13 805 189 0.04 5.67 2.75 M M M M M 23 94 71 83 14 0 0 -13 18 823 202 0.07 5.74 2.88 M M M M M 24 83 67 75 6 0 0 -14 10 833 207 0.03 5.77 3.01 M M M M M 25 83 64 74 5 0 0 -15 9 842 211 0 5.77 3.14 M M M M M 26 88 60 74 5 0 0 -16 9 851 215 0 5.77 3.27 M M M M M 27 81 63 72 4 0 0 -17 7 858 218 0.38 6.15 3.40 M M M M M 28 87 69 78 10 0 0 -18 13 871 227 0.06 6.21 3.53 M M M M M 29 86 60 73 5 0 0 -20 8 879 231 0 6.21 3.66 M M M M M 30 82 56 69 2 0 0 -22 4 883 230 0 6.21 3.79 M M M M M 31 84 54 69 2 0 0 -24 4 887 231 0 6.21 3.92 M M M M M Monthly Summary for August TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 73.6 OR 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 84.0 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 63.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94 ON DAY 23 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 54 ON DAY 31 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 0 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 277 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -17 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 82 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 887 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -24 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 231 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 6.21 OR 2.29 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 28.88 OR 7.32 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.28 INCHES ON DAY(S) 14 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ T GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 16 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 3 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 7 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 REMARKS...SEE THE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT(S) FOR MORE CLIMATE INFORMATION FROM AUGUST 1998.