October, 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 60 40 50 -6 15 57 -106 0 1050 358 0 0 0.10 M M M M M 2 56 39 48 -8 17 74 -98 0 1050 358 0.03 0.03 0.20 M M M M M 3 55 46 51 -4 14 88 -94 0 1050 358 0.23 0.26 0.29 M M M M M 4 60 50 55 0 10 98 -94 0 1050 358 0.12 0.38 0.38 M M M M M 5 66 53 60 5 5 103 -99 0 1050 358 0.35 0.73 0.47 M M M M M 6 59 51 5 5 10 113 -100 0 1050 358 0.16 0.89 0.55 M M M M M 7 54 50 52 -2 13 126 -98 0 1050 358 0 0.89 0.63 M M M M M 8 64 39 52 -2 13 139 -97 0 1050 358 0 0.89 0.71 M M M M M 9 67 40 54 1 11 150 -98 0 1050 358 0 0.89 0.79 M M M M M 10 71 44 58 5 7 157 -103 0 1050 358 0 0.89 0.87 M M M M M 11 70 43 57 5 8 165 -108 0 1050 358 0 0.89 0.94 M M M M M 12 61 43 52 0 13 178 -108 0 1050 358 0 0.89 1.01 M M M M M 13 54 36 45 -7 20 198 -102 0 1050 358 0 0.89 1.08 M M M M M 14 58 32 45 -6 20 218 -96 0 1050 358 0.04 0.93 1.15 M M M M M 15 67 49 58 7 7 225 -103 0 1050 358 0.05 0.98 1.22 M M M M M 16 73 60 67 17 0 225 -118 2 1052 360 T 0.98 1.29 0 T M M M 17 70 48 59 9 6 231 -127 0 1052 360 2.28 3.26 1.36 0 T M M M 18 54 43 49 0 16 247 -127 0 1052 360 0 3.26 1.42 0 T M M M 19 60 44 52 3 13 260 -130 0 1052 360 0 3.26 1.48 0 T M M M 20 59 37 48 -1 17 277 -130 0 1052 360 0 3.26 1.54 0 T M M M 21 55 35 45 -3 20 297 -127 0 1052 360 0 3.26 1.60 0.0 T M M M 22 64 31 48 0 17 314 -127 0 1052 360 0 3.26 1.66 0.0 T M M M 23 71 44 5 8 7 321 -138 0 1052 360 0 3.26 1.72 0.0 T M M M 24 72 46 0 25 63 49 56 10 9 336 -160 0 1052 360 T 3.26 1.84 0.0 T M M M 26 76 46 61 15 4 340 -175 0 1052 360 0 3.26 1.90 0.0 T M M M 27 66 51 59 14 6 346 -189 0 1052 360 0.89 4.15 1.96 T T M M M 28 66 41 54 9 11 357 -198 0 1052 360 0 4.15 2.02 0.0 0.0 M M M 29 56 50 53 8 12 369 -207 0 1052 360 0.46 4.61 2.08 0.0 0.0 M M M 30 56 49 53 9 12 381 -216 0 1052 360 0 4.61 2.14 0.0 0.0 M M M 31 51 45 48 4 17 398 -220 0 1052 360 0 4.61 2.20 0.0 0.0 M M M Monthly Summary for October ...OCTOBER 1998 WAS A LITTLE WARMER BUT MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 53.4 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 76 DEGREES AND THE LOWEST WAS 31. NO RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE SET THIS OCTOBER. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN OCTOBER WAS 4.61 INCHES...WHICH WAS 2.41 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 7TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. NEARLY HALF OF THE PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH FELL ON THE 17TH...WHICH SET A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD OF 2.28 INCHES. NO SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED THIS OCTOBER. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 53.4 OR 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 62.4 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 44.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 76 ON DAY 26 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 31 ON DAY 22 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 356 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -108 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +2 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 398 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 1052 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -220 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +360 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 4.61 OR 2.41 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 34.34 OR 6.79 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 2.28 INCHES ON DAY(S) 17 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0.0 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 0.0 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 10 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 7 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 2 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... 35.6 AVERAGE HIGH... 43.4 (52 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 35 ON THE 30TH) AVERAGE LOW.... 27.7 (34 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 20 ON THE 30TH) AVERAGE PRECIPITATION... 1.73 AVERAGE SNOWFALL........ 4.4 SWC