March, 1999 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 45 25 35 9 30 4757 M M M M 0 0 0.04 0.0 39.5 M M M 2 37 28 33 7 32 4789 M M M M 0 0 0.08 0.0 39.5 12.0 M M 3 35 19 27 0 38 4826 M M M M 0 0 0.12 0.0 39.5 11 M M 4 33 15 24 -3 41 4867 M M M M T T 0.17 T 39.6 M M M 5 31 23 27 0 38 4905 M M M M 0.03 0.03 0.22 0.4 40.0 M M M 6 33 18 26 -2 39 4944 M M M M T 0.03 0.27 T 40.0 M M M 7 36 13 25 -3 40 4984 M M M M 0 0.03 0.32 0.0 40.0 M M M 8 31 24 28 -1 37 5021 M M M M 0.24 0.27 0.37 3.5 43.5 M M M 9 33 27 30 1 35 5056 M M M M 0.12 0.39 0.42 1.4 44.9 M M M 10 40 9 25 -5 40 5096 M M M M 0 0.39 0.48 0.0 44.9 M M M 11 41 19 30 0 35 5131 M M M M 0 0.39 0.54 0.0 44.9 M M M 12 46 17 32 1 33 5164 M M M M 0 0.39 0.60 0.0 44.9 M M M 13 46 17 32 M 33 5197 M 0 0 0 0 0.39 M 0.0 44.9 M M M 14 49 18 34 2 31 5228 M M M M 0 0.39 0.72 0.0 44.9 M M M 15 52 25 39 7 26 5254 M M M M 0 0.39 0.78 0.0 44.9 M M M 16 64 33 49 16 16 5270 M M M M 0 0.39 0.84 0.0 44.9 M M M 17 53 35 44 11 21 5291 M M M M 0 0.39 0.91 0.0 44.9 M M M 18 46 28 37 3 28 5319 M M M M 0 0.39 0.98 0.0 44.9 M M M 19 55 24 40 6 25 5344 M M M M 0 0.39 1.05 0.0 44.9 M M M 20 58 29 44 9 21 M M M M M 0 0.39 M 0.0 44.9 M M M 21 48 29 39 4 26 5391 M M M M 0 0.39 1.19 0.0 44,9 M M M 22 50 22 36 0 29 5420 M M M M 0 0.39 1.26 0.0 44.9 M M M 23 56 28 42 6 23 5443 M M M M 0 0.39 1.33 0.0 44.9 M M M 24 46 24 35 -2 30 5473 M M M M 0 0.39 1.40 0.0 44.9 M M M 25 50 23 37 0 28 5501 M M M M 0 0.39 1.48 0.0 44.9 M M M 26 55 24 40 2 25 5526 M M M M 0 0.39 1.56 0.0 44.9 M M M 27 62 31 47 9 18 5544 M M M M 0 0.39 1.64 0.0 44.9 M M M 28 54 40 47 8 18 5562 M M M M 0.22 0.61 1.72 0.0 44.9 M M M 29 60 35 48 9 17 5579 M M M M 0 0.61 1.80 0.0 44.9 M M M 30 75 39 57 17 8 5587 M M M M 0 0.61 1.88 0.0 44.9 M M M 31 73 54 64 24 1 5588 M M M M 0 0.61 1.96 0.0 44.9 M M M Monthly Summary for March ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE....37.0 OR 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.......48.2 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE.......25.7 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 75 DEGREES ON THE 30TH LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 10 DEGREES ON THE 10TH HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 862 MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -136 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5588 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC). 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1124 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 0 ...PRECIPITATION DATA... ..LIQUID.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.61 OR 1.35 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 4.23 OR .44 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.24 INCHES ON THE 8TH ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 5.3 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 3.5 INCHES ON THE 8TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... WITH 0.01 INCHES OR MORE.. 4 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 2 WITH 0.10 INCHES OR MORE.. 3 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER... 0 WITH 0.50 INCHES OR MORE.. 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 25 WITH 1.00 INCH OR MORE.... 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER... 25 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA... HIGHEST 30.74 INCHES ON THE 7TH LOWEST 29.46 INCHES ON THE 17TH ...WIND DATA... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 9.3 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 38 MPH FROM THE WEST THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 48 MPH FROM THE WEST