August, 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 76 56 66 M 0 0 M 1 M M 0 0 M M M M M M 2 79 58 69 -4 0 0 M M M M 0 0 0.24 M M M M M 3 83 62 73 0 0 0 M 8 667 M 0.47 0.47 0.36 M M M M M 4 81 62 72 -1 0 0 M M M M 0.01 0.48 0.48 M M M M M 5 83 57 70 -3 0 0 M M M M 0 0.48 0.60 M M M M M 6 87 68 78 5 0 0 M M M M 0 0.48 0.72 M M M M M 7 76 66 71 -2 0 0 M M M M 0.07 0.55 0.84 M M M M M 8 76 56 66 -7 0 0 M M M M 0 0.55 0.96 M M M M M 9 71 56 64 -8 1 1 M M M M 0.52 1.07 1.08 M M M M M 10 83 61 72 0 0 1 M M M M 0 1.07 1.20 M M M M M 11 82 61 72 0 0 1 M M M M 0 1.07 1.32 M M M M M 12 78 67 73 1 0 1 M M M M 0.09 1.16 1.45 M M M M M 13 75 53 64 -8 1 2 M M M M T 1.16 1.58 M M M M M 14 77 49 63 -9 2 4 M M M M 0 1.16 1.71 M M M M M 15 78 56 67 -5 0 4 M M M M 0.04 1.20 1.84 M M M M M 17 83 59 71 0 0 4 M M M M 0 1.48 2.10 M M M M M 18 76 63 70 0 0 4 M M M M 0.27 1.75 2.23 M M M M M 19 75 59 67 -3 0 4 M M M M 0 1.75 2.36 M M M M M 20 82 58 70 0 0 4 M M M M 0 1.75 2.49 M M M M M 21 81 62 72 2 0 4 M M M M 0.05 1.80 2.62 M M M M M 22 74 64 69 -1 0 4 M M M M 0.15 1.95 2.75 M M M M M 23 74 63 69 0 0 4 M M M M 0.24 2.19 2.88 M M M M M 24 80 63 72 3 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.01 M M M M M 25 83 61 72 3 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.14 M M M M M 26 87 62 75 6 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.27 M M M M M 27 89 67 78 10 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.40 M M M M M 28 86 64 75 7 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.53 M M M M M 29 76 57 67 -1 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.66 M M M M M 30 76 54 65 -3 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.79 M M M M M 31 80 58 69 2 0 4 M M M M 0 2.19 3.92 M M M M M Monthly Summary for August ...LA CROSSE DATA... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE....70.2 OR 0.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.......79.9 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE.......60.4 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 89 DEGREES ON THE 27TH LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 49 DEGREES ON THE 14TH HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 4 MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 169 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -13 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -26 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 4 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC). 821 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -20 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 170 ...PRECIPITATION DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.19 OR 1.73 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 27.51 OR 6.09 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.52 INCHES ON THE 9TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... WITH 0.01 INCHES OR MORE.. 12 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 WITH 0.10 INCHES OR MORE.. 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER... 0 WITH 0.50 INCHES OR MORE.. 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 WITH 1.00 INCH OR MORE.... 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA... HIGHEST 30.30 INCHES ON THE 2ND LOWEST 29.51 INCHES ON THE 13TH ...WIND DATA... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 7.0 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 29 MPH FROM THE SOUTH THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 34 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WELVAERT