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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1152 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2025
..JULY 2025 WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT LA CROSSE, WI
..JULY 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS 75.7°F.
THIS WAS 0.7°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 75°F. 8 OUT OF
THE LAST 10 JULYS WERE AMONG THE WARMEST THIRD OF JULYS. THE OTHER 2
WERE NEAR NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 85°F. THIS WAS 0.4°F COOLER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 85.4°F.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 66.5°F. THIS WAS 2°F WARMER THAN THE
1991-2020 NORMAL OF 64.5°F. THIS WAS TIED FOR THE 15TH WARMEST WITH
2002.
THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94°F ON JULY 23.
THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 74°F ON JULY 17.
THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 73°F ON JULY 5 AND JULY 22.
THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 55°F ON JULY 17.
THE TEMPERATURE WAS AT OR ABOVE 90°F ON 6 DAYS. THE LONG-TERM
AVERAGE (1873-2025) IS 6.2 DAYS.
A 31-DAY STRETCH WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 60-DEGREES ENDED ON JULY
15. THIS STREAK BEGAN ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER (JUNE 15). THIS WAS
THE 12TH LONGEST. THE LONGEST STRETCH WAS A 43-DAY STRETCH IN 1921
(JUNE 7-JULY 19) AND 2018 (JUNE 5-JULY 17).
PRECIPITATION - WETTER THAN NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 4.64 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT.
THIS WAS 0.41 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 4.23 INCHES.
THE WETTEST DAY WAS JULY 16 WHEN 2.21 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
RAIN FELL ON 15 DAYS (MEASURABLE FELL ON 11 DAYS AND A TRACE FELL ON
4 DAYS).
MISSISSIPPI RIVER - 9TH HIGHEST 7 AM AVERAGE STAGE
DURING JULY 2025, THE AVERAGE 7 AM STAGE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AT LA CROSSE WAS 8.42 FEET. THIS WAS 2.13 FEET HIGHER THAN THE 1937-
2025 LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF 6.29 FEET. THIS WAS THE 9TH HIGHEST
AVERAGE FOR JULY. LAST YEAR, WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST FOR A JULY AT
11.12 FEET. THE HIGHEST 7 AM JULY AVERAGE WAS 11.61 FEET IN 1993.
THE HIGHEST DAILY 7 AM STAGE FOR THIS PAST MONTH WAS 9.77 FEET ON
JULY 3. MEANWHILE, THE LOWEST 7 AM DAILY STAGE FOR THIS PAST MONTH
WAS 7.51 FEET ON JULY 22. THE DAILY 7 AM STAGE WAS ABOVE THE LONG-
TERM AVERAGE ON ALL 31 DAYS.
..JULY 2025 RECORDS
NONE.
..LOOKING AHEAD TO AUGUST
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LA CROSSE STARTS AT 85°F ON AUGUST
1ST AND FALLS TO 81°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW
TEMPERATURE STARTS AT 64°F ON THE 1ST AND FALLS TO 60°F BY THE END
OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH IS 72.8°F.
LA CROSSE’S HOTTEST AUGUST OCCURRED IN 1947 WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 78.3°F, AND THEIR COLDEST AUGUST HAPPENED IN 1927 AND
1915 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 64.8°F.
FOR AUGUST, THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED WAS 105°F ON AUGUST 1,
1988, AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 35°F ON AUGUST 30, 1915. THERE
ARE TYPICALLY 4 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90°F.
THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST IS 3.90 INCHES. THE WETTEST
AUGUST OCCURRED IN 2007 WHEN 13.75 INCHES OF RAIN FELL, AND THE
DRIEST OCCURRED IN 1894 WHEN 0.35 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE WETTEST
AUGUST DAY WAS 4.05 INCHES ON AUGUST 18, 2007. NORMALLY, THERE ARE
6 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
VALLEY FOG IS QUITE PREVALENT IN THE AREA. ON AVERAGE, THIS FOG
REDUCES THE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER-MILE OR LESS AT THE AIRPORT ON
3 DAYS.
BOYNE
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