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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
521 PM CST MON FEB 2 2026
..JANUARY 2026 WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN LA CROSSE WI
..JANUARY 2026 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - COLDER THAN NORMAL
DURING JANUARY 2026, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT LA CROSSE REGIONAL
AIRPORT WAS 14.7°F. THIS WAS 4.2°F COLDER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL
OF 18.9°F. THIS WAS THE COLDEST JANUARY SINCE 2022 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 12.8°F.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 22.3°F. THIS WAS 5.1°F COLDER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 27.4°F. THIS WAS THE COLDEST JANUARY AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE 2014 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 19.9°F.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 7.1°F. THIS WAS 3.4°F COLDER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 10.5°F. THIS WAS THE COLDEST JANUARY AVERAGE
LOW TEMPERATURE SINCE 2022 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 2.3°F.
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF JANUARY (JANUARY 1-16), THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 25.8°F. THIS WAS 6.4°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-2020
NORMAL OF 19.4°F. THIS WAS THE 19TH WARMEST START TO A JANUARY AND
THE WARMEST SINCE 2023 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 27.6°F (TIED
WITH 2019 FOR THE 7TH WARMEST START TO A JANUARY). THE WARMEST FIRST
HALF OF A JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1880 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
34.3°F.
DURING THE SECOND HALF (JANUARY 16-31) OF JANUARY, THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 4.2°F. THIS WAS 14.3°F COLDER THAN THE 1991-2020
NORMAL OF 18.5°F. THIS WAS THE 11TH COLDEST END TO A JANUARY AND THE
COLDEST SINCE 2019 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 4°F. THE COLDEST
LAST HALF OF A JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1963 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS -4.1°F.
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 48°F ON JANUARY 13 AND
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS -20°F ON JANUARY 23.
PRECIPITATION - SLIGHTLY WETTER THAN NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 1.64 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL DURING JANUARY. THIS
WAS 0.39 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 1.25 INCHES.
THIS WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY SINCE 2023 (2.17 INCHES - 17TH WETTEST
JANUARY).
THE WETTEST DAY WAS 0.96 INCHES ON JANUARY 8. ONLY 5 JANUARY DAYS
HAVE BEEN WETTER. THEY WERE JANUARY 5, 1946 (1.67 INCHES); JANUARY
24, 1967 (1.31 INCHES); JANUARY 4, 1922 (0.98 INCHES); AND JANUARY
29, 1891 (0.98 INCHES).
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN 9 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS HAVE
FALLEN ON ANOTHER 9 DAYS.
SNOWFALL - BELOW NORMAL
A TOTAL OF 4.7 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED BY THE OFFICIAL SNOW
OBSERVER NEAR LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS 7.1 INCHES BELOW
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 11.8 INCHES.
THE SNOWIEST DAYS WERE 1.1 INCHES ON JANUARY 16 AND JANUARY 21.
MEASURABLE SNOW HAS FALLEN 6 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN ON
ANOTHER 8 DAYS.
SNOW DEPTH - BELOW AVERAGE
THE AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH WAS 2.4 INCHES. THIS WAS 2.5 INCHES BELOW THE
1893-2026 AVERAGE OF 4.9 INCHES.
THE HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 4 INCHES FROM JANUARY 22 TO JANUARY 24.
THE LOWEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 0 INCHES ON JANUARY 14 AND JANUARY 15.
..RECORDS
DAILY...
JANUARY 8 - PRECIPITATION - 0.96 INCHES - PREVIOUS RECORD 0.39
INCHES IN 1937
JANUARY 13 - WARM LOW - 36°F - PREVIOUS RECORD 34°F
IN 1960
..LOOKING AHEAD TO FEBRUARY
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LA CROSSE WARMS FROM 28°F ON FEBRUARY
1ST TO 38°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE
WARMS FROM 10°F ON THE 1ST TO 19°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE
WARMEST FEBRUARY TEMPERATURE ON RECORD WAS 65°F ON FEBRUARY 12,
1882, FEBRUARY 15, 1921, AND FEBRUARY 19, 2017; AND THE COLDEST WAS -
36°F ON FEBRUARY 8, 1971.
THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY IS 23.3°F. LA CROSSE’S
WARMEST FEBRUARY OCCURRED IN 1878 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
36.7°F, AND THEIR COLDEST FEBRUARY OCCURRED IN 1875 WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 3.9°F.
THE NORMAL FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION IS 1.19 INCHES (DRIEST MONTH). THE
WETTEST FEBRUARY OCCURRED IN 1922 WITH 4.04 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
AND THE DRIEST FEBRUARY OCCURRED IN 1969 WITH JUST 0.05 INCHES. THE
WETTEST FEBRUARY DAY OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 22, 1922, WHEN 2.05 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION FELL.
THE NORMAL FEBRUARY SNOWFALL IS 9.7 INCHES (3RD SNOWIEST MONTH). THE
SNOWIEST FEBRUARY OCCURRED IN 2019 WITH 31.1 INCHES OF SNOW AND THE
LEAST SNOW WAS 0.5 INCHES IN 1954. THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY DAY
OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 28, 1939, WHEN 10.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
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