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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
809 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2026
...FEBRUARY 2026 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR LA CROSSE,
WI...
..FEBRUARY 2026 HIGHLIGHTS
TEMPERATURES - WARMER THAN NORMAL
DURING FEBRUARY 2026, LA CROSSE REGIONAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 27.3°F. THIS WAS 4°F WARMER THAN THE 1991-2020 NORMAL
OF 23.3°F.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 36.6°F. THIS WAS 4.1°F WARMER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 32.5°F. THIS WAS THE 20TH WARMEST.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 18°F. THIS WAS 3.8°F WARMER THAN THE
1991-2020 NORMAL OF 14.2°F.
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 58°F ON FEBRUARY 16 AND THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE -2°F ON FEBRUARY 4.
PRECIPITATION - DRIER THAN NORMAL
0.56 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THIS WAS 0.63 INCHES DRIER THAN
THE 1991-2020 NORMAL OF 1.19 INCHES.
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FELL ON 5 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON 5
DAYS.
THE WETTEST DAY WAS FEBRUARY 20 WHEN 0.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
FELL.
SNOWFALL - BELOW NORMAL
7.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. THIS WAS 1.8 INCHES BELOW THE 1991-2020
NORMAL OF 9.7 INCHES.
MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON 2 DAYS AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON 7 DAYS.
THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS FEBRUARY 20 WHEN 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
SNOW DEPTH - BELOW AVERAGE
THE AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH WAS 2.3 INCHES. THIS WAS 2.7 INCHES BELOW THE
LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF 5 INCHES.
THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 6 INCHES FROM FEBRUARY 20 TO FEBRUARY 23.
..RECORDS
NONE.
..LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LA CROSSE WARMS FROM 38°F ON MARCH
1ST TO 53°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE
WARMS FROM 20°F ON THE 1ST AND TO 32°F BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE
WARMEST MARCH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD IS 84°F ON MARCH 29, 1986; AND
THE COLDEST IS -28°F ON MARCH 1, 1962.
THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH IS 35.8°F. LA CROSSE’S WARMEST
MARCH OCCURRED IN 2012 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.4°F, AND
THEIR COLDEST MARCH OCCURRED IN 1899 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
21.3°F.
THE NORMAL MARCH PRECIPITATION IS 2.04 INCHES. THE WETTEST MARCH
OCCURRED IN 1876 WITH 4.23 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND THE DRIEST
OCCURRED IN 1910 WITH JUST 0.03 INCHES. THE WETTEST MARCH DAY
OCCURRED ON MARCH 27, 1880, WHEN 2.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL.
NORMALLY, THERE IS 1 DAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
THE NORMAL MARCH SNOWFALL IS 7.3 INCHES (4TH SNOWIEST MONTH). THE
SNOWIEST MARCH OCCURRED IN 1959 WITH 33.5 INCHES OF SNOW AND THE
LEAST SNOW WAS NO SNOW IN 2010. THE SNOWIEST MARCH DAY OCCURRED ON
MARCH 13, 1997, WHEN 14.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
BOYNE
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