000 CDUS43 KARX 200653 CLILSE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1247 AM CST WED FEB 20 2002 ................................... ...THE LA CROSSE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 2002... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1873 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 640 PM 59 1930 34 9 33 MINIMUM 38 1150 PM -20 1929 14 24 19 AVERAGE 41 24 17 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.96R 0.65 1952 0.04 0.92 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.97 0.63 1.34 0.79 SINCE DEC 1 3.24 3.05 0.19 3.88 SINCE JAN 1 2.41 1.82 0.59 1.98 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.4 1952 MM MM 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.9 MM MM 5.0 SINCE DEC 1 11.3 MM MM 34.8 SINCE JUL 1 11.3 MM MM 37.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 44 -20 39 MONTH TO DATE 651 888 -237 919 SINCE DEC 1 2879 3838 -959 4026 SINCE JUL 1 4069 5339 -1270 5461 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 4 -4 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 4 -4 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 93 200 AM AVERAGE 97 .......................................................... THE LA CROSSE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 61 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -27 1873 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 20 2002......SUNRISE 656 AM CST SUNSET 542 PM CST FEBRUARY 21 2002......SUNRISE 655 AM CST SUNSET 543 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.