SXUS73 KARX 011539 RERARX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 939 AM CST SUN NOV 1 2020 ...COLDEST AND SNOWIEST OCTOBER AT NWS LA CROSSE WI... THE OCTOBER 2020 TEMPERATURE AVERAGE AT NWS LA CROSSE WI WAS 42.6°F. THIS WAS 6.4°F BELOW THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF 49°F. THIS WAS THE OFFICES COLDEST OCTOBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 43.2°F IN 2009. A TOTAL OF 2.6 INCHES FELL IN OCTOBER 2020. THIS WAS 2 INCHES ABOVE THE LONG-TERM AVERAGE OF 0.6 INCHES. THIS MADE IT THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER AT THE OFFICE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.5 INCHES IN 1999. DAILY WEATHER RECORDS DATE BACK TO JANUARY 1, 1997. $$ BOYNE