La Crosse, WI: 2026

10 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 53.6°F in La Crosse, WI, the warmest 1 January to 10 October since 2024, 13th warmest of 153.

2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 53.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 13th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 32.11 in; Wettest since 2021; 30th wettest of 154

A normal 1 January to 10 October in La Crosse, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.3°F, between 49.1°F and 54.4°F in eight years of ten and 30.69 in of precipitation, between 22.54 in and 37.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 10 October in La Crosse, WI since 1873: 53.6°F in 2026; the highest is 55.7°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 49.1 to 54.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 10 October in La Crosse, WI from 1873 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	53.6	13	63.6	12	43.7	16	32.11	30	0
2025	53.2	17	63.4	16	42.9	24	30.34	49	0
2024	55.3	4	65.5	2	45	4	30.56	44	0
2023	54.3	9	64.4	8	44.1	13	23.21	114	0
2022	51.3	57	61.3	53	41.2	63	24.44	104	0
2021	54.5	7	64.7	5	44.3	10	33.26	20	0
2020	53.4	14	63.5	15	43.4	17	26.56	86	0
2019	51.1	61	60.8	63	41.4	60	38.39	3	0
2018	52.6	27	62.5	33	42.7	30	37.21	6	0
2017	55.1	5	64.7	5	45.4	3	36.74	10	0
2016	54.3	9	63.8	10	44.8	5	39.34	2	0
2015	52	40	62.2	36	41.8	54	25.49	98	0
2014	48.3	134	58.4	128	38.3	132	33.55	18	0
2013	50.7	73	60.3	81	41	68	32.01	33	0
2012	55.7	1	66.5	1	44.8	5	20.30	136	0
2011	50.7	73	60.5	70	41	68	31.15	41	0
2010	52.9	21	63	21	42.9	24	36.47	11	0
2009	49.2	117	59.4	105	39.1	119	22.68	121	0
2008	49	124	59.2	112	38.8	128	31.99	34	0
2007	53.1	19	63.2	19	43	23	36.92	9	0
2006	53.9	12	63.7	11	44.2	11	25.55	97	0
2005	53.3	15	63.4	16	43.3	18	27.16	81	0
2004	51	67	61	58	41	68	37.40	5	0
2003	50.7	73	61.5	49	39.9	102	18.97	146	0
2002	52.9	21	62.7	29	43.2	19	28.72	63	0
2001	51.1	61	61.1	56	41.1	65	28.46	66	0
2000	52.8	24	62.9	24	42.7	30	27.18	80	0
1999	53	20	63.1	20	42.8	28	30.84	42	0
1998	55.5	2	65.4	3	45.5	2	30.54	46	0
1997	51	67	61.2	54	40.7	80	27.88	74	0
1996	49.1	119	59.8	95	38.3	132	21.26	131	0
1995	52.5	29	62.6	30	42.5	35	26.73	84	0
1994	49.5	112	59.9	92	39	125	33.24	21	0
1993	48.7	127	58.3	130	39.1	119	38.07	4	0
1992	51	67	60.8	63	41.2	63	27.37	76	2
1991	52.9	21	62.9	24	42.6	34	33.05	23	6
1990	53.3	15	63.6	12	43.1	20	33.97	17	0
1989	49.9	99	60.7	66	39	125	19.54	138	0
1988	52.1	38	63.6	12	40.5	88	21.58	130	0
1987	54.5	7	64.8	4	44.2	11	28.35	68	0
1986							29.24	60	31
1985	49.8	101	60.5	70	39.1	119	23.11	117	10
1984	50.2	86	60.5	70	39.8	105	24.76	102	0
1983	51.5	50	60.8	63	42.2	44	24.88	101	0
1982	48.2	135	58.2	133	38.3	132	19.52	139	0
1981	51.9	42	62.3	34	41.6	56	31.29	38	0
1980	51.8	44	62.1	37	41.6	56	31.19	40	0
1979	47.6	143	57.8	137	37.3	146	26.94	83	0
1978	48.4	132	59.1	115	37.8	140	32.83	24	0
1977	51	67	60.9	61	41.1	65	27.19	79	0
1976	51.1	61	62.8	26	39.5	113	16.73	151	0
1975	49.1	119	59	119	39.1	119	22.31	126	0
1974	49	124	59.4	105	38.6	129	22.52	123	0
1973	52.3	32	61.6	48	42.9	24	40.32	1	0
1972	48.2	135	58.6	125	37.8	140	29.81	54	0
1971	48	139	59.1	115	37	147	24.39	105	0
1970	50	94	60.3	81	39.6	108	25.61	96	0
1969	49.5	112	59.8	95	39.2	116	21.71	129	0
1968	51.3	57	61.8	43	40.9	75	32.11	30	0
1967	48.9	126	60	90	37.9	139	24.29	106	0
1966	49.4	114	61.1	56	37.8	140	19.45	142	0
1965	46.3	149	56.5	146	36.1	151	35.14	13	0
1964	52.2	36	62.1	37	42.3	40	23.34	113	0
1963	49.8	101	60	90	39.4	114	22.72	119	2
1962	48.7	127	57.8	137	39.6	108	26.16	89	0
1961	50.7	73	60.4	77	41	68	20.85	132	0
1960	49.8	101	59.1	115	40.6	84	29.65	57	0
1959	49.6	109	59.2	112	39.9	102	32.39	26	0
1958	50.4	82	60.5	70	40.3	92	15.07	153	0
1957	50.2	86	59.5	102	40.9	75	23.19	115	0
1956	48.7	127	58.9	120	38.4	131	22.67	122	0
1955	52.3	32	62.6	30	42	49	18.10	149	0
1954	51.2	60	60.5	70	41.9	51	29.46	58	0
1953	50.6	78	60.1	89	41.1	65	28.94	61	0
1952	50.6	78	60.3	81	40.9	75	28.30	69	0
1951	47.6	143	57	144	38.2	135	34.55	14	0
1950	48.2	135	57.4	141	39.1	119	28.75	62	1
1949	52.2	36	62	39	42.5	35	20.41	134	0
1948	51.1	61	61.4	50	41	68	18.45	148	5
1947	50.7	73	59.5	102	41.8	54	27.92	73	0
1946	52.3	32	61.9	41	42.7	30	28.41	67	0
1945	49.7	106	59.1	115	40.3	92	34.02	16	0
1944	51.8	44	60.5	70	43.1	20	28.57	65	0
1943	49.3	115	58.8	122	39.8	105	22.70	120	0
1942	51.5	50	60.3	81	42.7	30	34.17	15	0
1941	52.3	32	62	39	42.9	24	32.30	28	2
1940	49.6	109	58.5	127	40.7	80	25.84	93	0
1939	52.7	25	62.8	26	42.4	38	19.98	137	1
1938	52.7	25	61.4	50	44	14	37.05	7	0
1937	50.2	86	60.3	81	40	99	23.76	111	1
1936	49.7	106	59.7	98	39.6	108	24.96	100	0
1935	50.1	92	59.4	105	40.8	79	31.27	39	0
1934	52.5	29	63	21	42.1	45	27.23	78	0
1933	52.6	27	62.8	26	42.3	40	25.99	90	0
1932	50.6	78	60.9	61	40.3	92	23.97	109	0
1931	54.6	6	64.7	5	44.5	7	22.49	124	0
1930	51.8	44	62.3	34	41	68	23.66	112	2
1929	47.8	141	58	135	37.5	144	25.96	91	0
1928	50.2	86	60.2	88	40.2	95	33.06	22	0
1927	50	94	59.5	102	40.6	84	27.15	82	0
1926	49.6	109	59.3	109	39.8	105	23.94	110	0
1925	51.4	54	61.8	43	41	68	26.39	88	0
1924	47	147	56.6	145	37.4	145	29.91	51	0
1923	50	94	60.3	81	39.2	116	19.08	144	3
1922	50.9	72	61	58	40.7	80	27.98	72	0
1921	54.3	9	64.3	9	44.4	9	24.65	103	0
1920	48.7	127	58.9	120	38.6	129	21.95	128	0
1919	52.1	38	61.7	45	42.4	38	24.09	108	0
1918	48.7	127	59.2	112	38.2	135	25.67	95	0
1917	46.2	150	56.2	148	36.3	150	29.82	53	0
1916	50	94	59.4	105	40.6	84	27.26	77	0
1915	49.1	119	58.3	130	40	99	30.37	48	0
1914	51.4	54	60.7	66	42.1	45	30.52	47	0
1913	50.4	82	60.7	66	40.1	97	29.38	59	0
1912	46.6	148	56.5	146	36.7	149	24.20	107	0
1911	51.6	49	61.7	45	41.6	56	25.92	92	0
1910	51.4	54	63	21	39.9	102	15.14	152	0
1909	49.7	106	59.3	109	40.2	95	29.78	55	0
1908	51.3	57	61.4	50	41.3	61	28.68	64	0
1907	48.2	135	57.2	142	39.2	116	25.74	94	0
1906	51	67	59.9	92	42.1	45	32.05	32	0
1905	49.2	117	58	135	40.4	89	29.86	52	0
1904	47.2	145	56.2	148	38.1	138	23.19	115	0
1903	50.2	86	58.8	122	41.5	59	33.34	19	0
1902	50.1	92	59.3	109	40.9	75	25.12	99	0
1901	51.5	50	61.2	54	41.9	51	32.50	25	0
1900	51.5	50	61	58	41.9	51	31.98	35	4
1899	48.4	132	57.8	137	39	125	31.90	36	0
1898	52	40	61.7	45	42.3	40	17.50	150	0
1897	51.1	61	60.4	77	40.7	80	19.47	141	15
1896	50.4	82	60.3	81	40.4	89	22.21	127	0
1895	49.8	101	60.4	77	39.3	115	19.00	145	0
1894	52.4	31	62.6	30	42.1	45	19.51	140	0
1893	48	139	58.2	133	37.7	143	20.83	133	0
1892	49.1	119	57.8	137	40.4	89	32.19	29	0
1891	49.9	99	59.7	98	40	99	22.34	125	0
1890	49.1	119	58.6	125	39.6	108	29.68	56	0
1889	50	94	59.7	98	40.1	97	20.38	135	3
1888	45.1	152	54	153	36.1	151	31.42	37	0
1887	49.8	101	59.9	92	39.6	108	14.61	154	0
1886	51.7	48	60.5	70	43.1	20	18.96	147	1
1885	47.2	145	55.3	150	39.1	119	27.87	75	0
1884	49.3	115	57.2	142	41.3	61	30.67	43	0
1883	46.2	150	54.2	151	38.2	135	30.55	45	0
1882	51.9	42	59.8	95	44	14	23.06	118	0
1881	50.3	85	58.3	130	42.3	40	36.97	8	0
1880	53.2	17	61.9	41	44.5	7	30.14	50	0
1879	51.8	44	60.7	66	42.8	28	26.67	85	0
1878	55.4	3	63.3	18	47.5	1	28.19	71	0
1877	51.1	61	59.7	98	42.5	35	28.25	70	0
1876	50.2	86	58.4	128	42	49	35.92	12	0
1875	45	153	54.1	152	36	153	32.39	26	0
1874	50.5	81	60.4	77	40.6	84	26.48	87	0
1873	47.8	141	58.7	124	36.8	148	19.09	143	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	55.7
1998	55.5
1878	55.4
2024	55.3
2017	55.1
1931	54.6
2021	54.5
1987	54.5
2023	54.3
2016	54.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1875	45
1888	45.1
1917	46.2
1883	46.2
1965	46.3
1912	46.6
1924	47
1904	47.2
1885	47.2
1979	47.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	40.32
2016	39.34
2019	38.39
1993	38.07
2004	37.40
2018	37.21
1938	37.05
1881	36.97
2007	36.92
2017	36.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1887	14.61
1958	15.07
1910	15.14
1976	16.73
1898	17.50
1955	18.10
1948	18.45
1886	18.96
2003	18.97
1895	19.00

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 27 July 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.29 in; 1 July 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	14.7°F 59th coldest of 152	1.64 in 26th wettest of 154
February	27.3°F 21st warmest of 154	0.56 in 40th driest of 154
March	40.2°F 14th warmest of 154	2.09 in 62nd wettest of 154
April	51.2°F 27th warmest of 154	5.32 in 13th wettest of 154
May	60.6°F 58th warmest of 154	1.18 in 10th driest of 154
June	69.8°F 60th warmest of 154	4.94 in 55th wettest of 154
July	76.4°F 20th warmest of 154	7.38 in 14th wettest of 154
August	72.4°F 40th warmest of 154	1.92 in 33rd driest of 154
September	66.7°F 21st warmest of 154	7.01 in 15th wettest of 154
October so far	59.8°F 29th warmest of 153	0.07 in 31st driest of 154

Hot days and freezes

La Crosse, WI has had 14 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 69th most of 153 (with 2025, 2016, 1997 and 7 other years).
La Crosse, WI has had 85 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 125th most of 153 (with 2020, 2006, 1905 and 1 other year).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in La Crosse, WI came on Thursday 7 May 2026, the latest since 2021, tied 31st latest of 153 (with 1960, 1890 and 1885).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
10 October	Warmest day	87°F	86°F 1928	Confirmed
21 March	Warmest day	83°F	75°F 2022, 1911	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 32.11 in of precipitation in La Crosse, WI, the wettest 1 January to 10 October since 2021, tied 30th wettest of 154 (with 1968).
The hottest day of 2026 so far in La Crosse, WI: 97°F on Monday 27 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in La Crosse, WI: a low of -20°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in La Crosse, WI: 2.29 in on Wednesday 1 July 2026.