La Crosse, WI: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 72.9°F in La Crosse, WI, the warmest summer since 2023, tied 30th warmest of 154 (with 2002 and 1934).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 72.9°F; Warmest since 2023; 30th warmest of 154
Precipitation: 14.24 in; Wettest since 2024; 41st wettest of 154

A normal summer in La Crosse, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.7°F, between 69.7°F and 74.4°F in eight years of ten and 13.29 in of precipitation, between 8.93 in and 18.40 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in La Crosse, WI since 1873: 72.9°F in 2026; the highest is 75.7°F, in 1995.

Normal range, 69.7 to 74.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	72.9	30	82.8	46	63	20	14.24	41	0
2025	72.8	33	82.3	56	63.3	14	13.74	55	0
2024	72.3	43	82.3	56	62.2	40	14.35	38	0
2023	73.2	23	84.9	11	61.6	63	8.22	129	0
2022	73.2	23	83.4	32	63	20	12.55	70	0
2021	75.4	2	86.1	3	64.7	2	22.29	1	0
2020	74.7	4	85.9	5	63.5	12	12.93	62	0
2019	72.8	33	83.3	33	62.4	36	13.54	58	0
2018	74.5	5	84.2	18	64.7	2	13.70	57	0
2017	73.2	23	83.7	27	62.6	30	14.07	47	0
2016	73.7	15	83.5	31	63.8	7	18.24	8	0
2015	71.3	80	81.3	80	61.3	70	10.12	107	0
2014	72.2	45	82	64	62.4	36	16.32	19	0
2013	71.9	56	82.1	62	61.7	55	8.22	129	0
2012	74.4	6	86.1	3	62.6	30	7.45	140	0
2011	73	28	83.3	33	62.7	27	15.03	30	0
2010	73.7	15	83.2	37	64.2	5	20.93	2	0
2009	68.3	139	78.3	136	58.4	136	10.41	104	0
2008	70.8	94	81.5	75	60	101	14.53	33	0
2007	72.7	36	83	41	62.3	38	20.32	3	0
2006	73.2	23	83.8	25	62.5	35	9.10	119	0
2005	73.8	12	84.6	14	63.1	17	11.23	83	0
2004	67.8	146	77.7	142	57.9	144	16.22	21	0
2003	72.1	47	83.3	33	60.8	89	6.30	148	0
2002	72.9	30	82.9	44	62.8	25	12.84	65	0
2001	72.7	36	83.6	29	61.7	55	9.45	114	0
2000	70.8	94	80.6	97	61	81	14.40	37	0
1999	72.6	39	82.8	46	62.3	38	13.04	60	0
1998	72.5	40	83.2	37	61.9	50	17.21	14	0
1997	71.1	88	81.8	71	60.5	95	14.13	44	0
1996	71.1	88	82.3	56	60	101	10.46	101	0
1995	75.7	1	86.6	2	64.9	1	10.75	95	0
1994	70	105	80.3	104	59.7	111	13.87	51	0
1993	69.9	108	79.6	118	60.3	97	19.88	5	0
1992	67.1	152	78.2	137	56.1	152	9.01	121	0
1991	73.4	18	84.1	20	62.7	27	12.30	72	0
1990	71.6	67	81.9	69	61.3	70	20.12	4	0
1989	71.6	67	83.2	37	59.9	105	8.52	127	0
1988	75.3	3	88.1	1	62.6	30	10.24	106	0
1987	73.4	18	83.6	29	63.1	17	15.61	25	0
1986	70.5	99	80.8	93	60.2	98	11.21	84	0
1985	68.3	139	80	109	56.7	151	8.42	128	0
1984	71.2	87	82.5	53	59.9	105	12.54	71	0
1983	73.7	15	84.8	12	62.6	30	7.89	135	0
1982	69.5	116	80.4	103	58.7	130	6.15	149	0
1981	71.3	80	80.9	91	61.8	54	19.82	6	0
1980	74.2	7	84.8	12	63.7	8	15.67	23	0
1979	69.4	121	79.8	115	59	123	12.65	68	0
1978	70.5	99	81.2	85	59.9	105	17.39	12	0
1977	70	105	80.5	98	59.5	114	10.75	95	0
1976	72	51	84	21	60	101	4.51	153	0
1975	71.5	72	82	64	61.1	79	7.09	143	0
1974	69.8	111	81.4	78	58.2	139	11.26	82	0
1973	72.1	47	82.7	49	61.5	68	15.63	24	0
1972	69.3	122	80.1	107	58.5	133	14.81	31	0
1971	69.5	116	81	88	58	141	10.61	99	0
1970	71.5	72	82.9	44	60	101	7.96	133	0
1969	69.3	122	80	109	58.6	132	11.55	77	0
1968	70.6	97	81.2	85	60.1	99	15.55	26	0
1967	69.2	126	80.7	94	57.7	145	11.93	74	0
1966	71.7	62	83.9	24	59.4	117	9.94	111	0
1965	68	144	79.3	123	56.8	150	10.84	92	0
1964	72	51	82.7	49	61.3	70	9.86	112	0
1963	71.3	80	82.2	60	60.4	96	10.89	90	0
1962	69	129	78.8	130	59.1	122	12.61	69	0
1961	71.3	80	81.8	71	60.9	83	6.47	146	0
1960	69.8	111	79.6	118	59.9	105	11.12	86	0
1959	72.1	47	81.5	75	62.6	30	14.24	41	0
1958	68.8	133	79.7	116	58	141	7.33	141	0
1957	71.3	80	80.7	94	61.9	50	12.91	63	0
1956	71.7	62	81.7	73	61.6	63	8.69	125	0
1955	74	8	84.5	16	63.6	10	7.08	144	0
1954	71.8	58	81.3	80	62.2	40	11.08	88	0
1953	71.5	72	81.3	80	61.7	55	17.89	10	0
1952	71.5	72	81.3	80	61.6	63	17.87	11	0
1951	68.4	137	77.9	138	58.9	127	14.24	41	0
1950	68.2	142	77.8	139	58.5	133	12.91	63	0
1949	74	8	84	21	63.9	6	7.89	135	0
1948	72.2	45	82.5	53	61.9	50	5.99	150	2
1947	71.8	58	81.4	78	62.1	43	12.66	67	0
1946	69.3	122	78.9	128	59.6	113	10.76	94	0
1945	68	144	77.6	143	58.3	138	10.87	91	0
1944	70.8	94	80.5	98	61.2	75	14.10	45	0
1943	72.5	40	81.7	73	63.3	14	11.98	73	0
1942	69.8	111	79	125	60.6	91	13.96	50	0
1941	72.1	47	82.5	53	61.7	55	9.05	120	0
1940	71.3	80	80.5	98	62	46	13.78	54	0
1939	72.4	42	82.8	46	62	46	10.09	108	0
1938	71.5	72	81	88	62.1	43	16.25	20	0
1937	73.3	22	83.8	25	62.9	22	9.41	115	0
1936	73.9	11	85.7	6	62	46	7.75	138	0
1935	71.1	88	81	88	61.3	70	15.80	22	0
1934	72.9	30	84.2	18	61.7	55	13.73	56	0
1933	73.4	18	85.1	10	61.7	55	8.88	122	0
1932	72	51	83	41	61	81	10.34	105	0
1931	73.8	12	85.5	8	62	46	8.62	126	0
1930	71.9	56	83.7	27	60.1	99	10.84	92	0
1929	69.5	116	80.7	94	58.4	136	8.01	132	0
1928	68.7	135	78.9	128	58.5	133	18.08	9	0
1927	66.4	153	77.6	143	55.3	154	9.23	118	0
1926	68.6	136	79	125	58.1	140	9.98	110	0
1925	69.9	108	80.2	106	59.5	114	14.04	49	0
1924	67.3	151	77.6	143	57	149	17.23	13	0
1923	72	51	83	41	60.9	83	7.78	137	0
1922	70	105	80.5	98	59.4	117	8.81	123	0
1921	73.8	12	84.6	14	62.9	22	5.93	151	0
1920	69.5	116	80	109	59	123	11.44	78	0
1919	71.8	58	82.2	60	61.5	68	10.46	101	0
1918	69.8	111	80.1	107	59.5	114	11.11	87	0
1917	67.5	150	77.6	143	57.4	147	15.24	28	0
1916	71.8	58	82	64	61.6	63	11.77	76	0
1915	65.5	154	75.6	154	55.5	153	13.02	61	0
1914	71.4	78	81.1	87	61.6	63	15.09	29	0
1913	71.7	62	82.6	51	60.9	83	11.14	85	0
1912	68.2	142	78.5	135	58	141	11.30	81	0
1911	71.1	88	82.3	56	59.9	105	8.12	131	0
1910	71.6	67	84.5	16	58.8	129	6.39	147	0
1909	71.3	80	82.1	62	60.6	91	11.41	79	0
1908	69.1	128	79.4	122	58.7	130	10.44	103	0
1907	69	129	78.7	133	59.3	119	13.84	52	0
1906	71	92	80.3	104	61.7	55	13.19	59	0
1905	70.2	104	79.2	124	61.2	75	16.65	17	0
1904	67.7	148	77.8	139	57.6	146	9.30	116	0
1903	67.8	146	76.7	151	58.9	127	14.49	35	0
1902	68.3	139	77.5	147	59	123	10.68	97	0
1901	74	8	85.2	9	62.8	25	12.73	66	0
1900	72.8	33	83.3	33	62.2	40	14.44	36	2
1899	71.5	72	80.9	91	62.1	43	19.38	7	0
1898	71	92	81.5	75	60.6	91	7.13	142	0
1897	69.3	122	79	125	59.7	111	9.72	113	0
1896	70.3	102	81.3	80	59.3	119	7.96	133	0
1895	70.6	97	81.9	69	59.3	119	8.80	124	0
1894	73.2	23	85.6	7	60.9	83	3.01	154	0
1893	72	51	83.1	40	60.8	89	6.80	145	0
1892	69.8	111	78.7	133	60.9	83	14.06	48	0
1891	67.6	149	77.8	139	57.4	147	10.02	109	0
1890	70.3	102	79.9	113	60.6	91	13.84	52	0
1889	68.9	132	78.8	130	59	123	10.67	98	0
1888	69.9	108	78.8	130	60.9	83	14.10	45	0
1887	71.6	67	82	64	61.2	75	4.96	152	0
1886	72.7	36	82	64	63.6	10	7.56	139	1
1885	69.2	126	77.1	148	61.2	75	17.08	15	0
1884	69.5	116	77	149	61.9	50	11.34	80	0
1883	68.8	133	76.5	152	61.1	79	16.66	16	0
1882	69	129	76.3	153	61.7	55	10.99	89	0
1881	72.3	43	80	109	64.6	4	16.62	18	0
1880	71.7	62	79.9	113	63.5	12	14.26	40	0
1879	71.7	62	80.5	98	62.9	22	10.60	100	0
1878	71.6	67	79.5	121	63.7	8	14.51	34	0
1877	70.4	101	79.6	118	61.3	70	14.33	39	0
1876	71.4	78	79.7	116	63.1	17	15.31	27	0
1875	68.4	137	77	149	59.8	110	14.66	32	0
1874	73	28	82.6	51	63.3	14	11.91	75	0
1873	73.4	18	84	21	62.7	27	9.26	117	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1995	75.7
2021	75.4
1988	75.3
2020	74.7
2018	74.5
2012	74.4
1980	74.2
1955	74
1949	74
1901	74

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	65.5
1927	66.4
1992	67.1
1924	67.3
1917	67.5
1891	67.6
1904	67.7
2004	67.8
1903	67.8
1965	68
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	22.29
2010	20.93
2007	20.32
1990	20.12
1993	19.88
1981	19.82
1899	19.38
2016	18.24
1928	18.08
1953	17.89

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1894	3.01
1976	4.51
1887	4.96
1921	5.93
1948	5.99
1982	6.15
2003	6.30
1910	6.39
1961	6.47
1893	6.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 27 July 2026
Coldest night: 50°F; 23 June 2026, 19 June 2026
Wettest day: 2.29 in; 1 July 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 14.24 in of precipitation in La Crosse, WI, the wettest summer since 2024, tied 41st wettest of 154 (with 1959 and 1951).
The hottest day of summer 2026 in La Crosse, WI: 97°F on Monday 27 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in La Crosse, WI: a low of 50°F on Tuesday 23 June 2026 and Friday 19 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in La Crosse, WI: 2.29 in on Wednesday 1 July 2026.