La Crosse, WI: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 20.5°F in La Crosse, WI, the warmest winter since 2025, tied 64th warmest of 152 (with 1886).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 20.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 64th warmest of 152
Precipitation: 3.12 in; Driest since 2025; 65th driest of 154

A normal winter in La Crosse, WI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 21.5°F, between 15.4°F and 26.7°F in eight years of ten and 4.00 in of precipitation, between 2.26 in and 5.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in La Crosse, WI since 1873: 20.5°F in 2026; the highest is 34.2°F, in 1878.

Normal range, 15.4 to 26.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	20.5	64	28.9	68	12.1	69	3.12	90	0
2025	21.7	46	30.1	47	13.3	46	2.08	128	0
2024	31.4	2	39	2	23.8	2	2.40	116	0
2023	23.9	27	31.3	32	16.5	22	6.74	2	0
2022	20	76	29.9	51	10	101	2.67	111	0
2021	21.5	53	29.8	53	13.3	46	1.98	132	0
2020	24.5	22	33	19	16.1	24	3.49	75	0
2019	20.3	67	28.1	80	12.6	58	6.34	5	0
2018	20.6	63	29.2	63	11.9	74	3.13	89	0
2017	26.7	8	33.7	12	19.7	7	6.05	8	0
2016	26.4	10	33.2	17	19.6	8	6.58	3	0
2015	20.2	71	28.1	80	12.4	61	2.31	122	0
2014	11.6	148	21.3	143	1.9	151	3.88	61	0
2013	22.1	40	30.3	43	13.8	44	4.37	36	0
2012	27	7	34.9	8	19	9	3.93	57	0
2011	16.9	116	25	120	8.8	113	4.30	38	0
2010	18.2	105	25.8	112	10.5	95	5.61	13	0
2009	15	125	25.1	119	4.9	135	4.03	50	0
2008	16.3	118	24.8	121	7.9	118	5.08	20	0
2007	22.6	35	30.5	41	14.7	35	4.66	23	0
2006	24.3	24	31.8	23	16.9	20	1.74	140	0
2005	23	32	30.9	36	15.1	33	3.97	52	0
2004	22.1	40	30.3	43	14	43	2.97	97	0
2003	20.8	59	29.9	51	11.8	76	1.45	148	0
2002	29.2	4	37.2	4	21.2	5	3.47	78	0
2001	15.1	124	23.6	130	6.7	122	4.08	47	0
2000	25.2	17	34	10	16.4	23	3.01	93	0
1999	24.7	19	33.3	15	16.1	24	3.92	58	0
1998	28.8	5	35.1	5	22.5	3	5.11	19	0
1997	19.6	85	27.6	93	11.7	78	4.39	34	0
1996	17.5	110	26.7	104	8.4	115	4.26	41	0
1995	23.7	29	31.4	30	15.9	27	1.82	138	0
1994	15.4	122	24.2	125	6.5	123	4.64	24	0
1993	19.7	84	28.1	80	11.3	84	3.86	64	0
1992	25.9	13	33	19	18.7	12	3.35	84	0
1991	18.9	93	28.3	75	9.3	106	4.30	38	3
1990	21.7	46	31.1	34	12.3	64	1.96	133	0
1989	19.8	83	29.1	66	10.6	93	1.59	146	0
1988	19	92	26.9	103	11.2	85	3.10	91	0
1987	25.8	14	33.7	12	17.9	14	1.85	137	0
1986							2.53	115	62
1985	16.3	118	25.5	118	7.1	121	4.57	28	0
1984	16.6	117	24.8	121	8.5	114	1.88	134	0
1983	24	26	31.1	34	17	19	5.19	15	0
1982	13.6	135	22.8	135	4.3	139	2.37	121	0
1981	21.7	46	30.7	38	12.7	55	2.85	103	0
1980	21.6	51	30	50	13.1	50	2.63	112	0
1979	12.8	141	22.3	137	3.3	144	3.99	51	0
1978	11.5	149	20.9	146	2	150	2.84	104	0
1977	12.2	143	21.5	142	2.9	148	2.38	120	0
1976	21.8	45	30.8	37	12.8	52	2.03	130	0
1975	21.2	56	29.2	63	13.1	50	4.60	25	0
1974	18.6	99	27.1	98	10.1	99	3.42	80	0
1973	20	76	27.8	88	12.2	66	4.69	22	0
1972	17.2	114	25.6	117	8.9	111	3.67	69	0
1971	14.5	128	24	128	5.1	132	4.55	29	0
1970	17.1	115	25.8	112	8.4	115	2.58	114	0
1969	17.5	110	25.8	112	9.1	108	4.24	42	0
1968	21.4	55	30.1	47	12.7	55	1.44	149	0
1967	18.1	106	28.2	78	7.9	118	5.17	16	0
1966	19.2	89	28.9	68	9.5	102	4.30	38	0
1965	14.1	132	24.5	123	3.8	141	2.39	118	0
1964	21	58	29.8	53	12.2	66	0.92	154	0
1963	13.9	133	22.9	134	5.2	131	1.46	147	2
1962	15.9	121	23.8	129	8	117	2.99	96	0
1961	21.6	51	30.5	41	12.8	52	1.99	131	0
1960	24.6	20	31.4	30	17.8	15	2.61	113	0
1959	13.3	137	23.4	131	3.2	146	3.54	73	0
1958	21.5	53	29.7	55	13.3	46	1.01	152	0
1957	20.4	66	28.8	70	12	72	0.98	153	0
1956	16.1	120	26	110	6.2	125	1.67	142	0
1955	20	76	27.7	91	12.2	66	1.34	150	0
1954	24.5	22	33.4	14	15.6	29	2.17	125	0
1953	21.9	43	29.7	55	14.1	41	3.97	52	0
1952	20.2	71	28.7	72	11.6	81	3.97	52	0
1951	14.9	126	24.2	125	5.6	129	4.41	32	0
1950	20.3	67	29.4	59	11.2	85	3.97	52	0
1949	20.8	59	29.1	66	12.4	61	4.58	27	0
1948	18.7	97	27.2	95	10.2	96	3.76	66	0
1947	22.5	37	30.7	38	14.2	39	2.93	100	0
1946	19.9	81	27.8	88	11.9	74	5.13	17	0
1945	18.8	95	27	101	10.7	91	4.45	31	0
1944	26.1	11	35	6	17.3	16	2.87	102	0
1943	17.4	113	25.7	116	9	110	3.95	56	0
1942	24.1	25	31.5	28	16.7	21	3.60	72	0
1941	21.9	43	29.3	61	14.6	36	3.89	60	0
1940	21.7	46	29.2	63	14.2	39	2.04	129	0
1939	22.1	40	30.2	46	13.8	44	4.39	34	1
1938	21.7	46	28.4	74	15.1	33	2.77	107	0
1937	17.8	109	27.9	84	7.6	120	5.64	12	1
1936	11.5	149	19.5	153	3.6	142	3.74	67	0
1935	19.1	90	27.2	95	10.7	91	4.14	45	1
1934	22.4	39	30.6	40	14.1	41	1.65	144	0
1933	22.6	35	31.8	23	13.3	46	4.21	43	0
1932	26.5	9	34	10	18.9	10	6.24	6	0
1931	27.6	6	35	6	20.3	6	1.67	142	0
1930	20.2	71	28.8	70	11.6	81	2.83	105	1
1929	14.4	129	23	133	5.8	128	5.70	11	0
1928	19.1	90	27.9	84	10.2	96	5.46	14	0
1927	20	76	28.3	75	11.7	78	2.77	107	0
1926	20	76	28.1	80	11.8	76	4.59	26	0
1925	17.9	108	26.4	107	9.3	106	2.78	106	0
1924	21.2	56	30.3	43	12.1	69	3.37	81	0
1923	18.8	95	27.9	84	9.4	103	1.87	135	3
1922	18.4	101	27.9	84	8.9	111	6.37	4	0
1921	25.6	16	32.8	21	18.4	13	3.10	91	0
1920	13	140	21	144	5	134	2.30	123	0
1919	26	12	33.2	17	18.8	11	3.48	76	0
1918	12.1	145	20.9	146	3.3	144	2.39	118	0
1917	12	146	21.8	140	2.1	149	3.37	81	0
1916	19.4	87	27	101	11.7	78	4.13	46	0
1915	18.9	93	26.3	108	11.4	83	5.76	10	0
1914	23.5	31	31.7	25	15.4	30	2.25	124	0
1913	20.7	62	30.1	47	11.2	85	4.06	49	0
1912	13.9	133	21.7	141	6	126	4.07	48	0
1911	20.3	67	28.5	73	12	72	3.15	88	0
1910	15.4	122	24.4	124	6.4	124	3.64	71	0
1909	20.8	59	29.3	61	12.3	64	4.53	30	0
1908	23.6	30	31.7	25	15.4	30	2.94	98	0
1907	19.6	85	27.1	98	12.1	69	3.71	68	0
1906	22.8	34	31.2	33	14.5	37	3.54	73	0
1905	14.2	131	22.5	136	5.9	127	3.01	93	0
1904	11.7	147	20.4	151	3	147	1.71	141	0
1903	18.4	101	26.7	104	10.1	99	3.18	87	0
1902	18.5	100	26.3	108	10.8	89	1.82	138	0
1901	19.9	81	27.2	95	12.6	58	1.61	145	0
1900	18.3	103	26	110	10.6	93	3.88	61	2
1899	14.3	130	23.1	132	5.4	130	1.86	136	0
1898	20.1	74	27.7	91	12.4	61	2.70	110	0
1897			29.6	58	12.8	52	3.65	70	13
1896	22.5	37	29.7	55	15.3	32	3.28	86	0
1895	18	107	26.6	106	9.4	103	2.94	98	0
1894	18.3	103	27.3	94	9.4	103	4.19	44	0
1893	12.2	143	20.7	148	3.6	142	3.88	61	0
1892	23.9	27	31.6	27	16.1	24	5.94	9	0
1891	23	32	31.5	28	14.4	38	3.81	65	0
1890	24.8	18	32.5	22	17.2	17	4.32	37	0
1889	20.3	67	28.2	78	12.7	55	4.41	32	3
1888	13.1	138	22	139	4.1	140	3.37	81	0
1887	14.6	127	24.2	125	4.9	135	2.11	127	0
1886	20.5	64	28.3	75	12.6	58	6.22	7	0
1885	12.4	142	20.3	152	4.6	138	3.34	85	0
1884	17.5	110	25.8	112	9.1	108	3.01	93	0
1883	13.1	138	21	144	5.1	132	3.92	58	0
1882	29.7	3	37.9	3	21.4	4	2.12	126	0
1881	13.6	135	22.2	138	4.9	135	3.48	76	0
1880	24.6	20	33.3	15	15.8	28	4.93	21	0
1879	19.3	88	27.8	88	10.9	88	2.40	116	0
1878	34.2	1	40.5	1	27.9	1	2.93	100	0
1877	18.7	97	27.1	98	10.2	96	2.76	109	0
1876	25.7	15	34.3	9	17.2	17	7.47	1	0
1875	10.8	151	20.7	148	0.9	152	5.12	18	0
1874	20.1	74	29.4	59	10.8	89	3.45	79	0
1873	8.3	152	20.6	150	-4.1	153	1.19	151	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1878	34.2
2024	31.4
1882	29.7
2002	29.2
1998	28.8
1931	27.6
2012	27
2017	26.7
1932	26.5
2016	26.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1873	8.3
1875	10.8
1978	11.5
1936	11.5
2014	11.6
1904	11.7
1917	12
1918	12.1
1977	12.2
1893	12.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1876	7.47
2023	6.74
2016	6.58
1922	6.37
2019	6.34
1932	6.24
1886	6.22
2017	6.05
1892	5.94
1915	5.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	0.92
1957	0.98
1958	1.01
1873	1.19
1955	1.34
1968	1.44
2003	1.45
1963	1.46
1989	1.59
1901	1.61

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 8 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.12 in of precipitation in La Crosse, WI, the driest winter since 2025, 65th driest of 154.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in La Crosse, WI: 58°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in La Crosse, WI: a low of -20°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in La Crosse, WI: 0.96 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.