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La Crosse, WI 43.879°N, 91.253°W · station LSEthr · 155 years of record
68°F
COLDEST JUL 19 SINCE 2024
forecast low · Jul 19
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for La Crosse.
69° TUE 7/14 71° WED 7/15 70° THU 7/16 71° FRI 7/17 70° SAT 7/18 68° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 19
Today ranks #105 / 153
coldest Jul 19 in 153 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 19 ever 50°F
set in 1984
Mildest Jul 19 ever 79°F
set in 2011
Coldest Jul 19 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 19 at La Crosse. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
50 64 79 1873: 53°F 1874: 68°F 1875: 58°F 1876: 72°F 1877: 59°F 1878: 73°F 1879: 63°F 1880: 58°F 1881: 66°F 1882: 56°F 1883: 62°F 1884: 62°F 1885: 70°F 1886: 67°F 1887: 60°F 1888: 65°F 1889: 66°F 1890: 57°F 1891: 52°F 1892: 63°F 1893: 58°F 1894: 68°F 1895: 64°F 1896: 58°F 1897: 66°F 1898: 66°F 1899: 68°F 1900: 63°F 1901: 67°F 1902: 61°F 1903: 62°F 1904: 70°F 1905: 67°F 1906: 63°F 1907: 67°F 1908: 60°F 1909: 54°F 1910: 55°F 1911: 58°F 1912: 52°F 1913: 58°F 1914: 63°F 1915: 60°F 1916: 73°F 1917: 61°F 1918: 62°F 1919: 59°F 1920: 57°F 1921: 62°F 1922: 53°F 1923: 59°F 1924: 52°F 1925: 62°F 1926: 75°F 1927: 55°F 1928: 70°F 1929: 51°F 1930: 70°F 1931: 68°F 1932: 65°F 1933: 68°F 1934: 69°F 1935: 73°F 1936: 69°F 1937: 57°F 1938: 68°F 1939: 63°F 1940: 69°F 1941: 53°F 1942: 68°F 1943: 63°F 1944: 61°F 1945: 59°F 1946: 66°F 1947: 51°F 1948: 61°F 1949: 60°F 1950: 58°F 1951: 57°F 1952: 73°F 1953: 63°F 1954: 62°F 1955: 69°F 1956: 62°F 1957: 74°F 1958: 55°F 1959: 64°F 1960: 66°F 1961: 63°F 1962: 59°F 1963: 66°F 1964: 72°F 1965: 60°F 1966: 63°F 1967: 60°F 1968: 68°F 1969: 60°F 1970: 53°F 1971: 55°F 1972: 61°F 1973: 68°F 1974: 65°F 1975: 71°F 1976: 54°F 1977: 77°F 1978: 75°F 1979: 60°F 1980: 71°F 1981: 70°F 1982: 63°F 1983: 67°F 1984: 50°F 1985: 63°F 1986: 69°F 1987: 69°F 1988: 65°F 1989: 62°F 1990: 66°F 1991: 73°F 1992: 58°F 1993: 63°F 1994: 69°F 1995: 61°F 1996: 75°F 1997: 63°F 1998: 68°F 1999: 70°F 2000: 52°F 2001: 73°F 2002: 71°F 2003: 56°F 2004: 59°F 2005: 58°F 2006: 65°F 2007: 61°F 2008: 68°F 2009: 55°F 2010: 64°F 2011: 79°F 2012: 73°F 2013: 67°F 2014: 69°F 2015: 65°F 2016: 64°F 2017: 68°F 2018: 68°F 2019: 73°F 2020: 73°F 2021: 61°F 2022: 74°F 2023: 59°F 2024: 55°F 2025: 71°F 68° forecast 1873 2025 1984 Forecast low · Jul 19 68°F Coldest this date since 2024 This-date record 50°F This-date rank #105 of 153
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -43°F (1873) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1872–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at La Crosse in each calendar month, and for the whole 1872–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 58°F 2025 -43°F 1873 Feb 69°F 2024 -36°F 1971 Mar 86°F 2025 -28°F 1962 Apr 93°F 1910 7°F 1924 May 107°F 1934 26°F 1911 Jun 102°F 1933 33°F 1897 Jul 108°F 1936 44°F 1967 Aug 105°F 1988 35°F 1915 Sep 101°F 1922 24°F 1899 Oct 93°F 1963 6°F 1887 Nov 80°F 1933 -21°F 1875 Dec 69°F 2021 -37°F 1872 All-time 108°F 1936 -43°F 1873
Records set or tied at La Crosse so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 137 days
record run, ended Mar 27 1881
So far in 2026 85 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from La Crosse's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is +3° vs normal .
Jan: 26°F Jan: 10°F Feb: 31°F Feb: 13°F Mar: 44°F Mar: 25°F Apr: 59°F Apr: 38°F May: 71°F May: 49°F Jun: 81°F Jun: 60°F Jul: 85°F Jul: 64°F Aug: 82°F Aug: 62°F Sep: 75°F Sep: 53°F Oct: 61°F Oct: 41°F Nov: 45°F Nov: 29°F Dec: 32°F Dec: 17°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:35 AM Sunset 7:46 PM Solar noon 12:11 PM Daylight 15h 12m · losing 9 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 43.88°N, 91.25°W La Crosse's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against La Crosse's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at La Crosse, coloured by temperature — 155 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at La Crosse — counted through Jul 19 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
85 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 122nd most in 155 years. Normal for this point: 90 . Record: 108 in 1874.
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