43.879°N, 91.253°W · station LSEthr · 1872–2026 · 155 years of record
The Almanac Ribbon
Every day of the year at La Crosse: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
Record highRecord lowNormal high–low band (1991–2020)hottest ever 108°F · coldest ever -43°F
Records by Month
Month
Record high
Record low
Jan
58°Jan 30, 2025
-43°Jan 18, 1873
Feb
69°Feb 27, 2024
-36°Feb 8, 1971
Mar
86°Mar 28, 2025
-28°Mar 1, 1962
Apr
93°Apr 29, 1910
7°Apr 1, 1924
May
107°May 31, 1934
26°May 2, 1911
Jun
102°Jun 20, 1933
33°Jun 1, 1897
Jul
108°Jul 14, 1936
44°Jul 4, 1967
Aug
105°Aug 1, 1988
35°Aug 30, 1915
Sep
101°Sep 6, 1922
24°Sep 30, 1899
Oct
93°Oct 6, 1963
6°Oct 25, 1887
Nov
80°Nov 1, 1933
-21°Nov 29, 1875
Dec
69°Dec 15, 2021
-37°Dec 24, 1872
All-time
108°Jul 14, 1936
-43°Jan 18, 1873
Longest-Standing Records
The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power La Crosse on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.
Oldest-standing record highs
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Oct 20
84°
1872
154yrs
Jan 3
57°
1874
152yrs
May 7
89°
1874
152yrs
May 27
95°
1874
152yrs
Jun 23
97°
1874
152yrs
Jul 5
100°
1874
152yrs
Jul 24
98°
1874
152yrs
Aug 10
96°
1874
152yrs
Dec 29
55°
1875
151yrs
Dec 20
60°
1877
149yrs
Dec 21
59°
1877
149yrs
Dec 22
59°
1877
149yrs
Oldest-standing record lows
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Nov 18
0°
1872
154yrs
Nov 29
-8°
1872
154yrs
Dec 15
-13°
1872
154yrs
Dec 21
-29°
1872
154yrs
Dec 23
-28°
1872
154yrs
Dec 24
-37°
1872
154yrs
Dec 27
-23°
1872
154yrs
Jan 6
-26°
1873
153yrs
Jan 17
-30°
1873
153yrs
Jan 18
-43°
1873
153yrs
Jan 28
-28°
1873
153yrs
Jan 29
-36°
1873
153yrs
All-Time Extremes
Hottest ever
108°F
1936-07-14
Coldest ever
-43°F
1873-01-18
Longest heat streak
14 days
≥ 90°F · ended 1936-07-18
The Warming Trend
La Crosse's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
Days Above / Below the Mark
12 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 15 · record 46 in 1988
85 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 144 · record 171 in 1873
The Full Record
Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.