La Crosse weather by month
What a typical year looks like in La Crosse, Indiana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Knox Wwtp, 22 km from La Crosse; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 42.2 in1072 mm
- Snow a year
- 28 in72 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 26
- First fall freeze
- Oct 17
- Heating degree days
- 6,298
- Cooling degree days
- 695
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
La Crosse in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 16°−9°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1906)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1275
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Crosse in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2018)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1070
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Crosse in March
Highs average 47°8° and lows 28°−2°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1910)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 848
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Crosse in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 38°3°, with 3.8 in95 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1915)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 481
- Cooling degree days
- 4
La Crosse in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 49°10°, with 4.5 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2012)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 206
- Cooling degree days
- 51
La Crosse in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1914)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 153
La Crosse in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 62°17°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1914)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 229
La Crosse in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1898)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 181
La Crosse in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 52°11°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2013)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 123
- Cooling degree days
- 67
La Crosse in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 42°5°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2007)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 401
- Cooling degree days
- 10
La Crosse in November
Highs average 49°9° and lows 32°0°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2016)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 749
- Cooling degree days
- 0
La Crosse in December
Highs average 37°3° and lows 22°−5°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2012)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1093
- Cooling degree days
- 0