Midwest Ends Summer With Daily Cold Records

Image (click to enlarge): 24-hour low temperatures ending 8 am EDT, August 31

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A cooler-than-average meteorological summer (June-August) in much of the Midwest ended yesterday with some daily cold temperature records being set. The National Weather Service reports for August 31:

 A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 45 DEGREES WAS SET AT MOLINE IL TODAY.   
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 45 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1967.  

...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SET THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND  
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...  

CITY          LOW TEMP          OLD RECORD         YEAR  
  
MERRILL          31                38              1931  
RHINELANDER      33                37              1935,2001  
STEVENS POINT    39                41              1931  
APPLETON         43                43              1948,1967  
STURGEON BAY     43                43              1963   

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 41 DEGREES WAS TIED AT ALGONA [Iowa]. THIS   
TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 41 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1967.   

A RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 42 DEGREES WAS SET AT 6:19 AM CDT AT   
THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA THIS MORNING.  THIS   
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 48 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1992.  

At La Crosse, Wisconsin, it was the 14th coldest summer overall:

DURING METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER...LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HAD AN   
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.3 DEGREES.  THIS WAS 3.5 DEGREES BELOW THE   
NORMAL OF 71.8 DEGREES.  THIS TIES 1902 AND 1985 FOR THE 14TH   
COLDEST SUMMER.  THE LAST TIME LA CROSSE WAS THIS COLD DURING A   
SUMMER WAS BACK IN 2004 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS   
67.8 DEGREES.  THE COLDEST SUMMER OCCURRED BACK IN 1915 WHEN THE   
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 65.5 DEGREES.    
  
THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TOP 20 COLDEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMERS IN   
LA CROSSE WI...    
  
 COLDEST START TO METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER  
     FROM JUNE 1 THROUGH AUGUST 31  
           IN LA CROSSE WI  
  
                 AVERAGE  
    RANK       TEMPERATURE       YEAR  
    ----       -----------       ----  
      1        65.5 DEGREES      1915  
      2        66.4 DEGREES      1927  
      3        67.1 DEGREES      1992  
      4        67.3 DEGREES      1924  
      5        67.5 DEGREES      1917  
      6        67.6 DEGREES      1891  
      7        67.7 DEGREES      1904  
      8        67.8 DEGREES      2004  
               67.8 DEGREES      1903  
     10        68.0 DEGREES      1965  
               68.0 DEGREES      1945  
     12        68.2 DEGREES      1950  
               68.2 DEGREES      1912  
     14        68.5 DEGREES      2009  
               68.3 DEGREES      1985  
               68.3 DEGREES      1902  
     17        68.4 DEGREES      1951  
               68.4 DEGREES      1875  
     19        68.6 DEGREES      1926  
     20        68.7 DEGREES      1928