Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Midwest Ends Summer With Daily Cold Records


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

For other record temperatures in the Midwest and elsewhere, see:
Record Heat
Record Cold


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

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