Historical La Crosse Freezing Degree Days

View daily and seasonal freezing degree days for La Crosse, Wisconsin, from 1872 to the present day, using combined data from the stations at the La Crosse city weather bureau office (October 1872–December 1950), La Crosse weather service office (October 1985–January 1986) and La Crosse Municipal Airport (January 1951–September 1985 and February 1986–present). This chart shows the daily and total freezing degree days. The vertical lines and left axis represent the daily heating degree days; the horizontal lines and right axis represent the seasonal total freezing degree days.


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