Adams, Minnesota

... Interesting tidbits on the 60 degree temperatures in La Crosse
this November...

1. On November 10th... La Crosse Municipal Airport had a high
   temperature of 60 degrees. This was the fifth consecutive day
   in which the temperature has reached or exceeded 60 degrees.
   This has only happened in 12 other novembers. In 2001... there
   was two similar stretches /8 days from November 1-8... and
   5 days from November 14-18/. The longest stretch of days in
   which the temperature reached or exceeded 60 days in a November
   was 9 days /November 8 to November 16/ back in 1930.

   The following table contains the longest stretches of November
   days with temperatures at or above 60 degrees.

       Longest stretches of November days
        in which the temperature reached
            or exceeded 60 degrees
               in La Crosse WI
                  1872-2009

                  consecutive
           rank days dates
           ---- ----------- -----
             1 9 days November 8-16 1930
             2 8 days November 1-8 2001
             3 7 days November 14-20 1953
                    7 days November 5-11 1893
             5 6 days November 1-6 2008
             6 5 days November 6- 2009+
                    5 days November 14-18 2001
                    5 days November 26-30 1998
                    5 days November 1-5 1978
                    5 days November 11-15 1964
                    5 days November 1-5 1956
                    5 days November 6-10 1949
                    5 days November 5-9 1874

            + still going

2. This is the first November to have more days with 60 degree or
   higher temperatures than October. So far this November... there
   has been 5 days and there were only 3 days in October.

3. The greatest number of November days in which the temperature
   has reached or exceeded 60 degrees is 12 days back in 1930.
   During 2008... La Crosse had 6 days.

4. There have only been 167 days which has reached or exceeded
   60 degrees this year. This was the least since 2002 when
   there was just 162 days. The least was 144 days back in 1883.