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SXUS73 KARX 210728
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
228 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...NEW RECORD SET FOR THE WARMEST FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAY STRETCH FOR 
LOW TEMPERATURES AT LA CROSSE WI...

THE LOWEST THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT ON 
JULY 20 WAS 77 DEGREES. THIS WAS ONE DEGREE SHY OF THE RECORD 
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY...78 DEGREES SET IN 1926.

HOWEVER...THE AVERAGE OF THE LOW TEMPERATURES FROM JULY 17 THROUGH 
JULY 20 YIELDS 78.5 DEGREES. THIS IS THE WARMEST FOUR CONSECUTIVE 
DAY STRETCH FOR LOW TEMPERATURES ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 
77.8 DEGREES SET DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN AUGUST 5 AND 8 OF 2001.

THE FOLLOWING IS A RECAP OF THE LOW TEMPERATURES AT LA CROSSE WI 
DURING THE RECENT HEAT WAVE...INCLUDING NOTES FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW 
RECORDS. 

JULY 17...LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 78.
JULY 18...LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 80. PREVIOUS RECORD...78 IN 1986
JULY 19...LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 79. PREVIOUS RECORD...77 IN 1977
JULY 20...LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 77.

ALSO...IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE 80 DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE ON JULY 
18 WAS ONLY THE SIXTH TIME AN 80 OR HIGHER DEGREE LOW TEMPERATURE 
HAS OCCURRED ON RECORD.

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AJ