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La Crosse, WI 54602 Weather
Current conditions
Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)
Forecast
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This Afternoon
Sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. South wind 3 to 7 mph.
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Tonight
Clear. Low around 45, with temperatures rising to around 47 overnight. South wind around 3 mph.
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Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 0 to 3 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now69°
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- Wed12 AM47°
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10-day forecast
Details- TodayOct 20Sunny45°69°
- WedOct 21Sunny47°71°
- ThuOct 22Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny50°72°
- FriOct 23Mostly Sunny54°70°
- SatOct 24Partly Sunny10%53°69°
- SunOct 25Partly Sunny16%45°66°
- MonOct 26Slight Chance Rain Showers16%40°59°
- TueOct 27Cloudy35°49°
- WedOct 28Sunny38°56°
- ThuOct 29Mostly sunny37°49°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Air quality
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
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Driftless Area North, WI reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlyLa Crosse Regional Airport, records since 1938. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- North La Crosse 9 km
- Winona 41 km
- Onalaska 6 km
- Sparta 29 km
- Holmen 9 km
- Tomah 54 km
- West Salem 7 km
- La Crescent 14 km
- Viroqua 45 km
- French Island 9 km
- Goodview 46 km
- Black River Falls 50 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in ARX, issued 8 hrs ago
Key Messages
- Unseasonably warm into the weekend.
- Dry through Thursday night and then maybe some small rain chances from Friday into the weekend.
- Much uncertainty on temperatures and rain chances early next week.
Discussion
Issued at 1146 PM CDT Mon Oct 19 2026
Today through Thursday night
An anomalous 500 mb ridge will remain in control of the area's weather through Thursday night. This high will provide dry weather and unseasonably warm temperatures. High temperatures will warm from the mid- and upper 60s today and be in the lower and mid-70s on Thursday. Low temperatures will be in the 30s and 40s tonight and Wednesday night and in the 40s and 50s on Thursday night.
Friday and Friday night
A negatively tilted trough will move through Minnesota and western and northern Wisconsin. There is still plenty of uncertainty on whether there will be enough low-level moisture for any rain to move into our area.
With some more cover, high temperatures will be a bit cooler (mainly in the 60s). Low temperatures will be a bit warmer (upper 40s to mid-50s).
Aviation
Issued at 600 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026
Valley fog has developed overnight and is currently impacting ONA/PDC/OVS with issues seen on all side of LSE but seemingly not within 5 nautical miles. In any case, still prudent to carry a TEMPO at LSE given how close the issues are to impacting the terminal. Once the fog dissipates around 14-15z, VFR conditions will return. Fog may develop once again Wednesday morning primarily impacting the Wisconsin River valley and OVS while low level winds may be too strong for this to impact LSE once again so have kept it out of the TAF near the end of the period.
Arx Watches
WI...None. MN...None. IA...None.
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