La Crosse, WI 54603 Weather

La Crosse County12:41 PM CDT43.85°N, 91.25°W

Current conditions

Clear
57°
Clear
Feels like 57°
High 69°·Low 44°
WindS 3 mph
Humidity63%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.36 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover4%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset6:15 PM

Observed at La Crosse - La Crosse Regional Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day
  • Today

    Patchy fog before 11am. Sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. South wind 6 to 9 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. South wind around 7 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. South wind 1 to 6 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.

  1. Now Sunny 59°
  2. 1 PM Sunny 63°
  3. 2 PM Sunny 65°
  4. 3 PM Sunny 67°
  5. 4 PM Sunny 69°
  6. 5 PM Sunny 67°
  7. 6 PM Clear 64°
  8. 7 PM Clear 61°
  9. 8 PM Clear 57°
  10. 9 PM Clear 56°
  11. 10 PM Clear 53°
  12. 11 PM Clear 52°
  13. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  14. 1 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  15. 2 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  16. 3 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  17. 4 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  18. 5 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  19. 6 AM Sunny 46°
  20. 7 AM Sunny 45°
  21. 8 AM Sunny 44°
  22. 9 AM Sunny 46°
  23. 10 AM Sunny 51°
  24. 11 AM Sunny 56°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny44°69°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny46°70°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny49°71°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°68°
  5. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny10%53°69°
  6. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny16%46°66°
  7. MonOct 26 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers16%41°59°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy35°49°
  9. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny38°56°
  10. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny38°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

46
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • TueGood
  • WedGood
  • ThuGood

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

Sunrise 7:26 AM
Sunset 6:15 PM
Daylight 10 h 48 min (−2 min 52 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 70% lit
Moonrise 3:41 PM Moonset 1:12 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Record high80° (2000)
Record low17° (1896)
Wettest1.72 in (1982)

Caledonia, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ARX, issued 6 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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