Temperature
51 F at 10 PM; 56 F at its warmest, 4 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 51F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 56F
- 4 AM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
La Crosse Regional Airport, Wisconsin
Medium airport in La Crosse County, Wisconsin* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible. * WHERE...Northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest into west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
51°
57°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for La Crosse Regional Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM (68%).
Now. La Crosse Regional Airport is 51° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (68%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
86%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
51feels51
16mph
Today
Oct 15
5748
100%
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
5342
68%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6441
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6643
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7043
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7248
overcast
51°
57°48°
53°42°
58°33°
64°41°
66°43°
70°43°
72°48°
As of 11:00 PM in La Crosse Regional Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
The air at La Crosse Regional Airport
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area North (WI), 18 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
- Ozone13Good17 ppb7.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at La Crosse Regional Airport
0.89 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.89in
- Last 3 days
- 0.93in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at La Crosse Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LSE
- ICAO
- KLSE
- IATA
- LSE
- Field elevation
- 655 ft
- Serves
- La Crosse
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LSE
- Wind now
- From 340° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,199 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 36° / 216° | 10 mph head, on 04 | 14 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 6,050 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 15 mph head, on 31 | 7 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 8,742 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 16 mph head, on 36 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from La Crosse (LSE), La Crosse Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 1 AM to 95% at 5 PM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 85%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 33 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.24inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 5 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 5 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.81 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 1 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.81in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 1 PM
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
La Crosse: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest La Crosse Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
La CrosseLSE
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/650 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
La CrosseLSRW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.1 mi away/1,269 ft/614 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Arcadia - STH 93ACDW3
Beside a road/24.9 mi away/1,241 ft/586 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
La Crosse 4NNWLCFW3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/663 ft/8 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Onalaska 0.5 WSWWI-LC-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/695 ft/40 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at La Crosse 4NNW (LCFW3), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Wisconsin
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near La Crosse Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- French Islandcommunity, 1 mi
- Onalaskacity, 2 mi
- La Crossecity, 5 mi
- Brice Prairiecommunity, 5 mi
- Holmenvillage, 5 mi
- West Salemvillage, 9 mi
- Mindorocommunity, 12 mi
- St. Josephcommunity, 13 mi
- Trempealeauvillage, 13 mi
- Bangorvillage, 13 mi
- Galesvillecity, 15 mi
- Stoddardvillage, 15 mi
Airports near La Crosse Regional Airport
- Sparta Fort McCoy AirportCMY, 26 mi
- Viroqua Municipal AirportY51, 27 mi
- Black River Falls Area AirportBCK, 33 mi
- Volk FieldVOK, 50 mi
- Mauston New Lisbon Union Airport82C, 56 mi
- Boscobel AirportOVS, 58 mi
- Prairie Du Chien Municipal AirportPDC, 60 mi
- Reedsburg Municipal AirportC35, 68 mi