Published 2026-02-20
An extremely narrow band of heavy snowfall affected the local area from northeast Iowa into southwest Wisconsin overnight February 19th into February 20th, 2026. Hourly snowfall rates of 1\" to 2\" per hour were reported, resulting in highest accumulations of 12\" in select counties of northeast Iowa.
Published 2025-12-24
Christmas Eve climate and weather history, La Crosse, Rochester, holiday
Published 2024-12-25
Christmas climate and weather history, La Crosse, Rochester, holiday
Published 2024-03-29
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Published 2023-08-18
One more day of high heat for the area today with heat indices topping 100 degrees (again) for most. Avoid strenuous outdoor activity during the hottest part of the day, take frequent rest breaks in shade and air conditioning, and drink water regularly.
Published 2021-02-11
2021 Spring Flood Outlook. Near normal risk for Spring Flooding this year.
Published 2020-10-01
Congratulation to the 2020 WRN Ambassadors of Excellence!
Published 2020-05-12
If you notice some unusual content today; missing pages or old pages, there is some web page maintenance being done 5/12/20. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Published 2020-03-25
The National Weather Service has made changes to our Flash Flood Warnings that includes impact based information and tags at the bottom of the warnings based on expected severity. This features are similar to our current Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings.