IT'S OFFICIAL:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS:
La Crosse Municipal Airport had an average temperature of 50.4 degrees. This was 15.9 degrees above the 1981-2010 March normal of 34.5 degrees. This easily surpased the previous record of 47.1 degrees in 1878. March of 2012 was even 2.6 degrees warmer than the 1981-2010 April average. Only 30 Aprils (monthly records date back to 1873 - 139 Aprils) were warmer than this March.