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USGS Gauge 05382267 — La Crosse River @ Cnty Trunk Highwy Bb Nr Tomah,wi, Minnesota
Water temperature 57.9 °F. 0.9 °F above the five-year normal for this date. 69 cfs.
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Right now
- 57.9 °F Water temperature
- 69 Cubic ft / second
- +0.9 °F vs 5-yr normal
- 57.4 °FThis date last year
Live from USGS — the numbers above are current rather than whenever the page was written. The normal is the mean of every reading at this gauge within 3 days of this calendar date in the previous years of record — 31 readings, averaging 56.7 °F.
The last thirty days
Daily means from USGS. A gap in the line is a gap in the record.
The record at this gauge
| Month | Mean temp | Mean flow |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35.9 °F | 69 |
| Feb | 37.6 °F | 65 |
| Mar | 42.0 °F | 78 |
| Apr | 48.6 °F | 101 |
| May | 56.8 °F | 92 |
| Jun | 61.2 °F | 95 |
| Jul | 63.1 °F | 89 |
| Aug | 61.6 °F | 73 |
| Sep | 58.5 °F | 72 |
| Oct | 51.6 °F | 71 |
| Nov | 43.6 °F | 74 |
| Dec | 38.2 °F | 69 |
- 68.9 °FWarmest, 2025-06-22
- 32.0 °FColdest, 2022-12-22
- 461Highest flow, 2026-04-14
- 48Lowest flow, 2023-09-22
Computed here from the last 5 years of USGS daily values at this gauge — 1,818 temperature days over 5.0 years and 1,824 flow days. These are not USGS-published normals, and a month with fewer than 20 days of record is left blank rather than averaged.
What this gauge predicts
This is one of the gauges this site fits an air-to-water model against, which is how the map colours water that has no gauge on it. July mean 63.28 °F; the fit explains 86% of the variance with a typical error of 1.404 °F.
The water it stands in
La Crosse River, classified Class II (wild supplemented) by WDNR — the nearest reach carrying that classification is 0.01 mi from the gauge.
Snapped to NHD reach La Crosse River (22000500111246), 8.4 m away. That join is what lets the app paint this gauge's reading onto the reach it measures.
Other gauges near this one
- Stillwell Creek at Yard Road near Tomah, WI 2.2 mi · USGS 05382257
- Silver Creek at State Highway 21 near Angelo, WI 3.0 mi · USGS 05382284
- Stillwell Creek at Sixteenth Court near Tomah, WI 3.4 mi · USGS 05382255
Dams near this gauge
- Angelo Dam 3.4 mi · 20 ft
A dam upstream of a gauge moves what the gauge reads. A hydro dam moves it on a release schedule this page does not know.
Access near this gauge
- Memorial Park Recreation Area 5.3 mi · canoe launch · Perch Lake
- Pearch Lake Fishing Pier 5.5 mi · walk in · Perch Lake
Fly shops nearby
- American Outfitters2.3 mi
- Tri State Bait & Tackle30.8 mi · La Crescent
- The Driftless Angler31.7 mi · Viroqua