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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE                                
1246 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2005

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...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         24    409 PM  61    1981  31     -7       28       
  MINIMUM         11   1159 PM -16    1973  15     -4        4       
  AVERAGE         18                        23     -5       16      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.30 1887   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.87                      0.73   0.14     0.74    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.53                      3.64   0.89     3.36    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.07                      1.98   1.09     1.36    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.1           4.9  1975   0.3   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    3.8                       5.3   -1.5     10.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     24.7                      30.8   -6.1     23.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     24.7                      35.9  -11.2     23.9     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       47                        42      5       49       
  MONTH TO DATE  573                       761   -188      812       
  SINCE DEC 1   3173                      3549   -376     3492       
  SINCE JUL 1   4494                      5173   -679     4979       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    63          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     41           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        57      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15       -19      1936                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   533 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   649 AM CST   SUNSET   534 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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