000 CDUS43 KMKX 280712 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 108 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 37 234 PM 58 1976 35 2 44 MINIMUM 24 245 AM -13 1994 18 6 24 AVERAGE 31 27 4 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.65 1948 0.05 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.37 1.23 0.14 1.40 SINCE DEC 1 5.03 4.14 0.89 4.02 SINCE JAN 1 3.57 2.48 1.09 2.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.8 7.1 1890 0.3 0.5 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 9.7 8.3 1.4 13.9 SINCE DEC 1 30.6 33.8 -3.2 26.7 SINCE JUL 1 30.6 38.9 -8.3 27.0 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 39 -5 31 MONTH TO DATE 958 1165 -207 1150 SINCE DEC 1 3558 3953 -395 3830 SINCE JUL 1 4879 5577 -698 5317 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 PM LOWEST 69 800 AM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 56 1895 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2005......SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 545 PM CST MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 547 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$