000 CDUS43 KMKX 050649 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 1246 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2005 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 43 446 PM 69 1983 37 6 40 MINIMUM 18 319 AM -9 1884 20 -2 35 AVERAGE 31 29 2 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.86 1976 0.06 -0.06 0.72 MONTH TO DATE T 0.23 -0.23 0.90 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.23 -0.23 0.90 SINCE JAN 1 3.65 2.76 0.89 2.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.4 1982 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.2 -1.2 T SINCE MAR 1 T 1.2 -1.2 T SINCE JUL 1 31.8 40.4 -8.6 27.0 SNOW DEPTH 3 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 37 -3 27 MONTH TO DATE 173 149 24 98 SINCE MAR 1 173 149 24 98 SINCE JUL 1 5089 5764 -675 5465 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 900 PM LOWEST 54 1200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 68 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -12 1890 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2005.........SUNRISE 626 AM CST SUNSET 552 PM CST MARCH 6 2005.........SUNRISE 625 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$