000 CDUS43 KMKX 170646 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 1245 AM CST THU MAR 17 2005 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 41 229 PM 75 1945 43 -2 39 MINIMUM 24 1146 PM -8 1870 25 -1 25 AVERAGE 33 34 -1 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.28 1889 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.34 1.01 -0.67 1.62 SINCE MAR 1 0.34 1.01 -0.67 1.62 SINCE JAN 1 3.99 3.54 0.45 3.68 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.8 1960 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.8 4.1 -1.3 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 2.8 4.1 -1.3 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 34.6 43.3 -8.7 27.2 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 32 0 33 MONTH TO DATE 603 555 48 486 SINCE MAR 1 603 555 48 486 SINCE JUL 1 5519 6170 -651 5853 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 73 1966 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -8 1941 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2005.........SUNRISE 606 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST MARCH 18 2005.........SUNRISE 604 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$