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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE                                
1246 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006

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...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         18   1253 AM  61    1981  31    -13       24       
  MINIMUM         -9   1159 PM -16    1973  15    -24       11       
  AVERAGE          5                        23    -18       18      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.30 1887   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.80                      0.73   0.07     0.87    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.75                      3.64   0.11     4.53    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.76                      1.98   0.78     3.07    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.9  1975   0.3   -0.3      0.1     
  MONTH TO DATE   12.5                       5.3    7.2      3.8     
  SINCE DEC 1     31.9                      30.8    1.1     24.7     
  SINCE JUL 1     37.7                      35.9    1.8     24.7     
  SNOW DEPTH       8                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       60                        42     18       47       
  MONTH TO DATE  669                       761    -92      573       
  SINCE DEC 1   3089                      3549   -460     3173       
  SINCE JUL 1   4419                      5173   -754     4494       
                                                                     
 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    80           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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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 2006......SUNRISE   651 AM CST   SUNSET   532 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 19 2006......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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