000 CDUS43 KMKX 080654 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 1250 AM CST WED MAR 8 2006 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 37 1159 PM 77 2000 39 -2 54 MINIMUM 14 604 AM -7 1920 21 -7 20 AVERAGE 26 30 -4 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.03 0.80 1872 0.06 -0.03 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.45 0.41 0.04 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 0.45 0.41 0.04 0.09 SINCE JAN 1 3.22 2.94 0.28 3.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.1 1935 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.0 2.1 2.9 T SINCE MAR 1 5.0 2.1 2.9 T SINCE JUL 1 42.8 41.3 1.5 31.8 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 35 4 28 MONTH TO DATE 267 256 11 246 SINCE MAR 1 267 256 11 246 SINCE JUL 1 5209 5871 -662 5162 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 56 400 PM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 73 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -10 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2006.........SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST MARCH 9 2006.........SUNRISE 620 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$