000 CDUS43 KMKX 170716 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 113 AM CST FRI MAR 17 2006 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 33 701 AM 75 1945 43 -10 41 MINIMUM 29 1159 PM -8 1870 25 4 24 AVERAGE 31 34 -3 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.35 1.28 1889 0.07 0.28 T MONTH TO DATE 2.03 1.01 1.02 0.34 SINCE MAR 1 2.03 1.01 1.02 0.34 SINCE JAN 1 4.80 3.54 1.26 3.99 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 3.5 R 3.5 2006 0.2 3.3 T MONTH TO DATE 8.5 4.1 4.4 2.8 SINCE MAR 1 8.5 4.1 4.4 2.8 SINCE JUL 1 46.3 43.3 3.0 34.6 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 32 2 32 MONTH TO DATE 514 555 -41 603 SINCE MAR 1 514 555 -41 603 SINCE JUL 1 5456 6170 -714 5519 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 900 AM LOWEST 56 100 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... 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 2006.........SUNRISE 606 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST MARCH 18 2006.........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. $$