000 CDUS43 KMKX 170645 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 143 AM CDT MON APR 17 2006 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 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 56 1152 AM 86 2002 57 -1 70 MINIMUM 45 1159 PM 12 1875 35 10 41 AVERAGE 51 46 5 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.83 1.10 1880 0.12 0.71 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 3.30 1.75 1.55 1.27 SINCE MAR 1 5.64 4.03 1.61 2.83 SINCE JAN 1 8.41 6.56 1.85 6.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 10.2 1921 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 2.2 -2.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 9.8 9.3 0.5 12.1 SINCE JUL 1 47.6 48.5 -0.9 43.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 19 -5 9 MONTH TO DATE 245 351 -106 191 SINCE MAR 1 1180 1329 -149 1201 SINCE JUL 1 6122 6944 -822 6117 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE MAR 1 2 0 2 0 SINCE JAN 1 2 0 2 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 400 AM LOWEST 50 100 AM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 86 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 11 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 17 2006.........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 18 2006.........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$