000 CDUS43 KMKX 240646 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 145 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 65 311 PM 83 1960 60 5 47 MINIMUM 42 1159 PM 19 1910 38 4 31 AVERAGE 54 49 5 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.23 1944 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 3.68 2.58 1.10 1.56 SINCE MAR 1 6.02 4.86 1.16 3.12 SINCE JAN 1 8.79 7.39 1.40 6.77 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.3 1910 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE T 2.9 -2.9 T SINCE MAR 1 9.8 10.0 -0.2 12.1 SINCE JUL 1 47.6 49.2 -1.6 43.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 16 -5 26 MONTH TO DATE 325 473 -148 271 SINCE MAR 1 1260 1451 -191 1281 SINCE JUL 1 6202 7066 -864 6197 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 2 SINCE MAR 1 2 0 2 2 SINCE JAN 1 2 0 2 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 48 1100 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 21 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2006.........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT APRIL 25 2006.........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$