000 CDUS43 KMKX 280648 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 146 AM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 70 255 PM 85 1952 62 8 51 MINIMUM 42 1114 PM 24 1976 39 3 32 AVERAGE 56 51 5 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.79 1956 0.11 -0.11 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 3.70 3.02 0.68 1.68 SINCE MAR 1 6.04 5.30 0.74 3.24 SINCE JAN 1 8.81 7.83 0.98 6.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1988 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.3 -3.3 T SINCE MAR 1 9.8 10.4 -0.6 12.1 SINCE JUL 1 47.6 49.6 -2.0 43.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 15 -6 23 MONTH TO DATE 380 534 -154 349 SINCE MAR 1 1315 1512 -197 1359 SINCE JUL 1 6257 7127 -870 6275 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 3 -1 2 SINCE MAR 1 2 3 -1 2 SINCE JAN 1 2 3 -1 2 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 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 53 500 AM LOWEST 29 100 PM AVERAGE 41 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 90 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 27 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2006.........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT APRIL 29 2006.........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$