000 CDUS43 KMKX 280644 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 1244 AM CST THU FEB 28 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 22 330 PM 58 1976 35 -13 34 MINIMUM 9 726 AM -13 1994 18 -9 28 AVERAGE 16 27 -11 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.61 1948 0.05 -0.05 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 3.18 1.23 1.95 1.56 SINCE DEC 1 8.98 4.14 4.84 3.76 SINCE JAN 1 5.35 2.48 2.87 2.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.1 1890 0.3 -0.3 0.3 MONTH TO DATE 29.6 8.3 21.3 22.0 SINCE DEC 1 86.3 33.8 52.5 40.5 SINCE JUL 1 87.8 38.9 48.9 45.5 SNOW DEPTH 13 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 49 39 10 34 MONTH TO DATE 1304 1165 139 1374 SINCE DEC 1 4122 3953 169 3719 SINCE JUL 1 5429 5577 -148 5311 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 73 700 AM LOWEST 45 300 PM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 55 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2008......SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 545 PM CST FEBRUARY 29 2008......SUNRISE 634 AM CST SUNSET 546 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$