000 CDUS43 KMKX 010648 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 146 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 59 352 PM 90 1952 63 -4 66 MINIMUM 31 452 AM 27 1956 40 -9 48 AVERAGE 45 52 -7 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.87 2003 0.11 -0.11 0.29 MONTH TO DATE 6.43 3.35 3.08 4.68 SINCE MAR 1 8.90 5.63 3.27 8.07 SINCE JAN 1 14.37 8.16 6.21 10.50 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.8 1994 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.7 3.5 -2.8 5.7 SINCE MAR 1 11.6 10.6 1.0 9.3 SINCE JUL 1 101.4 49.8 51.6 55.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 14 6 8 MONTH TO DATE 514 576 -62 592 SINCE MAR 1 1603 1554 49 1417 SINCE JUL 1 7120 7169 -49 6762 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 5 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 10 SINCE JAN 1 0 6 -6 10 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 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 82 1200 AM LOWEST 40 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 93 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 19 1978 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2008...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT MAY 2 2008...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$