000 CDUS43 KMKX 170659 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 158 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 73 202 PM 87 1992 70 3 63 MINIMUM 42 249 AM 27 1997 46 -4 41 AVERAGE 58 58 0 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.64 1999 0.10 -0.09 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.77 1.63 -0.86 1.07 SINCE MAR 1 9.67 7.26 2.41 9.14 SINCE JAN 1 15.14 9.79 5.35 11.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1940 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 11.6 10.7 0.9 9.3 SINCE JUL 1 101.4 49.9 51.5 55.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 8 -1 13 MONTH TO DATE 172 169 3 90 SINCE MAR 1 1775 1723 52 1507 SINCE JUL 1 7292 7338 -46 6852 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 12 SINCE MAR 1 0 16 -16 22 SINCE JAN 1 0 16 -16 22 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 300 AM LOWEST 31 600 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 86 2001 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 32 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 531 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 530 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$