000 CDUS43 KMKX 180652 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 151 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 70 103 PM 86 2001 70 0 64 1987 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 32 2002 46 2 37 AVERAGE 59 58 1 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.58 2000 0.10 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.81 1.73 -0.92 1.07 SINCE MAR 1 9.71 7.36 2.35 9.14 SINCE JAN 1 15.18 9.89 5.29 11.57 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 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 6 8 -2 14 MONTH TO DATE 178 177 1 104 SINCE MAR 1 1781 1731 50 1521 SINCE JUL 1 7298 7346 -48 6866 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 11 -11 12 SINCE MAR 1 0 17 -17 22 SINCE JAN 1 0 17 -17 22 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 300 AM LOWEST 26 200 PM AVERAGE 55 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 91 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 28 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 530 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT MAY 19 2008...........SUNRISE 529 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$