000 CDUS43 KMKX 020642 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 142 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 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 56 350 PM 90 1976 66 -10 74 MINIMUM 40 1158 PM 27 1974 44 -4 59 AVERAGE 48 55 -7 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.53 1926 0.08 -0.08 1.08 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.08 -0.08 1.08 SINCE SEP 1 2.23 3.16 -0.93 3.53 SINCE JAN 1 37.11 26.88 10.23 38.12 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 10 7 0 MONTH TO DATE 17 10 7 0 SINCE SEP 1 114 193 -79 117 SINCE JUL 1 124 238 -114 125 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 2 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 2 SINCE SEP 1 57 49 8 93 SINCE JAN 1 534 579 -45 745 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 87 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 22 2003 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 2 2008.......SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 636 PM CDT OCTOBER 3 2008.......SUNRISE 657 AM CDT SUNSET 634 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$