000 CDUS43 KMKX 080642 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 141 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 61 1040 AM 85 2007 64 -3 85 1997 1947 MINIMUM 56 1102 PM 23 2001 42 14 68 AVERAGE 59 53 6 77 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.05 1.56 1882 0.07 0.98 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.25 0.51 0.74 1.48 SINCE SEP 1 3.48 3.59 -0.11 3.93 SINCE JAN 1 38.36 27.31 11.05 38.52 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 2000 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 6 13 -7 0 MONTH TO DATE 101 81 20 3 SINCE SEP 1 198 264 -66 120 SINCE JUL 1 208 309 -101 128 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 12 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 32 SINCE SEP 1 57 52 5 123 SINCE JAN 1 534 582 -48 775 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 PM LOWEST 72 900 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 83 1997 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 22 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2008.......SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 626 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2008.......SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 624 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$