000 CDUS43 KMKX 160644 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 143 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 55 152 AM 84 1968 60 -5 63 MINIMUM 39 1157 PM 23 1876 39 0 50 AVERAGE 47 50 -3 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 1.31 1880 0.07 0.18 0.59 MONTH TO DATE 1.61 1.07 0.54 2.34 SINCE SEP 1 3.84 4.15 -0.31 4.79 SINCE JAN 1 38.72 27.87 10.85 39.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1943 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 18 16 2 8 MONTH TO DATE 164 196 -32 103 SINCE SEP 1 261 379 -118 220 SINCE JUL 1 271 424 -153 228 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 4 0 36 SINCE SEP 1 61 52 9 127 SINCE JAN 1 538 582 -44 779 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 51 100 AM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 81 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 19 1891 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2008.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 612 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2008.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 611 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$