000 CDUS43 KMKX 220656 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 155 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 53 246 PM 81 1979 57 -4 75 MINIMUM 29 637 AM 20 1960 37 -8 59 AVERAGE 41 47 -6 67 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.04 1951 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.64 1.48 0.16 3.27 SINCE SEP 1 3.87 4.56 -0.69 5.72 SINCE JAN 1 38.75 28.28 10.47 40.31 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.3 2006 T 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 18 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 281 298 -17 131 SINCE SEP 1 378 481 -103 248 SINCE JUL 1 388 526 -138 256 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 2 MONTH TO DATE 4 4 0 38 SINCE SEP 1 61 52 9 129 SINCE JAN 1 538 582 -44 781 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 700 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 81 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 17 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2008.......SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 603 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2008.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 601 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$