000 CDUS43 KMKX 230659 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 158 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 51 1108 AM 81 1947 57 -6 64 MINIMUM 33 1239 AM 17 1982 37 -4 45 AVERAGE 42 47 -5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.86 2001 0.07 -0.07 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.64 1.55 0.09 3.28 SINCE SEP 1 3.87 4.63 -0.76 5.73 SINCE JAN 1 38.75 28.35 10.40 40.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.3 1917 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 23 19 4 10 MONTH TO DATE 304 317 -13 141 SINCE SEP 1 401 500 -99 258 SINCE JUL 1 411 545 -134 266 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 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 89 1200 AM LOWEST 46 400 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 81 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 15 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2008.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 601 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2008.......SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 600 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$