000 CDUS43 KMKX 240654 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 149 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 57 1250 PM 81 1963 56 1 58 MINIMUM 37 107 AM 15 1969 36 1 34 AVERAGE 47 46 1 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.22 1.59 1959 0.07 0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.86 1.62 0.24 3.28 SINCE SEP 1 4.09 4.70 -0.61 5.73 SINCE JAN 1 38.97 28.42 10.55 40.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.5 1929 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 18 19 -1 19 MONTH TO DATE 322 336 -14 160 SINCE SEP 1 419 519 -100 277 SINCE JUL 1 429 564 -135 285 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 PM LOWEST 43 1100 AM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 79 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 18 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2008.......SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 600 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2008.......SUNRISE 724 AM CDT SUNSET 558 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$