000 CDUS43 KMKX 301249 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 747 AM CDT THU OCT 30 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 29 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 51 342 PM 82 1937 53 -2 63 MINIMUM 25 606 AM 13 1925 34 -9 43 AVERAGE 38 44 -6 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.36 1996 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.20 2.04 0.16 3.35 SINCE SEP 1 4.43 5.12 -0.69 5.80 SINCE JAN 1 39.31 28.84 10.47 40.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.2 1917 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 22 5 12 MONTH TO DATE 462 459 3 275 SINCE SEP 1 559 642 -83 392 SINCE JUL 1 569 687 -118 400 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 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 600 AM LOWEST 32 200 PM AVERAGE 54 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 78 1971 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 13 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 30 2008.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 551 PM CDT OCTOBER 31 2008.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 550 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$