000 CDUS43 KMKX 311245 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE 745 AM CDT FRI OCT 31 2008 ................................... ...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 30 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 64 341 PM 78 1971 52 12 68 MINIMUM 31 106 AM 13 1988 34 -3 43 AVERAGE 48 43 5 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.43 1919 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.20 2.11 0.09 3.35 SINCE SEP 1 4.43 5.19 -0.76 5.80 SINCE JAN 1 39.31 28.91 10.40 40.39 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.8 1923 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 T 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 22 -5 9 MONTH TO DATE 479 481 -2 284 SINCE SEP 1 576 664 -88 401 SINCE JUL 1 586 709 -123 409 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 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 78 100 AM LOWEST 34 100 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 78 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 16 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 31 2008.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 550 PM CDT NOVEMBER 1 2008......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 549 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$