056 CDUS43 KMPX 160649 CLIEAU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 149 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012 ................................... ...THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 76 136 PM 93 1998 70 6 65 MINIMUM 48 1159 PM 29 1959 45 3 44 1983 AVERAGE 62 57 5 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.06 1968 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.59 1.61 0.98 1.46 SINCE MAR 1 7.40 6.09 1.31 6.83 SINCE JAN 1 9.78 7.79 1.99 8.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1921 0.0 0.0 0.0 1927 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 T SINCE MAR 1 0.7 10.7 -10.0 10.4 SINCE JUL 1 23.8 47.0 -23.2 71.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 8 -5 10 MONTH TO DATE 85 154 -69 189 SINCE MAR 1 1158 1773 -615 1981 SINCE JUL 1 6389 7794 -1405 8128 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 9 -4 1 SINCE MAR 1 19 13 6 1 SINCE JAN 1 19 13 6 1 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 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 63 1100 PM LOWEST 22 400 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 92 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 28 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2012...........SUNRISE 536 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 535 AM CDT SUNSET 831 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ...NOTE TO THE DAILY CLIMATE PRODUCT USER... THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH IS A CALENDAR-DAY MEASUREMENT PROVIDED BY WQOW IN EAU CLAIRE. AN ADDITIONAL MIDNIGHT PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE COOP OBSERVER LOCATED 3 MILES SW OF EAU CLAIRE. $$