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CLIMSN


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE                                
145 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 2008


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...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         60    132 PM  87    1953  66     -6       73       
  MINIMUM         38   1233 AM  22    2003  44     -6       57       
                                      1974                          
  AVERAGE         49                        55     -6       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.04          1.67 1879   0.08  -0.04     0.40    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.16  -0.12     1.48    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.27                      3.24  -0.97     3.93    
  SINCE JAN 1     37.15                     26.96  10.19    38.52    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2007   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE SEP 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        11      5        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        21     12        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    130                       204    -74      117       
  SINCE JUL 1    140                       249   -109      125       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         2     -2        2       
  SINCE SEP 1     57                        50      7       93       
  SINCE JAN 1    534                       580    -46      745       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        85      2005                    
                                             1997                    
                                             1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        25      1974                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  3 2008.......SUNRISE   657 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  4 2008.......SUNRISE   659 AM CDT   SUNSET   632 PM CDT   

                                                                     
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

 


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