749 CDUS43 KMKX 240045 CLIMSN CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 742 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2002 ................................... ...THE MADISON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 2002... VALID TODAY AS OF 0700 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 SNOW/HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1961-1990 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2002 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 59 510 PM 83 1960 60 -1 73 MINIMUM 31 355 AM 19 1910 38 -7 42 AVERAGE 45 49 -4 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 1.23 1944 0.11 -0.11 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.60 2.58 0.02 3.05 SINCE MAR 1 4.30 4.86 -0.56 3.64 SINCE JAN 1 7.10 7.39 -0.29 7.27 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 7.3 1910 MM 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.3 2.1 1.2 0.6 SINCE MAR 1 15.0 10.0 5.0 2.5 SINCE JUL 1 31.8 40.5 -8.7 52.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 20 17 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 428 483 -55 369 SINCE MAR 1 1502 1497 5 1396 SINCE JUL 1 5946 7206 -1260 7148 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 21 0 21 0 SINCE MAR 1 21 0 21 0 SINCE JAN 1 21 0 21 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 200 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE MADISON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 21 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 23 2002.........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT APRIL 24 2002.........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.