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Madison Climate Summary

CDUS43 KMKX 030658                                              2013003 0658
CLIMSN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE
1258 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013
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...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013
WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         23   1047 PM  53    1897  27     -4       25
  MINIMUM         12   1229 AM -22    1879  12      0       13
  AVERAGE         18                        19     -1       19
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.74 1876   0.04  -0.04      T
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.08  -0.08     0.10
  SINCE DEC 1      2.60                      1.82   0.78     2.33
  SINCE JAN 1      T                         0.08  -0.08     0.10
 
SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T            10.2  1999   0.4   -0.4       T
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.8   -0.8      0.3
  SINCE DEC 1     23.4                      14.3    9.1      2.8
  SINCE JUL 1     23.5                      18.4    5.1      4.4
  SNOW DEPTH       9
 
DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       47                        46      1       46
  MONTH TO DATE  108                        92     16       79
  SINCE DEC 1   1188                      1392   -204     1131
  SINCE JUL 1   2703                      2971   -268     2483
 
 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.3
 
SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    80           500 AM
 LOWEST     52           100 PM
 AVERAGE    66
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THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        57      1874
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   12       -23      1887
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  3 2013.......SUNRISE   729 AM CST   SUNSET   435 PM CST
JANUARY  4 2013.......SUNRISE   729 AM CST   SUNSET   436 PM CST
 
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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