Madison Climate Summary
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CLIMSN
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
539 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
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...THE MADISON WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 16 2026...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 72 359 PM 86 2002 57 15 55
MINIMUM 54 357 AM 12 1875 36 18 27
AVERAGE 63 46 17 41
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.12 1.10 1880 0.13 -0.01 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 5.75 1.93 3.82 0.79
SINCE MAR 1 9.01 4.19 4.82 4.67
SINCE JAN 1 11.32 7.18 4.14 5.48
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 10.2 1921 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE T 1.7 -1.7 T
SINCE MAR 1 9.1 8.7 0.4 2.2
SINCE JUL 1 50.6 50.8 -0.2 22.1
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 2 18 -16 24
MONTH TO DATE 261 342 -81 370
SINCE MAR 1 1049 1293 -244 1148
SINCE JUL 1 6221 6620 -399 5972
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 0
SINCE MAR 1 4 1 3 0
SINCE JAN 1 4 1 3 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 97 200 AM
LOWEST 44 400 PM
AVERAGE 71
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THE MADISON WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 86 1977
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 11 1875
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 16 2026.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 741 PM CDT
APRIL 17 2026.........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 742 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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