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Madison Climate
Station Information
County Name: Dane
Division: 8 - South central
Latitude: 43 deg 8 min = 43.1406 N
Longitude: 89 deg 21 min = 89.3453 W
Elevation: 866 feet = 262 meters
Temperature and Precipitation Data from 1869
Current Climate Normals
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Monthly Normals for temperature, degree days, precipitation, snow and growing season generated by NCEI:
- Normals for 1981-2010 from Midwestern Regional Climate Center
Daily Records
Temperature
Precipitation
- Daily Cumulative Precipitation
(commencing on 1 Jan)
(commencing on 1 Oct for Water Year)
- Precipitation totals by year
- Long-term and Seasonal Precipitation (explanation):
Spring,
Summer,
Autumn,
Winter,
Annual
and for
Water Year - Greatest daily precipitation total by year at
- Madison City Office (1869-1962)
- Madison Airport Office (1940-present)
- NOTE: Greatest calendar-day precipitation totals (based upon local midnight) at this station may not necessarily correspond with greatest 24-hour precipitation totals obtained from the hourly precipitation records.
- Number of Days per year with measurable precipitation (0.01 inches or greater) at
- Number of Days per year with one inch or greater precipitation at
- Daily
Precipitation Frequency Distribution for Madison
based upon 1971-2000 interval
Snowfall
(Snow season runs 1 July -30 June)
- Daily Cumulative Snowfall (not snow depth)
- Long-term seasonal snowfall since 1884/85
- Snowfall Total by Season
- Greatest daily snowfall total by snow season at Madison
- City Office (1884/85-1962/63)
- Airport (1939/40-present)
- Whole Record (1884/85-present)
- NOTE: Greatest calendar-day snowfall totals (based upon local midnight) at this station may not necessarily correspond with greatest 24-hour snowfall totals obtained from the hourly records.
- Number of days per season with one inch or greater snowfall at Madison:
- Number of days per season with one inch or greater snow cover on
the ground at
- Maximum depth of snow cover on the ground at
- Number of days per season with four inches or greater snow cover on the ground at
- Average snow cover depth by season at
- Seasonal distribution of monthly average snow depth Airport (1981-2010)
- Frequency of occurrence of a White Christmas (1 inch or more of snow cover at 6 am on 25 December) at the Madison Airport (1951-2020)
Heating Degree Days (base 65°F; season runs 1 July - 30 June)
- Cumulative Heating Degrees
- Seasonal Heating Degrees at
Cooling Degree Days (base 65°F; season runs 1 January - 31 December)
- Cumulative Cooling Degrees Days for the Season
- Seasonal Cooling Degree Day Units at
Freezing Degree Days (base 32°F; season runs 1 July - 30 June)
- Cumulative Freezing Degree Day Units for the winter seasons:
- Seasonal Freezing Degree Days at
Growing Degree Days
(modified, base 50°F/ceiling 86°F; season runs 1 Jan - 31 Dec)
- Cumulative Modified Growing Degrees
- Long-term variations in Modified Growing Degree Day Units
Other Madison Climate Data
Thunderstorm Climatology for Madison
- Annual number of thunderstorm days at Airport (1948-present)
- Seasonal distribution of thunderstorms Airport (1948-present).
- Plots of frequency of thunder reports by week and by hour (Courtesy of Iowa Environmental Mesonet -IEM)
Fog Climatology for Madison
- Plots of frequency of fog reports by week and by hour (Courtesy of Iowa Environmental Mesonet - IEM)
Wind Climatology for Madison
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