National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
457 PM CST WED JAN 2 2008
...2007 WAS THE FOURTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD IN MADISON...
THE YEAR OF 2007 WAS MADISON/S FOURTH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD...
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871. THE OBSERVING STATION AT MADISON
TRUAX FIELD MEASURED 44.41 INCHES FOR THE YEAR. BELOW ARE THE TOP
TEN WETTEST YEARS AT MADISON...
RANK       YEAR        AMOUNT /INCHES/
1          1881            52.91
2          1884            49.19
3          1880            46.72
4         *2007*           44.41
5          1993            43.34
6          1882            42.89
7          1883            41.70
8          1885            40.58
9          1959            40.34
10         1950            40.22
MUCH OF THE YEARLY RAINFALL FELL DURING AUGUST WHEN 15.18 INCHES
WAS RECORDED. REPEATED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES PUSHED ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS
OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. AUGUST 2007 WAS RANKED THE WETTEST MONTH EVER
FOR MADISON.
A YEARLY CLIMATE SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
FOR BOTH MADISON AND MILWAUKEE.