National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

For Milwaukee:

THE FOLLOWING FACTS ARE BASED ON 138 YEARS OF RECORDS.

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...98 DEGREES IN 1990
LOWEST TEMPERATURE....45 DEGREES IN 1963

LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE....59 DEGREES IN 1972
HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...79 DEGREES IN 1999

NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE...80 DEGREES
NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE....61 DEGREES

MOST PRECIPITATION.....1.08 INCHES IN 1904
NORMAL PRECIPITATION...0.12 INCHES

LISTED BELOW ARE CLIMATIC DATA FOR THE PAST 10 FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAYS:

YEAR    HIGH   LOW    PRECIP

2010     91     69     0.02
2009     74     60     0.00
2008     71     50     0.00
2007     84     67     0.00
2005     76     67     0.12
2004     79     66     0.01
2003     92     69     0.04
2002     86     61     0.00
2001     84     64     0.47
2000     72     54     0.00

REGARDING PRECIPITATION...

68 DAYS HAVE HAD A TRACE OF RAINFALL OR GREATER.......OR 49 PERCENT.
16 DAYS HAVE HAD A RAINFALL OF 0.25 INCH OR GREATER...OR 12 PERCENT.
10 DAYS HAVE HAD A RAINFALL OF 0.50 INCH OR GREATER...OR  7 PERCENT.
2  DAYS HAVE HAD A RAINFALL OF 1.00 INCH OR GREATER...OR  1 PERCENT.

HERE ARE THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF...

90 TO 99.......14 OR 10 PERCENT
80 TO 89.......41 OR 30 PERCENT
70 TO 79.......57 OR 41 PERCENT
60 TO 69.......25 OR 18 PERCENT
50 TO 59.......1 OR LESS THAN 1 PERCENT

WIND...

HIGHEST AVERAGE WIND SPEED...18.3 MPH IN 1986
NORMAL AVERAGE WIND SPEED...9.7 MPH
MAXIMUM PEAK WIND GUST...49 MPH ON TWO OCCASIONS...FROM THE WEST
                         IN 2003...AND FROM THE SOUTHWEST IN 2010.

Now, for Madison:

THE FOLLOWING FACTS ARE BASED ON 138 YEARS OF RECORDS.

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...98 DEGREES IN 1955...1949...AND 1911
LOWEST TEMPERATURE....44 DEGREES IN 1972 AND 1967

LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE....60 DEGREES IN 1967
HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...77 DEGREES IN 1897 AND 1999

NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE...81 DEGREES
NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURE....60 DEGREES

MOST PRECIPITATION.....1.39 INCHES IN 1994
NORMAL PRECIPITATION...0.13 INCHES

LISTED BELOW ARE CLIMATIC DATA FOR THE PAST 10 FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAYS:

YEAR    HIGH   LOW    PRECIP

2010     86     71     T
2009     76     59     0.00
2008     77     49     0.00
2007     85     66     0.00
2005     76     62     0.28
2004     81     67     0.16
2003     87     67     0.12
2002     89     61     0.00
2001     82     60     0.00
2000     80     60     0.00

REGARDING PRECIPITATION...

69 DAYS HAVE HAD A RAINFALL OF A TRACE OR GREATER.....OR 50 PERCENT.
20 DAYS HAVE HAD A RAINFALL OF 0.25 INCH OR GREATER...OR 14 PERCENT.
13 DAYS HAVE HAD A RAINFALL OF 0.50 INCH OR GREATER...OR  9 PERCENT.
3  DAYS HAVE HAD A RAINFALL OF 1.00 INCH OR GREATER...OR  2 PERCENT.

HERE ARE THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF...

90 TO 99.......17 OR 12 PERCENT
80 TO 89.......61 OR 44 PERCENT
70 TO 79.......52 OR 38 PERCENT
60 TO 69.......10 OR  7 PERCENT
50 TO 59.......ZERO

WIND...

HIGHEST AVERAGE WIND SPEED...17.0 MPH IN 1986
NORMAL AVERAGE WIND SPEED...7.9 MPH
MAXIMUM PEAK WIND GUST...43 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST IN 1994