October Climate Summary

A Very Warm October Continued a Very Warm 2016

Like the rest of the 2016, October was very warm. Temperatures were 2-5 degrees above normal across southern Wisconsin. Despite the very warm temperatures, only one temperature record was set in October at Milwaukee or Madison. On October 18th, the record for the highest minimum temperature was set at Madison, at 65 degrees, breaking the previous record of 61 degrees. For exact values at a few sites across the area, please see the image to the right.

Precipitation was also quite high across much of the state. This was especially true at Madison, where the average precipitation amount was more than doubled, making last month the 8th wettest October on record in Madison. This very high precipitation amount was primarily due to 2 events in which daily precipitation records were set. On October 16th, 1.67" of rain fell at Madison, breaking the previous record of 1.31". Then on October 27th, records were set at both Milwaukee and Madison when 1.80" fell in Milwaukee and a whopping 2.34" fell in Madison. That 2.34" nearly exceeded the average monthly value in 1 day! The 2.34" mostly came from a very localized thunderstorm that formed directly over the site. This event was so localized that it is actually smoothed out in the precipitation images below.

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Max Temperatures
Average Temperatures
Min Temperatures
Precipitation

Maximum Temperatures


Average maximum temperature.	Average maximum temperature departure from normal.

Average Temperatures


Average temperature.	Average temperature departure from normal.

Minimum Temperatures


Average minimum temperature.	Average minimum temperature departure from normal.

Precipitation


Precipitation. This image was smoothed, so the very high value over Madison is not shown because one event was extremely localized.	Precipitation departure from normal.

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