Records for Madison Area, Wisconsin (MSNthr) on 05-17
  Record Highs
  
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      1:  86°F (2001)
    
 
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      2:  86°F (1987)
    
 
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      3:  86°F (1971)
    
 
  
 
  Record Lows
  
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      1:  32°F (2002)
    
 
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      2:  33°F (1983)
    
 
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      3:  33°F (1973)
    
 
  
 
  Lowest Highs
  
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      1:  68°F (1877)
    
 
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      2:  67°F (2015)
    
 
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      3:  67°F (1911)
    
 
  
 
  Highest Lows
  
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      1:  47°F (1957)
    
 
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      2:  50°F (1905)
    
 
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      3:  50°F (1869)
    
 
  
 
  Highest May temperature:
  
  101°F on 05-31-1934.
  Lowest May temperature:
  
  19°F on 05-01-1978.
  Average temperature is 58.8°F
  Average high is 69.7°F
  Average low is 47.9°F
 
  Temperature data from 1869 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
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      1:  2.58" (2000)
    
 
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      2:  2.04" (2020)
    
 
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      3:  1.57" (2015)
    
 
  
 
  Precipitation data from 1869 to 2022.