Meteorological seasons are slightly skewed from astronomical seasons, with
winter records running from December through February, spring records referring
to March through May, summer June through August, and autumn September through
November.
The following files contain the top ten record setting seasons for
Madison since records began in 1869.
It is important to note, however, that
prior to 1896 temperatures were only recorded 3 times daily, at 7am, 2pm, and
7pm, so absolute maximum and absolute minimum values are absent from climatological
calculations for nearly 30 years of data.