All of these NWS Climate pages have a similar format.  A useful guide Navigating our site: Climate/NOWData has been prepared by the Milwaukee/Sullivan Forecast Office that provides information that would be applicable to all the other sites. 

• Local Climatology Reporting Locations
  For the primary climate data from stations operated by the National Weather Service, consult the "Preliminary Local Climatological Data" appearing on the climate pages of each of the National Weather Service Offices.   Each office maintains monthly tabulations of daily temperature extremes, precipitation and wind data for the current month.   Archives of data tables are also available for previous months spanning the last several years. However, the data appearing in these tables are considered preliminary and thus unofficial.  They are not intended for use where certified records are required, such as in litigation.
   

• NOWData (NOAA Online Weather Data) Locations
  In addition to the primary climate stations, climate data can be obtained from some of the cooperative observer stations that submit observations daily on an electronic basis   These data can be accessed from the NOWData page.

• THE WISCONSIN STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE
  The State Climatology Office (SCO) is one of the entry points in your search.  The office acquires, archives and disseminates weather and climate data from Wisconsin's first order stations and from the cooperative observer network commencing in the late 19^th century.  Many of these records are paper copies.  Requests (phone, email or fax) can be made to this office for copies of these records.  A processing charge may be applied to orders.  Some of the information has been put into electronic format that is made available on a limited basis through email or the web.   Use  the index on our Site Map to locate some of the climate products appearing on this SCO website.    A  list of  weather stations by county  is also available.
  
  While the SCO is the official state archive of weather records across Wisconsin, the National Climatic Data Center is the official federal archive and final authority of the original records.
  
  Whenever you use climate data from this office, please cite all data with a statement such as:
  
  "Data provided by the Wisconsin State Climatology Office, Madison, Wisconsin www.aos.wisc.edu/~sco . "
   

• MIDWEST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER
  
  If you need large amounts of climatic information on a routine basis from Wisconsin or neighboring Midwestern states, contact the Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC).  A variety of data in digital format for these nine states is available through purchase of a subscription to their MRCC Applied Climate System (MACS) (formerly, MICIS or Midwestern Climate Information System system).  This menu-driven system provides ready access on a near real-time basis to a variety of temperature, precipitation and degree day products ranging from daily values to monthly, or long-term averages.  More elaborate climate statistics are also available for specific stations, climate divisions or even statewide averages.
  MRCC also offers certified climate data for a fee.

• NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
  The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, NC is the official Federal repository of all climatic data, including historical data sets, normals, extremes and other statistics.  Having undergone quality control procedures, the published certified data in their collection are considered official data and admissible in courts.  For additional information concerning certified climate records, see Environmental Information Summary C-1 "Weather Records in Private Litigation". (This document is in pdf format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader..)
   

NCDC publishes a variety of climatological data in monthly printed periodical format that are available for subscription.  These periodicals include:

• LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA for selected city – A monthly summary of the daily summaries of temperature, humidity, wind speed and other significant weather data for a selected set of  locations, including Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay and La Crosse.  An annual issue is also published.
• CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA for Wisconsin -- A monthly summary of the daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation and snow for both the first order stations and the cooperative network.   An annual issue is also published.
• HOURLY PRECIPITATION DATA for Wisconsin -- A monthly summary of the hourly precipitation amounts obtained for a selected set of recording rain gauges.  Nine time periods are included, ranging from 15 minutes to 24 hours.
• STORM DATA -- A monthly summary of the reported severe weather events across the country.  Events that are reports would include tornadoes, thunderstorm winds, lightning, hail, heavy snow, ice storms and blizzards.

Additional information and a price list are available from NCDC.

Some data can be obtained online from NCDC.  Access of NCDC data by most users usually incurs costs.  See NOAA Web data access policy.
 

If you need sunrise and sunset information , the US Naval Observatory has an interactive web site that allows you to generate the times of sunrise sunset, moonrise, moonset, and twilight information for any location and date.