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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
323 AM EST FRI FEB 18 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         82    332 PM  87    2001  73      9       63       
  MINIMUM         57    452 AM  31    1996  51      6       51       
  AVERAGE         70                        62      8       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.55 1994   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      1.48  -1.43     0.89    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.73                      6.27  -1.54     5.74    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.72                      3.96  -2.24     3.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         5     -5        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   82                        96    -14       36       
  SINCE DEC 1    361                       425    -64      351       
  SINCE JUL 1    368                       460    -92      371       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         2      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    9                        34    -25       47       
  SINCE DEC 1    124                       166    -42      116       
  SINCE JAN 1     63                        89    -26       76       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        85      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        30      1996                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE   658 AM EST   SUNSET   616 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   657 AM EST   SUNSET   616 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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