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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
322 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 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         67    139 PM  85    1976  73     -6       59       
  MINIMUM         55   1152 PM  30    1996  51      4       41       
  AVERAGE         61                        62     -1       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.78 1980   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.05                      1.57  -1.52     0.89    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.73                      6.36  -1.63     5.74    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.72                      4.05  -2.33     3.01    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         5     -1       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   86                       101    -15       51       
  SINCE DEC 1    365                       430    -65      366       
  SINCE JUL 1    372                       465    -93      386       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    9                        36    -27       47       
  SINCE DEC 1    124                       168    -44      116       
  SINCE JAN 1     63                        91    -28       76       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    67          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        88      1975                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        33      1958                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   657 AM EST   SUNSET   616 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 20 2005......SUNRISE   656 AM EST   SUNSET   617 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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