000 CDUS42 KMLB 080823 CLIMLB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE 421 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 ................................... ...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 1250 PM 90 1960 79 3 80 MINIMUM 65 946 PM 43 1975 59 6 58 AVERAGE 74 69 5 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.94 2.43 1951 0.07 0.87 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.16 0.50 0.66 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 5.25 3.42 1.83 1.04 SINCE JAN 1 10.42 8.39 2.03 5.72 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 7 7 0 13 SINCE MAR 1 115 77 38 46 SINCE JUL 1 491 586 -95 476 COOLING YESTERDAY 9 5 4 4 MONTH TO DATE 33 32 1 4 SINCE MAR 1 150 139 11 145 SINCE JAN 1 250 250 0 241 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 PM LOWEST 51 1100 AM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 90 2004 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 35 1971 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2005.........SUNRISE 705 AM EDT SUNSET 744 PM EDT APRIL 9 2005.........SUNRISE 704 AM EDT SUNSET 745 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$