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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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         78    301 PM  93    1963  80     -2       84       
  MINIMUM         64   1217 AM  43    1996  59      5       67       
  AVERAGE         71                        70      1       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.92 1953   0.06  -0.06     0.22    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.16                      0.76   0.40     0.22    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.25                      3.68   1.57     1.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.42                      8.65   1.77     5.94    
                                                                     
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                        11     -4       13       
  SINCE MAR 1    115                        81     34       46       
  SINCE JUL 1    491                       590    -99      476       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        6                         5      1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE   53                        52      1       45       
  SINCE MAR 1    170                       159     11      186       
  SINCE JAN 1    270                       270      0      282       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     47           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1965                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        45      1973                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 12 2005.........SUNRISE   701 AM EDT   SUNSET   746 PM EDT   
APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE   659 AM EDT   SUNSET   747 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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