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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT WED APR 13 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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         80   1206 PM  92    1965  80      0       82       
  MINIMUM         63    625 AM  45    1973  59      4       67       
  AVERAGE         72                        70      2       75      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.23 1951   0.06  -0.06     0.60    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.16                      0.82   0.34     0.82    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.25                      3.74   1.51     1.86    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.42                      8.71   1.71     6.54    
                                                                     
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                        12     -5       13       
  SINCE MAR 1    115                        82     33       46       
  SINCE JUL 1    491                       591   -100      476       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        7                         5      2       10       
  MONTH TO DATE   60                        57      3       55       
  SINCE MAR 1    177                       164     13      196       
  SINCE JAN 1    277                       275      2      292       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     52           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        92      1978                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        47      1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 13 2005.........SUNRISE   659 AM EDT   SUNSET   747 PM EDT   
APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE   658 AM EDT   SUNSET   748 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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