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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT THU APR 14 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 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         83    313 PM  92    1978  80      3       79       
  MINIMUM         62   1159 PM  47    1988  60      2       59       
  AVERAGE         73                        70      3       69      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.15          2.60 1985   0.06   0.09     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.31                      0.88   0.43     0.86    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.40                      3.80   1.60     1.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.57                      8.77   1.80     6.58    
                                                                     
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                        13     -6       13       
  SINCE MAR 1    115                        83     32       46       
  SINCE JUL 1    491                       592   -101      476       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         5      3        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   68                        62      6       59       
  SINCE MAR 1    185                       169     16      200       
  SINCE JAN 1    285                       280      5      296       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (270)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   80        93      1979                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        46      1959                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 14 2005.........SUNRISE   658 AM EDT   SUNSET   748 PM EDT   
APRIL 15 2005.........SUNRISE   657 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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