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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT MON APR 18 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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         73    219 PM  90    1972  81     -8       76       
  MINIMUM         53    614 AM  40    1984  60     -7       64       
  AVERAGE         63                        70     -7       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.55 1991   0.06  -0.06     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.31                      1.12   0.19     0.86    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.40                      4.04   1.36     1.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.57                      9.01   1.56     6.58    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         0      2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        16     -1       29       
  SINCE MAR 1    123                        86     37       62       
  SINCE JUL 1    499                       595    -96      492       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   71                        85    -14       64       
  SINCE MAR 1    188                       192     -4      205       
  SINCE JAN 1    288                       303    -15      301       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        90      1969                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        45      1983                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE   654 AM EDT   SUNSET   750 PM EDT   
APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE   653 AM EDT   SUNSET   750 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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