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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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         75    235 PM  90    1969  81     -6       77       
  MINIMUM         52    433 AM  45    1983  60     -8       65       
  AVERAGE         64                        71     -7       71      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.20 1960   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.31                      1.19   0.12     0.86    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.40                      4.11   1.29     1.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.57                      9.08   1.49     6.58    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         0      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   16                        16      0       29       
  SINCE MAR 1    124                        86     38       62       
  SINCE JUL 1    500                       595    -95      492       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6        6       
  MONTH TO DATE   71                        91    -20       70       
  SINCE MAR 1    188                       198    -10      211       
  SINCE JAN 1    288                       309    -21      307       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        90      1975                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        41      1997                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE   653 AM EDT   SUNSET   750 PM EDT   
APRIL 20 2005.........SUNRISE   652 AM EDT   SUNSET   751 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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