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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT THU APR 21 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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         76    343 PM  90    1970  81     -5       77       
  MINIMUM         60   1157 PM  50    1999  61     -1       53       
  AVERAGE         68                        71     -3       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.10 1989   0.07  -0.07     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.31                      1.33  -0.02     0.86    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.40                      4.25   1.15     1.90    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.57                      9.22   1.35     6.58    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   16                        16      0       29       
  SINCE MAR 1    124                        86     38       62       
  SINCE JUL 1    500                       595    -95      492       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         6     -3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   74                       103    -29       77       
  SINCE MAR 1    191                       210    -19      218       
  SINCE JAN 1    291                       321    -30      314       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     50           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        91      1970                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        49      1953                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 21 2005.........SUNRISE   651 AM EDT   SUNSET   751 PM EDT   
APRIL 22 2005.........SUNRISE   650 AM EDT   SUNSET   752 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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