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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
657 AM EDT THU APR 28 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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         84    356 PM  93    1961  82      2       80       
  MINIMUM         62   1158 PM  47    1978  62      0       63       
  AVERAGE         73                        72      1       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.56R         0.51 1982   0.08   0.48     0.17    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.25                      1.84   0.41     1.03    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.34                      4.76   1.58     2.07    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.51                      9.73   1.78     6.75    
                                                                     
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   26                        16     10       29       
  SINCE MAR 1    134                        86     48       62       
  SINCE JUL 1    510                       595    -85      492       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         7      1        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  104                       151    -47      134       
  SINCE MAR 1    221                       258    -37      275       
  SINCE JAN 1    321                       369    -48      371       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        93      1971                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        48      1983                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 28 2005.........SUNRISE   645 AM EDT   SUNSET   755 PM EDT   
APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE   644 AM EDT   SUNSET   756 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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