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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT FRI APR 29 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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         77    253 PM  93    1971  82     -5       80       
  MINIMUM         55    504 AM  48    1983  62     -7       55       
  AVERAGE         66                        72     -6       68      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1975   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.25                      1.92   0.33     1.03    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.34                      4.84   1.50     2.07    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.51                      9.81   1.70     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        1                         7     -6        3       
  MONTH TO DATE  105                       158    -53      137       
  SINCE MAR 1    222                       265    -43      278       
  SINCE JAN 1    322                       376    -54      374       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         
                                                                     
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          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     31           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        91      1986                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        49      1992                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 29 2005.........SUNRISE   644 AM EDT   SUNSET   756 PM EDT   
APRIL 30 2005.........SUNRISE   643 AM EDT   SUNSET   757 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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