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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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         80    229 PM  95    2002  83     -3       84       
  MINIMUM         69    437 AM  51    1999  63      6       69       
  AVERAGE         75                        73      2       77      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.30 1960   0.09  -0.09      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.18  -0.18     0.02    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.34                      5.18   1.16     2.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     11.51                     10.15   1.36     6.77    
                                                                     
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    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1    134                        86     48       62       
  SINCE JUL 1    510                       595    -85      492       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                         8      2       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   22                        16      6       25       
  SINCE MAR 1    256                       297    -41      327       
  SINCE JAN 1    356                       408    -52      423       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    84                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83        93      1997                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        55      1998                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  3 2005...........SUNRISE   641 AM EDT   SUNSET   758 PM EDT   
MAY  4 2005...........SUNRISE   640 AM EDT   SUNSET   759 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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