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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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         82   1030 AM  96    1995  85     -3       84       
  MINIMUM         65    601 AM  51    1960  66     -1       72       
  AVERAGE         74                        76     -2       78      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.59          2.14 1976   0.12   0.47     0.21    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.63                      1.57   1.06     0.96    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.97                      6.57   2.40     3.03    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.14                     11.54   2.60     7.71    
                                                                     
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        9                        11     -2       13       
  MONTH TO DATE  112                       139    -27      151       
  SINCE MAR 1    346                       420    -74      453       
  SINCE JAN 1    446                       531    -85      549       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     60          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        95      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        57      1952                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 16 2005...........SUNRISE   632 AM EDT   SUNSET   806 PM EDT   
MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE   632 AM EDT   SUNSET   807 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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