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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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         83    152 PM  97    1963  85     -2       83       
  MINIMUM         67    604 AM  59    1968  67      0       74       
  AVERAGE         75                        76     -1       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.54 1994   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.63                      1.83   0.80     0.99    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.97                      6.83   2.14     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.14                     11.80   2.34     7.74    
                                                                     
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                        11     -1       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  130                       161    -31      178       
  SINCE MAR 1    364                       442    -78      480       
  SINCE JAN 1    464                       553    -89      576       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        96      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        54      1968                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE   631 AM EDT   SUNSET   807 PM EDT   
MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE   631 AM EDT   SUNSET   808 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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