000 
CDUS42 KMLB 190823
CLIMLB


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005

................................... 

...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         83    121 PM  96    1995  85     -2       83       
  MINIMUM         74    552 AM  54    1968  67      7       74       
  AVERAGE         79                        76      3       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.65 1959   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.63                      1.96   0.67     0.99    
  SINCE MAR 1      8.97                      6.96   2.01     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.14                     11.93   2.21     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       14                        11      3       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  144                       172    -28      192       
  SINCE MAR 1    378                       453    -75      494       
  SINCE JAN 1    478                       564    -86      590       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        95      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        59      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 19 2005...........SUNRISE   631 AM EDT   SUNSET   808 PM EDT   
MAY 20 2005...........SUNRISE   630 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.                                          


$$