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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 26 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         79    324 PM  95    1962  86     -7       88       
  MINIMUM         72    440 AM  54    1979  68      4       64       
  AVERAGE         76                        77     -1       76      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 1961   0.16  -0.16     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.70                      3.12  -0.42     0.99    
  SINCE MAR 1      9.04                      8.12   0.92     3.06    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.21                     13.09   1.12     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       11                        12     -1       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  244                       266    -22      280       
  SINCE MAR 1    478                       547    -69      582       
  SINCE JAN 1    578                       658    -80      678       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    69          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     54          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   87        95      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        55      1979                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 27 2005...........SUNRISE   627 AM EDT   SUNSET   812 PM EDT   
MAY 28 2005...........SUNRISE   627 AM EDT   SUNSET   813 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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