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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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         92    225 PM  95    1958  90      2       88       
  MINIMUM         76    540 AM  69    2000  73      3       74       
  AVERAGE         84                        81      3       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.35 1962   0.18  -0.18     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    5.35                      2.93   2.42     4.75    
  SINCE JUN 1     19.07                     14.14   4.93    17.82    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.67                     28.05   6.62    25.56    
                                                                     
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 JUN 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       19                        16      3       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  295                       282     13      284       
  SINCE JUN 1   1304                      1233     71     1295       
  SINCE JAN 1   1955                      1956     -1     2051       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   90        97      1955                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        68      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 18 2005........SUNRISE   654 AM EDT   SUNSET   758 PM EDT   
AUGUST 19 2005........SUNRISE   655 AM EDT   SUNSET   757 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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