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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
744 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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         89    319 PM  97    1982  90     -1       90       
  MINIMUM         82    828 PM  65    1964  73      9       72       
  AVERAGE         86                        81      5       81      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          6.81 1949   0.21  -0.21     0.42    
  MONTH TO DATE    6.18                      4.91   1.27     9.13    
  SINCE JUN 1     19.90                     16.12   3.78    22.20    
  SINCE JAN 1     35.50                     30.03   5.47    29.94    
                                                                     
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       21                        16      5       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  486                       442     44      447       
  SINCE JUN 1   1495                      1393    102     1458       
  SINCE JAN 1   2146                      2116     30     2214       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     68           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   89        96      1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        67      1997                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE   659 AM EDT   SUNSET   748 PM EDT   
AUGUST 29 2005........SUNRISE   700 AM EDT   SUNSET   747 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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