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CLIMLB


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
421 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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         87    436 PM  93    1986  85      2       86       
  MINIMUM         76    908 PM  62    1992  70      6       74       
  AVERAGE         82                        77      5       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.79          1.40 1990   0.19   0.60     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.94                      0.99   0.95     0.05    
  SINCE SEP 1      9.94                      8.19   1.75    16.68    
  SINCE JAN 1     46.42                     39.09   7.33    48.05    
                                                                     
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 SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        12      5       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   84                        63     21       72       
  SINCE SEP 1    559                       514     45      588       
  SINCE JAN 1   2785                      2694     91     2872       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (70)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     65           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        92      2001                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        60      1980                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2005.......SUNRISE   718 AM EDT   SUNSET   703 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  7 2005.......SUNRISE   719 AM EDT   SUNSET   702 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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