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CLIMLB


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
403 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         85    156 PM  89    1950  82      3       80       
  MINIMUM         76    657 AM  50    1974  66     10       65       
  AVERAGE         81                        74      7       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.02          2.30 1983   0.13  -0.11     0.42    
  MONTH TO DATE    7.62                      3.77   3.85     4.89    
  SINCE SEP 1     15.62                     10.97   4.65    21.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     52.10                     41.87  10.23    52.89    
                                                                     
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        2       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         0      0        2       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        2       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                         9      7        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  323                       254     69      268       
  SINCE SEP 1    798                       705     93      784       
  SINCE JAN 1   3024                      2885    139     3068       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     74           900 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    87                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82        89      1971                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        50      1964                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2005.......SUNRISE   729 AM EDT   SUNSET   644 PM EDT   
OCTOBER 25 2005.......SUNRISE   729 AM EDT   SUNSET   644 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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