890 CDUS42 KMLB 170810 CLIMLB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE 410 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2011 ................................... ...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 78 244 PM 90 1975 77 1 68 MINIMUM 54 639 AM 39 1988 55 -1 50 AVERAGE 66 66 0 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.08 1969 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.58 1.60 -0.02 4.03 SINCE MAR 1 1.58 1.60 -0.02 4.03 SINCE JAN 1 5.88 6.57 -0.69 7.54 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 6 MONTH TO DATE 36 47 -11 100 SINCE MAR 1 36 47 -11 100 SINCE JUL 1 610 556 54 869 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 3 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 48 -4 7 SINCE MAR 1 44 48 -4 7 SINCE JAN 1 200 159 41 59 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (110) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 89 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 40 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2011.........SUNRISE 730 AM EDT SUNSET 732 PM EDT MARCH 18 2011.........SUNRISE 729 AM EDT SUNSET 733 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$