700 CDUS42 KMLB 030835 CLIMLB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE 435 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2011 ................................... ...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 83 227 PM 95 2002 83 0 86 MINIMUM 73 558 AM 51 1999 63 10 73 AVERAGE 78 73 5 80 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.30 1960 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.18 -0.18 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 6.21 5.18 1.03 10.87 SINCE JAN 1 10.51 10.15 0.36 14.38 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 MAR 1 39 86 -47 125 SINCE JUL 1 613 595 18 894 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 8 5 15 MONTH TO DATE 26 16 10 29 SINCE MAR 1 435 297 138 239 SINCE JAN 1 591 408 183 291 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 93 1997 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 54 2006 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2011...........SUNRISE 641 AM EDT SUNSET 758 PM EDT MAY 4 2011...........SUNRISE 640 AM EDT SUNSET 759 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$