343 CDUS42 KMLB 170835 CLIMLB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE 435 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ................................... ...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 82 409 PM 95 1995 85 -3 85 MINIMUM 60 602 AM 57 1952 66 -6 72 AVERAGE 71 76 -5 79 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.50 1985 0.13 -0.13 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 0.33 1.70 -1.37 0.05 SINCE MAR 1 6.54 6.70 -0.16 10.92 SINCE JAN 1 10.84 11.67 -0.83 14.43 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 6 11 -5 14 MONTH TO DATE 186 150 36 230 SINCE MAR 1 595 431 164 440 SINCE JAN 1 751 542 209 492 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 42 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 97 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 59 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2011...........SUNRISE 632 AM EDT SUNSET 806 PM EDT MAY 18 2011...........SUNRISE 631 AM EDT SUNSET 807 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$