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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
435 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2011


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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         85    236 PM  97    1963  85      0       88       
  MINIMUM         60    601 AM  59    1968  67     -7       71       
  AVERAGE         73                        76     -3       80      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.60 1943   0.13  -0.13     0.17    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.33                      1.83  -1.50     0.22    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.54                      6.83  -0.29    11.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     10.84                     11.80  -0.96    14.60    
                                                                     
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        8                        11     -3       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  194                       161     33      245       
  SINCE MAR 1    603                       442    161      455       
  SINCE JAN 1    759                       553    206      507       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        96      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        54      1968                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2011...........SUNRISE   631 AM EDT   SUNSET   807 PM EDT   
MAY 19 2011...........SUNRISE   631 AM EDT   SUNSET   808 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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