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CDUS42 KMLB 250631
CLIMLB


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE
226 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011


...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24 2011...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
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         88    422 PM  95    1960  90     -2       88
                                      1942
  MINIMUM         73    201 AM  65    1957  73      0       75
  AVERAGE         81                        82     -1       82

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        1.31          2.22 1953   0.25   1.06     0.09
  MONTH TO DATE    5.88                      5.93  -0.05     5.54
  SINCE JUN 1     16.01                     18.60  -2.59     9.67
  SINCE JAN 1     27.02                     32.10  -5.08    24.34

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 JUN 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       16                        17     -1       17
  MONTH TO DATE  454                       408     46      462
  SINCE JUN 1   1505                      1386    119     1599
  SINCE JAN 1   2459                      2112    347     2292
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.5

SKY COVER
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    94           600 AM
 LOWEST     68           100 PM
 AVERAGE    81
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS AND RECORDS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   90        95      1941
                                             1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        67      1996

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 25 2011........SUNRISE   658 AM EDT   SUNSET   751 PM EDT
AUGUST 26 2011........SUNRISE   658 AM EDT   SUNSET   750 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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