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CLIMLB


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
415 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008


...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2008...
   VALID TODAY AS OF 400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1939 TO 2008

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         84   1258 PM  92    2001  85     -1       89       
  MINIMUM         74    615 AM  60    1980  69      5       80       
  AVERAGE         79                        77      2       85      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.02          2.78 2004   0.18  -0.16     0.21    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.47                      1.17  -0.70     1.78    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.78                      8.37  -4.59    10.73    
  SINCE JAN 1     52.68                     39.27  13.41    39.95    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY           14                        12      2       20       
  MONTH TO DATE   79                        75      4      108       
  SINCE SEP 1    561                       526     35      638       
  SINCE JAN 1   3009                      2706    303     3237       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8                                         
                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              
                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    94           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     74          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    84                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS AND RECORDS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85        91      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        48      1963                    
                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  6 2008.......SUNRISE   718 AM EDT   SUNSET   702 PM EDT   
OCTOBER  7 2008.......SUNRISE   719 AM EDT   SUNSET   701 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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