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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE
1020 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2008

...ALL-TIME RECORD WETTEST MONTH FOR MELBOURNE...

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 21.06 INCHES OF RAIN FOR
THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008.  THIS SHATTERS NOT ONLY THE OLD MONTHLY
RECORD OF 19.05 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED IN AUGUST 1995...BUT IS ALSO
THE NEW RECORD FOR THE MOST RAIN OF ANY MONTH OF THE YEAR SINCE
RAINFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1939. THE PREVIOUS ALL TIME WETTEST MONTH
OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER 1948 WHEN 20.23 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

IN ADDITION...THIS RECORD-BREAKING AUGUST RAINFALL BRINGS THE TOTAL
RAIN FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER SEASON (JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST)
TO 38.40 INCHES, WHICH SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 35.56 INCHES
WHICH OCCURRED IN 1995.


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