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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
321 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1948 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         77    217 PM  84    1972  72      5       82       
  MINIMUM         57    641 AM  29    2001  50      7       58       
  AVERAGE         67                        61      6       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1969   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.39  -0.35      T      
  SINCE DEC 1      3.05                      2.70   0.35     2.73    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.04                      0.39  -0.35      T      
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        30    -30        0       
  SINCE DEC 1    150                       163    -13      148       
  SINCE JUL 1    157                       198    -41      168       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         2      0        5       
  MONTH TO DATE    6                        10     -4       17       
  SINCE DEC 1     67                        87    -20       57       
  SINCE JAN 1      6                        10     -4       17       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     60           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        88      1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        31      1999                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  6 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM EST   SUNSET   542 PM EST   
JANUARY  7 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM EST   SUNSET   543 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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