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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
322 AM EST THU JAN 13 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12 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         79    136 PM  85    1993  72      7       69       
  MINIMUM         61    438 AM  26    1982  50     11       45       
  AVERAGE         70                        61      9       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.70 1979   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.04                      0.95  -0.91     0.18    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.05                      3.26  -0.21     2.91    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.04                      0.95  -0.91     0.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6        8       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        72    -72       50       
  SINCE DEC 1    150                       205    -55      198       
  SINCE JUL 1    157                       240    -83      218       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         2      3        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   36                        24     12       21       
  SINCE DEC 1     97                       101     -4       61       
  SINCE JAN 1     36                        24     12       21       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     60          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        86      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        28      1981                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 13 2005.......SUNRISE   716 AM EST   SUNSET   547 PM EST   
JANUARY 14 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM EST   SUNSET   548 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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