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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
321 AM EST TUE JAN 18 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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         56    349 PM  82    1985  71    -15       75       
  MINIMUM         43   1159 PM  31    1959  50     -7       47       
  AVERAGE         50                        61    -11       61      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.29 1955   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.52                      1.35   0.17     0.18    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.53                      3.66   0.87     2.91    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.52                      1.35   0.17     0.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         7      8        4       
  MONTH TO DATE   22                       105    -83       84       
  SINCE DEC 1    172                       238    -66      232       
  SINCE JUL 1    179                       273    -94      252       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        34     17       21       
  SINCE DEC 1    112                       111      1       61       
  SINCE JAN 1     51                        34     17       21       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     59           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        85      1960                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        24      1977                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 18 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM EST   SUNSET   552 PM EST   
JANUARY 19 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM EST   SUNSET   552 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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