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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
321 AM EST WED JAN 19 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18 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         62    223 PM  85    1960  71     -9       72       
  MINIMUM         41    503 AM  24    1977  50     -9       62       
  AVERAGE         52                        61     -9       67      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.65 1994   0.08  -0.08     0.37    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.52                      1.43   0.09     0.55    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.53                      3.74   0.79     3.28    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.52                      1.43   0.09     0.55    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                         7      6        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   35                       112    -77       84       
  SINCE DEC 1    185                       245    -60      232       
  SINCE JUL 1    192                       280    -88      252       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        2       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        36     15       23       
  SINCE DEC 1    112                       113     -1       63       
  SINCE JAN 1     51                        36     15       23       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (360)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     55          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        85      2001                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        17      1977                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 19 2005.......SUNRISE   715 AM EST   SUNSET   552 PM EST   
JANUARY 20 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM EST   SUNSET   553 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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