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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
321 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 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         68    220 PM  85    1963  71     -3       64       
  MINIMUM         40    314 AM  19    1977  50    -10       47       
  AVERAGE         54                        61     -7       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          4.13 1983   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.52                      1.59  -0.07     0.92    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.53                      3.90   0.63     3.65    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.52                      1.59  -0.07     0.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                         7      4        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   57                       126    -69       93       
  SINCE DEC 1    207                       259    -52      241       
  SINCE JUL 1    214                       294    -80      261       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        40     11       24       
  SINCE DEC 1    112                       117     -5       64       
  SINCE JAN 1     51                        40     11       24       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   71        85      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        23      1985                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 21 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM EST   SUNSET   554 PM EST   
JANUARY 22 2005.......SUNRISE   714 AM EST   SUNSET   555 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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