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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
321 AM EST THU JAN 27 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26 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         74    305 PM  88    1965  72      2       83       
  MINIMUM         48    302 AM  33    2000  49     -1       57       
  AVERAGE         61                        61      0       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.23 1993   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.61                      2.07  -0.46     0.92    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.62                      4.38   0.24     3.65    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.61                      2.07  -0.46     0.92    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                         6     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  114                       166    -52      132       
  SINCE DEC 1    264                       299    -35      280       
  SINCE JUL 1    271                       334    -63      300       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        50      1       29       
  SINCE DEC 1    112                       127    -15       69       
  SINCE JAN 1     51                        50      1       29       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.3                                         
                                                                     
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           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        83      1976                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        32      2000                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 27 2005.......SUNRISE   712 AM EST   SUNSET   559 PM EST   
JANUARY 28 2005.......SUNRISE   712 AM EST   SUNSET   600 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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