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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE                                   
322 AM EST SUN JAN 30 2005

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...THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 29 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         71   1204 PM  85    1972  72     -1       69       
  MINIMUM         62   1159 PM  30    1986  50     12       39       
  AVERAGE         67                        61      6       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.70 1966   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.67                      2.31  -0.64     1.38    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.68                      4.62   0.06     4.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.67                      2.31  -0.64     1.38    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                                               
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                                               
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         6     -6       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  119                       184    -65      156       
  SINCE DEC 1    269                       317    -48      304       
  SINCE JUL 1    276                       352    -76      324       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        2                         1      1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   53                        53      0       29       
  SINCE DEC 1    114                       130    -16       69       
  SINCE JAN 1     53                        53      0       29       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (80)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           600 PM                                     
 LOWEST     57          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE MELBOURNE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        86      1972                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        30      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 30 2005.......SUNRISE   711 AM EST   SUNSET   601 PM EST   
JANUARY 31 2005.......SUNRISE   710 AM EST   SUNSET   602 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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