record january low temp at my place today, page-9

Kincella, I'll call you on your frequent statements that Melbourne was cold from August to December last year:

From your recommended source, Weatherzone: "A yellow cell indicates a probably monthly record for this site". Note averaged over the month of November it is a whopping 5C over the mean. This is a big enough jump for one day or one week, but huge for an average over a whole month:

click for Melbourne weather November 2009