RAINFALL
Another very poor rainfall month has closed the year with an aggregate of around 70-75% of normal rainfall for the Geelong Region. In December Geelong’s urban area rainfall was 25 mm, just over half the 30-year average of 44 mm. A large area from the Great Dividing Range southwards to the Otways Coast averaged less than half the normal December figure.
For a graph of the year’s monthly totals please see this link:
http://geelongweatherservices.com.au/wp-admin/post.php?post=1291&action=edit&message=10
TEMPERATURE
December was the hottest on record since 1902. Minimums averaged 13.3 degrees C and maximums were 26.9 degrees; the result was a mean monthly temperature 2.6 degrees above the latest 30-year averages.
The top temperature was 44.4 degrees C, reached on the 19th, the hottest December day on record, and there were 8 days over 30 degrees C. The normal for December is 4 or 5 days.
For the 2015 weather summary please click here:
OTHER FEATURES
Thunder days: one on 19th around Otways – Torquay areas.
High wind gust days: three – max 70 kph on 20th at Breakwater.
Main bush and grass fire outbreaks: Elaine and Buninyong area fires on 20th – minor damage; Lorne – Wye River area fires from 25th – major property damage, no casualties.
RAINFALL DATA
| GEELONG REGION | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Aireys Inlet | 22.6 | 34.0 |
| Anakie | 18.4 | 55.0 |
| Anglesea | na | 48.0 |
| Apollo Bay | 42.5 | 63.2 |
| Bacchus Marsh | na | 47.1 |
| Ballan | 25.4 | 45.9 |
| Ballarat | 26.4 | 51.6 |
| Bannockburn | 15.6 | 42.0 |
| Barwon Heads Golf Club | 21.1 | 47.0 |
| Bellbrae | na | 54.0 |
| Beeac | 27.0 | 42.4 |
| Beech Forest | 47.8 | 96.4 |
| Benwerrin | 33.2 | n.a. |
| Birregurra | 19.6 | 42.4 |
| Boonah | 26.8 | n.a. |
| Cape Otway | 35.4 | 52.7 |
| Clifton Springs | 25.4 | n.a. |
| Colac | 23.0 | 46.6 |
| Cressy | na | 42.7 |
| Curlewis | na | 44.2 |
| Dereel | na | 44.2 |
| Drysdale | 25.4 | 44.7 |
| Durdidwarrah | 15.8 | 55.1 |
| Forrest | na | 60.3 |
| Gellibrand | na | n.a. |
| Gerangamete | na | n.a. |
| Inverleigh | 16.0 | 45.5 |
| Lal Lal | 19.0 | n.a. |
| Laverton | 30.8 | 45.0 |
| Lethbridge | na | 55.9 |
| Melbourne (City) | 42.8 | 59.0 |
| Meredith | na | n.a. |
| Meredith (Darra) | 20.2 | 51.8 |
| Moriac | 22.8 | n.a. |
| Morrisons | na | 47.0 |
| Mt Buninyong | 32.0 | n.a. |
| Mt Cowley | 23.2 | 85.0 |
| Mt Gellibrand | 19.4 | na |
| Mt Mercer | 21.2 | n.a. |
| Mt Sabine | 60.0 | 90.0 |
| Point Lonsdale | 21.5 | 45.0 |
| Pollocksford | 17.6 | n.a. |
| Ocean Grove | 19.0 | 45.5 |
| Queenscliff | 21.2 | 43.4 |
| Shelford | 13.0 | 45.0 |
| Sheoaks | 17.0 | 29.2 |
| Skipton | 22.0 | 46.4 |
| St Leonards | na | 45.0 |
| Sutherland’s Creek | 15.2 | na |
| Teesdale | na | 39.9 |
| Torquay | na | 40.0 |
| Wallington | 23.0 | n.a. |
| Wyelangta | na | 120.7 |
| West Barwon Dam | 45.0 | 65.0 |
| Winchelsea | 22.2 | 41.1 |
| Wooloomanata | na | n.a. |
| You Yangs | na | n.a. |
| GEELONG SUBURBS | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Avalon | 28.4 | 28.1 |
| Bell Post Hill | 22.0 | 47.8 |
| Belmont | 20.0 | 44.0 |
| Breakwater Racecourse | 24.6 | 41.0 |
| Connewarre | na | 52.1 |
| Ceres | na | 44.0 |
| Corio | 29.4 | 42.0 |
| Drumcondra | na | 41.0 |
| East Geelong | 26.3 | 41.0 |
| Grovedale | na | 44.2 |
| Grovedale South | 19.0 | 44.2 |
| Hamlyn Heights | na | 42.0 |
| Herne Hill | 27.0 | 42.0 |
| Highton | 27.0 | 44.2 |
| Lara | 35.0 | 42.0 |
| Lara (Serendip) | 31.1 | 42.0 |
| Leopold | 27.5 | 53.9 |
| Leopold East | na | 42.0 |
| Manifold Heights | 28.2 | 47.8 |
| Moolap | 26.2 | 38.0 |
| Waurn Ponds | 24.4 | 42.2 |
| Whittington | na | 42.0 |
| Urban Area Average | 25.0 | 43.6 |