RAINFALL
Heavy rains on the 12th-13th brought up the monthly totals to well above average for most of the Geelong-Bellarine-Otways region.Rainfalls ranged from 60 mm to 95 mm through Geelong (long-term average 39) to over 213 mm at Weeaproinah (average 113) and 115 mm at the West Barwon Dam (average 73), but only maintaining catchment levels at a fairly meagre 28%. The wettest 24-hour and 48-hour periods brought 60-70 mm across Geelong on the 12th-13th, and 204 mm to Mt Sabine at the head of the West Barwon catchment. At 3pm on the 13th, the barometric pressure dropped to 995.4 hPa as an intense cut-off low pressure system responsible for the heavy rain passed overhead.
TEMPERATURE & OTHER FEATURES
Temperatures were fractionally (0.2ºC) below average for December.
There were 3 days over 30 degrees and the hottest day was the 22nd when the maximum reached 35.0 degrees C.
On the coldest day (13th) the top temperature only reached 15.4 degrees. The coldest night was the 4th when the mercury fell to 3.3ºC. There were 4 days of very strong winds which gusted to 78kph at Mt Duneed on the 30th. There were no storms or thunder-days in Geelong, which is quite unusual for December in this region. A yearly summary of Geelong’s weather appears near this article.
RAINFALL DATA
| GEELONG REGION | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Aireys Inlet | 120.2 | 40.1 |
| Anakie | 102.2 | 55.0 |
| Anglesea | na | 48.0 |
| Apollo Bay | 139.6 | 63.6 |
| Bacchus Marsh | na | 42.2 |
| Ballan | 105.8 | 45.9 |
| Ballarat | 83.4 | 52.5 |
| Bannockburn | 68.2 | 42.0 |
| Barwon Heads | 65.1 | 47.0 |
| Bellbrae | 104.0 | 54.0 |
| Bells Beach | na | 54.0 |
| Beeac | 47.3 | 42.4 |
| Benwerrin | 176.6 | n.a. |
| Birregurra | 84.2 | 43.4 |
| Boonah | na | n.a. |
| Cape Otway | 85.0 | 52.7 |
| Clifton Springs | 88.0 | n.a. |
| Colac | 88.4 | 46.6 |
| Cressy | 87.0 | 44.2 |
| Curlewis | 76.9 | 44.2 |
| Dereel | 122.4 | 44.2 |
| Drysdale | na | 44.7 |
| Durdidwarrah | 95.0 | n.a. |
| Fiskville | na | n.a. |
| Forrest | 102.6 | 73.0 |
| Gellibrand | na | n.a. |
| Gerangamete | na | n.a. |
| Inverleigh | na | 45.5 |
| Johanna | 157.4 | na |
| Lake Colac | na | 45.5 |
| Lal Lal | na | n.a. |
| Lavers Hill | 198.0 | 45.5 |
| Laverton | 93.4 | 47.0 |
| Lethbridge | na | 55.9 |
| Melba Gully | na | n.a. |
| Melbourne (City) | 76.6 | 59.0 |
| Meredith | na | n.a. |
| Meredith (Darra) | 95.4 | 51.8 |
| Moriac | 85.2 | n.a. |
| Mt Buninyong | na | n.a. |
| Mt Cowley | 204.4 | n.a. |
| Mt Mercer | na | n.a. |
| Mt Sabine | 265.6 | n.a. |
| Point Lonsdale | 65.2 | 45.0 |
| Pollocksford | 60.2 | n.a. |
| Portarlington | na | 45.5 |
| Queenscliff | na | 43.4 |
| Shelford | na | 45.0 |
| Sheoaks | 88.6 | 42.0 |
| Skipton | 75.8 | n.a. |
| St Leonards | 80.0 | 45.0 |
| Teesdale | na | 39.9 |
| Torquay | 88.0 | 40.0 |
| Warncoort | na | n.a. |
| Weeaproinah | 213.4 | 112.9 |
| West Barwon | 114.6 | n.a. |
| Winchelsea | na | 41.1 |
| Wooloomanata | na | n.a. |
| You Yangs | 71.5 | n.a. |
| GEELONG SUBURBS | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Avalon | 61.8 | 49.0 |
| Bell Park | 68.5 | 47.8 |
| Belmont | 69.7 | 44.0 |
| Connewarre | na | 52.1 |
| Ceres | 75.5 | 44.0 |
| Corio | 72.8 | 42.0 |
| Grovedale | 78.0 | 44.2 |
| Grovedale South | na | 44.2 |
| Hamlyn Heights | 66.0 | 57.0 |
| Highton | na | 44.2 |
| Lara | 62.0 | 41.9 |
| Lara (Serendip) | 64.5 | 41.9 |
| Leopold | 69.5 | 63.9 |
| Leopold East | na | 42.0 |
| Manifold Heights | na | 47.8 |
| Moolap | na | 38.0 |
| Mt Duneed Airport | 75.2 | 42.2 |
| Mt Duneed West | 76.6 | 42.2 |
| Waurn Ponds | 95.2 | 42.2 |
| Whittington | na | 42.0 |
| Urban Area Average | 75.0 | 44.9 |