SUMMARY
Most of the Geelong Region (except for the Western Otways) was wetter than average for August and very close to average daily minimum and maximum temperatures.
WINTER SUMMARY
Winter was much wetter than predicted by the BoM and not as warm. Average temperature was 10.7 C compared to the 30-year figure of 10.3 C, and total rainfall was 184 mm compared to 139 mm. There were 10 very windy days with gusts exceeding 60 km/h but just 5 frosts. Minimum temperature was 0.3 C on 24th June and maximum was 19.6 on 31st August.
AUGUST TEMPERATURE
Average minimum temperature was 6.3 degrees C and average maximum 14.4 C. This compares to the 30-year averages of 6.0 and 15.0 respectively. Technically this means that Geelong was 0.1 degree cooler than average.
The warmest day, the 31st, saw 19.6 C reached on the thermometer; it was winter’s warmest day as well. The lowest temperature reached 0.8 C on the morning of the 30th.
AUGUST RAINFALL
Urban Geelong reached around 50 mm but the figures varied across the suburbs from 33 mm at Bell Post Hill to 60 mm near Queens Park. The official BoM site in Breakwater recorded 56 mm for the month. The 30-year average is 46.8 mm.
On the wettest day – the 11th – 19.2 mm fell at Breakwater AWS; there were 17 wet days altogether.
Double rainbow over Marshall looking eastward at 4.30 pm on the 25th after a light rain shower.
OTHER FEATURES
There were three strong wind days when gusts exceeded 60 km/h and on the strongest occasion a gust of 70 km/h was experienced on the 9th. Several other days had gusts in the 50’s and made temperatures feel much lower than the figures show.
There were two frost days (0.8 C on the 30th and 1.7 C on the 31st) but there were no storms.
RAINFALL DETAILS FOR AUGUST 2019
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