On Wednesday, temperatures soared to 46.8ºC at Eucla in the far southeast corner of WA, which is an incredible 21ºC above average for this time of year. This was the equal highest February temperature observed anywhere in Australia for four years, and Eucla’s hottest February day since 2015.
Across the border in SA, Nullarbor hit 45.2ºC as of 4:00pm local time, also its hottest February day in eight years, while Adelaide rose to 38.7ºC, a five-year high for the month.
Temperatures will remain at hazardous levels in and around SA during the next two days and nights, qualifying for a Severe to Extreme heatwave on the Bureau of Meteorology’s scale. Courtesy of Weatherzone.
SUMMARY
Geelong’s summary climate was much drier than average and fractionally warmer than the 30-year average.
TEMPERATURE
There were five days exceeding 30 degrees C in Geelong leading to a maximum average of 24.9 degrees for the month and a minimum of 14.1 degrees for February, compared to the 30-year average of 25.2 C and 14.4 C respectively.
The hottest day reached 40.3 C on the 17th, and a minimum of 20.9 C on the same day.
RAINFALL
Geelong’s rainfall was only 15.8 mm for the month. Most of the region had low totals for February.
OTHER FEATURES
The strongest wind gust was 63 km/h on the 2nd and no storms were recorded.
SUMMARY OF SUMMER IN GEELONG
Hottest max temp: 40.3° C on 17/2.
Coldest min temp: 6.5° C on 10/12.
Wettest Day: 24.6 mm on 25/1.
Windiest Day: 74 km/h on 13/1.
Overall statement: Summer was similar to the 30-year seasonal average by about 0.0° C and drier than average by around 10 mm.
RAINFALL DATA
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