RAINFALL February rains were above average in Geelong, but below normal in the Otways water catchment, according to Lindsay Smail of Geelong Weather Services. Mr Smail said yesterday that while urban Geelong had between 37 and 58 mm for the month, compared to the 37 mm average, areas such as Winchelsea, Forrest and Colac were around 8-16 mm below average.…
Author: Lindsay Smail
January 1998
RAINFALL Rainfall for January across the region showed some amazing variations, according to Lindsay Smail, manager of Geelong Weather Services. Totals varied from 75 mm at Barwon Heads to only 26 mm at Highton. The wettest suburb was Whittington with 71 m. The January average for Geelong is 44 mm. It is not yet resolved how the Bureau of Meteorology…
Summary of 1997 Weather
( Figures are from the Bureau of Meteorology station at Mount Duneed ) Weather Conditions Temps (deg C) Rainfall (mm) Cumulative Rainfall Comments J A N 7 days were over 30 deg. Heatwave on 19th, 20th, 21st: 35, 42, 40 deg. Average max 26.2 Jan average max 25.5 35.4. Jan average 44 35.4 Average 44 Most rain fell on 3…
December 1997
RAINFALL Rainfall was a return to drought conditions, according to Geelong Weather Services Manager, Lindsay Smail. Although summer rainfall was always notoriously erratic, he said, the December average was 43 mm and this year Geelong only recorded 4.6 mm at the Mt Duneed airport. Even at the other stations across the urban area, reported falls were similarly low, down to…
November 1997
RAINFALL Rainfall occurred largely at three main times this month. •On the first day, when thunderstorms and heavy rains lashed the region, bringing isolated floods and hail damage to properties right across the region. •On the tenth and again on the fourteenth, when, once again, hailstorms damaged buildings and cars, and flash floods devastated areas from Teesdale, Bannockburn, Corio across…
October 1997
“October a pleasant surprise” The Geelong Region’s October rainfall totals were described as “a pleasant, last-minute surprise” by Geelong Weather Services manager, Lindsay Smail, yesterday. Geelong officially recorded 59.2 mm.”Up until the last day of the month, most areas had received very little rain, and this was continuing the extended drought period which started in October last year,” he said.…
September 1997
In the Geelong Region, September was noticeable for its timely and above average rains. Geelong had received its average of 51 mm within the first ten days of the month with some heavy falls associated with thunderstorms. Urban area totals ranged from 77 mm at Grovedale to 60 mm at Serendip (Lara). Most districts received above average rains, in particular…
February 2014
RAINFALL An extraordinarily severe localised thunderstorm on the 19th dropped 54 mm of rain on central Geelong. In less than half an hour,between 5.00 pm and 5.30 pm, a slow-moving thunderstorm cell gave Geelong one of the most intense rainfall events ever recordedhere. Around 5.10 pm our recorder at Queens Park measured the equivalent of 433 mm per hour, or…
January 2014
RAINFALL January was well below average in rainfall with only around 50-60% of the long-term average being received. Breakwater received 24.6 mm compared to the long-term average 34.6 mm. Most of the Bellarine Peninsula was in the same dryposition, and the Otway water catchment areas only slightly better. Low rainfalls in January are not unusual, and even a dry January…
November 2013
RAINFALL In November Geelong had 42.4 mm at Breakwater and an average of 50 mm across the whole urban area, just below the long-term average. In contrast the Otways region received in some cases almost double the monthly average, but some Golden Plains areas received less than half the normal, a strange situation which reflects mainly the on-shore southeasterlies from…
October 2013
RAINFALL Most of the Geelong urban area enjoyed average to above average rain in October. On the Bellarine Peninsula howevertotals were generally 10% below average, but in the Moorabool and Otways catchments generally the situationwas reversed with above average results. Rain in Geelong varied from over 70 mm in the southern and southwesternsuburbs to little over 40 mm in eastern…
August 2013
OVERALL August was a noteworthy month for several reasons, elaborated below; the warmer than average temperatures and the incredible Otways rainfalls. It was also the warmest winter we have recorded. RAINFALL While Geelong’s rainfall clearly surpassed the average for August (50 mm), much of the surrounding region exceeded averages by huge margins. Wyelangta on the Otway ridge, close to the…
July 2013
RAINFALL Another good rainfall month has seen average to above average falls right across the region. Breakwater (49.6 mm), West Barwon Dam (155 mm), Lara (51 mm) and most other places were above their July average.Geelong has now had above its normal winter rainfall with still another month to go. This result was a surprise to the Bureau of Meteorology…