(Temperature figures are from the Bureau of Meteorology station at Mount Duneed) Month Weather Conditions Temps (deg C) Rainfall (mm) Cumulative Rainfall Comments JAN Coldest January since 1958. 5 windy days >60kph. 2 thunder days incl 1 severe storm (29th). Only 2 days >30 degrees (19,20th). Av max 22.5 Jan av max. is 25.2. Av min 11.3. Av is…
Category: 2004
December 2004
RAINFALL Owing to several thunderstorms most of urban Geelong received some good falls from the 9th to the 11th, although the BoM gauge at Mt Duneed was a little too far south to benefit greatly. Most of the storms propagated from the north and northwest and did not reach coasstal areas. Certainly the Otways missed out on most of the…
November 2004
RAINFALL November turned out to be a real surprise to long-term weather forecasters. Even at the start of the month most models were predicting a fairly dry month, with only some chance of rain in the first week. As it eventuated, by the middle of November Geelong had received over 60mm of rain, well in excess of the monthly average…
October 2004
RAINFALL October’s weather may have been a mixed bag, but there was little joy for farmers hoping dams would fill. October is normally the region’s wettest month – the average ranges from around 60mm at Moriac, Queenscliff, Barwon Heads and Mt Duneed to 70mm at Bellbrae and Barwon Heads, 90mm at Lorne, 102mm at Gellibrand to 170mm at Weeaproinah on…
September 2004
RAINFALL Rainfall was above average in the Geelong Urban area, the Bellarine Peninsula and Lara areas in September. However the Otways and Moorabool catchments both recorded below average totals. The main reason for the variation was that, on the 28th, a band of rain from the northwest and extending over northern Victoria actually propagated further to the south than predicted…
August 2004
RAINFALL Most areas of the region received average and above average rainfall in August. The Otway catchment was fractionally below average but water supplies still stand at over 71%, a good situation for this time of year. The Geelong urban area averaged 60mm, from 45mm at Belmont to 73mm at Mt Duneed West. TEMPERATURES August was warmer than normal by…
July 2004
RAINFALL The Geelong-Otways-Bellarine Peninsula region received generally above average falls in July. The Moorabool catchment did not fare as well, however, so despite the heavy rain in the Otways (West Barwon Dam received 180mm), the total Otways-Moorabool catchment system has risen only to 58% of capacity which is still better than at this time last year. (44%) Urban Geelong averaged…
June 2004
RAINFALL Well above average rainfall was received in the Otways catchment and average falls in the Moorabool, but generally below average across the urban area. The Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast generally also fared well with more than normal June tallies. The legendary Weeaproinah, although not in the Barwon catchment, was the recipient of a phenomenal 416mm, that’s almost twice…
May 2004
RAINFALL Another generally poor rainfall month makes it 5 out of the last 7 that Geelong has had below average rain. The urban area averaged only 30mm for the month, from 16mm at Lara to 46mm at Leopold. The Bellarine Peninsula received better falls this month owing to a couple of fronts which directed rain up from the southwest, thus…
April 2004
RAINFALL While much of the Otways Region and Moorabool River Systems received below average falls for April, Geelong itself from Mt Duneed to Avalon, and the Bellarine Peninsula registered up to 170% of normal falls. Urban Geelong’s April average is 39.2mm; this month an average of 50mm was recorded across town: from 59mm at Whittington to 39mm at Lara. Clifton…
March 2004
RAINFALL Once again below average rainfall has occurred for the fourth time in the last six months. The Geelong region received an average of 24mm, about two-thirds the average for March. The water catchments of the Otways received better, but still just below average, and the storages are now around 49% of capacity. TEMPERATURE A cooler month than normal occurred…
February 2004
RAINFALL “A disappointing rainfall month for all of the Geelong region”, was how Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services described February’s rainfall. Most areas around the city received only 25mm, and even the Otways only recorded around 40mm over most of the water catchment area. Summer rainfall has ended up around average because of heavy falls in January, despite…
January 2004
TEMPERATURE This has been the coldest January since 1958, when accurate figures were recorded at North Geelong. Even in earlier records I have not been able to find a lower figure than the 16.7 degrees measured then. From 1957 temperatures were recorded at North Geelong, right next to Corio Bay. You would expect those figures to be moderated slightly by…