(Most figures are from the Bureau of Meteorology station at Mount Duneed – called “Geelong AP AWS”, and averages from 1983-2007) Month Weather Conditions Temps (deg C) Rainfall (mm) Cumulative Rainfall Comments JAN Temps 1.75 deg warmer than av. Highest 41.6 on 16th, 6 days >30 deg, incl 5 >35 deg. 6 days of smoke haze from bushfires. 5…
Category: 2007
December 2007
RAINFALL Heavy rains in the second half of the month brought up the monthly totals to well above average for most of the Geelong-Bellarine-Otways region. Rainfalls ranged from around 45 mm through Geelong (average 39) to over 160 mm at Weeaproinah (average 113) and 80mm at the West Barwon Dam (average 73), maintaining catchment levels at around 37%. TEMPERATURE &…
November 2007
RAINFALL The whole region – from the Bellarine Peninsula to the Otways received around double the normal November rainfall. West Barwon Dam recorded 190mm, more than double the normal, and Geelong’s urban area received from 115mm at Bell Post Hill to 80mm in Geelong CBD.Clearly the El Nino drought is being overtaken in this region by the current La Nina-inspired…
October 2007
RAINFALL October was Geelong’s third driest month of the year to date, adding just 23 mm to the annual total. In what ought to be our wettest month, most areas within the district only registered around 40-50 % of normal rainfall. Geelong’s rain for the year now totals just 347 mm, which is only around 77% of the ten-month average.…
September 2007
RAINFALL Poor rainfall totals across most of the Geelong region came as no surprise. Geelong only received 27.4mm which is 54% of the average for September. West Barwon Dam’s figure was much better, with 99mm which is around 85% of average. Geelong’s total rain for the year to date is only 350mm, which is about 43mm below normal for this…
August 2007
RAINFALL August’s rainfall across the region was generally well below the monthly average. The urban area received only around 27 mm compared to the long-term average 50 mm. The fairly regular falls of the first half of the month were replaced in the second fortnight by rain on only two days. The Otway catchments suffered as a result and the…
July 2007
RAINFALL A very welcome return to heavy rainfalls was experienced especially in the first half of July. The region’s monthly average of 50mm was doubled with figures of 96mm at Mt Duneed, 94mm at Belmont, 127mm at Clifton Springs and 154mm at Ocean Grove. It was Geelong’s wettest July since 1974 when 109mm was recorded. Most models are now predicting…
June 2007
RAINFALL Well above average rainfall fell across the Geelong region in June, making it the first time above average rain has been recorded since May, 2006, and longer in some areas. As of 26th June most suburbs and the Bellarine Peninsula had received 60-65 mm compared to the average 45-50 mm. Some areas to the west around Skipton did not…
May 2007
RAINFALL Yet another disappointing month for Geelong’s rainfall has ended. Despite many good falls elsewhere in the state preliminary figures show that the Geelong and Bellarine regions have generally received below average totals for May and autumn as a whole. Geelong’s average rainfall for May is 51 mm, but only around 30-35 mm was recorded across the urban area. West…
April 2007
RAINFALL After a depressing first 3 weeks of the month during which less than 10 mm fell over most of the Geelong area, the final weekend saw between 15 and 25mm rain recorded when a low pressure system crossed the state. Geelong averaged from 22mm at Lara to 35mm in just one part of Hamlyn Heights, but this was still…
March 2007
RAINFALL Another dry month, varying around 50-60% of normal for March across the Geelong region, now sees Geelong in an invidious situation with only 16% capacity in its water catchments. Urban Geelong only received between 14 and 25mm, compared with the average 32mm, and the northern suburb of Lara fared better with up to 32 mm at Serendip. Rain fell…
February 2007
RAINFALL Despite the official recent death notices for El Nino, its effect lives on around Geelong. In February we only received between 12 and 26mm despite the long term average being 36mm. The Otways catchment fared well with 88mm at West Barwon (average 44) after a similarly wet January, however the catchments still only contain 18.5% of capacity. Rain fell…
January 2007
RAINFALL In the last month rainfall has been below the January average for most of the immediate Geelong region. Geelong received around 85% of normal January totals, and the Moorabool catchment area was similar. Geelong suburbs received around 35 mm (average 41mm). Further afield, to the south and west, the situation was different. The Otways catchment received generally well above…