(Most figures are from the Bureau of Meteorology station at Breakwater “Geelong Racecourse AWS”, with all temperature and rainfall averages from 1992-2010 at Geelong Airport (Mount Duneed). * – In order to facilitate some sort of comparison between the old and new AWS sites, the factor of 0.6 degrees C is subtracted. Month Weather Conditions Temps (deg C) Rainfall…
Category: 2012
December 2012
RAINFALL A disappointing month’s rain ended an above average rainfall year for much of the Geelong-Otways region. Only a few places along the Otways coast received above average falls. Rain only fell on eight days (average 9) in Geelong.Geelong’s urban area total was around 28 mm, some 12 mm below normal. TEMPERATURE & OTHER FEATURES Temperatures were above normal. Minimums…
November 2012
RAINFALL November was looking like Geelong’s driest month for the year, until the final four days which produced over 27 mm. We had an average across the urban area of 34 mm, compared with the long-term average of 52 mm. There were only 7 rain days, compared to the average 10. Despite three thunder-days which accompanied the late rain, there…
October 2012
RAINFALL Very low rainfall characterised Geelong in October. The Breakwater Racecourse station only recorded 16.2 mm for the month, in contrast to the long-term average of 51.3 mm. Most of the Bellarine to Otways Region had below 70% of normal rainfall, a state-wide phenomenon. Only Birregurra (60 mm) had close to its average 65 mm. Rain fell on only ten…
September 2012
RAINFALL Geelong again recorded average to above average rain for September. The average across the urban area, from Lara to Waurn Ponds, was 52 mm. Long-term average for Geelong is 49.7 mm. The wettest suburb was Drumcondra (66.3 mm) and the driest was Connewarre (36.1 mm). For the sixth consecutive month average rainfall or above was received across Geelong. The…
August 2012
OVERALL “A colder and much wetter than average winter in Geelong,” was Lindsay Smail’s expected summary of recent weather. It surprised no-one in the region, except perhaps the Bureau of Meteorology which had predicted warmer and drier conditions once again. RAINFALL Yet another month of above average rainfall for most of the Geelong-Otways Region, except for some areas to the…
July 2012
RAINFALL Another month of above average rain! For the last 4 months most of the region beat the average. In fact this has been the 5th month out of 7 for the year that Geelong has had above average rain – we have scored 408 mm so far, compared to the average 284 mm for this time of the year.…
June 2012
RAINFALL What an amazing rainfall month! The whole region received well above average rain, much to the delight of farmers and water managers, but to the horror oflong-range forecasters whose expectations were that the whole region of southern Victoria should return to the drought of the previous decade. Geelong’s urban area received over double (104 mm) its normal June total…
May 2012
RAINFALL Rainfall for most of the Geelong-Otways-Bellarine Region was well above average for May. A wrap-around cloud band caused by a strong low pressure system which crossed the state from the north on the 25th-26th was the cause of heavy rains which tipped the scale. Urban Geelong’s total was around 80 mm for the month (average 45 mm) and similar…
April 2012
RAINFALL Most of the Geelong urban area and the Bellarine Peninsula received average to above average rain in April. Breakwater Racecourse received the long-term average amount of 45.4 mm, an average derived from many years at the old Airport site. In contrast, most of the Otway Ranges, Golden Plains and Moorabool Catchment were below average. Despite this, the catchments remain…
March 2012
RAINFALL Geelong’s March rainfall was very close to average across the city. The suburbs ranged from just 23 mm at Belmont to 37 mm at Bell Post Hill. Averaged across the urban area we recorded 30 mm, compared to the average 32 mm. Drier areas were around the Golden Plains district of Bannockburn and Bellarine Peninsula, but the Otway Ranges…
February 2012
RAINFALL In a matter of just 8 days of rain Geelong’s February rainfall managed to get more than double the average, but there were wide variations. Most of the urban area received between 55 mm and 70 mm, but a Grovedale site and Mount Duneed West, near the old Airport site, both exceeded 86 mm. The urban average was therefore…
January 2012
RAINFALL Summer in Geelong continues to be drier than usual, but in January there was a wide variation in rainfall totals across the city. The Racecourse weather station recorded 32.6 mm, and this is below the 37.3 mm average at theold site at Mt Duneed. Most of the southern suburbs fared worse, with Belmont, Grovedale, Waurn Ponds and Mt Duneedonly…