Photo above: Sunset cloud over Geelong on 2nd December. Very little rain. Courtesy Mal Arnott. Cloud north of Lara on 2nd December. Photo courtesy internet. SUMMARY Geelong was about 5 mm below the average 37.6 mm rainfall, around 0.1 C less than the average 23.6 C and 11.8 C maximum and minimum 30-year temperatures. See the details below. TEMPERATURE Daily…
Category: Observations
October 2021
SUMMARY It was a very wet month and fractionally cooler than average for October (see all details below). TEMPERATURE Geelong’s daily maximums averaged 18.7 C compared to the long-term figure of 19.4 C. The daily minimums averaged 8.6 C compared to the long-term 8.5 C. This resulted in a cooler month of around 0.3 C below average. Top temperature recorded was 27.8…
September 2021
SUMMARY Geelong was wetter than the 30-year average by just a few mm and slightly warmer by about 0.6 degrees C. See the details below. TEMPERATURE Geelong’s daily maximum temperatures averaged 17.8 C compared to the 30-year figure of 17.0 C and the daily minimum temperatures averaged 7.5 C compared to the 30-year figure of 7.2 C. The result means…
August 2021
SUMMARY View of Mt Moriac from the Colac Road around sunset during August. Photo courtesy Doug Lindsay. Geelong was warmer (by 1.1 degrees) and drier (by about 20 mm) than the 30-year averages. Despite the BoM forecasts of wetter conditions owing to the negative Indian Ocean Dipole and Antarctic cold fronts, the conditions resulted in a failure of forecasting in…
July 2021
Congested clouds form a low pressure trough crossing Geelong around 4 pm on the 2nd. Photo L. Smail. The clouds produce only 0.6 mm of rain despite the Geelong forecast of heavy rain on the 2nd. Photo L. Smail. A tiny waterfall snakes its way down the cliffs into Bass Strait near Peterborough on the 5th. Photo courtesy Doug Lindsay.…
June 2021
The above photo of wild weather at the Twelve Apostles shows the “upside-down waterfall” which was caused by a lot of heavy rain and strong winds on the 9th and 10th. The complex low pressure system caused this feature which resulted in much tree damage and major flooding in southern Victoria (but not urban Geelong). Photo courtesy @roar_image_photography on Instagram…
May 2021
SUMMARY May was much wetter than average and fractionally cooler than average. See the details below: TEMPERATURE Records broken early in May: Max temp of 26.0 C was a new record for May 1st. Max temp of 27.8 C was a new record for May 2nd. Record of lowest max for May 4th of 13.9 C. Hottest two days…
April 2021
SUMMARY Generally a slightly warmer than normal and a much drier month characterised April this year. TEMPERATURE Three consecutive days (1st to 3rd) exceeded 30 degrees C with the maximum recording 34.5 C on the 3rd of April. A 3 consecutive days’ run of over 30 C in April has happened just 3 times in Geelong’s history since 1903: 1922…
March 2021
SUMMARY March was slightly cooler than normal (by about 0.4 C) and wetter than the latest 30-year average by a small amount. TEMPERATURE Geelong’s maximum temperature ranged from a high figure of 29.7 C on the 12th and a low of 17.9 C on the 2nd. Minimum temperatures ranged from a low 6.9 C on the 30th and a high…
February 2021
SUMMARY A considerably cooler month by around one degree C and a much drier month resulted for February in most of western Victoria. TEMPERATURE Daily minimum temperatures in Geelong averaged 13.4 C and maximums 24.0 C in February. These figures both compared below the 30-year averages of 14.3 C and 25.3 C respectively. There were five days above 30.0 C…
January 2021
SUMMARY A wetter than average January was recorded across most of southwestern Victoria and Geelong was well included, receiving 90 mm (latest 30-year average is 38.1 mm). Daily Temperatures averaged 0.6 degrees below the average figure of 19.3 degrees C. TEMPERATURE In Geelong the average maximum was 24.1C compared to the 30-year average of 25.4 C and the average minimum…
Summary of Geelong Weather 2000
(Current figures are from the Bureau of Meteorology station at Breakwater “Geelong Racecourse AWS”, with all temperature and rainfall averages from several official Geelong BoM sites from 30-year averages 1990-2019) Month Weather Conditions Temps (deg C) Rainfall (mm) Cumulative Rainfall Comments JAN Slightly warmer than normal by around 0.4°. 6 days >30° incl 2 days >40°. Coldest night 10.1°, hottest…
December 2020
SUMMARY A cooler December coincided with an average rainfall in the local Geelong region saw the year 2020 end up with a much wetter year overall (715 mm) and slightly cooler period of six months. A more detailed annual summary can be seen in the separate article. November became a warmer month than December this year. TEMPERATURE December temperatures were…