RAINFALL September was a most disappointing rainfall month, with Geelong only receiving around 60% of the 30-year average (32 mm compared to the average 50 mm). Most of the region reported similar results. Rain fell on only 12 days and the heaviest fall at Breakwater was 12.6 mm on the 15th. Several promising days resulted in a disappointing fizzling out after early…
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August 2015
RAINFALL Another month of questionable rainfall figures has plagued the Geelong AWS at Breakwater. On 14 days in August the gauge registered nil rainfall, but surrounding close suburbs totalled between 8 and 12 mm on those days. The Bureau of Meteorology had hopefully fixed the problem later in the month. Nevertheless a very poor 16 mm was the recorded average across…
July 2015
RAINFALL Average to above average rain fell across most of the region in July. Bureau figures for Geelong were compromised by the gauge malfunction at Breakwater AWS on three days but GWS has patched those figures giving a total of 40.4 mm for the month. The urban area average was 44 mm compared to the latest 30-year average 43.5 mm. Despite…
June 2015
RAINFALL Most of the Geelong-Bellarine-Otways region had below average rainfall in June. Urban Geelong only received around 75% of the latest 30-year average and parts of the Otways were not much better than 50%. The Moorabool system generally recorded less than half the June normal. Despite the poor result the water supplies are still at 57% of capacity, and the situation will…
May 2015
RAINFALL Most of the Geelong-Otways region – except to the north – received average to well above average rainfall for the month. The Bureau of Meteorology’s automatic weather station at Breakwater failed on 3 occasions during the month thereby missing approximately 20 mm of rain, thus affecting their published Geelong total. The rain for Breakwater as computed by Geelong Weather Services for…
April 2015
TEMPERATURE Another colder than normal month characterised April. Geelong was around 0.6 degrees cooler than the current 30-year average and 0.7 cooler than the complete record from 1902. The main factors contributing to this result were that days were much colder than average and nights were fractionally higher. Maximum was 29.6 degrees on the 1st and the lowest minimum was…
March 2015
RAINFALL A disappointing feature of March’s weather was the low rainfall in the immediate Geelong district. Totals varied from 30% to 70% of average, although in parts of the Otway and Moorabool catchments the results were better than normal, with Mt Sabine at the head of the Barwon catchment recording well above average (117 mm). Otherwise the Bellarine Peninsula and…
February 2015
RAINFALL Average and above average rains in February were received across the Geelong region, except for a couple of areas southwest of Ballarat and the southern Otways. Those areas form much of the water catchment areas, but catchments are still healthy for this time of year with 65% of capacity. The Geelong 30-year rainfall average is 35.7 mm and this…
January, 2015
RAINFALL Excellent rain totals, up to 200% above average, were experienced right across the region with well above average falls virtually everywhere. Breakwater received 51.6 mm and the urban area generally totalled around 60 mm. The latest 30-year Geelong average for January is 39.3 mm. The major reason for this result was the day-long rains of around 30 mm to 9am on…
Summary of Geelong Weather, 2014
(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 most recent 30-year averages, 1984-2013) Month Weather Conditions Temps (deg C) Rainfall (mm) Cumulative Rainfall Comments JAN Warmer than average by 1.75°. 7 days >30°, 5 days >40° (equal 1908), 4 day heat…
December 2014
RAINFALL Generally below average rainfall again characterised December right across the region. Most areas received between 60 and 90% of the normal rain, with the Bellarine Peninsula closer to average. All up, it has been a warmer and dry year – see the Summary 2014 Article in “Observations” for all the details. TEMPERATURE & OTHER FEATURES Temperatures were very close to the…
December 2015
TEMPERATURE RAINFALL RAINFALL DATA GEELONG REGION Location Total for Month (mm) Monthly Average (mm) Aireys Inlet 34.0 Anakie 55.0 Anglesea na 48.0 Apollo Bay 63.2 Bacchus Marsh na 47.1 Ballan 45.9 Ballarat 51.6 Bannockburn 8 42.0 Barwon Heads 47.0 Bellbrae na 54.0 Beeac 42.4 Beech Forest 96.4 Benwerrin n.a. Birregurra 42.4 Boonah n.a. Cape Otway 52.7 Clifton Springs…
November 2014
RAINFALL A barely average November rainfall around urban Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula produced an oasis compared to lower than average falls in the Otways and Great Divide in what overall was a disappointing result. Urban Geelong averaged 45 mm compared to the 30-year average of 52.8 mm. Catchment areas were much lower and total water storages are at 77%…