SUMMARY Geelong was hotter than the 30-year average by 0.8 degrees C and much drier than the average rainfall (8 mm compared to 38.7 mm). TEMPERATURE Temperatures for the region were higher than average, and two significant new records of 3 December days over 40 degrees and a new top temperature for the month of 45.1 C was set on…
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November 2019
SUMMARY Geelong was windier, wetter and cooler than normal by around 0.4º C. Total rainfall for Geelong AWS was 53.4 mm, and the mean temperature was 15.5° compared to the 30-year average of 15.9°. A severe wind storm occurred on the 21st and wind gust details are given below. Developing altocumulus cloud on the 18th. RAINFALL Geelong AWS’s rainfall was higher…
October 2019
SUMMARY Geelong was warmer than the latest 30-year average by 1.1 degrees C; daily maximums averaged 21.1 C and minimums averaged 8.8 C. Rainfall was only around half of the expected normal for the month; 24 mm compared to 50.8 mm in the Geelong urban area. TEMPERATURE Daily maximums and minimums both averaged above the expected figures. There were three…
September 2019
SUMMARY Geelong was warmer than average by around 0.2 degree and drier than normal by around 15 mm for the month. TEMPERATURE A fractionally warmer September was experienced with daily minimums averaging 7.5 C for the month (0.3 C above the 30-year average) and daily maximums averaging 17.2 C (0.1 C above average). The top temperature reached 23.8 C on…
August 2019
SUMMARY Most of the Geelong Region (except for the Western Otways) was wetter than average for August and very close to average daily minimum and maximum temperatures. WINTER SUMMARY Winter was much wetter than predicted by the BoM and not as warm. Average temperature was 10.7 C compared to the 30-year figure of 10.3 C, and total rainfall was…
July 2019
SUMMARY Geelong in July was warmer than the 30-year average by about 1.1 degrees C and drier by around 13 mm, according to Geelong Weather Services. TEMPERATURE Minimum temperatures averaged 7.3 C (1.5 C above average) and maximums averaged 14.6 C (0.6 C above average). These figures produce a 1.1 degree above average anomaly, leading to the above conclusion. On…
June 2019
SUMMARY Geelong experienced a massive unpredicted 100 mm of rainfall in June, after a 98 mm result in May, and all after the first four months produced less than 30 mm – the driest ever start to the year since records began in 1871. June was also warmer than average by around 0.4 degrees C. TEMPERATURE Warmer than normal by…
May 2019
SUMMARY May was a much wetter month, wetter than the previous 5 months combined and fractionally warmer than the 30-year average. TEMPERATURE Temperatures were slightly above average in May. Geelong’s daily minimums were 8.7 degrees C (0.4 C above average) and maximums were 17.8 C or 0.6 C above average. The warmest day was on the 1st (24.2 C) and…
April 2019
SUMMARY April was a culmination of four consecutive warm months which has constituted the driest start to the year ever recorded in Geelong’s official rainfall record which began in 1871. As well as that, our monthly rainfall (5 mm) was the fifth lowest April rainfall in our recorded history. TEMPERATURE Geelong was 1.05 degrees C warmer than the 30-year mean. …
March 2019
SUMMARY March was warmer than average and well below average rainfall as measured against the most recent 30-year means. In fact, Geelong has just had its equal third driest January to March period since records began in 1871. TEMPERATURE March was warmer than average by about 1.4 C. There were five days over 30 C including 39.3 C on the…
February 2019
SUMMARY Warmer and much drier than normal was February. Only 6.4 mm fell at Geelong AWS and less in Moolap and Lara; the month was unremarkable with only one storm and two days of wind gusts over 60 km/h. TEMPERATURE Average daily maximum temperature was 26.2 C and average minimum was 14.4 C. This was about 0.6 C higher…
January 2019
TEMPERATURE Geelong was very hot in January; the sixth hottest since records began in 1902. Mean temperature (average daily maximums plus minimums all divided by 2) was 21.7 degrees. In 1908 the highest mean was 23.8 and this was followed by 22.2 in 1981, 22.0 in 1961 and 21.8 in both 1959 and 1974. The top temperature reached 44.3 on…
Geelong Weather Highlights 2018
A few visual highlights … Geelong’s Weather Highlights for 2018 PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE GEELONG WEATHER SERVICES. : Key Points – Below average rainfall, warmer than average. Mean annual temp = 15.5°C. (0.8° above average). Driest month was February (5 mm). Total annual rainfall was 423 mm. (Long term average = 518 mm). Hottest day: 41.7° on 6th Jan. Warmest night: 25.1°…