Twin sundogs west of Geelong on 17th at 7.10 pm. Both photos L. Smail. Intra-cloud lightning Grovedale 14thDaylight lightning 12th The above two photos courtesy Doug Lindsay. SUMMARY Geelong was much warmer and much wetter in December, ending a dry spell of the previous five months. Average daily temperatures were also around 2 degrees greater than the 30-year average, almost…
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November 2018
NOVEMBER SUMMARY Geelong was drier and warmer than average by about 0.8 degrees C. There were 4 thunder days but no severe storms and just one day with a maximum gust of 70 km/h. TEMPERATURE Maximum daily temperatures averaged 22.4 C (the mean is 21.4 C) and minimums averaged 11.2 C (mean is 10.4 C). This computes to an overall…
October 2018
SUMMARY Geelong in October was a lot drier and a little warmer than average by about 1.5 degrees C. Average daily minimum temperature was 9.7 C (long-term mean 8.4 C) and average daily maximum was 21.1 C (long-term mean 19.4 C). TEMPERATURE Temperatures averaged over 1.5 degrees C warmer than the 30-year mean, although no day reached 30 degrees C. …
September 2018
SUMMARY Geelong was much drier than average for September and slightly cooler than the latest 30-year average. TEMPERATURE Geelong’s temperatures were slightly below the average for September. Minimums were 6.7 degrees (long-term average 7.2) and maximums 17.1 C (average 17.1). The coldest morning occurred on the 4th when the mercury dropped to 1.2 C, and the highest maximum (24.9 C)…
August 2018
SUMMARY Geelong was drier (80% of average rainfall) and slightly cooler than average (by around 0.1º C) during August. Yearly rainfall to date is 284 mm, compared to the average January to August total of 321 mm. WINTER SUMMARY Overall winter was slightly drier than average (131 mm compared to 139 mm) but just as cool as the mean temperature…
July 2018
SUMMARY Contrary to quite a lot of public opinion urban Geelong was slightly drier than average in July and warmer than average by about 0.8 degrees C. The public opinion was probably based on Geelong’s cold and very windy conditions and 18 rain days which yielded less than the latest 30-year average. Nevertheless the figures show a warmer and drier…
June 2018
TEMPERATURE A very cold June, and in particular a very cold series of mornings, characterized Geelong’s temperatures last month. Daily minimums averaged 5.3 degrees C (latest 30-year mean 6.4 C) and maximums averaging 14.4 C (mean 14.5 C) were recorded during the month, making it the coldest June since 2010 but not creating any significant record. Top temperature for the…
May 2018
TEMPERATURE “Another warm month,” was Lindsay Smail’s comment on what may seem to many people to have been a cool May. But in fact May’s average daily minimum of 9.6 degrees C exceeded the latest 30-year average by 1.3 degrees, and the average daily maximum of 17.6 C surpassed the average by 0.5 degrees. The overall result shows a warmer…
April 2018
Photo above courtesy Harry De Wit shows a rain band over Geelong on the 15th April. TEMPERATURE Geelong was warmer than the latest 30-year average by around 1.2 degrees C. Daily minimums averaged 10.6 C (mean 10.0 C) and maximums averaged 22.1 (mean 20.4 C). The hottest day was the 8th when 31.3 C was reached and the lowest minimum…
March 2018
TEMPERATURE Another above average temperature month was experienced across the Geelong Region in March. The mean daily temperature was 18.95 degrees C, almost a full degree above the latest 30-year average of 18.0 C. There were 3 days over 30 degrees: these days were all Saturdays (3rd, 10th and 17th) and the hottest day registered 34.8 C on the 17th. …
February 2018
TEMPERATURE Geelong was warmer than normal by 0.9 degrees C. Daily maximums averaged 26.3 C and minimums 15.0 C, compared to the latest 30-year averages of 25.2 C and 14.3 C respectively. On the hottest day, the 10th, 34.9 C was recorded at the Geelong AWS, and there were 5 days over 30 C during the month. RAINFALL Very much…
January 2018
TEMPERATURE Geelong was approximately 1.4 degrees C warmer than the latest 30-year average (1988-2017). There were seven days over 30 degrees including three over 40 C. The top temperature reached 41.7 C on the 6th. Warmest overnight minimum was 25.1 C on the 29th. No temperature records were broken. On five times during the month, maximum and minimum figures were…
Summary of Geelong Weather 2017
Summary of Geelong Weather, 2017 (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, 1986-2015) JAN Warmer month by 0.85°. Highest 37.6° on 7th, coolest 20.6° on 3rd. Warmest night 25.0° on 8th, coolest 9.4° on 25th. 6…