RAINFALL April 1999 was one of our driest Aprils on record. Apart from the drought of 1997, this was Geelong’s driest April since 1976, according to Lindsay Smail of Geelong Weather Services. In the closest areas to Geelong the totals ranged from 5.5 mm at Inverleigh to 40.5 mm at Corio. The average across the urban area was a meagre…
Category: Uncategorized
May 2001
RAINFALL “A most unremarkable month,” is how Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services has described the region’s May rainfall. Across the urban area falls were around 30% of normal, while some places to do better were the Bellarine Peninsula and the Winchelsea District. However the Otways and Moorabool catchments were both down, around 50% and 25% respectively. Despite the…
October 2003
RAINFALL Rainfall was well above average across most of the region, ranging from 120mm at Torquay to 63mm at the You Yangs. Geelong
September 2005
RAINFALL A good rainfall month for the immediate Geelong district resulted in an average 63mm across the urban area and generally above average falls in the Bellarine Peninsula and Otways catchment. In contrast the Moorabool catchment once again suffered below average rains. Geelong had rain on 20 days, including 26.8mm on the 12th and 14.2mm on the 29th.Geelong’s water storages…
July 2007
RAINFALL A very welcome return to heavy rainfalls was experienced especially in the first half of July. The region’s monthly average of 50mm was doubled with figures of 96mm at Mt Duneed, 94mm at Belmont, 127mm at Clifton Springs and 154mm at Ocean Grove.It was Geelong’s wettest July since 1974 when 109mm was recorded. Most models are now predicting above…
September 2009
RAINFALL For the third month in a row Geelong and the surrounding region has had above average rain. Urban Geelong averaged over 60 mm on 16 days in September(wettest September since 2005)and the West Barwon Dam received 114 mm. Even most areas to the northwest such as Avalon, Anakie and Sheoaks reported above average falls.This is a good result, in…
September 2011
RAINFALL Although rainfall for September was below average virtually across the whole region from the Bellarine Peninsula to the Otways, there are few complaints. Geelong’s water catchments are at 90% of capacity and the year so far has been well above average. Average across urban Geelong was around 35 mm, compared to the long-term average of 49 mm. Normal totals…
June 2013
RAINFALL After a dry summer and autumn, most of the Geelong region received around double the June average rainfall. Most Geelong suburbs, especially the southern ones, recorded around 95 mmcompared to the average 42.2 mm. Some parts of the Otways received a little less than average butthe encouraging news is that the water catchments did not suffer greatly and now…
June 1999
RAINFALL June was a disappointing rainfall month, according to Lindsay Smail, manager of Geelong Weather Services. Much of the region only received between two-thirds and three-quarters of the normal June totals. But there were some surprising variations; from an incredible 119 mm at Apollo Bay (average 110) to a low of 21.5 mm at Lara (average 37.3). Much of the…
July 2001
RAINFALL A poor July rainfall was recorded right across the Geelong and Otways Region, according to Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services. “Most places received well below their long-term average,” he said, and the urban area received only about half. The water catchment areas received only around half a normal July’s rainfall, but the total system was at almost…
November 2003
RAINFALL November was a month of below average rainfall for the Geelong Region. More specifically, urban Geelong
October 2005
RAINFALL A disappointing rainfall month for Geelong saw an average of only 40mm deposited on the urban area, about two thirds of the normal for October. Rain fell on just 13 days, but there were large regional variations: the area from Colac down to Anglesea was more fortunate with above average falls, but both the Otways and Moorabool catchments only…
August 2007
RAINFALL August’s rainfall across the region was generally well below the monthly average. The urban area received only around 27 mm compared to the long-term average 50 mm.The fairly regular falls of the first half of the month were replaced in the second fortnight by rain on only two days.The Otway catchments suffered as a result and the capacity has…