RAINFALL “A disappointing month for rainfall” is how Lindsay Smail, manager of Geelong Weather Services, described June’s falls. Much of the region only received around 70-90% of the normal June totals. The Bellarine Peninsula fared best, with St Leonards well above average, but a large area from Colac through Inverleigh, Teesdale and Lethbridge were well down. In spite of a…
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August 2002
RAINFALL August’s rainfall was generally below average over most of the Geelong-Otways Region. Over the urban area the totals were about 68% of the long-term average, and in the Otways catchment the proportion was around the same. There were some pockets of heavier falls, notably at Bellbrae, Paraparap, Teesdale and St Leonards. TEMPERATURES The average temperatures were very close to…
October 2004
RAINFALL October
October 2006
RAINFALL October was Geelong’s driest month since March, adding just 11 mm to the annual total. In what ought to be our wettest month, most areas within the districtonly registered between 10 to 30% of normal rainfall. It was Geelong’s driest October since 1967.In some suburbs, notably Hamlyn Heights, the 6 mm received was equal to Geelong’s lowest ever October…
July 2008
RAINFALL Rainfall was about 25-30% above average for July. But published rainfall averages for Geelong are very misleading. The Bureau of Meteorology publishes at least two different average figures for Geelong: 41.9mm in the daily paper and 52.9mm on the internet, so we at Geelong Weather Servicesuse the last 30 years composite data for the urban area which is 43.5mm.…
October 2010
RAINFALL Well above average rainfall across the entire region characterised Geelong’s October. Even the poor excuse for a rain gauge at Geelong Airportmanaged to record 88 mm, but most other places across the urban area reported well above 100 mm. The October average is 49.7 mm. It was our wettest October since 2000, when 142 mm fell. Urban Geelong has…
September 2012
RAINFALL Geelong again recorded average to above average rain for September. The average across the urban area, from Lara to Waurn Ponds, was 52 mm. Long-term averagefor Geelong is 49.7 mm. The wettest suburb was Drumcondra (66.3 mm) and the driest was Connewarre (36.1 mm).For the sixth consecutive month average rainfall or above was received across Geelong.The Otways and the…
July 1998
RAINFALL Good winter rain totals still appear to be on target for the Geelong region, although some areas were below average in July, according to Lindsay Smail of Geelong Weather Services. Falls for July were generally around average although the Otway water catchments received less than normal.The West Barwon Dam at Forrest only received 98.8 mm compared with the July…
August 2000
RAINFALL For the fourth year in a row the Geelong region’s winter rainfall has been below average, according to Lindsay Smail of Geelong Weather Services. West and south of Geelong the drought-afflicted Otways and Golden Plains suffered once again, receiving only between 50% and 70% of a normal winter’s rainfall. The Surf Coast and Bellarine Peninsula, from Anglesea to St…
September 2002
RAINFALL AND WIND “The windiest September for many years”, was how Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services, described the month past. “There were 12 days on which the region had wind gusts exceeding gale force in strength,” he added. Maximum gust was 112 kph at Point Lonsdale on the 18th, and there were numerous occasions of severe storm force…
November 2004
RAINFALL November turned out to be a real surprise to long-term weather forecasters. Even at the start of the month most models were predicting a fairly dry month, with only some chance of rain in the first week.As it eventuated, by the middle of November Geelong had received over 60mm of rain, well in excess of the monthly average of…
December 2006
RAINFALL The drought continues. Despite a few days of light rain in the last few days of the month, Geelong only received around 8 mm altogether. As a result of similarly low rain in the Otways catchment our water supplies are down to 22%. TEMPERATURE & OTHER FEATURES The coldest Christmas day on record saw a maximum of only 15.2…
September 2008
RAINFALL “Another disappointing rainfall result for Geelong,” was how Geelong Weather Services’ Lindsay Smail described September’s poor result.”Geelong received only around 30 mm which is 60% of the average”, he commented, adding that Otway catchments also suffered with a similarproportion of rain falling there. Across the urban area totals varied from 13.5 mm at Lara to 34.2 mm at Mt…