RAINFALL March was generally an above average month for areas close to Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula, according to Lindsay Smail of Geelong Weather Services, but the Otway catchments and the Meredith-Teesdale districts were below average. The Geelong average of around 35 mm was exceeded by all places to the east of Bannockburn. In urban Geelong, Corio received the maximum…
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April 2001
RAINFALL An unprecedented rainfall event from the 21st to 24th took place across the region. Starting around 12.30 am on Saturday 21st, rain began to fall in Geelong. By 9 am, 8 mm had been registered at Grovedale. Continuing light showers fell for the rest of the day, with some respite during Saturday afternoon.But in the early hours of Sunday…
September 2003
RAINFALL AND WIND “September is usually windy, but this would have been one of Geelong’s windiest Septembers ever,” Lindsay Smail, Director of Geelong Weather Services said. There were 18 days on which wind gusts over 60kph struck in the Geelong region. The worst days were the 19th and the 24th. when wind gusts of well over 100kph caused severe storm…
June 2005
RAINFALL Above average rainfall in southern Geelong and nearby areas was not quite matched by the northern suburbs or the Otways and Moorabool water catchment regions. In Geelong the average across the urban area was around 44mm – from 51 at Mt Duneed to 33mm at Corio. There were 15 days of recorded rain, from the maximum of 14.6mm recorded…
May 2007
RAINFALL Yet another disappointing month for Geelong’s rainfall has ended. Despite many good falls elsewhere in the state preliminary figures show that the Geelong and Bellarine regionshave generally received below average totals for May and autumn as a whole. Geelong’s average rainfall for May is 51 mm, but only around 30-35 mm was recorded across the urban area. West Barwon…
August 2009
RAINFALL This is a time for rejoicing in the catchment! The West Barwon Dam at Forrest has received well above average rain for the last two months. August’s figure of205.6 mm is a welcome return to normal or better winter rains for Geelong’s water supplies which have risen to over 26% of capacity for the first time thisyear. Urban Geelong…
August 2011
RAINFALL August was Geelong’s driest month for the year so far. The Breakwater Racecourse AWS recorded just 19.6 mm and the average for Geelong is around 49 mm. This means it fallswithin the lowest 10% of all recorded August rains since records began in 1871. The driest August was in 1982, when only 10 mm was received at North Geelong.Most…
May 2013
RAINFALL Another month of below average rain has created a dry spell which, if it had occurred in winter, would have been classed as a serious regional drought.The latest signs are that this has come to an end owing to the effects of a large northwest cloud band which brought heavy rain to most of Victoria onthe last day of…
April 1999
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…
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…