Aurora at Pt Addis on 4th. Photo courtesy Doug Lindsay.
SUMMARY
The whole month of February only received 3 or 4 mm of rainfall and the average temperatures were about 0.1 C below the 30-year normal.
TEMPERATURE
Geelong’s average daily maximum was 24.5 C (30-year average is 25.2 C) and the daily minimum figure was 14.8 C (average 14.4 C). This gives a monthly mean figure of 0.1 degree below average.
There were only 3 days above 30 C (maximum was 33.4 C on the 13th) and minimum overnight figures varied from 12.3 C on the 2nd to 19.1 C on the 9th.
RAINFALL
An extremely dry February resulted in only 3 rain days and a total rainfall of 3.8 mm at Breakwater. Most of the Geelong Region and Victoria only registered low falls of below 20 mm from Mt Sabine to zero at Corio. Only a small part of the state’s east had reasonable rainfall.
OTHER FEATURES
No other features occurred with zero wind gusts, zero thunder / lightning days and zero storms. The result was a very boring weather month.
SUMMARY OF SUMMER
Hottest max temp: 39.4 C on 31st Dec.
Coldest min temp: 7.4 C on 8th Dec.
Wettest day: 40.0 mm on 28th Jan.
Windiest Day: 80 km/h on 19th Dec.
Overall statement: Summer was warmer than the 30-year average by about 0.6 C and drier than average by around 2.0 mm.
RAINFALL DATA
| GEELONG REGION |
| Location |
Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Aireys Inlet |
3.6 |
38.9 |
| Anakie |
2.2 |
44.0 |
| Anglesea |
2.4 |
50.3 |
| Bacchus Marsh |
0.4 |
42.8 |
| Ballan |
5.6 |
48.7 |
| Ballarat |
0.2 |
44.7 |
| Bannockburn |
1.6 |
35.0 |
| Barwon Heads |
1.5 |
41.0 |
| Bells Beach |
na |
30.4 |
| Bellbrae |
4.2 |
30.4 |
| Benwerrin |
10.6 |
37.6 |
| Beech Forest (Fly) |
19.2 |
64.0 |
| Boonah |
6.8 |
40.0 |
| Cape Otway |
7.4 |
41.8 |
| Colac |
2.5 |
43.8 |
| Cressy |
2.2 |
35.6 |
| Durdidwarrah |
na |
48.5 |
| Drysdale |
4.0 |
37.4 |
| Dereel |
2.9 |
48.3 |
| Inverleigh |
0.4 |
42.9 |
| Laverton |
1.0 |
49.0 |
| Mt Gellibrand |
5.6 |
49.8 |
| Melton |
2.3 |
na |
| Melbourne (City) |
6.8 |
48.0 |
| Meredith (Darra) |
0.4 |
47.2 |
| Moriac |
9.5 |
35.0 |
| Mt Cowley |
10.0 |
49.6 |
| Mt Mercer |
7.8 |
43.8 |
| Mt Sabine |
20.0 |
48.8 |
| Ocean Grove |
1.6 |
32.0 |
| Pollocksford |
na |
34.0 |
| Pt Lonsdale |
1.8 |
38.1 |
| Queenscliff |
na |
38.0 |
| Scotsburn |
7.2 |
34.0 |
| Shelford |
1.5 |
34.0 |
| Sheoaks |
0.5 |
34.0 |
| Skipton |
na |
34.0 |
| St Leonards |
na |
40.0 |
| Sutherlands Creek |
3.0 |
44.0 |
| Wensleydale |
na |
34.0 |
| Wallington |
na |
38.0 |
| Wooloomanata |
0.0 |
37.5 |
| West Barwon Dam |
na |
52.3 |
| Werribee |
5.1 |
34.5 |
|
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| GEELONG SUBURBS |
| Location |
Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Armstrong Creek |
4.8 |
37.3 |
| Avalon |
2.0 |
37.3 |
| Bell Post Hill |
1.4 |
35.8 |
| Belmont |
2.8 |
39.0 |
| Breakwater |
3.8 |
31.0 |
| Charlemont |
4.8 |
39.8 |
| Corio |
0.0 |
36.0 |
| Grovedale |
1.9 |
36.3 |
| Grovedale South |
2.0 |
39.1 |
| Hamlyn Heights |
0.8 |
38.2 |
| Herne Hill |
na |
34.0 |
| Highton |
3.5 |
39.0 |
| Lara |
1.2 |
37.6 |
| Leopold East |
4.7 |
40.7 |
| Leopold North |
4.0 |
40.7 |
| Manifold Heights |
1.8 |
37.4 |
| Marshall |
3.6 |
36.3 |
| Moolap |
1.8 |
38.8 |
| North Shore |
na |
36.0 |
| Queens Park |
1.8 |
31.0 |
| Whittington |
4.6 |
36.1 |
| Urban Area Average |
4.0 |
36.4 |
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