January 2024

SUMMARY

Warmest temperature was 0.3 degrees warmest.

Most rain was 52.4 mm.  In other words a slight warmest temperature saw an increase in the January rainfall of approximately 41 mm Geelong AWS greater than normal.

TEMPERATURE

Hottest day: 33.5 C on the 16th. Coldest day 19.9 C on the 19th. Warmest night 20.3 C on the 7th, coldest  night 10.3 C on the 27th.

RAINFALL

Geelong’s total rainfall was 52.4 mm.  Wettest day 23.4 mm on the 8th; total wet days 12 days.

OTHER FEATURES

Strong wind gusts (< 60 km/h) 1 on the 18th.

Thunder and lightning days: 5 days on the 2nd, 3rd,16th, 17th and 24th.

RAINFALL DATA

GEELONG REGION
Location Total for
Month
(mm)
Monthly
Average
(mm)
Aireys Inlet 27.6 32.0
Anakie 33.2 40.0
Anglesea na na
Apollo Bay na 52.1
Bacchus Marsh 67.6 33.0
Ballan na 34.9
Ballarat 42.6 39.1
Beech Forest Fly 65.0 na
Beeac na 27.9
Bellbrae 46.0 51.1
Boonah na n.a.
Cape Otway na 43.9
Colac 42.0 43.9
Curlewis 28.9 33.8
Dereel 61.0 43.0
Drysdale 75.4 41.4
Inverleigh 31.6 36.0
Laverton 67.4 40.0
Melbourne (City) 108.8 48.0
Meredith (Darra) na 40.9
Mt Buninyong na n.a.
Mt Gellibrand na 32.9
Mt Sabine 29.0 n.a.
Ocean Grove na n.a.
Pennyroyal 37.2 36.0
Point Lonsdale 39.5 36.0
Portarlington na 35.0
Shelford na 33.0
Sheoaks 46.6 n.a.
Sutherlands Creek 49.8 n.a.
St Leonards 24.2 35.0
Torquay 70.0 29.0
West Barwon Dam na 52.5
Winchelsea na 35.4
Wooloomanata 26.8 na
GEELONG SUBURBS
Location Total for
Month
(mm)
Monthly
Average
(mm)
Armstrong Creek 71.1 37.0
Avalon 41.8 37.1
Belmont (1) 46.0 34.8
Belmont (2) 43.0 34.8
Breakwater 52.4 39.4
Charlemont na 38.5
Corio 47.2 na
Grovedale 40.8 41.0
Grovedale South 51.8 41.0
Hamlyn Heights 32.0 na
Herne Hill 40.0 34.8
Highton 45.4 na
Lara 37.0 na
Leopold 61.0 47.6
Leopold East 62.5 47.6
Leopold North 54.6 48.0
Manifold Heights 35.3 41.0
Marshall 47.0 38.1
Moolap 45.0 42.0
Waurn Ponds 60.4 38.1
Whittington 55.5 38.2
Urban Area Average 50.0 41.0