SUMMARY
Geelong recorded another comparatively drier month but a continued cooler period than normal since February this year.
TEMPERATURE
Minimum temperatures averaged lower (5.5 C) than the 30-year normal (6.4 C) and fractionally higher than average maximums (14.6 C compared to 14.5 C). The warmest day was 18.0 C on the 19th and the lowest only reached 11.9 C on the 6th. Minimums varied from 12.3 C on the 16th down to -0.4 C on the 29th.
Four other figures below 2.0 C – frost days – occurred as 0.1 C on the 28th, 1.0 on the 30th, 1.7 C on the 18th and 1.4 C on the 10th.
RAINFALL
Rainfall figures occurred well below average across the whole region with Geelong only recording around half of the 47.9 mm for the month. Rain days only totalled 12 with 6.4 mm on the 7th, and there were no storms.
OTHER FEATURES
No storms and no strong wind gusts except for a 57 km/h gust at Breakwater occurred on the 1st, resulting in a stable month weather-wise. Five frosts occurred on the 10th, the 18th, and the 28th, 29th and 30th and several fogs were observed.
RAINFALL DATA
| GEELONG REGION | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) | Monthly Average (mm) |
| Aireys Inlet | 49.8 | 66.8 |
| Anakie | 19.0 | 49.0 |
| Apollo Bay | 88.2 | 109.8 |
| Bacchus Marsh | 14.0 | 38.6 |
| Ballarat Aerodrome | 39.0 | 64.7 |
| Bannockburn | 16.8 | 42.0 |
| Barwon Downs | na | 75.0 |
| Beech Forest (Otway Fly) | 124.6 | 199.8 |
| Benwerrin | na | na |
| Boonah | 44.8 | na |
| Cape Otway | 42.8 | 98.0 |
| Colac | 37.0 | 56.8 |
| Curlewis | 16.4 | 36.8 |
| Dereel | 39.8 | 65.0 |
| Drysdale | 12.6 | 62.5 |
| Forrest (West Barwon Dam) | na | 125.0 |
| Inverleigh | na | 46.7 |
| Lal Lal | 26.2 | na |
| Laverton | 19.6 | 38.0 |
| Lorne | 31.8 | 125.2 |
| Melbourne (City) | 28.8 | 50.0 |
| Meredith (Darra) | 19.4 | 57.9 |
| Moriac | 26.8 | 53.0 |
| Mt Buninyong | na | na |
| Mt Cowley | na | na |
| Mt Gellibrand | 26.4 | na |
| Mt Mercer | 38.6 | na |
| Mt Sabine | na | na |
| Ocean Grove | 21.0 | na |
| Point Lonsdale | 24.1 | 58.0 |
| Queenscliff | 27.4 | 56.6 |
| Shelford | na | 47.0 |
| Sheoaks | 23.8 | na |
| St Leonards | 17.4 | 55.0 |
| Sutherlands Creek | 12.6 | 45.0 |
| Winchelsea | 30.8 | 48.5 |
| GEELONG SUBURBS | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) | Monthly Average (mm) |
| Armstrong Creek | 26.8 | 35.6 |
| Avalon | 7.8 | 35.6 |
| Bell Post Hill | 22.0 | 40.6 |
| Belmont | na | 43.9 |
| Breakwater Racecourse | 20.4 | 47.3 |
| Charlemont | 17.8 | 48.7 |
| Corio | 18.4 | 40.0 |
| Grovedale | 20.4 | 42.2 |
| Grovedale South | 25.7 | 42.2 |
| Hamlyn Heights | na | 42.0 |
| Herne Hill | na | 42.0 |
| Highton North | 33.0 | 42.1 |
| Highton South | 27.2 | 42.1 |
| Lara | 20.8 | 37.3 |
| Leopold North | 25.0 | 62.9 |
| Leopold | 28.0 | 62.9 |
| Leopold East | na | 62.9 |
| Marshall | 24.8 | 47.3 |
| Manifold Heights | 20.1 | 41.9 |
| Moolap | 17.8 | 61.0 |
| Waurn Ponds | 23.6 | 47.3 |
| Whittington | 23.0 | 47.3 |
| URBAN AREA AVERAGE | 22.0 | 47.3 |