Windy day in Moorabool Street on 3rd. Top wind gust 67 km/h from the North at Breakwater AWS and 72 km/h at Avalon Airport. Photo Bay 93.6.
SUMMARY
A much wetter month clearly showed the latest La Nina effect across the whole Geelong Region with most centres recording 150% of normal rainfall averages. Temperatures were about 0.3 C higher than the 30-year averages.
TEMPERATURE
The Geelong urban area produced a 1.3 C above average and a 0.8 C below average for October. This combination resulted in a temperature 0.3 C above average.
The warmest day reached 29.8 C on the 3rd and the lowest 12.4 C on the 6th. The warmest minimum figure reached 18.1 C on the 3rd and the coolest minimum only reached 4.4 C on the 12th.
RAINFALL
Urban Geelong recorded about 84.0 mm for the month. With the Geelong 30-year average amounting to 49 mm one can clearly see the excessive falls which occurred locally, without flooding occurring.
On the wettest day 20.8 mm fell by 9 am on the 24th. The Barwon catchment ended the month with an 83 % capacity.
OTHER FEATURES
The first 9 days of October were a very windy period, with 3 occasions exceeding gusts of 67 km/h winds at Breakwater and several lower figures in the rest of the month. Wind gusts occurred at Avalon Airport on the 3rd, 8th and 9th at 72 km/h, 70 km/h and 65 km/h.
RAINFALL DATA
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| GEELONG SUBURBS | ||
 Location |
Total for Month (mm) |
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| Armstrong Creek | 95.1 | 55.9 |
| Avalon | 64.2 | 40.9 |
| Bell Post Hill | 93.8 | 55.9 |
| Belmont | 83.0 | 57.0 |
| Breakwater Racecourse | 80.6 | 49.0 |
| Charlemont | 79.5 | 57.5 |
| Corio | 67.6 | 54.0 |
| Grovedale | 68.8 | 52.8 |
| Grovedale South | 90.7 | 56.3 |
| Hamlyn Heights | 79.7 | 50.6 |
| Highton | 99.6 | 56.1 |
| Lara | 68.0 | 46.0 |
| Leopold | 80.0 | 64.0 |
| Leopold East | 92.2 | 64.0 |
| Manifold Heights | 81.4 | 50.8 |
| Marshall | 86.6 | 50.8 |
| Moolap | 72.8 | 57.0 |
| Queens Park | 70.8 | 51.0 |
| Waurn Ponds | 85.8 | 50.0 |
| Whittington | 82.0 | 53.5 |
| Urban Geelong Average | 84.0 | 49.0 |