A trough extending down the west coast is already tapping into the heat over the Pilbara, with daytime temperatures exceeding 40°C through the Gascoyne district, and into the high 30s across the Midwest. High pressure moving into the Bight will allow northerly component winds to increase along the western fringe, funneling warmth down to the Lower West. Created with Weatherzone.
The cold will extend well into next week, too, crashing temperatures 4 – 8C below the seasonal norm and returning freezing lows to the likes of Thredbo and Mount Hotham, both of which can expect -4C (24.8F) Monday night.
Fierce winds will accompany this cold front, which will drive the ‘feels like’ much colder. TropicalTidBits.com.
SUMMARY
The monthly average maximum temperature was almost identical to Geelong’s 19.4 C and the average was fractionally 9.0 C just about 8.5 C almost slightly warmer than Geelong’s temperature. The October’s maximum rainfall was very close to Geelong’s rainfall of 52.0 mm.
TEMPERATURE
Geelong’s average maximum temperature was almost 19.5 degrees C and the average minimum was 9.0 C. The maximum daily temperature was 28.8 C on the 20th and the minimum daily temperature was 4.5 C on the morning of the 2nd.
RAINFALL
Geelong’s October rainfall was several mm above the average rainfall of 50.0 mm.
OTHER FEATURES
Strong winds up to 74 km/hr occurred at eight Geelong’s dates on the 1st (maximum 74 km/hr), 3rd, 12th, 14th, 16th, 21st, 22nd and 24th.
Other features include two lightning/thunder days on the 12th over the Bacchus Marsh and Corio Bay areas and again over Portarlington on the 30th.
RAINFALL
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| GEELONG SUBURBS | |||
 Location |
Total for Month (mm) |
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| Armstrong Creek | 57.6 | 55.9 | |
| Avalon | 38.4 | 40.9 | |
| Belmont (1) | 50.0 | 55.9 | |
| Belmont (2) | 55.4 | 57.0 | |
| Breakwater Racecourse | 52.0 | 49.0 | |
| Charlemont | 45.9 | 57.5 | |
| Corio | 53.6 | 54.0 | |
| Grovedale | 49.0 | 50.0 | |
| Grovedale South | 53.5 | 56.3 | |
| Hamlyn Heights | 49.0 | 50.6 | |
| Herne Hill | 52.0 | 50.6 | |
| Highton | 55.0 | 56.1 | |
| Lara | 48.8 | 46.0 | |
| Leopold | 73.5 | 64.0 | |
| Leopold East | 65.7 | 64.0 | |
| Manifold Heights | 46.0 | 50.8 | |
| Marshall | 56.8 | 50.8 | |
| Moolap | 51.6 | 57.0 | |
| Queens Park | na | 51.0 | |
| Waurn Ponds | 53.7 | 50.0 | |
| Whittington | 57.2 | 53.5 | |
| Urban Geelong Average | 50.0 | 50.0 | |