PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY (January 2003) - VICTORIAN REGIONAL OFFICE

January 2003 - a dry month throughout Victoria with an exceptional heatwave.

In spite of some relief rainfall during the last 24 hours of the month, Victoria has experienced a dry January 2003, with an exceptional heatwave that reached its peak on January 25, when it was accompanied by near-record temperatures at many places.

Maximum temperatures on that day (and associated all-time records for all months) included:

• Mildura 44.5 (all-time record 50.8)
• Ouyen 45.5 (all-time record 46.7)
• Walpeup 45.3 (all-time record 46.6)
• Swan Hill 45.0 (all-time record 49.4)
• Nhill 45.7 (all-time record 45.9)
• Horsham 46.0 (all-time record 48.9)
• Stawell 43.6 (all-time record 44.4)
• Echuca 43.8 (all-time record 46.1)
• Kerang 44.6 (all-time record 47.2)
• Bendigo 43.0 (all-time record 47.4)
• Yarrawonga 42.0 (all-time record 47.2)
• Castlemaine 42.2 (all-time record 43.9)
• Maryborough 43.3 (all-time record 45.6)
• Benalla 41.0 (all-time record 45.6)
• Rutherglen 41.0 (all-time record 46.8)
• Wangaratta 41.7 (all-time record 46.0)
• Omeo 35.1 (all-time record 41.9)
• Gabo Is 25.2 (all-time record 40.8)
• Orbost 42.0 (all-time record 45.2)
• Sale 42.0 (all-time record 44.6)
• Wilsons Prom 39.0 (all-time record 41.1)
• Melbourne 44.1 (all-time record 45.6)
• Laverton 45.0 (equalling previous all-time record, also of 45.0)
• Geelong 44.8 (new record, previous all-time record 44.4)
• Ballarat 42.0 (all-time record 45.6)
• Colac 42.3 (all-time record 44.4)
• Portland 34.0 (all-time record 42.8)
• Warrnambool 41.0 (all-time record 46.1)
• Hamilton 42.6 (all-time record 44.0)

Some districts registered monthly totals among the driest 10% of Januarys in history, according to preliminary data - see table 1. These included the North Mallee, East Gippsland, and also West and South Gippsland.

Temperature-wise, daytime temperatures averaged between 1.5 deg C and 2.5 deg C above normal. Victoria's highest daily reading for the month was 46.0 deg C at Horsham on January 25. By contrast, night-time temperatures averaged only about 0.5 deg C above normal. Victoria's coldest night-time temperature for the month (at a non-alpine site) was -1.5 at Strathbogie during the night of January 8/9. Mt Hotham registered -2.1 during the same night.

In Melbourne - see table 2, 10.6 mm of rain fell during January (normal 47.1 mm), making it the driest January since 1990, when 3.8 mm of rain fell. January minimum temperatures averaged 15.6 deg C (normal 15.1 deg C). Maximum temperatures averaged 27.7 deg C (normal 25.9 deg C). 44.1 deg C, recorded on January 25, was the fourth highest temperature recorded in the city since records began in 1855, and the highest since Black Friday, January 13, 1939, when 45.6 deg C was recorded.

The Bureau's Seasonal Climate Outlook suggests that, given the El Nino is weakening, it is relatively unlikely for the current very dry weather to continue through the February to April period.

For further information contact:
Climate and Consultancy, tel: (03) 9669 4949 (BH)
Shift Supervisor, tel: (03) 9669 4916 (AH)

Table 1: 2002 & 2003 data. Normals are mainly 30 year means (1961-1990).

Albury	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	30.7	30.8	27.2	22.4	17.6	13.8	12.8	14.6	17.4	20.7	24.7	28.4	21.8
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	30.8	28.1	28.6	24.5	18.9	14.9	14.1	16.2	19.4	23.1	29.7	31.7	23.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	33.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	15.4	15.1	12.3	8.2	5.6	3.5	2.6	3.6	5.6	7.8	10.6	13.1	8.6
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	14.8	15.2	12.3	10.6	5.0	3.5	2.2	2.0	5.4	7.7	12.0	14.9	8.8
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	16.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	58.6	34.9	44.5	51.7	67.3	71.8	89.4	87.3	73.3	75.2	54.2	52.9	760.9
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	25.8	74.4	47.0	26.6	29.6	46.4	33.6	45.4	46.2	11.6	18.8	18.5	423.9
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	13.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Alpine	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	16.3	15.6	13.6	8.4	5.1	1.9	0.3	1.1	3.9	7.5	11.2	14.1	8.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	14.8	13.8	13.9	10.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	0.7	3.0	7.1	14.1	15.7	8.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	18.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	6.8	6.9	5.7	1.5	-0.6	-3.0	-4.1	-3.8	-2.1	0.2	2.8	5.1	1.3
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	5.9	6.3	5.9	4.7	-0.2	-2.5	-3.6	-3.9	-2.0	-0.5	5.7	6.3	1.9
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	9.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	87.5	66.9	95.1	132.5	207.9	179.1	244.4	235.1	192.6	184.4	114.4	115.4	1855.4
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	100.0	67.1	61.4	58.4	132.0	279.0	147.4	92.0	219.2	72.4	n.a	n.a	n.a
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	n.a	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bairnsdale	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	25.4	25.5	23.6	20.5	17.3	14.9	14.3	15.4	17.3	19.5	21.3	23.4	19.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	24.3	23.2	23.8	21.3	17.9	15.7	15.5	16.0	19.1	20.9	24.0	23.5	20.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	27.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.6	12.6	11.1	8.5	6.7	4.8	3.8	4.3	5.8	7.5	9.3	11.1	8.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.8	12.7	9.7	9.8	6.7	5.1	3.6	3.5	5.6	7.1	8.6	10.0	7.8
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	11.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	55.6	44.8	46.6	55.7	51.1	55.8	53.1	37.2	62.0	64.9	84.6	60.9	672.5
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	31.0	90.2	41.2	138.8	45.4	74.0	21.8	5.4	22.8	32.8	57.2	28.0	588.6
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	12.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ballarat	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	25.0	25.2	22.4	18.0	13.7	11.0	10.0	11.4	13.6	16.6	19.5	22.5	17.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	23.2	23.3	22.6	20.5	15.6	11.8	11.3	12.5	14.7	17.4	22.3	24.4	18.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	27.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	11.1	11.7	10.3	7.9	6.0	4.0	3.0	3.7	4.8	6.4	8.0	9.6	7.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	10.2	10.5	9.6	8.0	5.4	3.3	2.6	2.9	4.3	5.7	7.7	9.3	6.6
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	11.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	42.7	37.2	42.9	55.1	70.3	55.3	66.6	77.3	64.4	71.4	54.4	46.6	684.2
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	24.8	75.6	9.2	40.4	50.2	59.6	48.6	44.0	52.4	33.0	19.8	32.8	490.4
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	18.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bendigo	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	28.8	28.7	25.5	20.8	16.1	13.0	12.1	13.8	16.4	20.0	23.6	26.5	20.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	27.8	27.4	26.4	23.6	18.4	13.7	13.7	15.3	17.8	21.5	27.2	28.5	21.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	30.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	14.3	14.7	12.8	9.4	6.7	4.3	3.5	4.6	6.0	8.2	10.7	12.7	9.0
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.7	13.0	11.9	9.1	5.5	3.0	1.9	2.2	3.9	5.9	9.5	12.0	7.4
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	14.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	37.2	26.4	36.4	47.9	59.9	52.4	62.5	70.0	58.1	55.9	35.2	40.1	582.1
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	17.6	22.2	7.6	12.2	22.8	50.2	20.4	30.0	27.2	13.6	28.0	20.4	272.2
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	14.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Colac	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	26.0	26.6	23.7	19.6	15.9	13.4	12.7	13.9	15.9	18.5	20.8	23.3	19.2
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	22.8	23.8	22.5	20.9	16.2	12.6	12.2	12.7	14.5	16.9	19.5	22.4	18.0
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	25.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	10.9	11.3	10.3	8.0	6.3	4.6	3.9	4.8	5.8	6.9	8.2	9.6	7.5
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.2	11.8	11.2	10.4	8.4	5.8	5.0	5.7	6.0	7.2	8.4	10.8	8.5
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	11.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	39.4	29.9	45.1	64.4	80.7	74.7	90.4	98.4	78.3	83.4	56.6	50.9	792.1
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	21.0	89.4	n.a	38.0	46.6	70.6	62.4	52.2	43.6	38.6	75.0	24.2	n.a
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	21.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Echuca	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	30.6	30.7	27.4	22.5	17.6	14.4	13.6	15.4	18.2	22.0	25.7	28.6	22.2
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	30.1	28.9	28.0	25.0	19.4	15.4	15.7	17.0	20.0	23.4	28.7	30.6	23.5
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	32.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	14.8	15.0	12.9	9.6	6.8	4.3	3.5	4.9	6.3	8.6	10.9	13.1	9.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	13.5	13.6	12.3	9.9	5.6	4.4	3.3	3.1	6.0	7.8	11.1	13.1	8.6
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	15.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	35.6	21.8	33.3	35.3	47.5	35.4	41.7	46.8	39.7	40.5	30.1	29.1	436.8
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	15.8	37.8	13.6	7.0	17.2	20.8	15.0	6.1	20.6	5.9	22.0	7.2	189.0
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	24.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geelong	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	24.5	26.3	23.2	19.9	16.9	14.6	13.6	14.8	16.6	18.6	20.6	22.5	19.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	23.1	24.1	23.0	21.5	18.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	18.2	19.3	21.4	22.5	19.7
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	25.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	13.2	13.7	12.0	9.3	7.7	5.9	5.1	6.0	7.0	7.7	9.5	10.8	9.0
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.7	12.5	11.9	10.2	7.0	6.6	5.9	5.2	6.4	7.8	9.1	11.4	8.8
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	12.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	31.9	25.0	38.2	56.2	58.1	49.4	52.0	49.6	53.2	63.8	55.6	42.7	575.7
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	17.0	53.8	6.4	26.4	49.2	43.8	31.0	35.8	35.6	27.8	28.4	31.6	386.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	25.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hamilton	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	26.1	27.1	24.1	19.8	15.7	12.9	12.2	13.2	15.1	17.5	20.2	23.6	19.0
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	23.6	25.5	24.4	22.6	17.4	13.4	12.9	14.1	16.0	18.1	22.0	25.2	19.5
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	28.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	10.8	11.2	10.1	8.2	6.5	5.0	4.2	4.8	5.9	6.7	7.9	9.5	7.6
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	9.6	9.5	10.1	8.0	6.1	5.1	4.6	3.7	5.5	6.3	7.7	9.1	7.1
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	10.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	29.4	20.9	34.9	37.7	52.5	67.7	65.6	82.3	78.0	63.9	50.0	42.9	625.9
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	23.4	19.0	20.2	42.2	41.4	71.2	73.8	38.8	49.4	54.6	51.6	47.4	533.0
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	33.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Horsham (Polkemmet)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	29.8	29.8	26.5	21.6	17.2	14.2	13.4	15.0	17.3	21.0	24.3	27.2	21.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	27.7	26.9	26.0	24.1	18.7	15.1	14.9	16.0	18.4	22.1	26.3	28.5	21.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	30.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	13.5	13.7	11.9	8.8	6.4	4.1	3.6	4.6	5.8	7.6	9.8	11.8	8.5
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	10.4	10.5	9.5	7.7	5.2	3.4	3.8	2.4	4.4	5.8	8.9	10.6	6.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	12.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	26.5	21.7	23.1	30.3	50.5	38.8	53.5	50.6	44.9	47.4	35.8	23.0	446.1
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	23.0	16.2	8.8	15.2	27.0	41.0	35.4	24.2	45.0	18.0	28.2	22.4	304.4
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	1.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Horsham (Longerenong)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	29.5	29.8	26.4	21.8	17.3	13.9	13.3	14.7	17.1	20.6	24.1	27.4	21.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	28.2	28.4	26.6	24.1	18.5	14.7	14.8	16.0	18.6	22.1	26.7	29.2	22.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	31.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.8	13.3	11.5	8.6	6.5	4.0	3.5	4.3	5.5	7.0	9.2	11.4	8.1
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.1	11.0	10.1	8.1	5.3	3.6	2.8	2.0	4.4	6.1	8.9	11.3	7.0
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	13.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	27.6	20.3	22.5	29.0	48.5	35.2	49.8	47.6	41.8	46.2	32.4	23.8	424.7
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	10.8	9.0	15.2	17.4	20.2	22.0	24.6	15.6	31.0	14.4	32.6	21.2	234.0
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	4.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Latrobe Valley	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	25.6	26.5	24.0	20.3	16.8	14.0	13.4	14.7	16.6	19.1	21.1	23.6	19.7
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	24.0	24.1	24.5	21.6	17.8	14.9	14.5	15.1	17.3	19.7	23.1	25.3	20.1
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	29.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.5	12.6	11.2	8.4	6.5	4.5	3.7	4.5	6.0	7.7	9.4	11.2	8.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	12.1	12.2	10.6	10.5	6.5	4.7	2.7	2.2	5.1	7.2	8.8	11.4	7.8
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	12.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	55.6	41.7	49.6	60.7	57.3	65.1	68.5	66.4	84.5	86.3	82.6	73.5	791.8
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	56.4	30.6	42.4	72.4	53.2	49.4	57.4	33.0	54.0	62.0	31.0	29.2	571.0
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	25.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Maryborough	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	28.5	29.0	25.6	20.9	16.1	12.9	12.1	13.7	16.2	19.7	23.2	26.1	20.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	27.4	26.5	25.5	23.3	17.8	13.7	13.5	14.7	17.5	20.7	26.3	27.9	21.2
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	29.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	13.0	13.5	11.9	8.7	6.4	3.9	3.2	4.1	5.5	7.3	9.6	11.4	8.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	12.1	12.1	11.6	9.2	6.2	3.5	2.5	2.8	5.0	7.0	9.8	11.9	7.8
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	13.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	37.7	33.3	33.0	44.5	58.5	48.1	58.5	65.3	53.6	59.5	38.6	37.7	568.3
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	9.6	37.8	10.6	20.6	35.8	37.6	17.8	38.2	22.6	26.8	11.0	33.6	302.0
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	23.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Melbourne	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	25.9	26.0	24.1	20.6	17.1	14.3	13.7	15.1	17.2	19.7	21.8	24.1	20.0
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	25.1	25.4	24.3	22.2	18.8	15.8	15.3	16.4	18.8	21.0	23.5	24.6	20.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	27.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	15.1	15.5	14.1	11.8	9.5	7.2	6.5	7.4	8.7	10.3	12.0	13.7	11.0
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	14.8	15.2	14.8	12.9	10.1	8.5	7.6	7.6	9.6	10.7	12.3	14.5	11.5
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	15.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	47.1	45.8	43.5	52.7	67.8	42.5	48.8	57.4	53.0	65.2	56.9	58.1	638.8
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	38.2	68.0	21.0	39.4	36.8	27.2	19.6	35.6	39.4	34.2	25.4	12.0	396.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	10.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mildura	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	31.8	31.7	28.3	23.5	18.9	15.8	15.4	17.1	20.2	23.9	27.5	30.1	23.7
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	31.7	30.3	28.6	26.3	20.6	17.0	17.5	18.2	22.0	25.1	29.8	32.3	24.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	34.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	16.5	16.4	14.0	10.5	7.7	5.0	4.4	5.4	7.4	9.9	12.6	14.9	10.4
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	15.1	14.6	12.9	10.9	7.5	5.5	4.1	3.8	7.4	8.7	13.3	15.4	9.9
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	17.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	21.6	16.4	20.8	24.2	27.4	21.5	26.2	28.7	27.8	28.1	21.9	22.3	287.1
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	1.0	12.4	23.8	9.6	14.0	14.2	5.6	13.8	7.0	5.0	19.8	66.2	192.4
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	0.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mornington Peninsula	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	25.3	26.4	22.3	18.7	15.9	13.8	12.8	13.7	16.1	17.6	20.0	22.0	18.7
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	22.7	23.6	21.5	20.4	16.9	14.1	13.6	13.9	16.3	18.0	20.7	22.3	18.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	25.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	15.9	16.8	14.4	11.7	10.5	8.9	7.6	8.4	9.7	10.6	12.0	13.6	11.7
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	14.1	14.9	14.6	13.2	10.6	9.3	8.3	8.1	9.5	10.3	12.1	13.4	11.5
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	15.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	42.2	41.8	47.7	60.6	78.0	62.2	71.5	77.2	70.4	69.7	56.5	55.6	733.4
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	38.8	27.0	8.8	42.4	75.8	52.2	53.6	43.0	59.2	47.2	17.6	24.0	489.6
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	18.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Nhill	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	29.8	29.8	26.6	21.9	17.4	14.4	13.7	15.0	17.5	21.0	24.7	27.5	21.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	28.3	28.4	27.0	24.8	19.0	15.1	15.1	15.8	19.1	22.4	27.1	29.8	22.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	32.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	13.0	13.0	11.4	8.5	6.3	4.0	3.7	4.3	5.5	7.0	9.4	11.4	8.1
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	10.3	9.3	9.4	7.2	4.6	3.4	3.2	2.5	4.7	5.8	9.0	11.1	6.7
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	12.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	24.9	18.5	23.5	28.9	40.2	39.3	49.1	51.2	42.0	44.6	33.0	26.2	421.4
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	24.0	2.6	4.2	14.6	28.4	36.2	32.4	20.0	24.2	11.7	49.4	20.0	267.7
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	4.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Orbost	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	25.4	25.9	24.2	21.3	17.8	15.3	14.9	16.1	17.8	20.1	21.7	23.7	20.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	24.7	23.4	22.9	21.7	18.1	16.4	16.2	16.5	19.7	20.6	24.2	23.6	20.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	26.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	13.4	13.7	12.4	9.6	7.2	5.2	4.3	5.1	6.6	8.6	10.5	12.1	9.1
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	12.9	13.5	11.3	11.2	7.1	5.5	3.5	4.1	5.5	7.8	10.0	11.7	8.7
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	13.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	62.8	47.4	66.9	79.8	92.0	79.8	73.5	67.8	73.9	75.6	84.5	87.0	891.0
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	44.4	186.4	34.4	165.8	45.2	86.6	25.0	10.4	59.4	28.0	63.8	57.4	806.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	18.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Ouyen	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	32.1	31.9	28.5	23.5	18.8	15.8	15.3	16.8	19.9	23.7	27.4	30.1	23.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	31.1	29.7	28.7	26.0	20.2	16.6	17.1	17.8	21.5	24.7	30.0	32.2	24.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	33.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	15.3	15.4	13.2	10.0	7.4	4.9	4.2	5.1	6.7	8.9	11.5	13.8	9.7
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	14.1	14.1	12.5	11.0	7.4	5.6	3.8	3.8	7.4	8.3	12.5	14.7	9.6
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	16.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	21.4	23.3	26.5	26.6	33.9	25.7	31.1	37.0	33.0	33.2	26.4	24.6	342.7
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	11.8	31.6	26.6	15.2	20.4	13.4	7.6	17.2	12.6	9.4	13.6	46.4	225.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	4.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Portland	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	21.7	22.7	20.9	18.2	15.7	13.7	13.0	13.9	15.0	16.6	18.4	19.9	17.5
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	19.6	21.2	21.2	19.9	17.2	14.0	13.9	14.2	15.4	16.9	19.1	19.9	17.7
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	22.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.2	12.6	11.8	9.8	8.4	7.1	6.1	6.6	7.5	8.3	9.6	10.8	9.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.3	11.5	11.2	10.0	7.1	7.3	6.9	5.7	7.5	8.6	9.0	11.3	8.9
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	12.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	33.4	21.2	47.0	59.3	78.8	104.3	104.4	99.8	88.3	64.0	52.8	49.4	802.6
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	35.4	11.2	26.4	26.2	58.8	138.0	98.4	89.0	98.4	64.2	101.0	52.2	799.2
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	39.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Sale	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	25.3	25.6	23.6	20.4	16.7	14.1	13.7	14.9	16.9	19.3	21.3	23.3	19.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	23.8	23.2	23.6	21.1	17.6	15.1	14.5	15.7	18.2	20.2	23.6	24.1	20.0
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	27.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.8	13.1	11.7	8.9	6.2	3.9	3.0	4.3	5.8	7.6	9.7	11.5	8.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	12.6	12.8	10.5	10.2	6.6	4.7	2.7	2.3	5.3	7.5	9.5	11.4	8.0
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	12.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	48.6	30.4	57.1	52.9	63.8	41.9	43.4	49.4	52.8	55.2	58.5	57.7	611.6
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	29.8	75.6	33.2	100.6	25.2	40.0	20.6	4.2	36.8	28.0	37.0	24.8	455.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	6.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Seymour	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	29.0	29.3	26.2	21.4	16.6	13.3	12.3	14.1	16.7	20.4	24.2	26.8	20.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	28.7	27.4	26.7	24.2	18.8	13.7	13.8	15.3	18.6	22.1	27.9	28.8	22.1
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	30.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	13.7	14.2	12.4	8.8	6.2	3.8	3.0	4.2	5.5	7.4	9.8	11.9	8.4
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	12.8	13.1	11.9	9.6	5.6	3.8	3.0	3.0	4.2	7.1	10.1	12.8	8.0
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	14.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	41.3	28.7	38.1	45.0	63.2	52.9	61.1	70.7	58.2	50.8	43.3	43.9	597.3
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	29.2	37.6	7.4	11.0	22.0	84.2	20.2	26.8	24.4	12.8	32.2	20.0	327.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	21.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Shepparton	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	29.8	30.1	26.4	21.4	17.0	13.8	12.8	14.7	17.2	21.1	24.7	27.7	21.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	29.9	28.3	27.8	24.8	19.0	14.7	14.5	16.2	19.9	23.2	28.6	30.3	23.1
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	32.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	14.3	15.0	12.6	8.8	6.4	3.6	2.9	4.4	5.9	8.1	10.5	12.6	8.8
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	13.4	13.8	12.3	9.7	4.7	4.2	3.2	2.7	4.9	7.3	10.4	12.5	8.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	15.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	37.8	26.5	40.8	46.8	54.9	45.9	55.3	62.8	51.4	48.3	37.2	44.1	551.6
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	8.2	53.6	15.2	6.0	17.8	36.2	13.0	10.4	28.0	8.6	11.0	4.2	212.2
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	31.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Stawell	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	27.5	28.2	24.6	20.2	15.9	12.8	12.2	13.8	15.8	19.0	22.4	25.6	19.8
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	26.6	26.6	25.4	23.1	17.8	13.6	13.4	14.8	17.2	19.9	25.1	27.6	20.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	29.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.6	13.2	11.5	8.9	7.0	4.5	3.9	4.7	5.9	7.5	9.5	11.2	8.4
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.4	11.7	10.9	8.5	5.4	4.7	3.9	3.1	5.2	7.2	8.9	10.8	7.6
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	13.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	35.6	28.5	36.7	45.2	62.1	50.4	67.6	64.1	59.0	60.7	38.2	25.8	573.9
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	26.6	38.0	18.0	23.2	36.8	31.4	35.0	32.2	46.6	37.2	32.6	41.2	398.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	7.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Swan Hill	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	31.3	31.3	27.9	23.0	18.3	15.1	14.5	16.2	19.1	22.8	26.6	29.5	23.0
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	31.2	29.9	28.8	25.5	20.0	16.4	16.9	17.4	21.4	24.4	29.6	31.8	24.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	33.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	15.5	15.7	13.8	10.4	7.5	4.9	4.1	5.2	7.0	9.4	11.8	14.0	9.9
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	13.5	14.0	12.1	9.6	6.1	4.7	3.3	3.3	5.7	7.7	11.5	13.5	8.7
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	15.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	27.5	20.0	29.1	31.1	38.2	27.8	34.9	44.2	34.0	34.4	29.3	24.3	374.7
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	8.2	30.8	22.0	2.8	22.6	14.8	2.2	19.6	8.6	4.2	15.0	24.0	174.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	5.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wangaratta	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	31.2	30.7	27.1	22.2	17.4	13.8	12.7	14.3	17.2	20.7	24.6	28.7	21.7
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	31.2	28.7	28.8	24.4	18.8	14.6	13.2	15.4	18.9	22.5	29.2	31.1	23.0
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	34.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	14.2	13.7	10.8	6.8	4.7	3.3	2.3	3.3	5.2	6.9	9.2	11.5	7.7
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.8	12.6	9.1	7.7	3.3	3.0	1.6	0.9	3.6	4.9	8.3	11.4	6.4
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	47.9	40.5	37.4	44.5	73.1	78.7	69.8	62.3	63.1	62.7	53.2	36.9	670.0
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	8.8	37.4	48.0	25.2	34.0	57.0	35.2	35.2	51.0	14.4	64.0	4.8	415.2
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	24.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Warracknabeal	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	30.3	30.7	27.1	22.1	17.7	14.5	14.0	15.5	17.8	21.5	25.5	28.6	22.1
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	29.3	28.9	27.4	24.9	19.6	15.6	15.5	16.5	19.4	23.1	28.1	30.1	23.1
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	32.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	13.6	14.3	12.3	9.1	6.7	4.1	3.5	4.5	5.9	7.6	10.0	12.1	8.6
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.8	11.5	10.6	9.1	6.1	4.0	2.6	3.2	5.8	7.8	9.8	12.8	7.9
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	14.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	27.0	20.3	25.3	32.8	44.8	32.6	41.7	47.6	40.1	48.6	29.6	23.6	414.0
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	16.0	9.4	14.4	15.6	24.6	32.2	26.4	25.6	28.4	9.8	33.6	24.8	260.8
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	4.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Warrnambool	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	22.5	23.5	21.8	18.8	16.2	13.7	13.0	13.8	15.2	17.1	18.8	20.6	17.9
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	20.9	22.9	22.6	21.8	17.8	14.3	14.0	14.3	15.8	17.6	20.0	21.7	18.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	24.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	11.4	11.6	11.0	9.0	7.4	5.7	5.1	5.7	6.6	7.4	8.7	10.2	8.3
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	10.5	10.7	10.8	8.8	5.9	5.7	5.4	4.8	6.2	7.2	7.9	9.7	7.8
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	10.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	48.8	34.5	53.4	68.7	76.6	101.0	95.7	106.9	108.8	81.9	66.1	63.3	905.8
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	28.6	26.4	16.8	38.6	66.0	74.2	80.8	48.2	69.2	56.4	58.0	48.4	611.6
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	34.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wonthaggi	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	23.7	24.6	22.6	19.6	16.7	13.9	13.2	14.2	15.8	17.9	19.7	21.7	18.6
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	22.4	23.3	22.7	20.9	17.8	14.4	14.1	15.0	16.9	18.4	20.3	22.0	19.0
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	25.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.5	12.9	12.0	10.3	8.5	6.3	5.8	6.6	7.5	8.6	10.2	11.3	9.4
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	12.9	13.5	13.4	11.8	8.6	7.9	7.1	6.9	8.1	9.2	10.3	12.2	10.2
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	48.1	33.1	61.6	77.4	106.4	91.8	104.3	102.7	83.5	89.1	62.5	60.6	921.2
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	82.4	23.4	22.4	43.2	124.8	112.6	132.7	50.2	94.2	75.2	61.0	44.6	866.7
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	37.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yarra Glen	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Max Temp (ºC) (Normal)	28.1	29.4	24.8	20.3	16.5	14.1	13.2	14.8	17.4	19.2	22.0	24.8	20.4
Max Temp (ºC) (2002)	25.1	24.7	24.0	22.0	17.7	14.5	14.1	15.1	17.7	19.8	23.5	25.4	20.3
Max Temp (ºC) (2003)	28.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Min Temp (ºC) (Normal)	12.2	12.6	9.3	5.5	5.3	4.2	3.2	4.7	6.2	7.0	8.1	9.0	7.3
Min Temp (ºC) (2002)	11.1	10.9	9.6	7.5	5.0	5.0	3.7	2.7	4.1	6.5	7.8	9.6	6.9
Min Temp (ºC) (2003)	10.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rainfall (mm) (Normal)	54.5	45.1	58.1	75.0	92.1	73.6	78.4	94.3	80.5	85.3	74.7	73.5	884.7
Rainfall (mm) (2002)	56.2	93.6	22.2	52.4	77.0	61.2	51.8	45.0	51.6	56.0	23.2	38.4	628.6
Rainfall (mm) (2003)	29.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.