Monday 2 February 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC16L0

Greater Melbourne in January 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for January were low to the lowest on record at all sites across Greater Melbourne.
  • January rainfall totals ranged from around 2% to around 9% of average across Greater Melbourne.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for January at all sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • January mean maximum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.7 °C above average at Melbourne (Olympic Park) to 2.8 °C above average at Scoresby Research Institute.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for January at most sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • January mean minimum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.4 °C below average at Melbourne (Olympic Park) to 1.7 °C above average at Essendon Airport.
  • Laverton RAAF had its hottest January day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record on the 27th.

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

  • Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 1.6 mm, which is 3% of the long-term average of 57.6 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 27.5 °C, which is 0.7 °C above the long-term average of 26.8 °C.
  • The warmest day was 42.9 °C on the 9th, and the coolest day was on the 11th when the temperature reached 19.1 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 16.2 °C, which is 0.4 °C below the long-term average of 16.6 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 11.0 °C on the 23rd, and the warmest morning was on the 8th when the minimum temperature was 22.0 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in January 2026
Hottest day 45.6 °C at Laverton RAAF on the 27th
Warmest days on average 30.3 °C at Coldstream
Coolest days on average 26.2 °C at Ferny Creek
Coldest day 17.2 °C at Ferny Creek on the 22nd
Coldest night 3.3 °C at Coldstream on the 23rd
Coolest nights on average 12.1 °C at Coldstream
Warmest nights on average 16.2 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Warmest night 24.0 °C at Ferny Creek on the 8th
Warmest on average overall 22.5 °C at Viewbank
Coolest on average overall 19.7 °C at Ferny Creek
Wettest overall 10.4 mm at Hesket (Straws Lane)
Wettest day 8.0 mm at Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI) on the 27th
Strongest wind gust 93.0 km/h at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) on the 9th

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Record highest January temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
January
Laverton RAAF 45.6 on the 27th 45.0 on 25 Jan 2003 83 25.8


Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for January 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
January
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
January
2026		 Mean for
January
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
January
2026		 Total for
January
2026		 Average
for
January		 Rank of
January
2026		 Fraction of
January
average
Cerberus 26.4 +1.7 42.3 9th 14.7 +0.6 7.5 23rd 3.2 40.9 v low 8%
Coldstream 30.3 +2.2 42.7 27th 12.1 0.0 3.3 23rd 1.8 54.3 lowest 3%
Essendon Airport 28.6 +1.9 44.1 9th 15.6 +1.7 9.9 23rd 2.4 44.6 v low 5%
Ferny Creek 26.2 +1.9 38.7 27th 13.3 +0.1 6.7 12th 6.4 91.3 lowest 7%
Frankston (Ballam Park) 27.7 42.6 27th 14.8 9.8 23rd 3.6
Laverton RAAF 28.2 +2.4 45.6 27th 15.6 +1.6 9.9 23rd 2.6 41.3 v low 6%
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 27.5 +0.7 42.9 9th 16.2 -0.4 11.0 23rd 1.6 57.6 lowest 3%
Melbourne Airport 29.1 +2.4 44.4 9th 14.7 +0.8 8.6 23rd 1.0 43.2 lowest 2%
Moorabbin Airport 27.9 +1.9 44.0 9th 15.2 +0.8 8.4 23rd 4.0 46.2 v low 9%
Point Cook RAAF 26.8 45.3 27th 15.8 11.8 6th 1.4
Scoresby Research Institute 29.3 +2.8 42.4 9th 13.6 +0.1 7.7 12th 4.6 54.1 v low 8%
Viewbank 30.1 +1.9 44.3 9th 15.0 +0.3 9.3 23rd 1.4 48.2 v low 3%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 27.4 +2.1 40.3 9th 12.9 +0.4 7.2 12th 4.8 54.6 v low 9%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for January 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Cerberus 19.4 27.5 29.6 19.7 19.6 25.4 41.6 26.0 42.3 24.0 18.6 22.4 20.6 24.8 25.3 23.4 24.3 27.1 29.0 29.2 22.8 19.8 23.9 37.7 22.5 31.8 38.7 23.4 25.4 27.2 25.8
Coldstream 24.1 29.1 31.7 24.7 25.3 32.6 40.2 33.2 41.9 25.2 21.3 27.9 25.2 27.5 26.7 26.2 29.8 29.7 31.5 31.5 25.8 21.5 29.8 38.2 30.4 35.6 42.7 31.4 29.4 35.9 32.5
Essendon Airport 20.7 26.0 33.4 22.1 22.7 31.9 42.2 34.8 44.1 26.4 19.8 23.5 21.0 25.8 26.3 26.2 29.2 29.5 31.9 28.0 24.5 20.5 26.5 39.4 24.9 33.1 43.7 25.8 25.3 30.8 28.1
Ferny Creek 19.9 24.9 28.3 19.1 20.9 29.5 37.0 31.3 38.4 21.3 24.1 19.3 23.4 21.2 19.8 22.7 25.0 27.1 28.0 21.6 17.2 25.5 33.7 24.9 31.2 38.7 31.0 28.6
Frankston (Ballam Park) 20.8 27.4 31.3 21.7 22.1 28.6 40.6 31.1 40.6 23.6 19.4 23.2 21.0 26.0 25.1 23.7 24.7 27.2 29.3 28.9 24.4 20.2 26.2 37.4 25.2 31.7 42.6 26.3 28.1 31.8 27.6
Laverton RAAF 21.0 25.7 29.4 22.3 23.0 34.4 43.1 33.8 44.4 25.9 20.0 23.6 19.8 25.8 24.1 25.4 26.0 28.1 31.8 27.6 24.4 20.9 25.0 39.7 24.7 31.6 45.6 25.2 26.0 30.4 26.7
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 20.2 25.1 32.4 20.1 20.6 30.8 41.1 30.9 42.9 24.5 19.1 21.9 20.5 27.5 26.3 25.5 27.5 29.0 31.3 25.4 22.9 19.8 26.3 38.5 22.8 33.6 42.7 23.6 23.4 29.8 26.2
Melbourne Airport 21.7 27.0 33.4 22.6 23.5 33.3 41.9 36.5 44.4 26.2 20.1 23.9 20.6 25.7 25.2 26.2 29.3 29.4 31.9 28.9 25.0 21.3 27.7 39.8 25.6 32.8 44.1 26.8 26.5 31.8 28.6
Moorabbin Airport 22.3 25.0 30.4 21.0 21.3 31.5 42.4 31.0 44.0 24.3 19.7 22.8 21.4 28.1 26.7 26.9 26.4 29.5 31.3 26.6 23.7 20.5 26.6 38.6 23.2 33.8 43.7 23.4 26.3 29.2 24.4
Point Cook RAAF 20.3 23.6 25.9 21.4 21.7 31.9 43.1 30.7 44.9 25.9 19.4 21.6 19.7 24.6 23.6 25.0 25.2 27.4 28.2 25.8 23.4 20.5 23.2 37.9 23.6 29.1 45.3 24.0 24.2 26.6 23.7
Scoresby Research Institute 23.7 28.2 24.4 32.3 40.8 33.0 42.4 25.6 26.7 23.1 28.2 26.0 25.6 26.8 29.3 31.5 30.6 26.4 22.0 28.9 38.5 27.6 35.2
Viewbank 24.0 28.6 33.6 23.1 24.2 32.7 42.4 33.9 44.3 27.2 21.0 25.4 23.0 29.2 26.6 26.3 30.0 31.4 33.5 29.1 25.6 22.1 29.7 39.8 27.2 34.8 44.0 27.8 27.2 33.8 30.6
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 19.0 25.6 29.6 21.1 22.0 31.2 38.3 35.3 40.3 23.8 17.5 25.8 19.5 23.3 23.1 23.9 27.4 27.2 29.5 28.6 22.5 18.1 27.2 36.2 24.7 32.1 39.2 25.7 26.2 33.2 32.6
Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period		 -10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period
Daily minimum temperatures for January 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Cerberus 12.8 8.5 15.0 16.0 12.2 9.2 13.8 20.2 15.0 16.0 13.7 11.6 15.0 16.0 18.5 17.0 16.4 16.6 16.7 15.2 14.2 13.4 7.5 14.1 16.7 10.9 16.0 17.1 15.6 17.9 18.0
Coldstream 11.1 6.0 9.1 16.6 12.3 6.5 12.4 14.9 16.9 16.2 12.0 4.3 11.1 12.3 9.7 16.8 16.1 14.6 12.4 12.4 11.6 9.5 3.3 7.3 13.2 8.0 8.9 16.7 15.6 16.9 19.3
Essendon Airport 14.0 11.6 15.2 16.3 12.8 13.3 17.7 22.5 17.6 17.2 12.1 10.6 15.2 16.8 15.1 17.1 16.0 14.2 16.6 16.9 16.2 13.1 9.9 13.3 18.2 14.7 15.3 20.0 16.7 18.4 19.4
Ferny Creek 9.3 8.4 15.0 12.9 9.3 10.8 19.2 24.0 17.2 13.3 6.7 10.7 12.8 13.7 13.1 12.2 11.7 15.2 14.5 13.2 8.2 8.6 13.4 15.7 12.7 15.1 14.4 16.3
Frankston (Ballam Park) 12.8 12.5 13.6 15.7 9.8 11.3 15.6 21.7 15.9 16.6 13.0 11.5 14.0 15.1 18.2 16.5 16.3 15.5 15.3 15.5 15.1 11.4 9.8 12.6 17.1 14.3 13.9 18.0 15.6 17.7 18.3
Laverton RAAF 13.9 14.1 13.5 16.5 13.4 11.9 16.1 21.7 17.0 17.0 12.8 13.7 15.8 16.8 18.2 17.6 16.8 15.5 15.0 16.5 16.7 12.8 9.9 12.3 17.7 14.3 13.6 19.4 17.0 18.4 19.0
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 14.2 12.6 15.7 17.1 14.3 13.8 17.6 22.0 18.4 17.5 14.8 11.5 15.3 17.0 15.9 17.5 17.1 15.2 16.8 16.9 16.0 14.6 11.0 14.7 18.9 15.1 16.6 20.4 16.9 18.7 19.5
Melbourne Airport 13.6 13.2 13.3 15.9 12.8 11.5 16.3 21.1 17.2 16.8 10.4 9.4 14.9 16.1 14.3 16.6 15.3 12.7 14.8 16.1 15.6 11.3 8.6 12.3 17.4 12.9 13.4 19.4 16.0 18.0 18.7
Moorabbin Airport 13.1 11.0 13.2 16.6 12.3 11.9 16.1 21.5 17.0 17.2 14.3 10.6 14.9 15.5 17.7 17.2 16.3 15.7 15.1 15.3 15.3 13.6 8.4 12.0 17.9 14.2 13.0 19.8 16.0 18.2 18.8
Point Cook RAAF 14.2 14.6 13.3 16.6 14.0 11.8 15.9 21.1 15.8 16.8 12.6 13.6 15.8 16.8 18.4 17.2 16.9 16.8 16.8 17.1 16.4 13.2 14.4 11.9 17.4 14.6 13.4 19.5 17.1 18.2 19.0
Scoresby Research Institute 11.7 8.1 11.4 11.0 16.2 20.0 16.6 16.8 7.7 13.9 14.7 13.7 16.5 16.0 13.2 13.1 13.6 13.8 12.0 8.3 10.7 16.6 11.9
Viewbank 12.7 10.3 13.8 16.6 12.2 11.0 16.2 20.1 18.6 17.4 13.9 9.3 13.9 16.0 13.4 17.0 15.4 14.4 15.9 17.2 15.0 13.1 9.3 12.2 18.8 14.3 14.1 20.2 15.8 18.4 19.4
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 9.7 10.8 13.2 12.5 8.8 10.7 17.7 23.5 17.1 15.3 7.9 7.2 11.0 12.5 13.0 13.3 11.5 11.7 15.6 15.6 13.1 8.3 8.1 12.5 17.2 11.0 13.5 17.0 12.4 13.6 15.5
Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred that morning.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period		 -10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period
Daily rainfall for January 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Bonbeach (Carrum (Patterson River Countr - - - - - - - - - - - 1.0
Cerberus - - - - - - - - 1.2 1.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - -
Cheltenham (Heatherton (Kingston Centre) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - -
Coldstream - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Eltham - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - -
Essendon Airport - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 2.2 - - - - - - - -
Ferny Creek - - - - - - - 0.6 - - 0.2 - - 0.4 - - - - - 5.0 0.2 - - - - - - -
Frankston (Ballam Park) - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 2.0 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Hesket (Straws Lane) 0.4 - - 0.6 - - - - 2.6 0.8 - - - 0.4 0.2 1.6 - - - - - 3.8 - - - - - - - - -
Kinglake West - - - 0.4 - - - - 3.8 0.4 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - 2.2 - - - - - - - - -
Koo Wee Rup - - - 1.4 - - - - - 1.8 - - - -
Laverton RAAF - - - 1.8 0.2 - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Melbourne (Olympic Park) - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - -
Melbourne Airport 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - -
Melbourne Botanical Gardens - - - - - - - - - 0.3 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - -
Monbulk (Spring Road) - - - - - - - - - 3.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 2.0
Moorabbin Airport - - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2 - - - 0.4 - - - - - 2.8 - - - - - - - - -
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4
Newham (Cobaw) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.5
Point Cook RAAF - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Scoresby Research Institute - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - 3.8 0.2 - - - - -
Tarrawarra Monastery - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 - - - - - - - - -
Upper Plenty - - - - - - - - 2.0 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6
Viewbank - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - -
Wallan 1.0 - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - -
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) - - - 0.6 - - - - 2.4 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 1.2 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Willowmavin (Avalon Station) - - - - - - - - - 1.6 - - - - - - - - -
Woodend 0.6 - - 1.6 - - - - 0.4 - - - - 1.2 - 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated. Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day.
Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre.
Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell).
Rainfalls coloured
according to the amount		 0 1.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 25.0 50.0 100 150 200 300 400 600 millimetres

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Notes

The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, lists the main features of the weather in Greater Melbourne using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.

This summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Greater Melbourne “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to represent a socio-economic definition of each capital city. This means the greater capital city boundary includes people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the capital city, but live in the small towns and rural areas surrounding the capital city. It does not define the built up edge of the capital city.

This statement has been prepared based on information available on Monday 2 February 2026. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases, the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.

Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from all available years of record, excluding the current year. The length of record can vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of long-term average rain.

The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site, based on the decile ranking (very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3, average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a percentage of the long-term mean.

Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

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