Sunday, 22 January 2023 - Annual Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC56L0

Greater Melbourne in 2022: wetter than average, warm nights

Rainfall in 2022 was above average in all Melbourne's suburbs; October and November were particularly wet months. Mean maximum temperatures for the year were mostly close to average while mean minimum temperatures were above average at all reporting sites.

Wetter than average

• Rainfall in 2022 was above average in all Melbourne's suburbs and ranged from 116% of average at Essendon Airport and Scoresby Research to 141% of average at Wallan (Kilmore Gap).
• Averaged across all sites in Greater Melbourne, this was the wettest year since 2011.
• January, August , October and November were wetter than average months for Greater Melbourne.
• October was very wet, and most reporting sites had more than double their average rainfall for the month.
• A cold front brought widespread rainfall and strong winds on 13 October; the highest daily rainfall total this year for the Melbourne region of 82.2 mm was recorded at Willowmavin on that day.
• February was much drier than average, with all sites receiving less than a quarter of their average February rainfall.
• Rainfall in May, July and September was below average in most suburbs.
• The wettest place in Greater Melbourne in 2022 was Ferny Creek with an annual total of 1606.4 mm.
• Bullengarook South had its highest total rainfall on record, while some sites had their highest total rainfall since at least 1996.
• Olympic Park's driest month in 2022 was February with a total of just 6.8 mm; the wettest was October with 149.0 mm recorded for the month.

Warm nights

• Mean minimum temperatures for the year were above average in all suburbs of Greater Melbourne, and ranged from 0.2 °C above average at Ferny Creek and Viewbank to 1.1 °C above average at Essendon Airport and Laverton RAAF.
• Averaged across all sites in Greater Melbourne, the mean minimum temperature was the highest since 2016.
• Nights were very much warmer than average in January and some sites had their warmest January nights on record.
• Nights were also warmer than average in all suburbs in March, April, August and October.
• Mean maximum temperatures in 2022 were generally equal to annual averages or within half a degree from averages at all sites across Greater Melbourne.
• Mean maximum temperatures were close to average in most months during the year but were much warmer than average in January and mostly below average in November.
• The highest temperature in Greater Melbourne in 2022 was 39.0 °C at Viewbank on 1 January.
• Melbourne (Olympic Park) failed to reach 40.0 °C during 2022. This is the fourth calendar year this century that the Melbourne city site did not record a daily maximum temperature of at least 40.0 °C (previously it happened in 2002, 2017 and 2021).

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

• Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 699.4 mm.
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 20.0 °C.
• The warmest day was 37.3 °C on 27 December, and the coolest day was on 12 July when the temperature reached 11.0 °C.
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 11.6 °C.
• The coldest morning was 0.8 °C on 20 July, and the warmest morning was on 28 December when the minimum temperature was 25.0 °C.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top