Friday, 1 December 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for Victoria - Product code IDCKGC16R0

Victoria in November 2017: very warm with near-average rainfall

Victoria in November was wetter than average in the west and drier than average in the east, but close to average for the State as a whole. After a cool start to the month, both daytime and night time temperatures for November were much warmer than average. November 2017 ranked as Victoria's second-warmest November on record.

Wet in the west, dry in the east

• For the State as a whole, November rainfall was close to the long-term average
• November rainfall was above average in western parts of the State, while Gippsland recorded below average rainfall
• In Gippsland to the east of the Strzelecki Ranges, there continue to be serious to severe rainfall deficiencies since June
• From the 16th to 18th, several sites had their highest November daily rainfall on record
• Patyah (Booroopki) had its highest total November rainfall on record and Balmoral had its highest total November rainfall since 1992
• Several sites in Gippsland had their lowest total November rainfall for at least 20 years

Second-warmest November on record

• The Victorian mean temperature was 3.07 °C warmer than the November average and the second-warmest November on record behind the extraordinary 2009 record of 4.55 °C above the 1961–1990 average
• Mean maximum temperatures were 3.36 °C warmer than average, the third-warmest November daytime temperatures on record
• East Sale in Gippsland had 12 consecutive days over 25 °C (ending with 24.9 °C on the 26th), easily breaking the site's November record of six consecutive days set in 2009
• Mean minimum temperatures were 2.77 °C warmer than average, Victoria's third-warmest November nights on record
• From 9 November onwards, a strong blocking high pressure system was located in the south Tasman Sea, directing warm air from the north over Victoria
• On the 29th, Cape Nelson Lighthouse had its highest November temperature on record
• Several sites had their highest November mean daily maximum temperature on record, exceeding their previous records from 2009
• A cold night was observed on the 4th, with a few sites having their lowest November temperature on record
• November ended with a very warm night and on the 30th, several sites had their warmest November night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record
• Several sites had their highest November mean daily minimum temperature on record, exceeding their previous records from 2009, and Cape Otway Lighthouse had its highest November mean daily minimum temperature since 1897
• Several sites had their highest November mean temperature on record, exceeding their previous records from 2009

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Extremes in November 2017
Hottest day	39.6 °C at Kellalac (Warracknabeal Airport) on the 29th
Warmest days on average	30.7 °C at Walpeup Research
Coolest days on average	14.6 °C at Falls Creek
Coldest day	0.0 °C at Mount Baw Baw on the 3rd
Coldest night	-5.5 °C at Mount Hotham on the 4th
Coolest nights on average	4.3 °C at Mount Hotham
Warmest nights on average	15.8 °C at Mildura Airport
Warmest night	25.0 °C at Ararat Prison on the 30th
Warmest on average overall	23.2 °C at Mildura Airport
Coolest on average overall	10.2 °C at Falls Creek
Wettest overall	135.8 mm at Halls (Buckland River at Twelve Mile)
Driest overall	10.0 mm at Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse
Wettest day	80.4 mm at Canary Island on the 16th
Strongest wind gust	104 km/h at Pyrenees (Ben Nevis) on the 13th 104 km/h at Fawkner Beacon on the 23rd

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Record highest November daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Heathcote	66.4	on the 17th	53.8	on the 12th in 1970	135
Canary Island	80.4	on the 16th	79.8	on the 12th in 1998	130
Walpeup Research	46.0	on the 16th	=46.0	on the 12th in 1998	79
High Camp (Lannermoor)	77.4	on the 17th	69.3	on the 12th in 1970	49
Woodstock-on-Loddon (Alexandra Park)	44.0	on the 16th	43.8	on the 12th in 1998	47
Newham (Cobaw)	56.8	on the 17th	53.0	on the 28th in 2010	23
Horsham Aerodrome	38.4	on the 16th	28.4	on the 22nd in 2009	21
Colac Airport	34.4	on the 18th	27.6	on the 25th in 2010	20
Hopetoun (Wirrbibial Downs)	38.8	on the 16th	37.2	on the 22nd in 2009	20

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Record highest November total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Patyah (Booroopki)	65.2	61.6	in 2010	20	34.2

Highest November total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for November
Balmoral (Post Office)	64.5	72.4	in 1992*	41.8

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

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Lowest November total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent lower		Average for November
Erica (Parkers Corner)	40.8	37.2	in 1982*	108.2
Meerlieu (Springvale West)	14.4	5.2	in 1982*	66.3
Madalya	29.6	23.8	in 1989*	102.5
Nicholson Winery	30.0	18.2	in 1991*	81.7

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

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Record highest November temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Cape Nelson Lighthouse	37.1	on the 29th	36.8	on the 29th in 2012	22	18.6

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Record highest November mean daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Laverton RAAF	25.8	= 25.8	in 2009	74	21.5
Scoresby Research Institute	26.5	26.2	in 2009	57	21.5
Essendon Airport	27.0	26.8	in 2009	47	21.8
Wonthaggi	24.0	23.8	in 2009	47	20.0
Moorabbin Airport	26.4	25.7	in 2009	46	21.6
Bundoora (Latrobe University)	27.3	= 27.3	in 2009	33	22.5
Aireys Inlet	22.2	22.1	in 2009	25	19.7
Cerberus	24.6	23.9	in 2009	25	20.4
Frankston AWS	24.8	24.1	in 2009	25	20.3
Rhyll	24.0	23.1	in 2009	25	20.0
Avalon Airport	25.9	25.7	in 2009	22	22.3

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Record highest November daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Laverton RAAF	23.4	on the 30th	23.1	on the 30th in 2012	75	10.2
Ararat Prison	25.0	on the 30th	24.0	on the 13th in 2008	49	7.8
Portland (Cashmore Airport)	20.3	on the 30th	18.7	on the 20th in 2009	36	9.9
Sheoaks	22.5	on the 15th	21.4	on the 30th in 2012	26	8.9
Stawell Aerodrome	22.8	on the 30th	22.6	on the 20th in 2009	22	9.8

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Record lowest November temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Warracknabeal Museum	0.5	on the 4th	1.0	on the 22nd in 1984	46	10.2
Sheoaks	-0.2	on the 4th	0.4	on the 16th in 1994	26	8.9
Avalon Airport	2.6	on the 4th	2.9	on the 4th in 2003	23	10.5

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Record highest November mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Portland (Cashmore Airport)	12.7	12.3	in 2009	35	9.9
Aireys Inlet	13.5	13.4	in 2009	25	11.0
Mortlake Racecourse	11.1	11.0	in 2009	25	7.9
Port Fairy AWS	13.5	13.3	in 2000	25	11.2
Rhyll	14.5	= 14.5	in 2009	25	12.3

Highest November mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for November
Cape Otway Lighthouse	13.8	14.0	in 1897*	10.7

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported. A Stevenson screen was installed at the site around 1900.

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Record highest November mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Scoresby Research Institute	19.9	19.8	in 2009	57	15.9
Moorabbin Airport	20.0	19.8	in 2009	46	16.4
Portland (Cashmore Airport)	17.4	17.3	in 2009	35	14.3
Aireys Inlet	17.8	= 17.8	in 2009	25	15.3
Cerberus	18.3	18.2	in 2009	25	15.5
Rhyll	19.2	18.8	in 2009	25	16.1

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Summary statistics for November 2017
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for November 2017	Diff from average	Highest for November 2017		Mean for November 2017	Diff from average	Lowest for November 2017		Total for November 2017	Average for November	Rank of November 2017	Fraction of November average
North Mallee (district 76)
Mildura Airport	30.5	+2.9	37.6	14th	15.8	+3.3	6.0	8th	55.4	26.1	high	212%
Ouyen (Post Office)	30.0	+2.6	38.0	29th	14.4	+2.9	4.2	4th	51.2	28.2	high	182%
Walpeup Research	30.7	+3.8	38.0	29th	14.6	+3.2	4.2	4th	50.8	27.6	high	184%
South Mallee (district 77)
Hopetoun Airport	30.2	+1.9	38.3	29th	13.0	+2.0	2.5	4th	55.8	30.2	high	185%
Swan Hill Aerodrome	30.5	+2.3	37.4	29th	13.9	+2.3	2.7	4th	68.8	43.6	high	158%
North Wimmera (district 78)
Kellalac (Warracknabeal Airport)	29.7		39.6	29th	12.4		-0.3	4th	33.0
Nhill Aerodrome	28.2	+1.6	37.4	29th	13.2	+2.9	1.5	4th	30.8	27.9	average	110%
Warracknabeal Museum	29.6	+3.7	37.5	29th	12.8	+2.6	0.5	4th	32.4	30.5	average	106%
South Wimmera (district 79)
Edenhope Airport	27.6	+3.1	36.8	29th	13.3	+3.5	2.4	8th	49.6	26.6	high	186%
Grampians (Mount William)	19.4	+3.2	28.0	29th	9.4	+2.9	-1.1	4th	66.6	69.9	average	95%
Horsham Aerodrome	28.6	+2.6	36.9	30th	10.8	+2.2	-0.5	4th	45.8	30.0	high	153%
Kanagulk	26.9	+2.5	37.0	29th	11.9	+2.8	1.4	4th	75.2	30.8	v high	244%
Longerenong	28.9	+4.2	39.5	29th	11.3	+2.3	-0.8	4th	49.4	30.6	high	161%
Pyrenees (Ben Nevis)	22.4		30.5	29th	11.9		0.9	4th	56.0	57.9	average	97%
Stawell Aerodrome	27.0	+3.2	35.4	29th	12.4	+2.6	3.1	5th	33.6	40.0	average	84%
Lower North (district 80)
Charlton	29.8	+2.3	37.0	13th	12.9	+1.9	0.6	4th	7.2	38.9	low	19%
Echuca Aerodrome	29.4	+3.3	35.7	29th	13.6	+2.4	3.1	5th	57.2	32.7	high	175%
Kerang	30.2	+3.4	36.8	29th	14.4	+3.1	4.7	5th	67.4	29.9	v high	225%
Kyabram	29.1	+3.9	35.8	30th	13.4	+3.1	3.6	4th	37.6	37.1	average	101%
Upper North (district 81)
Bendigo Airport	28.0	+3.4	34.7	30th	13.1	+3.4	2.2	4th	62.0	46.4	high	134%
Shepparton Airport	28.6	+2.4	35.4	29th	13.6	+2.9	4.7	5th	28.2	49.3	average	57%
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	27.6	+2.9	34.6	29th	13.2	+2.9	4.6	4th	41.8	40.2	average	104%
Yarrawonga	29.2	+2.0	35.8	25th	12.2	+1.1	2.2	5th	38.0	44.6	average	85%
Lower Northeast (district 82)
Benalla Airport	27.9	+1.0	34.6	29th	11.7	+0.6	5.3	9th	19.7	51.8	low	38%
Corryong Airport	26.7	-0.1	33.8	29th	8.9	-0.6	1.0	8th	50.4	73.8	low	68%
Dartmouth Reservoir	25.9	+1.9	32.2	29th	11.0	+1.2	5.0	7th	83.8	69.0	high	121%
Hunters Hill	22.0	+2.1	29.7	29th	10.4	+0.4	2.2	7th	76.4	94.4	average	81%
Rutherglen Research	28.8	+3.4	35.0	29th	9.9	+1.2	-0.4	5th	55.4	45.0	average	123%
Strathbogie	24.1	+2.5	31.6	29th	9.6	+2.0	1.0	4th	50.4	64.0	average	79%
Wangaratta Aero	28.4	+2.6	34.8	29th	9.9	+0.4	1.0	8th	21.6	50.0	low	43%
Upper Northeast (district 83)
Falls Creek	14.6	+2.0	21.6	29th	5.7	+1.4	-4.1	4th	80.6	121.4	low	66%
Mount Buller	14.7	+2.3	20.4	25th	6.2	+1.5	-5.4	4th	68.0	122.7	low	55%
Mount Hotham			19.9	29th	4.3	+0.5	-5.5	4th
Omeo	24.2	+2.1	31.1	29th	7.6	-0.2	0.9	4th	77.6	74.0	average	105%
East Gippsland (district 84)
Combienbar AWS	24.3	+3.3	33.9	30th	11.0	+1.1	2.8	4th	98.8	107.3	average	92%
Gabo Island Lighthouse	19.3	+0.9	22.9	30th			9.6	4th	82.4	72.9	average	113%
Gelantipy	21.7	+2.6	30.1	30th	8.9	+0.9	0.1	4th	72.2	94.1	average	77%
Lakes Entrance (Eastern Beach Road)	22.0	+0.8	32.3	15th	11.8	+0.2	6.1	9th	18.2	70.6	v low	26%
Mallacoota	22.0	+1.3	29.9	30th	13.4	+1.4	7.8	9th	81.8	86.4	average	95%
Mount Nowa Nowa	23.9	+2.9	34.5	30th	12.7	+1.9	4.3	4th	27.2	86.1	v low	32%
Orbost	24.1	+1.9	35.2	30th	11.2	-0.2	5.3	4th	20.6	72.5	v low	28%
Point Hicks (Lighthouse)	22.8	+2.4	31.1	30th	13.6	+0.9	7.7	4th	48.7	80.6	low	60%
West Gippsland (district 85)
Bairnsdale Airport	24.6	+2.8	35.6	30th	10.3	+0.7	3.7	5th	19.4	78.3	v low	25%
East Sale	24.7	+3.4	35.5	30th	11.1	+1.5	3.1	5th	20.2	62.3	v low	32%
East Sale Airport	25.2		36.0	30th	11.5		3.9	5th	16.0
Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airport)	26.3	+4.3	35.5	30th	11.0	+1.5	1.8	5th	50.8	73.7	low	69%
Mount Baw Baw	15.1	+2.6	22.4	30th	6.9	+2.6	-3.5	4th	106.0	151.6	low	70%
Mount Moornapa	25.0	+3.9	35.9	30th	11.8	+1.9	4.2	4th	52.2	108.0	low	48%
Nilma North (Warragul)	25.0		34.8	30th	11.8		1.7	5th	24.0
Pound Creek	23.6	+2.8	34.8	30th	11.1	+0.8	4.4	9th	49.0	64.5	low	76%
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	18.7	+1.5	28.0	30th	13.9	+2.6	8.7	4th	10.0	70.4	v low	14%
Yarram Airport	23.8	+1.9	34.6	15th	10.1	+0.2	3.5	8th	19.0	66.9	v low	28%
East Central (district 86)
Bundoora (Latrobe University)	27.3	+4.8	36.8	29th	13.1	+2.3	3.9	6th	35.0	68.2	low	51%
Cerberus	24.6	+4.2	34.6	30th	12.1	+1.5	4.5	9th	39.4	54.0	average	73%
Coldstream	26.4	+3.7	34.9	29th	10.4	+1.6	0.6	5th	68.4	68.8	average	99%
Essendon Airport	27.0	+5.2	37.3	29th	13.6	+3.6	4.8	4th	30.4	58.0	low	52%
Ferny Creek	22.3		30.6	30th	12.8		3.7	4th	82.0
Frankston AWS	24.8	+4.5	33.9	14th	14.3	+2.1	7.9	5th
Melbourne (Olympic Park)	25.9		35.8	29th	14.9		6.4	5th	46.0
Melbourne Airport	26.6	+4.6	35.9	29th	12.8	+2.4	3.2	5th	54.4	61.3	average	89%
Moorabbin Airport	26.4	+4.8	36.5	30th	13.5	+2.4	5.7	5th	31.0	62.4	low	50%
Rhyll	24.0	+4.0	33.6	30th	14.5	+2.2	8.6	4th	30.6	59.1	low	52%
Scoresby Research Institute	26.5	+5.0	35.4	29th	12.9	+2.6	2.8	5th	28.6	80.1	low	36%
Viewbank	27.2	+3.2	36.6	30th	13.5	+2.1	3.7	5th	44.6	72.6	low	61%
Wonthaggi	24.0	+4.0	32.7	25th	12.5	+2.1	7.0	9th	47.0	69.8	low	67%
West Central (district 87)
Avalon Airport	25.9	+3.6	36.3	30th	12.2	+1.7	2.6	4th	38.8	47.9	average	81%
Breakwater (Geelong Racecourse)	24.6		35.4	14th	12.6		4.2	5th	61.4
Laverton RAAF	25.8	+4.3	37.0	29th	13.4	+3.2	4.1	4th	36.6	52.5	average	70%
Sheoaks	25.3	+4.3	35.6	29th	11.3	+2.4	-0.2	4th	66.2	61.6	average	107%
North Central (district 88)
Castlemaine Prison	26.2	+3.5	33.6	29th	13.1	+3.9	0.5	4th	53.2	48.2	average	110%
Eildon Fire Tower	23.9	+2.9	32.2	29th	12.1	+2.4	2.0	4th	37.6	58.3	average	64%
Lake Eildon	27.7	+4.2	35.2	29th	11.7	+2.4	1.1	5th	30.6	67.3	low	45%
Mangalore Airport	28.0	+3.6	36.0	29th	12.8	+2.9	4.4	4th	24.8	47.5	average	52%
Maryborough	27.6	+3.9	34.7	29th	12.8	+3.3	1.3	4th	48.2	39.7	high	121%
Redesdale	27.4	+3.7	34.1	29th	11.4	+2.9	3.3	5th	46.6	41.4	average	113%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap)	23.5	+3.9	31.8	29th	12.0	+3.1	1.9	4th
Western Plains (district 89)
Ararat Prison	26.2	+4.6	35.0	29th	8.9	+1.1	-1.0	4th	58.0	44.8	high	129%
Ballarat Aerodrome	23.9	+4.2	31.3	30th	11.1	+3.3	-0.3	4th	63.6	55.6	high	114%
Westmere	25.9	+2.9	36.6	29th	9.5	+1.6	-1.6	5th	72.4	44.6	high	162%
West Coast (district 90)
Aireys Inlet	22.2	+2.5	35.2	30th	13.5	+2.5	6.9	4th	50.4	58.1	average	87%
Cape Nelson Lighthouse	21.1	+2.5	37.1	29th	14.1	+2.1	8.7	3rd	61.8	42.0	high	147%
Cape Otway Lighthouse	19.7	+1.4	31.7	30th	13.8	+3.1	7.2	9th	37.6	63.0	low	60%
Casterton	24.6	+2.0	34.1	29th	11.2	+2.2	-0.3	4th	49.8	37.0	high	135%
Colac (Mount Gellibrand)	24.1	+3.6	35.4	29th	12.1	+2.6	4.1	4th	31.2	45.3	low	69%
Dartmoor	25.3		36.8	14th	11.2		0.8	5th	51.6
Hamilton Airport	25.0	+4.0	34.8	29th	11.0	+2.9	0.6	5th	74.4	47.4	high	157%
Mortlake Racecourse	24.7	+3.9	34.6	29th	11.1	+3.2	-0.7	5th	83.4	48.8	high	171%
Port Fairy AWS	22.3	+2.5	36.2	29th	13.5	+2.3	4.2	5th	58.8	44.7	high	132%
Portland (Cashmore Airport)	22.1	+3.4	34.4	29th	12.7	+2.8	2.6	5th	76.8	52.9	high	145%
Warrnambool Airport NDB	23.8	+3.4	35.0	14th	12.0	+3.0	4.7	9th

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