Tuesday, 1 February 2022 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC16L0
Greater Melbourne in January 2022: much warmer than average
Rainfall in January 2022 was near-average to above average at most sites in Greater Melbourne. Both mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures were much above average across Greater Melbourne; most reporting sites had their record highest January mean daily minimum temperature.
Above average rainfall
- Rainfall in January 2022 was near-average to above average at most sites in Greater Melbourne.
- January rainfall totals ranged from 41% of average at Moorabbin Airport to 242% of average at Laverton RAAF.
- Most of rain fell on the 6th and 7th and between the 27th and 29th, when thunderstorms associated with low pressure troughs produced locally heavy falls.
- Coldstream had its highest January daily rainfall on record on the 27th.
- The highest daily rainfall total in Greater Melbourne was 57.2 mm recorded at Oakleigh in the 24 hours to 9am on the 29th.
- Toorourrong, Woodend and Yan Yean had their highest total January rainfall since at least 1988.
- Melbourne (Olympic Park) recorded January rainfall total of 79.6 mm, which was 32.8 mm above the long-term average for the city.
Much warmer than average
- Both mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures were much above average across Greater Melbourne.
- Nights were very warm, with mean minimum temperatures between 2.5 °C and 3.7 °C above the January average throughout Greater Melbourne.
- All reporting sites had their highest January mean daily minimum temperature on record.
- Highest daily minimum temperature during the month, 23.6 °C, was recorded at Ferny Creek on the 1st.
- A number of sites across Greater Melbourne reported their January record for a total count of nights of at least 15.0 °C, for example Essendon Airport (28), Rhyll (28), Laverton RAAF (27), Moorabbin Airport (27), Scoresby (25), Melbourne Airport (25) and Cerberus (22).
- Melbourne (Olympic Park) had nine nights with minimum temperatures of 20 °C or more, equalling the city's record from January 2012.
- Mean maximum temperatures ranged from 1.9 °C warmer than average at Ferny Creek to 3.7 °C warmer than average at Scoresby.
- The hottest day at all reporting sites was the 1st, with Viewbank recording Greater Melbourne's hottest temperature for the month, 39.0 °C.
- Cerberus and Viewbank had their highest January mean daily maximum temperature on record, while Moorabbin Airport had its highest January mean daily maximum temperature since 1981.
- Melbourne (Olympic Park) recorded 17 days with daily maximum temperature of 30.0 °C or above, equalling the record for the city set in 1974.
Melbourne (Olympic Park)
- Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 79.6 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 29.1 °C.
- The warmest day was 37.1 °C on the 1st, and the coolest day was on the 8th when the temperature reached 19.7 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 18.3 °C.
- The coldest morning was 12.9 °C on the 20th, and the warmest morning was on the 28th when the minimum temperature was 21.7 °C.
Thunderstorms. flash floods and hail
- Severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and strong winds affected Greater Melbourne on the 7th; thousands of households were left without power and there were reports of flash flooding in Melbourne's outer western suburbs.
- On the 27th, thunderstorms brought strong winds, heavy rainfall and flash flooding to the north-east suburbs of Greater Melbourne.
- Thunderstorms affected Greater Melbourne again, later in the day on the 28th; there were reports of flash flooding in many suburbs including Mulgrave, Keysborough, Bentleigh, McKinnon, Elwood, Carnegie and Werribee, and there were many road closures due to flooding.
- The precipitable water (a measure of the amount of water in the atmosphere) value at Melbourne Airport on the 28th was 51.0 mm, which was more than double the January mean of 21.3 mm.
- Large hail was reported in Mt Waverley on the 28th.
Further information
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Extremes in January 2022 | |
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Hottest day | 39.0 °C at Viewbank on the 1st |
Warmest days on average | 31.5 °C at Viewbank |
Coolest days on average | 26.2 °C at Ferny Creek |
Coldest day | 16.1 °C at Ferny Creek on the 8th |
Coldest night | 8.0 °C at Coldstream on the 20th |
Coolest nights on average | 14.9 °C at Coldstream |
Warmest nights on average | 18.3 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park) |
Warmest night | 23.6 °C at Ferny Creek on the 1st |
Warmest on average overall | 24.3 °C at Viewbank |
Coolest on average overall | 20.9 °C at Ferny Creek |
Wettest overall | 140.8 mm at Woodend |
Wettest day | 57.2 mm at Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) on the 29th |
Strongest wind gust | 85 km/h at South Channel Island on the 12th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Record highest January daily rainfall | ||||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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Coldstream | 47.2 | on the 27th | 45.0 | on the 30th in 2021 | 28 |
Highest January total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent higher |
Average for January |
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Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorourrong) | 124.4 | 131.5 | in 1963 | 54.7 | |
Woodend | 140.8 | 172.3 | in 1970* | 43.9 | |
Yan Yean | 102.0 | 103.8 | in 1988 | 45.0 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
Record highest January mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Cerberus | 27.0 | 26.8 | in 2001 | 30 | 24.6 |
Viewbank | 31.5 | 31.4 | in 2019 | 22 | 28.0 |
Highest January mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for January |
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Moorabbin Airport | 29.4 | 29.5 | in 1981 | 25.9 |
Record highest January mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Laverton RAAF | 17.3 | 16.8 | in 1981 | 78 | 13.9 |
Scoresby Research Institute | 17.1 | 16.2 | in 1981 | 63 | 13.4 |
Essendon Airport | 17.4 | 16.5 | in 2019 | 52 | 13.7 |
Melbourne Airport | 16.4 | 16.1 | in 2001 | 51 | 13.8 |
Moorabbin Airport | 17.8 | 16.6 | in 1981 | 50 | 14.3 |
Cerberus | 16.5 | 15.6 | in 2001 | 30 | 13.9 |
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | 15.2 | 14.4 | in 2001 | 28 | 12.4 |
Coldstream | 14.9 | 13.9 | in 2011 | 27 | 12.0 |
Viewbank | 17.1 | 16.1 | in 2019 | 22 | 14.6 |
Record highest January mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Scoresby Research Institute | 23.6 | = 23.6 | in 2019 | 63 | 19.9 |
Essendon Airport | 23.7 | 23.4 | in 2019 | 52 | 20.2 |
Melbourne Airport | 23.3 | 23.0 | in 2019 | 51 | 20.2 |
Moorabbin Airport | 23.6 | 23.1 | in 1981 | 50 | 20.1 |
Cerberus | 21.7 | 21.2 | in 2001 | 30 | 19.2 |
Coldstream | 22.7 | = 22.7 | in 2019 | 27 | 20.0 |
Viewbank | 24.3 | 23.8 | in 2019 | 22 | 21.3 |
Highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for January |
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Laverton RAAF | 22.6 | 23.1 | in 1981 | 19.8 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Summary statistics for January 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for January 2022 |
Diff from average |
Highest for January 2022 |
Mean for January 2022 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for January 2022 |
Total for January 2022 |
Average for January |
Rank of January 2022 |
Fraction of January average |
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Cerberus | 27.0 | +2.4 | 37.4 | 1st | 16.5 | +2.6 | 11.3 | 16th | 77.8 | 41.2 | high | 189% |
Coldstream | 30.5 | +2.5 | 37.2 | 1st | 14.9 | +2.9 | 8.0 | 20th | 97.6 | 50.7 | v high | 193% |
Essendon Airport | 30.1 | +3.5 | 38.0 | 1st | 17.4 | +3.7 | 13.0 | 20th | 43.8 | 43.7 | average | 100% |
Ferny Creek | 26.2 | +1.9 | 33.9 | 1st | 15.7 | +2.7 | 10.9 | 9th | 89.4 | 82.3 | average | 109% |
Frankston (Ballam Park) | 28.4 | 35.7 | 1st | 17.1 | 13.3 | 10th | 69.6 | |||||
Laverton RAAF | 28.0 | +2.2 | 38.5 | 1st | 17.3 | +3.4 | 12.6 | 10th | 100.0 | 41.4 | v high | 242% |
Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 29.1 | 37.1 | 1st | 18.3 | 12.9 | 20th | 79.6 | |||||
Melbourne Airport | 30.0 | +3.4 | 38.4 | 1st | 16.4 | +2.6 | 11.0 | 20th | 59.6 | 42.8 | high | 139% |
Moorabbin Airport | 29.4 | +3.5 | 36.7 | 1st | 17.8 | +3.5 | 13.4 | 19th | 18.6 | 44.9 | low | 41% |
Scoresby Research Institute | 30.1 | +3.7 | 37.1 | 1st | 17.1 | +3.7 | 12.4 | 20th | 54.0 | 53.8 | average | 100% |
Viewbank | 31.5 | +3.5 | 39.0 | 1st | 17.1 | +2.5 | 11.1 | 20th | 41.8 | 45.5 | average | 92% |
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | 28.1 | +2.9 | 34.8 | 1st | 15.2 | +2.8 | 10.3 | 19th | 87.6 | 51.2 | high | 171% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Daily maximum temperatures for January 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 37.4 | 29.2 | 20.1 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 29.8 | 24.5 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 24.0 | 26.4 | 26.9 | 30.6 | 29.4 | 22.2 | 26.4 | 22.7 | 20.8 | 25.1 | 27.2 | 28.5 | 31.2 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 28.8 | 33.4 | 30.8 | 29.9 | 22.1 | 28.1 | 30.6 |
Coldstream | 37.2 | 34.1 | 25.4 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 27.4 | 20.8 | 27.6 | 33.7 | 29.8 | 30.2 | 34.3 | 31.2 | 26.3 | 33.6 | 25.2 | 23.3 | 27.7 | 30.2 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 34.6 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 36.7 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 23.1 | 31.2 | 34.8 |
Essendon Airport | 38.0 | 31.9 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 30.3 | 30.9 | 26.4 | 21.0 | 23.3 | 32.2 | 30.8 | 31.0 | 35.6 | 33.8 | 25.5 | 31.1 | 25.2 | 22.8 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 31.9 | 33.7 | 34.6 | 34.6 | 34.1 | 37.7 | 32.8 | 34.0 | 21.9 | 29.1 | 35.1 |
Ferny Creek | 33.9 | 29.5 | 19.7 | 23.1 | 24.6 | 27.8 | 23.4 | 16.1 | 22.3 | 28.8 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 29.4 | 28.2 | 21.1 | 29.2 | 21.4 | 18.7 | 21.4 | 24.9 | 27.4 | 28.8 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 33.0 | 27.6 | 30.4 | 18.6 | 27.3 | 29.9 |
Frankston (Ballam Park) | 35.7 | 31.9 | 20.6 | 24.5 | 25.2 | 30.5 | 25.1 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 28.5 | 28.1 | 27.1 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 24.3 | 29.4 | 24.0 | 21.3 | 25.0 | 27.4 | 29.5 | 31.8 | 33.0 | 33.7 | 33.1 | 35.1 | 31.7 | 31.6 | 23.0 | 29.2 | 33.4 |
Laverton RAAF | 38.5 | 29.9 | 21.1 | 22.4 | 28.4 | 29.3 | 25.3 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 27.6 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 23.4 | 27.8 | 23.0 | 21.2 | 25.2 | 27.7 | 29.0 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 32.4 | 31.5 | 34.3 | 33.7 | 30.1 | 22.6 | 27.5 | 31.1 |
Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 37.1 | 30.9 | 20.3 | 23.1 | 29.3 | 30.2 | 25.8 | 19.7 | 21.9 | 31.4 | 29.7 | 30.4 | 34.6 | 32.8 | 24.2 | 31.9 | 24.2 | 21.3 | 26.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 32.3 | 32.6 | 33.7 | 31.4 | 36.0 | 32.8 | 32.8 | 21.8 | 29.2 | 34.0 |
Melbourne Airport | 38.4 | 32.6 | 21.8 | 22.9 | 30.1 | 30.6 | 27.0 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 31.6 | 29.3 | 30.5 | 35.2 | 33.4 | 25.3 | 31.5 | 25.0 | 22.8 | 27.7 | 29.8 | 31.7 | 33.3 | 34.1 | 35.1 | 34.4 | 37.3 | 33.3 | 34.5 | 21.6 | 28.7 | 35.2 |
Moorabbin Airport | 36.7 | 30.5 | 21.7 | 25.0 | 28.6 | 31.9 | 25.5 | 20.5 | 22.9 | 31.1 | 30.8 | 29.8 | 33.7 | 33.8 | 23.3 | 31.6 | 24.3 | 22.7 | 26.1 | 29.6 | 31.9 | 33.4 | 32.4 | 32.9 | 32.0 | 36.5 | 34.4 | 32.7 | 22.5 | 30.2 | 33.0 |
Scoresby Research Institute | 37.1 | 32.6 | 24.0 | 26.9 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 26.7 | 21.4 | 25.1 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 33.8 | 31.3 | 25.6 | 32.9 | 26.0 | 23.0 | 25.9 | 29.4 | 31.6 | 33.6 | 34.7 | 35.4 | 35.0 | 36.9 | 31.4 | 33.3 | 22.5 | 30.3 | 33.0 |
Viewbank | 39.0 | 33.8 | 24.0 | 24.5 | 30.1 | 32.4 | 28.3 | 22.6 | 25.9 | 34.9 | 32.5 | 32.8 | 36.2 | 33.4 | 26.2 | 35.0 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 29.1 | 31.6 | 33.1 | 35.3 | 36.1 | 37.2 | 37.5 | 38.1 | 32.5 | 34.9 | 22.1 | 30.7 | 35.3 |
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | 34.8 | 32.4 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 27.2 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 17.9 | 25.5 | 31.9 | 28.9 | 29.4 | 31.2 | 29.8 | 24.5 | 32.9 | 23.4 | 20.5 | 27.4 | 28.2 | 29.6 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 32.7 | 33.3 | 33.4 | 28.1 | 32.0 | 18.2 | 26.1 | 31.6 |
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 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 17.7 | 19.3 | 18.8 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 11.3 | 17.0 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 21.4 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 18.4 | 18.3 |
Coldstream | 13.7 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 15.9 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 11.9 | 17.4 | 14.7 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 17.0 |
Essendon Airport | 19.7 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 18.6 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 19.1 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 21.0 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 19.9 |
Ferny Creek | 23.6 | 20.1 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 17.9 | 14.4 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 16.9 | 19.5 | 14.7 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 15.4 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 16.6 |
Frankston (Ballam Park) | 19.1 | 21.3 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 13.3 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 14.2 | 18.1 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 17.1 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 18.1 |
Laverton RAAF | 20.3 | 20.3 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 17.8 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 17.8 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 20.9 | 22.1 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 19.9 |
Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 20.5 | 20.9 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 17.6 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 19.6 | 21.2 | 21.7 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 20.1 |
Melbourne Airport | 18.2 | 19.9 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 17.6 | 16.4 | 12.4 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 11.0 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 19.6 | 21.1 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 19.2 | |
Moorabbin Airport | 20.3 | 21.3 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 18.6 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 18.8 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 19.1 |
Scoresby Research Institute | 18.8 | 20.5 | 16.0 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 18.3 | |
Viewbank | 17.7 | 20.2 | 16.4 | 15.1 | 18.1 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 16.9 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 16.7 | 18.7 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 20.0 |
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | 20.6 | 20.0 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 18.1 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 14.5 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 13.9 | 16.1 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 18.7 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 16.2 |
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 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 16.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | 37.5 | |||
Bullengarook East | - | - | → | → | → | → | 5.0 | 6.2 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 17.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | - | 34.2 | 11.4 | 51.4 | |||
Burnside | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20.0 | 15.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 8.0 | 35.0 | - | - | |
Cape Schanck | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | 18.0 | 21.8 | |||
Cerberus | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 28.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 28.0 | 10.8 | - | - | |
Cheltenham Kingston Centre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 5.0 | 43.0 | - | 0.1 | |
Coldstream | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47.2 | 11.6 | 10.0 | 0.2 | - | |
Eltham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.8 | 4.2 | ||||
Essendon Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 10.6 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.4 | 3.2 | 20.6 | - | - | |
Ferny Creek | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 26.2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | 13.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Frankston (Ballam Park) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 28.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | 11.2 | 19.8 | - | - | |
Greenvale Reservoir | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27.0 | 10.4 | 18.4 | 0.2 | - | |||
Kinglake West | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 0.4 | 29.8 | 0.8 | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.8 | 7.6 | 16.8 | 0.4 | ||
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek) | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | 27.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27.6 | 27.8 | 17.6 | 0.8 | - | |||
Koo Wee Rup | 25.6 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lancefield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laverton RAAF | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 11.8 | 49.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 2.4 | 32.4 | 0.2 | - | |
Macedon Forestry | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | → | → | 46.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Melbourne (Olympic Park) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 24.8 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 1.6 | 38.6 | - | - | |
Melbourne Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.6 | 4.2 | 22.8 | - | - | |
Melbourne Botanical Gardens | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | 21.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.4 | 1.4 | 40.0 | 0.3 | - | |
Mitcham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3.4 | 13.8 | - | - | |||
Monbulk (Spring Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | - | 37.6 | |||
Moorabbin Airport | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.8 | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 3.4 | - | - | - | |
Mornington | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.0 | - | - | 28.0 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | 22.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | |||||
Newham (Cobaw) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.6 | 25.2 | 20.4 | - | 0.4 | |
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.4 | - | 57.2 | |||
Preston Reservoir | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | 6.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.2 | 4.6 | 20.2 | - | - | |||
Romsey | - | - | 0.4 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rosebud (Country Club) | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | 2.2 | 20.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.6 | - | 23.0 | |||
Scoresby Research Institute | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 17.4 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 1.6 | 18.8 | - | - | |
Springvale (Sandown) | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 13.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.8 | 48.6 | 1.0 | |||
Springvale Necropolis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.0 | → | → | 55.0 | |
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorourrong) | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 38.0 | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44.4 | 16.4 | 24.0 | - | - | |||
Upper Plenty | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1.8 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.4 | 5.4 | 23.2 | 0.6 | - | |
Viewbank | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.0 | 3.4 | 18.8 | - | - | |
Wallan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47.0 | 15.8 | 18.4 | |||
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | 3.2 | 2.0 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44.4 | 8.2 | 28.0 | 0.8 | - | |
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservoir (Quarte | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Willowmavin (Avalon Station) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | 0.4 | - | - | 2.2 | - | - | 2.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | 19.6 | 6.0 | 21.6 | - | 8.2 | |
Woodend | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | - | 16.6 | 11.8 | 1.0 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 4.4 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.4 | 13.6 | 49.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
Yan Yean | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 3.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44.6 | 34.2 | 15.6 | 0.2 | - | |||
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 |
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Notes
The Monthly climate summary, generally published on the third working day of each 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. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
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 “include the population within the urban area of the city, as well as people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the city, and live in small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. It is important to note that GCCSAs do not define the built up edge of the city. They provide a stable definition for these cities and are designed for the output of a range of social and economic survey data.”
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Tuesday 1 February 2022. 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, which vary widely from site to site.
They are not shown for sites with less 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.
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