Greater Melbourne in November 2023

Rainfall

  • November rainfall totals were below average to average across Greater Melbourne.
  • Rainfall totals ranged from 57% of the monthly average at Cerberus to 95% of the monthly average at Moorabbin Airport.
  • Ferny Creek was the wettest site in Greater Melbourne, with a total of 90.8 mm. This site also recorded the highest daily rainfall total in Greater Melbourne, with 37.0 mm on the 26th.
  • A deep low pressure system brought widespread rainfall across Greater Melbourne from 25th to 30th, with many sites across recording much of their monthly rainfall totals in this period.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures were below to above average across Greater Melbourne, from 0.8 °C below average at Viewbank to 0.8 °C above average at Scoresby Research Institute.
  • A warm northerly airstream on the 10th brought above average temperatures across Greater Melbourne and many sites recorded daytime temperatures close to or at 10 °C above average on that day.
  • Mean minimum temperatures were above average across Greater Melbourne from 0.5 °C above average at Ferny Creek to 2.9 °C above average at Essendon Airport.
  • Essendon Airport recorded the warmest night across Greater Melbourne with 20.4 °C on the 11th. Many other sites across Greater Melbourne also recorded minimum temperatures close to or at 10 °C above average on this night.

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

  • Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 42.4 mm, which is 72% of the long-term average of 58.7 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 21.6 °C, which is 0.6 °C below the long-term average of 22.2 °C.
  • The warmest day was 33.1 °C on the 10th, and the coolest day was on the 3rd when the temperature reached 15.9 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 13.7 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term average of 12.6 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 9.3 °C on the 5th, and the warmest morning was on the 11th when the minimum temperature was 18.7 °C.

Extremes in November 2023
Hottest day 33.9 °C at Laverton RAAF on the 7th
Warmest days on average 23.0 °C at Viewbank
Coolest days on average 18.4 °C at Ferny Creek
Coldest day 11.5 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) on the 1st
Coldest night 5.3 °C at Coldstream on the 5th
Coolest nights on average 9.8 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Warmest nights on average 13.7 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Warmest night 20.4 °C at Essendon Airport on the 11th
Warmest on average overall 17.8 °C at Viewbank
Coolest on average overall 14.2 °C at Ferny Creek
Wettest overall 90.8 mm at Ferny Creek
Wettest day 37.0 mm at Ferny Creek on the 26th
Strongest wind gust 85 km/h at South Channel Island on the 29th

Highest November mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)
Most recent
higher
Average for
November
Cerberus 12.5 13.3 in 2000 10.7



Summary statistics for November 2023
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
November
2023
Diff
from
average
Highest for
November
2023
Mean for
November
2023
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
November
2023
Total for
November
2023
Average
for
November
Rank of
November
2023
Fraction of
November
average
Cerberus 20.5 -0.1 31.4 7th 12.5 +1.8 8.6 13th 32.6 56.7 low 57%
Coldstream 22.7 0.0 30.6 10th 11.1 +2.2 5.3 5th 43.2 73.1 low 59%
Essendon Airport 22.3 +0.4 33.7 10th 13.1 +2.9 8.6 5th 42.6 58.6 average 73%
Ferny Creek 18.4 -0.6 27.8 10th 10.1 +0.5 6.1 1st 90.8 127.3 low 71%
Frankston (Ballam Park) 21.2   32.3 10th 12.2   6.9 4th 60.8
Laverton RAAF 22.2 +0.6 33.9 7th 13.3 +3.0 10.0 12th 50.6 53.8 average 94%
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 21.6 -0.6 33.1 10th 13.7 +1.1 9.3 5th 42.4 58.7 low 72%
Melbourne Airport 22.4 +0.3 33.7 10th 12.4 +2.0 7.0 5th 38.4 61.7 low 62%
Moorabbin Airport 21.5 -0.2 32.8 10th 12.5 +1.3 8.6 5th 60.8 63.9 average 95%
Scoresby Research Institute 22.4 +0.8 32.0 10th 12.1 +1.7 6.8 5th 51.4 81.7 low 63%
Viewbank 23.0 -0.8 32.9 10th 12.7 +1.4 7.3 5th 42.4 73.7 low 58%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 19.8 +0.2 28.4 10th 9.8 +0.8 5.4 1st 60.0 69.0 average 87%

Daily maximum temperatures for November 2023
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Cerberus15.415.819.722.927.731.428.320.029.517.517.117.516.216.717.216.618.018.418.018.918.625.626.226.218.518.323.918.216.8
Coldstream15.317.917.921.425.028.128.929.525.730.624.519.622.616.921.218.518.623.727.518.620.223.028.028.526.821.017.626.119.819.4
Essendon Airport16.117.217.719.524.329.731.732.023.633.721.519.621.018.219.818.618.520.924.120.520.820.525.528.826.419.818.924.518.418.4
Ferny Creek11.913.713.716.620.324.626.226.322.127.817.416.018.312.516.714.913.018.622.914.116.918.123.324.322.414.913.721.715.112.7
Frankston (Ballam Park)15.416.516.520.423.328.230.929.221.532.319.117.819.916.318.617.616.419.721.017.920.119.726.827.525.019.319.225.218.717.2
Laverton RAAF16.916.117.018.923.830.433.931.822.131.220.621.320.517.518.618.618.020.722.119.420.420.425.030.428.021.919.424.218.718.2
Melbourne (Olympic Park)16.016.715.920.923.929.830.630.823.233.119.118.220.616.818.217.417.818.821.619.319.018.626.528.726.519.818.523.219.118.8
Melbourne Airport15.617.016.619.624.929.931.932.623.933.721.421.321.517.919.818.617.821.525.020.421.520.925.628.226.420.618.124.418.017.6
Moorabbin Airport15.216.316.621.324.329.232.130.722.332.818.017.818.716.618.217.217.318.621.519.219.519.227.829.126.118.818.724.319.818.1
Scoresby Research Institute15.717.417.421.424.928.930.530.524.132.020.419.621.317.019.818.217.822.025.920.321.122.727.928.427.220.417.626.418.617.8
Viewbank15.518.116.521.725.829.431.230.825.532.920.420.122.617.720.718.818.822.727.122.221.822.028.128.327.521.219.426.719.018.4
Wallan (Kilmore Gap)11.514.213.716.321.524.525.827.524.228.424.418.119.415.319.115.515.721.326.218.219.819.223.823.921.918.414.522.314.815.8
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 November 2023
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Cerberus10.611.411.510.111.812.314.112.710.811.215.310.28.611.112.011.110.712.69.013.413.612.913.217.316.215.113.714.015.413.6
Coldstream8.27.911.06.15.38.412.911.413.910.714.88.68.79.88.811.29.110.96.311.414.113.110.113.016.015.514.012.914.513.6
Essendon Airport9.711.511.610.38.611.816.216.814.211.820.410.79.811.811.811.511.313.011.214.114.714.215.216.616.014.412.912.613.713.7
Ferny Creek6.16.57.06.27.312.516.815.311.111.817.37.27.47.37.28.16.68.18.69.610.69.410.911.915.212.211.010.212.410.2
Frankston (Ballam Park)8.39.711.06.911.311.315.815.112.613.617.39.18.69.410.810.69.710.710.212.613.79.613.216.916.414.813.513.015.913.2
Laverton RAAF10.511.711.711.510.710.415.016.414.711.719.210.010.811.812.311.810.813.712.614.514.814.215.116.017.014.413.412.914.214.1
Melbourne (Olympic Park)11.212.112.111.29.312.615.516.315.013.718.712.111.812.712.712.312.413.811.514.415.113.815.216.917.215.113.713.814.414.4
Melbourne Airport8.810.811.29.67.010.115.516.613.911.119.49.19.311.011.510.99.911.19.613.914.413.814.715.916.214.112.512.113.913.5
Moorabbin Airport10.610.411.610.28.69.514.214.512.417.511.710.612.511.811.411.713.010.213.614.312.113.415.513.714.114.914.3
Scoresby Research Institute9.77.511.08.26.89.313.417.313.413.718.18.610.710.59.710.79.111.18.012.713.712.714.314.717.114.913.413.014.513.7
Viewbank10.210.911.38.17.310.515.014.814.012.120.010.410.512.011.211.510.412.410.613.414.512.914.715.716.114.813.413.414.013.6
Wallan (Kilmore Gap)5.46.87.15.56.89.815.415.111.212.218.46.56.57.47.58.06.77.68.39.810.79.511.212.814.011.410.29.811.910.3
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 November 2023
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Bonbeach (Carrum (Patterson River Countr - - - - - - 4.5 20.0 7.5 - - - - - - 2.7 - - - - - - - - - 24.8 - - - 8.0
Burnside - - - - - - - 0.5 7.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20.0 3.5 2.0 0.8 2.0 5.2
Cape Schanck - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 1.6 - - - - - - - 3.8 - 17.4 - 2.8
Cerberus 0.4
- - - - 0.4 2.2 - - - - 0.2 0.2 - 0.6 0.4 - - - - - - - 10.0 6.6 0.6 - 2.2 8.8
Cheltenham Kingston Centre 2.7 - - - - - - 3.5 5.6 - - - - - - 1.0 - 0.4 - - - - - 9.0 - 5.0 2.4 - 0.6 0.6
Coldstream - - - - - - - - 6.4 - - - - 0.2 1.0 - 0.4 - - - - - - - 22.4 1.4 1.0 0.8 6.6 3.0
Eltham 0.4 - - - - - - 0.2 2.0 - - - 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - 9.4 6.8 2.0 0.6 1.8 6.4
Essendon Airport - - -
- - - 1.4 1.2 - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 10.6 15.8 5.2 1.2 2.2 4.6
Ferny Creek 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 - 5.4 1.4 0.2 0.2 - 0.6 1.2 0.2 2.8 1.4 - - 0.2 - 0.2 - - 16.4 37.0 8.0 1.0 4.6 9.2
Frankston (Ballam Park) 0.4 - - - - - - 7.6 3.8 - - - -
- 1.0 0.2 - - - - - - - 12.2 22.4 0.2 - 3.0 10.0
Greenvale Reservoir - - - - - - - 1.4 1.6 - - - - 0.2 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 7.6 2.4 1.8 - 1.0
Hesket (Straws Lane) - - - 0.4 - - - 1.0 9.6 0.2 - - - 0.4 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 24.0 6.6 1.2 - 3.6 24.0
Kinglake West 1.0 - - - - - - - 16.8 1.0 - - 1.6 1.4 - - 1.4 - - - - - - - 26.2 - 12.4 1.4 16.0 4.2
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek) 0.6 - - - - - - - 11.8 - - - 1.8 0.2 - - 3.4 0.2 - - - - - - 18.6 3.8 12.0 2.4 24.0
Lancefield 0.4 - - - - - - 0.4 4.6 - - - - 0.4 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 24.0 - - 13.0 0.6
Laverton RAAF 0.2 - - 0.2 - - - 11.2 2.6 0.2 - - - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - 18.0 5.8 0.4 - 2.8 8.8
Melbourne (Olympic Park) - - - - - - - 0.6 8.8 - - - 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.6 - - - - - - - - 8.8 3.8 7.2 1.8 2.8 6.8
Melbourne Airport - - - - - - - 3.2 2.4 0.2 - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 13.2 9.8 2.4 0.4 2.2 4.2
Melbourne Botanical Gardens - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - 0.8 9.0 - - 1.1 0.6 - - - - 1.3 - - - - - 9.5 3.5 6.5 1.8 3.2 7.2
Mitcham - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - 0.4 0.2 0.6 2.2 1.8 - - - - - - - 15.0 15.6 3.6 0.2 2.2
Monbulk (Spring Road) 0.6 - - - - - - 3.0 5.0 0.3 - - - 1.4 - 1.8 0.8 - - - - - - - 21.4 10.4 1.2 - 5.0 5.4
Moorabbin Airport - - - - - - - 14.0 8.0
- - 1.4 0.2 - 3.6 0.2 - - - - - - - 15.2 9.0 3.6 0.2 2.2 3.2
Mornington 0.4 - - - - - - 9.0 0.8 0.1 - - - - - 2.0 0.1 - - - - - - - - - 13.0 0.1 4.1 6.2
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) - - - - - - 2.6 4.2 - - - 0.8 - - 1.0 3.6 - - - - - - - 15.4 6.0 5.0 2.0 0.2 9.8
Newham (Cobaw) - - - - - - - - 2.4 - - - - 0.6 1.0 - - - - - - - - - 23.0 2.0 - - 7.2 9.8
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) - - - - - - 1.2 0.2 10.0 - - - 1.0 - - 2.2 - - - - - - - - 14.0 3.6 5.0 2.6 1.4 7.0
Preston Reservoir - - - - - - - 1.2 1.2 - - - 0.6 0.2 1.8 0.4 0.6 - - - - - - - 7.2 16.2 8.2 4.6 1.2
Romsey - - - - - - - - 11.0 - - - - - 1.8 - - - 0.2 - - - 0.2 - 19.6 5.2 1.8 - 6.0
Rosebud (Country Club) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.5 - - - - - - - - 4.2 3.2 1.8 - 8.8 6.8
Scoresby Research Institute - - - - - - - 3.4 2.4 - -
0.8 0.6 0.2 1.8 1.2 - - - - - - - 15.8 16.2 2.4 0.4 1.8 4.4
Springvale Necropolis - - - - - - - - 8.0 - - - - - - 2.5 - - - - - - - - 28.0 - - 6.5
Tarrawarra Monastery - - - - - - - - - - 6.0 - - - 1.8 - 0.9 - - - - - - - 16.0 7.0 5.0 0.4 3.0 7.0
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorourrong) - - - - - - - 0.4 13.0 - - - 0.4 0.2 2.0 - 0.6 - - - - - - - 6.6 0.2 7.2 4.0 3.2
Upper Plenty - - - - - - - - 11.8 - - - - 0.4 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 13.8 5.4 7.2 2.4 12.0 9.4
Viewbank 0.2 - - - - - - 0.8 1.8 - - - 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.0 - - - - - - - - 7.0 15.6 2.6 1.0 2.6 7.8
Wallan - - - - - - - - 10.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13.0 2.4 4.4 - 23.4 5.2
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) - - - - - - - - 13.4 - - - - 0.6 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 17.0 8.2 3.6 1.0 7.8 7.2
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservoir (Quarte -


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Willowmavin (Avalon Station) - - - 0.2 - - - - 7.2 - 0.2 - - 0.8 1.4 - - - - - - - - - 21.2 0.2 - - 10.8 1.2
Woodend - - - - - - - 2.0 - - - - - 0.4 1.0 - - - - - - - 0.2 - 23.8 5.6 1.2 0.4 5.0 35.2
Yan Yean - - - - - - - 4.6 8.6 - - - 0.2 0.2 1.0 - 1.6 - - - - - - - 8.0 6.6 4.4 1.4 10.6
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

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 at 10 am on Friday 1 December 2023. 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.

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


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