Friday, 1 March 2024 - Monthly Climate Summary for Victoria - Product code IDCKGC16R0
Victoria in February 2024
Rainfall
- Area-averaged rainfall for February was 12.27 mm, which was 60.5% below the 1961–1990 average, it was the lowest February rainfall since 2018.
- February rainfall totals were below to very much below average across much of the state, excluding isolated pockets in the North East district which recorded above average rainfall.
- Falls Creek (Rocky Valley) had the state's highest total rainfall this month recording 145.0 mm, and also the state's highest daily rainfall total of 123.0 mm on the 9th.
- Falls Creek set a record for the highest daily February rainfall total on the 6th at 106.0 mm. The previous record was 104.2 mm in 2011.
Temperature
- Statewide, the February mean maximum temperature was 1.63 °C above the 1961–1990 average and it was the warmest February since 2015.
- Mean maximum temperatures were above average for all of Victoria and very much above average (within the highest 10% of historical observations) for the Mallee district.
- Victoria experienced frequent low-intensity heatwave conditions throughout the month, and all stations across Victoria experienced their warmest days of the month on the 4th, 13th, 22nd and 28th.
- Aireys Inlet and Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse had their highest mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
- Mildura Airport had the warmest days on average in February at 34.8 °C, which was 3.0 °C above the February long-term average and Mount Buller had the coldest days on average at 18.1 °C, which was 1.0 °C above the February long-term average.
- Area-averaged, the mean minimum temperature in February was 0.35 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
- Mean minimum temperatures were close to average across much of the state and above average for parts of the East Gippsland and North East districts.
- Gabo Island had the warmest average February night-time temperature for the state at 17.5 °C, which was 1.2 °C above the long-term February average and Falls Creek had the coldest nights on average at 9.4 °C, which was 0.9 °C above the long-term February average.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in February 2024 | |
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| Hottest day | 43.8 °C at Walpeup Research on the 28th |
| Warmest days on average | 34.8 °C at Mildura Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 18.1 °C at Mount Buller |
| Coldest day | 6.8 °C at Mount Baw Baw on the 23rd |
| Coldest night | 1.2 °C at Falls Creek on the 7th |
| Coolest nights on average | 9.4 °C at Falls Creek |
| Warmest nights on average | 17.5 °C at Gabo Island Lighthouse |
| Warmest night | 26.1 °C at Mildura Airport on the 13th |
| Warmest on average overall | 25.8 °C at Mildura Airport |
| Coolest on average overall | 13.8 °C at Falls Creek |
| Wettest overall | 145.0 mm at Falls Creek (Rocky Valley) |
| Wettest day | 123.0 mm at Falls Creek (Rocky Valley) on the 9th |
| Strongest wind gust | 130 km/h at Colac (Mount Gellibrand) on the 13th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Record highest February daily rainfall | ||||||
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| Falls Creek | 106.0 | on the 6th | 104.2 | on the 5th in 2011 | 30 | |
| Highest February mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Average for February |
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| Aireys Inlet | 24.9 | 26.2 | in 2001 | 23.1 | |
| Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse | 22.5 | 23.2 | in 2001 | 20.6 | |
| Lowest February mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Average for February |
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| Portland Airport | 11.4 | 10.9 | in 1998 | 12.8 | |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for February 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for February 2024 |
Diff from average |
Highest for February 2024 |
Mean for February 2024 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for February 2024 |
Total for February 2024 |
Average for February |
Rank of February 2024 |
Fraction of February average |
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| North Mallee (district 76) | ||||||||||||
| Mildura Airport | 34.8 | +3.0 | 43.4 | 28th | 16.8 | +0.3 | 10.4 | 15th | 3.4 | 20.5 | average | 17% |
| Ouyen (Post Office) | 33.5 | +1.9 | 42.5 | 22nd | 15.6 | +0.3 | 10.0 | 24th | 3.1 | 23.0 | average | 13% |
| Walpeup Research | 34.5 | +3.1 | 43.8 | 28th | 15.2 | -0.2 | 7.5 | 24th | 1.2 | 22.6 | low | 5% |
| South Mallee (district 77) | ||||||||||||
| Hopetoun Airport | 33.5 | +1.7 | 43.2 | 28th | 14.2 | -0.5 | 8.5 | 24th | 0 | 16.2 | lowest | 0% |
| Swan Hill Aerodrome | 33.7 | +1.5 | 41.6 | 22nd | 15.2 | -0.7 | 9.2 | 15th | 4.6 | 17.9 | average | 26% |
| North Wimmera (district 78) | ||||||||||||
| Kellalac (Warracknabeal Airport) | 32.7 | 41.6 | 28th | 13.0 | 7.2 | 24th | 0.2 | |||||
| Nhill Aerodrome | 31.7 | +1.5 | 40.9 | 28th | 12.7 | -0.7 | 7.0 | 15th | 0 | 14.4 | lowest | 0% |
| South Wimmera (district 79) | ||||||||||||
| Edenhope Airport | 29.7 | +1.3 | 39.1 | 4th | 12.1 | -0.8 | 5.9 | 15th | 0 | 16.7 | v low | 0% |
| Grampians (Mount William) | 21.5 | +1.5 | 30.7 | 4th | 9.7 | +0.2 | 3.2 | 15th | 4.0 | 32.2 | v low | 12% |
| Horsham Aerodrome | 31.8 | +1.6 | 41.5 | 28th | 11.8 | -0.7 | 5.4 | 15th | 0.2 | 19.6 | v low | 1% |
| Kanagulk | 30.1 | +1.6 | 40.7 | 28th | 11.8 | -0.9 | 7.0 | 15th | 0.2 | 16.8 | v low | 1% |
| Longerenong | 31.7 | +1.7 | 41.8 | 28th | 12.5 | -0.7 | 6.6 | 15th | ||||
| Pyrenees (Ben Nevis) | 26.2 | +2.4 | 35.7 | 28th | 12.3 | +0.4 | 5.8 | 15th | 0.6 | 30.0 | v low | 2% |
| Stawell Aerodrome | 29.9 | +1.5 | 39.5 | 4th | 12.6 | -1.0 | 8.2 | 27th | 0 | 25.7 | lowest | 0% |
| Lower North (district 80) | ||||||||||||
| Charlton | 33.0 | +1.8 | 41.2 | 22nd | 13.9 | -1.0 | 8.3 | 24th | 0.8 | 15.7 | low | 5% |
| Echuca Aerodrome | 32.8 | +2.2 | 39.8 | 4th | 15.4 | +0.2 | 10.9 | 15th | 9.1 | 25.6 | average | 36% |
| Kerang | 32.7 | +1.5 | 40.4 | 22nd | 15.2 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 15th | 12.2 | 23.2 | average | 53% |
| Kyabram | 31.9 | +1.8 | 39.7 | 4th | 15.2 | +0.3 | 10.3 | 25th | 17.4 | 26.2 | average | 66% |
| Upper North (district 81) | ||||||||||||
| Bendigo Airport | 30.9 | +1.4 | 39.2 | 22nd | 14.0 | -0.3 | 8.0 | 25th | 2.6 | 27.6 | v low | 9% |
| Shepparton Airport | 31.7 | +0.8 | 39.0 | 4th | 15.2 | +0.1 | 10.5 | 15th | 22.0 | 32.8 | average | 67% |
| Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag | 31.2 | +1.7 | 38.5 | 4th | 15.0 | +0.5 | 10.7 | 15th | 40.0 | 31.8 | high | 126% |
| Yarrawonga | 33.3 | +1.7 | 39.4 | 4th | 15.5 | -0.1 | 9.0 | 15th | 11.8 | 40.0 | average | 30% |
| Lower Northeast (district 82) | ||||||||||||
| Benalla Airport | 31.4 | +0.7 | 38.0 | 4th | 15.1 | -0.1 | 10.5 | 3rd | 29.6 | 37.2 | average | 80% |
| Corryong Airport | 32.4 | +1.9 | 37.0 | 4th | 14.1 | +1.0 | 8.6 | 7th | 31.6 | 62.7 | average | 50% |
| Hunters Hill | 27.3 | +2.2 | 33.0 | 29th | 14.9 | +1.0 | 9.6 | 7th | 42.0 | 68.7 | average | 61% |
| Rutherglen Research | 32.9 | +2.1 | 39.2 | 4th | 14.2 | +0.3 | 8.0 | 3rd | 47.2 | 37.3 | high | 127% |
| Strathbogie | 27.8 | +0.4 | 34.0 | 13th | 11.3 | -0.3 | 7.2 | 3rd | 25.0 | 43.1 | average | 58% |
| Wangaratta Aero | 31.5 | +0.6 | 37.7 | 4th | 13.7 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 7th | 37.2 | 41.1 | average | 91% |
| Upper Northeast (district 83) | ||||||||||||
| Edi Upper | 30.3 | +0.5 | 36.2 | 4th | 14.2 | +0.2 | 8.4 | 7th | 35.4 | 55.3 | average | 64% |
| Falls Creek | 18.3 | +1.2 | 21.8 | 4th | 9.4 | +0.9 | 1.2 | 7th | 130.4 | 92.8 | high | 141% |
| Mount Buller | 18.1 | +1.0 | 23.0 | 28th | 10.0 | +1.2 | 2.4 | 14th | 20.2 | 71.7 | low | 28% |
| Omeo | 27.2 | +1.8 | 34.2 | 29th | 11.0 | +0.5 | 4.8 | 3rd | 64.8 | 52.2 | average | 124% |
| East Gippsland (district 84) | ||||||||||||
| Combienbar AWS | 24.9 | +0.5 | 34.7 | 4th | 13.9 | +0.6 | 8.8 | 7th | 23.2 | 77.2 | low | 30% |
| Gabo Island Lighthouse | 23.3 | +1.7 | 32.0 | 4th | 17.5 | +1.2 | 13.7 | 7th | 17.8 | 67.2 | low | 26% |
| Gelantipy | 23.6 | +0.6 | 32.1 | 4th | 11.7 | +0.3 | 4.6 | 7th | 39.0 | 65.6 | average | 59% |
| Lakes Entrance (Eastern Beach Road) | 24.4 | +0.8 | 37.7 | 13th | 14.9 | +0.1 | 10.4 | 15th | 7.0 | 49.4 | v low | 14% |
| Mallacoota | 25.1 | +1.2 | 34.4 | 13th | 16.2 | +0.4 | 11.2 | 15th | 16.6 | 61.3 | low | 27% |
| Mount Nowa Nowa | 25.1 | +0.6 | 35.9 | 13th | 14.1 | -0.1 | 10.1 | 7th | 32.2 | 59.4 | low | 54% |
| Orbost | 25.4 | -0.1 | 36.4 | 13th | 14.5 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 25th | 25.8 | 48.4 | average | 53% |
| West Gippsland (district 85) | ||||||||||||
| Bairnsdale Airport | 27.0 | +1.5 | 37.8 | 13th | 13.4 | +0.5 | 7.5 | 3rd | 28.2 | 44.4 | average | 64% |
| Corner Inlet (Yanakie) | 23.2 | -0.4 | 36.3 | 22nd | 13.4 | -0.9 | 5.8 | 15th | 2.2 | 32.0 | v low | 7% |
| East Sale | 27.0 | +1.6 | 38.1 | 13th | 13.4 | +0.2 | 7.5 | 3rd | 0 | 40.6 | lowest | 0% |
| East Sale Airport | 27.4 | 38.8 | 13th | 13.4 | 7.7 | 3rd | 2.2 | |||||
| Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airport) | 28.0 | +1.4 | 38.1 | 13th | 12.2 | -0.7 | 4.7 | 7th | 1.4 | 41.1 | lowest | 3% |
| Mount Moornapa | 25.4 | +0.8 | 35.4 | 13th | 13.4 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 15th | 35.0 | 65.2 | average | 54% |
| Nilma North (Warragul) | 26.6 | +0.7 | 36.1 | 13th | 12.7 | -0.5 | 5.5 | 7th | 5.0 | 44.0 | v low | 11% |
| Pound Creek | 25.0 | 0.0 | 37.0 | 13th | 11.8 | -1.2 | 5.5 | 25th | 7.0 | 35.5 | low | 20% |
| Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse | 22.5 | +1.9 | 37.6 | 13th | 16.1 | +1.2 | 14.0 | 3rd | 7.4 | 46.9 | v low | 16% |
| Yarram Airport | 25.8 | +1.0 | 39.1 | 13th | 11.7 | -1.3 | 5.9 | 15th | 10.0 | 41.2 | v low | 24% |
| East Central (district 86) | ||||||||||||
| Cerberus | 25.0 | +0.1 | 36.9 | 22nd | 13.9 | -0.4 | 7.0 | 25th | 2.2 | 34.8 | v low | 6% |
| Coldstream | 27.8 | +0.2 | 36.3 | 4th | 11.1 | -0.8 | 3.8 | 15th | 6.4 | 47.3 | low | 14% |
| Essendon Airport | 27.8 | +1.9 | 38.3 | 4th | 15.1 | +1.0 | 10.8 | 15th | 3.6 | 43.1 | low | 8% |
| Ferny Creek | 24.0 | +0.4 | 32.6 | 4th | 12.2 | -0.8 | 8.0 | 15th | 15.4 | 62.3 | low | 25% |
| Frankston (Ballam Park) | 26.6 | 37.5 | 4th | 14.3 | 9.7 | 15th | 4.8 | |||||
| Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 26.5 | +0.8 | 37.5 | 4th | 15.9 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 25th | 6.2 | 22.9 | low | 27% |
| Melbourne Airport | 27.9 | +1.3 | 39.7 | 13th | 14.1 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 25th | 1.4 | 39.0 | v low | 4% |
| Moorabbin Airport | 26.8 | +0.8 | 38.2 | 13th | 14.6 | +0.2 | 9.8 | 15th | 15.0 | 43.2 | average | 35% |
| Rhyll | 25.3 | +0.9 | 34.2 | 13th | 16.0 | +0.1 | 12.4 | 15th | 3.0 | 37.3 | v low | 8% |
| Scoresby Research Institute | 27.5 | +1.0 | 36.9 | 4th | 13.7 | -0.2 | 6.7 | 15th | 12.6 | 51.2 | low | 25% |
| Viewbank | 28.9 | +1.4 | 38.2 | 4th | 14.1 | -0.4 | 7.4 | 15th | 3.2 | 42.0 | v low | 8% |
| West Central (district 87) | ||||||||||||
| Avalon Airport | 27.7 | +1.6 | 41.0 | 13th | 13.7 | -0.7 | 7.8 | 15th | 1.8 | 30.4 | v low | 6% |
| Breakwater (Geelong Racecourse) | 26.7 | +1.3 | 40.1 | 22nd | 14.1 | -0.6 | 7.6 | 15th | 0.4 | 27.5 | v low | 1% |
| Laverton RAAF | 27.6 | +2.1 | 39.5 | 13th | 15.1 | +0.8 | 9.4 | 25th | 6.2 | 43.4 | low | 14% |
| Point Cook RAAF | 26.7 | 39.1 | 4th | 15.1 | 8.6 | 25th | 2.4 | |||||
| She Oaks | 27.4 | +2.0 | 37.8 | 4th | 11.9 | -0.8 | 4.0 | 15th | 2.2 | 36.1 | v low | 6% |
| North Central (district 88) | ||||||||||||
| Eildon Fire Tower | 26.3 | -0.3 | 32.7 | 28th | 13.3 | -0.3 | 8.0 | 15th | 9.0 | 37.2 | v low | 24% |
| Lake Eildon | 29.7 | +0.7 | 36.2 | 4th | 12.9 | +0.1 | 6.9 | 15th | 43.4 | 42.0 | average | 103% |
| Mangalore Airport | 30.5 | +1.2 | 38.3 | 13th | 14.1 | -0.2 | 7.6 | 25th | 2.0 | 33.4 | v low | 6% |
| Maryborough | 30.4 | +1.7 | 39.2 | 22nd | 13.1 | -0.1 | 7.8 | 15th | 10.0 | 31.5 | average | 32% |
| Puckapunyal Lyon Hill (Defence) | 29.6 | 38.7 | 13th | 14.9 | 10.0 | 15th | 3.8 | |||||
| Puckapunyal West (Defence) | 28.1 | 37.1 | 13th | 14.0 | 9.7 | 3rd | 1.6 | |||||
| Redesdale | 30.0 | +0.9 | 38.4 | 13th | 12.1 | -1.0 | 6.3 | 15th | 8.6 | 35.4 | low | 24% |
| Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | 24.8 | +0.2 | 33.7 | 4th | 12.1 | -0.5 | 7.4 | 15th | 10.4 | 42.8 | low | 24% |
| Western Plains (district 89) | ||||||||||||
| Ararat Prison | 29.2 | +2.1 | 38.7 | 28th | 11.4 | +0.1 | 6.5 | 15th | 0.4 | 29.8 | v low | 1% |
| Ballarat Aerodrome | 26.9 | +1.8 | 36.3 | 4th | 11.9 | +0.4 | 5.9 | 15th | 2.2 | 42.2 | v low | 5% |
| Westmere | 29.3 | +2.3 | 39.5 | 28th | 2.3 | 15th | 0 | 18.5 | v low | 0% | ||
| West Coast (district 90) | ||||||||||||
| Aireys Inlet | 24.9 | +1.8 | 38.3 | 22nd | 14.5 | -0.2 | 9.9 | 15th | 7.6 | 31.3 | low | 24% |
| Cape Nelson Lighthouse | 22.0 | +0.8 | 35.4 | 28th | 15.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 3rd | 0.2 | 25.3 | v low | 1% |
| Cape Otway Lighthouse | 22.5 | +1.0 | 36.9 | 28th | 14.4 | +0.4 | 9.6 | 3rd | 1.0 | 41.3 | v low | 2% |
| Casterton | 28.1 | +1.1 | 38.0 | 28th | 11.1 | -1.3 | 3.6 | 15th | 0.6 | 29.7 | v low | 2% |
| Colac (Mount Gellibrand) | 27.0 | +1.9 | 38.4 | 22nd | 12.6 | -0.3 | 8.2 | 15th | 0.6 | 26.3 | lowest | 2% |
| Dartmoor | 27.5 | +1.5 | 38.1 | 28th | 11.0 | -1.6 | 3.5 | 15th | 0.6 | 26.7 | v low | 2% |
| Hamilton Airport | 28.3 | +1.7 | 39.0 | 28th | 11.3 | -0.1 | 4.8 | 15th | 0.4 | 23.6 | lowest | 2% |
| Mortlake Racecourse | 27.5 | +1.2 | 39.4 | 28th | 10.1 | -1.5 | 2.9 | 15th | 1.6 | 31.1 | v low | 5% |
| Port Fairy AWS | 23.6 | +0.9 | 38.1 | 28th | 13.9 | -0.6 | 7.9 | 15th | 0.8 | 28.2 | lowest | 3% |
| Portland Airport | 23.3 | +0.8 | 35.0 | 28th | 11.4 | -1.4 | 5.6 | 15th | 1.6 | 28.4 | lowest | 6% |
| Warrnambool Airport NDB | 24.8 | +0.2 | 39.7 | 28th | 11.0 | -1.4 | 3.9 | 15th | 1.4 | 30.5 | lowest | 5% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries 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 Victoria using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Friday 1 March 2024. 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.
Unless otherwise noted, all maps, graphs and diagrams in this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
