Tuesday, 4 March 2014 - Monthly Climate Summary for Melbourne area - Product code IDCKGC16L0

Melbourne area in February 2014: Hot and Dry

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Rainfall

Rainfall was below average across Melbourne with most sites receiving less than 40% of their usual rainfall for the month.. The wettest overall was Ferny Creek with 53.0 mm. The driest overall was Cerberus with 5.4 mm, The wettest single day was at Ferny Creek with 32.6 mm on the 20th

Overall Temperature

The warmest on average was Melbourne Regional Office with 22.6 °C. The coolest on average was Ferny Creek with 19.5 °C.

Hot Days

Most stations recorded well above average maximum temperatures with a deviation of more than +2 °C. Most stations recorded their hottest day on the 8th including the highest at Essendon Airport with 42.5 °C The warmest days on average were at Coldstream with 30.0 °C. The coolest days on average were at Ferny Creek with 25.6 °C. The coldest day was at Ferny Creek with 15.6 °C on the 21st,

Mixed Overnight Temperatures

Some stations recorded cooler than average whilst others were warmer than average. The coldest night was at Coldstream with 5.3 °C on the 28th. The coolest nights on average were at Coldstream with 11.0 °C. The warmest nights on average were at Melbourne Regional Office with 16.8 °C. The warmest night was at Ferny Creek with 26.2 °C on the 9th,

Wind

The strongest wind gust was at Avalon Airport with 91 km/h on the 9th.

Further information

Victorian Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (03) 9669 4956
Extremes in February 2014
Hottest day 42.5 °C at Essendon Airport on the 8th
Warmest days on average 30.0 °C at Coldstream
Coolest days on average 25.6 °C at Ferny Creek
Coldest day 15.6 °C at Ferny Creek on the 21st
Coldest night 5.3 °C at Coldstream on the 28th
Coolest nights on average 11.0 °C at Coldstream
Warmest nights on average 16.8 °C at Melbourne Regional Office
Warmest night 26.2 °C at Ferny Creek on the 9th
Warmest on average overall 22.6 °C at Melbourne Regional Office
Coolest on average overall 19.5 °C at Ferny Creek
Wettest overall 53.0 mm at Ferny Creek
Driest overall 5.4 mm at Cerberus
Wettest day 32.6 mm at Ferny Creek on the 20th
Highest wind gust 91 km/h at Avalon Airport on the 9th

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Summary statistics for February 2014
Maximum temperatures
for February
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
for February
(°C)		 Rainfall
for February
(millimetres)
Mean for
February
2014		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
February
2014		 Mean for
February
2014		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
February
2014		 Total for
February
2014		 Average
for
February		 Rank of
February
2014		 Fraction of
February
average
East Central (district 86)
Bundoora (Latrobe University) 28.5 +1.7 42.2 8th 14.1 -0.1 9.8 5th 17.8 44.2 low 40%
Cerberus 26.1 +1.1 38.1 9th 14.1 -0.2 7.3 28th 5.4 40.0 v low 14%
Coldstream 30.0 +2.4 41.7 2nd 11.0 -1.0 5.3 28th 31.4 56.5 average 56%
Cranbourne Botanic Gardens 27.4 +1.8 39.3 8th 13.6 -0.4 9.5 27th 18.2 52.3 low 35%
Essendon Airport 28.7 +3.0 42.5 8th 14.9 +1.0 10.5 27th 12.8 46.7 low 27%
Ferny Creek 25.6 37.9 2nd 13.3 7.5 20th 53.0
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 27.1 40.7 8th 16.3 12.3 28th 22.4
Melbourne Airport 28.8 +2.3 42.2 8th 14.3 +0.2 9.5 28th 12.8 43.7 low 29%
Melbourne Regional Office 28.4 +2.6 41.0 8th 16.8 +2.2 12.6 20th 23.2 47.9 average 48%
Moorabbin Airport 28.0 +2.0 40.5 9th 15.0 +0.7 9.6 28th 13.8 46.4 low 30%
Scoresby Research Institute 29.3 +2.9 41.7 2nd 13.9 +0.1 8.6 28th 20.0 53.7 low 37%
Viewbank 29.7 +2.2 42.1 2nd 14.3 -0.3 9.5 28th 17.0 51.5 low 33%
West Central (district 87)
Avalon Airport 27.5 +1.3 39.5 9th 14.1 -0.4 9.3 17th 11.0 34.5 low 32%
Laverton RAAF 27.3 +1.8 40.5 9th 14.6 +0.4 9.6 27th 16.4 46.9 low 35%

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Notes

A Monthly Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in Melbourne area using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review, usually published in the fourth week of the month.

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Tuesday 4 March 2014. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

Averages 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.

The ACORN-SAT dataset is being used for temperature area averages from December 2012 onwards. The major change from earlier datasets is that the ACORN-SAT dataset commences in 1910, rather than 1950, and hence rankings are calculated using a larger set of years.

Further information

Victorian Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (03) 9669 4956