Monday, 2 March 2015 - Monthly Climate Summary for Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC16L0
Melbourne in February 2015: warmer days and nights
- Despite some soggy days, Melbourne experienced mainly average rainfall totals. Daytime and night time temperature continue to be above average.
- The month ended with a strong change sweeping the city accompanied by severe thunderstorms
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
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| Extremes in February 2015 | |
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| Hottest day |
37.7 °C at Melbourne Airport on the 21st 37.7 °C at Viewbank on the 21st |
| Warmest days on average |
29.2 °C at Coldstream |
| Coolest days on average |
24.4 °C at Ferny Creek |
| Coldest day |
16.0 °C at Ferny Creek on the 17th |
| Coldest night |
5.1 °C at Coldstream on the 5th |
| Coolest nights on average |
13.2 °C at Coldstream |
| Warmest nights on average |
16.7 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park) |
| Warmest night |
23.0 °C at Ferny Creek on the 23rd |
| Warmest on average overall |
22.1 °C at Viewbank |
| Coolest on average overall |
19.1 °C at Ferny Creek |
| Wettest overall |
66.0 mm at Ferny Creek |
| Driest overall |
23.6 mm at Cranbourne Botanic Gardens |
| Wettest day |
48.8 mm at Ferny Creek on the 14th |
| Strongest wind gust |
128 km/h at St Kilda Harbour - RMYS on the 28th |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for February 2015 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for February 2015 |
Diff from average |
Highest for February 2015 |
Mean for February 2015 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for February 2015 |
Total for February 2015 |
Average for February |
Rank of February 2015 |
Fraction of February average |
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| Avalon Airport | 26.8 | +0.6 | 37.2 | 22nd | 15.5 | +1.1 | 11.4 | 6th | 44.2 | 34.8 | high | 127% |
| Bundoora (Latrobe University) | 28.0 | +1.2 | 37.1 | 22nd | 15.5 | +1.3 | 9.5 | 5th | 55.4 | 44.5 | high | 124% |
| Cerberus | 25.7 | +0.7 | 36.5 | 21st | 14.9 | +0.6 | 9.6 | 6th | 24.2 | 39.4 | average | 61% |
| Coldstream | 29.2 | +1.5 | 36.7 | 21st | 13.2 | +1.2 | 5.1 | 5th | 51.8 | 56.2 | average | 92% |
| Cranbourne Botanic Gardens | 26.7 | +1.0 | 36.8 | 21st | 14.9 | +0.9 | 8.4 | 9th | 23.6 | 51.1 | low | 46% |
| Essendon Airport | 27.9 | +2.2 | 37.6 | 21st | 15.7 | +1.8 | 11.7 | 5th | 34.8 | 46.5 | average | 75% |
| Ferny Creek | 24.4 | 32.4 | 21st | 13.7 | 9.1 | 9th | 66.0 | |||||
| Laverton RAAF | 26.6 | +1.1 | 37.6 | 21st | 15.9 | +1.7 | 12.6 | 1st | 30.4 | 46.7 | average | 65% |
| Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 26.4 | 36.1 | 21st | 16.7 | 13.2 | 1st | 37.8 | |||||
| Melbourne Airport | 28.0 | +1.4 | 37.7 | 21st | 15.5 | +1.4 | 10.1 | 5th | 38.0 | 43.6 | average | 87% |
| Moorabbin Airport | 27.5 | +1.4 | 37.2 | 21st | 15.9 | +1.6 | 11.2 | 9th | 25.0 | 46.0 | average | 54% |
| Scoresby Research Institute | 28.1 | +1.6 | 36.4 | 21st | 15.1 | +1.3 | 9.5 | 9th | 51.8 | 53.7 | average | 96% |
| Viewbank | 28.6 | +1.0 | 37.7 | 21st | 15.5 | +0.9 | 9.9 | 5th | 43.8 | 51.0 | average | 86% |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
| Avalon Airport | 20.9 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 20.4 | 24.9 | 33.3 | 35.5 | 23.5 | 26.9 | 29.2 | 32.6 | 23.6 | 28.4 | 26.5 | 30.6 | 25.8 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 27.8 | 25.9 | 35.6 | 37.2 | 26.8 | 20.5 | 26.2 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 34.2 |
| Bundoora (Latrobe University) | 19.6 | 22.3 | 21.4 | 19.8 | 26.8 | 36.2 | 35.5 | 22.8 | 28.0 | 32.2 | 36.0 | 25.0 | 33.7 | 26.3 | 34.2 | 25.3 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 30.3 | 27.8 | 37.0 | 37.1 | 30.2 | 20.7 | 28.2 | 24.6 | 26.0 | 35.5 |
| Cerberus | 20.4 | 21.2 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 23.6 | 32.2 | 35.6 | 22.0 | 26.3 | 29.3 | 25.7 | 26.0 | 29.2 | 24.3 | 29.7 | 22.4 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 27.4 | 24.4 | 36.5 | 35.7 | 28.7 | 20.0 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 29.3 |
| Coldstream | 23.6 | 24.4 | 24.1 | 22.2 | 30.0 | 35.3 | 33.2 | 25.6 | 30.0 | 34.7 | 36.6 | 28.8 | 33.3 | 26.9 | 33.6 | 27.4 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 31.8 | 33.5 | 36.7 | 36.0 | 31.5 | 22.0 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 27.5 | 30.7 |
| Cranbourne Botanic Gardens | 21.8 | 23.0 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 25.5 | 33.8 | 33.6 | 22.5 | 26.5 | 33.0 | 25.5 | 30.2 | 25.7 | 32.0 | 23.5 | 20.1 | 21.0 | 29.0 | 25.6 | 36.8 | 36.1 | 30.0 | 19.8 | 26.5 | 23.6 | 24.2 | 30.8 | |
| Essendon Airport | 19.3 | 23.4 | 21.7 | 20.4 | 26.5 | 36.4 | 36.8 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 30.2 | 34.5 | 24.3 | 33.5 | 26.7 | 34.7 | 25.0 | 20.3 | 22.0 | 30.7 | 26.7 | 37.6 | 37.2 | 29.4 | 21.2 | 27.7 | 24.5 | 26.1 | 33.3 |
| Ferny Creek | 17.9 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 24.8 | 31.4 | 29.9 | 20.5 | 25.3 | 29.3 | 31.4 | 24.0 | 29.1 | 22.8 | 29.0 | 22.3 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 26.4 | 27.8 | 32.4 | 31.3 | 27.5 | 17.4 | 23.4 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 26.1 |
| Laverton RAAF | 19.9 | 22.5 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 24.7 | 34.3 | 36.7 | 22.2 | 27.2 | 28.7 | 28.5 | 23.2 | 33.3 | 26.0 | 31.4 | 24.9 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 27.8 | 25.5 | 37.6 | 35.1 | 27.9 | 19.8 | 26.5 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 34.2 |
| Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 19.0 | 21.1 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 24.2 | 35.7 | 35.0 | 21.5 | 28.3 | 27.8 | 26.8 | 21.9 | 32.4 | 25.1 | 34.4 | 24.6 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 26.9 | 25.3 | 36.1 | 35.3 | 29.3 | 20.1 | 27.0 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 32.3 |
| Melbourne Airport | 18.7 | 23.6 | 22.7 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 36.8 | 36.0 | 23.5 | 27.6 | 31.1 | 35.4 | 25.3 | 32.9 | 26.9 | 34.7 | 25.6 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 31.0 | 26.6 | 37.7 | 37.0 | 29.5 | 20.5 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 33.0 |
| Moorabbin Airport | 21.0 | 22.3 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 28.8 | 35.5 | 35.0 | 22.6 | 28.8 | 31.4 | 30.3 | 25.9 | 33.5 | 24.7 | 33.6 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 26.8 | 28.0 | 37.2 | 35.8 | 30.2 | 21.6 | 28.5 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 32.9 |
| Scoresby Research Institute | 21.9 | 23.6 | 22.3 | 21.3 | 29.6 | 36.0 | 33.6 | 24.5 | 29.1 | 33.6 | 34.9 | 28.3 | 32.6 | 26.1 | 33.7 | 25.7 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 30.6 | 28.2 | 36.4 | 34.5 | 30.2 | 21.1 | 27.5 | 24.8 | 25.7 | 30.5 |
| Viewbank | 20.0 | 23.3 | 22.2 | 20.7 | 27.8 | 37.4 | 35.1 | 23.7 | 28.7 | 33.4 | 35.5 | 25.8 | 33.5 | 27.1 | 34.6 | 26.3 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 31.2 | 29.8 | 37.7 | 36.9 | 30.3 | 21.7 | 29.3 | 25.7 | 27.2 | 32.8 |
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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 |
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| Daily minimum temperatures for February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
| Avalon Airport | 12.5 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 18.6 | 17.5 | 14.0 | 17.2 | 13.6 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 13.6 | 16.4 | 18.8 | 18.4 | 13.8 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 13.1 | 16.8 |
| Bundoora (Latrobe University) | 12.8 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 9.5 | 12.6 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 14.2 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 13.5 | 18.2 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 17.9 | 20.5 | 18.4 | 14.8 | 11.7 | 15.5 | 12.2 | 16.9 |
| Cerberus | 13.8 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 9.6 | 17.3 | 16.2 | 10.1 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 16.2 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 15.4 |
| Coldstream | 11.7 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 15.6 | 17.7 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 8.6 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 14.6 |
| Cranbourne Botanic Gardens | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 8.4 | 13.0 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 14.1 |
| Essendon Airport | 12.7 | 13.2 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 11.7 | 13.5 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 18.1 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 15.2 | 17.5 | 20.4 | 19.4 | 15.2 | 12.4 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 16.8 |
| Ferny Creek | 10.5 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 14.2 | 22.0 | 15.3 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 16.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 15.9 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 22.4 | 23.0 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 11.4 | 14.0 |
| Laverton RAAF | 12.6 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 14.8 | 13.2 | 15.0 | 17.6 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 20.7 | 18.2 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 13.2 | 16.5 |
| Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 13.2 | 13.5 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 13.6 | 16.4 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 21.1 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 17.9 |
| Melbourne Airport | 12.2 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 12.9 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 12.7 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 13.3 | 18.0 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 16.6 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 20.8 | 19.1 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 16.7 |
| Moorabbin Airport | 13.3 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 18.6 | 11.2 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 15.3 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 18.5 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 17.7 | 15.2 | 17.5 | 20.3 | 19.1 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 16.3 |
| Scoresby Research Institute | 13.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 13.2 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 18.3 | 16.3 | 13.0 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 11.0 | 16.3 |
| Viewbank | 12.7 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 11.3 | 15.0 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 13.8 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 20.1 | 17.9 | 14.8 | 11.8 | 15.8 | 12.3 | 16.8 |
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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 |
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| Daily rainfall for February 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
| Avalon Airport | 1.8 | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 24.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 10.6 | 4.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | |
| Bundoora (Latrobe University) | 7.3 | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 2.7 | - | 14.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Cerberus | 3.0 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15.2 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Coldstream | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42.6 | 1.4 | - | - | - | 1.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 5.8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Cranbourne Botanic Gardens | 0.3 | 3.2 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.8 | 0.1 | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Essendon Airport | - | 1.8 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 1.2 | - | 7.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Ferny Creek | 0.6 | 0.4 | - | 1.0 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48.8 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | 9.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Laverton RAAF | 1.0 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 9.2 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Melbourne Airport | 0.6 | 1.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Moorabbin Airport | 3.0 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Scoresby Research Institute | 1.0 | 0.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 5.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Viewbank | 7.2 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | |
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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 | |||||||||||||||
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Notes
A Monthly Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in Melbourne 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.
A Climate Summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 12 pm on Monday 2 March 2015. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
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.
The ACORN-SAT dataset is used for temperature area averages.
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