Thursday 2 April 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC16L0

Greater Melbourne in March 2026

Rainfall

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for March at most sites across Greater Melbourne were close to average.
  • March mean maximum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 1.4  °C below average at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) to 0.7  °C above average at Scoresby Research Institute.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for March at all sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • March mean minimum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.2  °C above average at Melbourne (Olympic Park) to 1.7  °C above average at Essendon Airport.

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

  • Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 59.2 mm, which is 172% of the long-term average of 34.5 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 23.5 °C, which is 0.8 °C below the long-term average of 24.3 °C.
  • The warmest day was 30.7 °C on the 1st, and the coolest day was on the 27th when the temperature reached 16.7 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 15.0 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 14.8 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 9.6 °C on the 14th, and the warmest morning was on the 1st when the minimum temperature was 21.5 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in March 2026
Hottest day 32.6 °C at Viewbank on the 10th
32.6 °C at Scoresby Research Institute on the 10th
Warmest days on average 25.0 °C at Viewbank
25.0 °C at Scoresby Research Institute
25.0 °C at Coldstream
Coolest days on average 20.4 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Coldest day 11.4 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) on the 27th
Coldest night 2.0 °C at Coldstream on the 14th
Coolest nights on average 11.5 °C at Coldstream
Warmest nights on average 15.0 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Warmest night 21.5 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park) on the 1st
Warmest on average overall 19.4 °C at Essendon Airport
Coolest on average overall 16.0 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Wettest overall 153.2 mm at Kinglake West
Wettest day 64.8 mm at Willowmavin (Avalon Station) on the 2nd
Strongest wind gust 94.0 km/h at St Kilda Harbour - RMYS on the 27th

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Record highest March total rainfall
New record
(mm)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
March
Upper Plenty 135.8 135.2 in 2020 39 47.6
Kinglake West 153.2 125.2 in 2010 32 61.6
Viewbank 82.8 79.6 in 2020 26 42.5


Highest March total rainfall for at least 20 years
Observed
(mm)		 Most recent
higher		 Average for
March
Hesket (Straws Lane) 131.0 =131.0 in 1989 53.8
Eltham 84.0 107.7 in 1989 52.5

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported



Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for March 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
March
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
March
2026		 Mean for
March
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
March
2026		 Total for
March
2026		 Average
for
March		 Rank of
March
2026		 Fraction of
March
average
Cerberus 23.3 +0.1 30.8 22nd 13.4 +0.7 7.8 30th 34.0 42.8 average 79%
Coldstream 25.0 -0.4 32.2 10th 11.5 +1.5 2.0 14th 75.2 48.3 high 156%
Essendon Airport 24.4 +0.2 32.5 10th 14.4 +1.7 9.5 27th 72.0 39.0 high 185%
Ferny Creek 20.8 -0.4 28.1 10th 12.5 +0.3 6.5 27th 111.6 84.0 high 133%
Frankston (Ballam Park) 24.0 31.3 1st 13.9 8.5 14th 43.4
Laverton RAAF 24.3 +0.5 31.8 22nd 14.0 +1.3 8.1 14th 37.2 34.2 average 109%
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 23.5 -0.8 30.7 1st 15.0 +0.2 9.6 14th 59.2 34.5 high 172%
Melbourne Airport 24.5 +0.2 32.3 10th 13.5 +0.7 6.8 14th 58.6 36.9 high 159%
Moorabbin Airport 24.0 +0.1 31.4 1st 14.1 +1.0 7.1 14th 53.4 44.0 average 121%
Point Cook RAAF 23.7 32.1 22nd 14.1 8.2 14th 31.4
Scoresby Research Institute 25.0 +0.7 32.6 10th 13.4 +0.9 8.8 30th 47.2 52.9 average 89%
Viewbank 25.0 -0.5 32.6 10th 13.5 +0.6 5.9 14th 82.8 42.5 highest 195%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 20.4 -1.4 29.1 10th 11.9 +0.7 5.5 27th 114.6 46.4 high 247%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for March 2026
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 30.1 21.2 20.6 21.0 23.9 24.0 22.7 23.2 29.6 25.3 29.1 18.8 19.9 21.5 24.9 18.4 20.7 22.1 19.0 21.1 21.3 30.8 26.3 29.3 27.6 18.6 17.2 18.6 19.9 26.4 28.6
Coldstream 30.4 23.7 21.9 20.9 28.8 28.9 24.3 26.8 30.6 32.2 26.8 19.7 21.3 26.8 30.7 20.6 21.1 25.8 19.9 23.9 23.7 28.9 30.5 27.4 27.3 19.3 17.2 19.8 22.7 25.7 27.8
Essendon Airport 30.0 23.0 20.4 21.1 26.1 26.4 23.3 26.3 30.6 32.5 27.6 19.0 21.2 24.4 29.6 19.2 20.8 22.8 19.6 22.4 23.4 31.0 30.9 27.4 27.7 19.6 16.1 19.2 21.2 26.3 28.2
Ferny Creek 27.5 19.9 18.7 16.1 23.9 24.7 20.1 22.6 26.3 28.1 23.4 13.9 16.3 22.8 26.3 17.1 16.4 20.8 15.6 19.4 19.8 25.8 26.6 24.0 23.2 14.9 12.5 14.9 18.3 21.7 23.6
Frankston (Ballam Park) 31.3 21.3 21.4 21.3 25.3 25.6 22.5 23.9 29.8 30.0 27.0 17.8 19.5 24.3 29.1 18.6 20.4 19.5 23.0 30.2 30.0 28.5 27.7 18.8 17.0 18.7 20.9 25.9 28.1
Laverton RAAF 30.7 22.5 21.0 22.4 25.9 24.7 23.0 25.2 31.6 29.6 28.8 19.4 20.6 22.8 26.4 18.8 20.1 22.1 19.9 21.9 22.8 31.8 27.2 30.6 28.5 19.9 17.0 19.7 21.1 27.5 29.1
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 30.7 22.5 20.3 21.6 25.6 23.9 21.9 26.1 29.9 30.0 18.5 19.6 22.1 26.2 19.7 21.1 21.1 19.7 20.8 21.8 30.2 27.5 27.4 28.4 19.3 16.7 19.1 20.3
Melbourne Airport 29.3 23.2 20.5 21.1 27.1 26.5 22.4 25.2 31.0 32.3 27.1 18.6 20.5 26.0 31.1 19.4 20.2 23.8 18.9 22.5 23.4 30.7 31.4 28.8 27.9 19.3 15.2 19.0 21.7 26.1 28.1
Moorabbin Airport 31.4 21.8 21.2 20.8 23.7 23.4 22.5 25.4 30.0 28.9 26.6 18.9 20.7 23.4 26.2 19.3 20.4 20.1 21.1 23.0 30.9 29.6 30.6 29.7 19.0 18.2 19.6 20.2 26.4 28.3
Point Cook RAAF 30.3 22.7 20.6 21.9 24.6 23.4 22.8 24.8 27.9 26.5 29.0 19.9 20.8 21.9 23.9 18.7 19.9 21.7 20.3 20.8 22.0 32.1 23.9 31.7 28.5 20.0 17.4 19.4 20.1 26.3 29.5
Scoresby Research Institute 31.1 22.9 23.4 20.6 27.6 28.3 24.5 26.2 30.9 26.8 19.3 22.0 19.6 21.2 20.1 24.5 24.7 30.0 28.2 19.6 18.0 19.6 22.9 26.2 27.9
Viewbank 31.3 22.5 22.4 21.1 28.1 27.9 23.1 27.5 30.9 32.6 25.9 18.3 21.7 27.9 32.0 19.5 21.2 23.5 19.7 23.9 24.9 30.2 31.3 27.7 28.7 19.4 16.9 19.0 22.0 25.9 28.1
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 26.1 19.0 18.6 16.4 24.4 15.2 16.8 23.2 26.6 16.7 17.0 21.3 15.1 19.7 20.5 25.3 26.9 24.5 23.1 15.1 11.4 14.8 17.9 21.4 23.8
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 March 2026
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 19.8 19.7 15.8 15.6 8.8 10.3 12.2 14.8 16.3 12.0 15.4 12.9 12.6 9.4 10.5 15.3 15.3 9.7 16.4 11.8 11.1 14.8 12.4 14.6 16.5 15.8 10.6 12.4 12.2 7.8 13.2
Coldstream 19.6 19.6 15.4 15.4 12.2 8.8 14.1 13.9 10.0 10.1 13.2 9.3 8.4 2.0 5.7 12.0 16.5 10.6 14.8 15.2 9.0 9.7 10.3 10.8 11.6 14.3 9.0 10.6 9.6 7.1 8.7
Essendon Airport 21.2 19.7 15.1 15.4 14.4 14.9 16.3 15.1 14.7 17.8 18.2 12.3 12.5 9.5 10.9 14.9 16.3 12.8 14.8 14.2 13.0 13.5 13.9 15.9 17.3 14.9 9.5 10.7 12.7 10.2 12.9
Ferny Creek 20.7 17.4 11.9 11.9 12.7 12.3 13.1 10.7 13.4 12.0 16.4 9.4 8.5 8.3 12.4 14.7 13.5 10.9 13.0 11.6 10.8 11.4 14.5 18.5 16.0 10.7 6.5 8.4 9.9 10.9 14.6
Frankston (Ballam Park) 19.2 19.4 15.3 13.7 12.3 13.9 14.2 14.7 14.7 14.9 17.0 13.0 11.6 8.5 10.9 14.2 15.3 15.5 13.9 14.3 15.4 15.9 15.5 15.1 9.7 11.4 11.9 10.6 13.0
Laverton RAAF 19.8 19.5 15.8 15.4 12.4 14.0 16.8 15.9 14.7 16.4 16.6 11.6 13.0 8.1 10.0 14.7 16.4 11.3 14.4 15.8 12.9 13.1 14.2 15.9 15.5 15.1 10.0 11.1 10.9 10.2 13.7
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 21.5 20.2 15.8 15.6 14.5 15.1 16.5 15.1 15.5 17.8 13.5 13.6 9.6 11.8 14.3 16.4 12.8 15.5 15.0 13.0 15.0 16.0 17.2 17.0 15.4 10.8 12.5 13.4
Melbourne Airport 20.9 19.0 14.7 14.0 12.6 13.7 15.6 14.2 13.1 16.6 16.8 11.7 11.5 6.8 9.5 15.2 16.1 11.9 14.6 14.7 11.3 12.0 12.5 15.2 16.7 14.1 8.7 10.3 11.9 9.9 13.9
Moorabbin Airport 19.7 19.9 15.7 15.3 12.9 14.1 14.5 13.1 13.8 16.0 16.6 13.3 13.2 7.1 10.3 15.0 16.0 15.1 14.9 12.5 13.8 15.8 15.5 14.6 16.0 10.3 13.0 11.0 9.9 14.3
Point Cook RAAF 20.0 19.5 16.2 16.4 13.2 14.1 16.4 16.1 14.1 15.9 16.1 12.2 12.7 8.2 9.2 14.3 16.4 13.4 15.2 15.4 14.3 12.9 13.8 15.2 14.4 14.5 10.1 11.2 11.9 10.0 13.7
Scoresby Research Institute 19.9 19.8 14.7 15.3 11.1 11.3 15.6 13.0 12.2 16.5 12.6 10.2 14.8 15.8 15.3 12.4 9.6 12.6 17.7 13.9 9.3 11.3 12.2 8.8 14.1
Viewbank 21.0 19.2 14.9 15.5 13.1 13.1 15.2 13.7 13.2 15.3 16.5 12.2 11.9 5.9 9.4 13.2 16.2 12.3 14.1 15.2 10.6 14.1 13.7 14.7 13.9 14.5 8.9 11.8 12.5 9.9 11.5
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 19.1 16.2 12.0 11.8 16.7 8.6 8.2 7.7 10.6 13.3 13.4 10.5 11.7 11.3 11.2 10.5 14.9 16.9 14.4 10.9 5.5 7.6 10.2 10.5 13.2
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 March 2026
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 - 7.0 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12.5 - - - - - - - 3.0 4.0 9.0
Cerberus - 3.8 2.2 - - - - 0.4 - - - 1.2 2.4 0.2 - - 10.6 - - - - - - - - - 10.0 1.8 1.4 - -
Cheltenham (Heatherton (Kingston Centre) - 1.6 2.4 0.1 - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - 6.2 - - - - - - - 0.1 2.2 8.0 8.0 1.0 - -
Coldstream - 12.0 5.6 1.2 0.2 - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - 28.6 - - - - 0.2 - - 1.2 9.8 13.0 2.2 0.8 - -
Croydon (Dorset Golf Course) 12.0 1.0 - - - - - - - - 1.0 0.5 - - - 17.0 - - - - - - - 1.5 2.5 24.0 → → 7.0
Eltham - 13.4 5.6 - - - - - - - - 0.6 1.2 - - - 16.6 - - - - - - - 2.4 7.2 30.6 4.4 1.8 0.2 -
Essendon Airport - 6.8 7.8 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 11.6 0.8 1.2 0.2 - - - - 1.8 12.4 19.6 3.8 5.6 - -
Ferny Creek - 10.4 7.4 0.4 0.4 - - - - - - 2.4 5.8 0.2 - - 27.0 0.4 - - 0.4 0.2 - - 1.4 12.6 28.6 10.8 2.8 0.4 -
Frankston (Ballam Park) - 6.2 2.0 - - - - - - - - 3.0 2.8 - - - 10.6 - - - - - - - 2.0 0.8 11.6 1.4 3.0 - -
Hesket (Straws Lane) 0.4 35.0 14.0 - - - 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 - - 0.2 - - - 11.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - 15.2 - - 24.2 18.0 7.0 4.8 - -
Kinglake West - 47.4 23.0 0.6 - - - - - - - - 2.2 - - - 20.0 0.6 0.6 0.4 - - - - 3.2 → 45.2 5.4 4.6
Koo Wee Rup - 8.8 1.8 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.8 - - 0.4 13.8
Laverton RAAF - 6.4 3.0 - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - 8.8 0.2 0.8 0.4 - - - - 1.8 1.0 12.0 1.2 0.8 0.2 -
Macedon Forestry 43.6 8.2 - - - - - - - - - 2.4 - - - 9.2 - - - - - - - 12.2 - 32.0
Melbourne (Olympic Park) - 6.4 8.0 - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - 12.8 0.2 - - - - - - 0.8 4.2 19.0 4.6 2.4 0.2
Melbourne Airport 0.2 8.0 4.6 - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 10.8 1.0 1.0 0.4 - - - - 1.8 7.8 17.6 3.6 1.0 0.2 0.2
Melbourne Botanical Gardens - 7.8 9.0 0.1 - - - - - - - - - 1.2 - - 13.4 - - - - - - - 1.0 5.4 20.0 6.0 1.8 - -
Monbulk (Spring Road) - 9.2 3.0 - - - - 0.4 - - - 3.4 4.2 - - - 22.4 2.0 - - - - - - 3.2 22.6 25.0 8.0 3.0
Moorabbin Airport - 7.4 5.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - 11.2 0.2 - - - - - - 0.8 6.4 19.2 0.6 1.6 - -
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) 3.8 8.0 - - - - - - - - - 2.0 - - - 16.4 - - - - - - - 2.0 3.4 29.8
Newham (Cobaw) - 39.0 10.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13.0 - - - - - - - 5.8 9.0 6.0 - 0.4
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) - 11.0 8.0 - - - - - - - - 0.8 0.8 - - - 16.0 0.9 - - - - - 1.0 - 3.2 31.8 - 5.0
Point Cook RAAF - 5.0 1.4 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - 8.0 - - - - - - - 2.4 0.6 11.6 1.4 0.2 0.2 -
Romsey 0.4 27.6 19.8 0.2
Rosebud (Country Club) - 9.0 9.8 - - - - - - - - 3.0 2.8 - - - 8.8 - - - - - - 1.8 - - 16.0 0.8 5.0
Scoresby Research Institute - 5.0 2.8 - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.4 - - - 13.0 - - - - - - - 0.8 1.8 18.4 2.6 2.0 0.2 -
Springvale Necropolis - - 4.7 - - - - - - - - 1.8 - - - - 19.2 - - - - - - - 2.0 6.9 16.7
Upper Plenty - 38.6 16.2 - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - 22.4 - 1.0 - 0.6 - - - 6.0 8.2 30.6 7.4 4.2
Viewbank - 8.4 6.8 - - - - - - - - 0.8 1.0 0.2 - - 14.0 - - - - - - - 1.0 6.0 34.8 6.2 3.6 - -
Wallan - 29.0 20.2 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.4 - - - - - - - 3.8 8.2 24.8 9.2 4.6
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) - 33.0 17.4 0.2 - - - - - 16.0 0.2 0.2 1.2 - 0.4 - - 8.0 4.8 19.6 6.6 6.6 0.4 -
Willowmavin (Avalon Station) 0.2 64.8 12.6 - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 13.8 - - - - 0.2 - - 5.2 10.4 4.4 2.0 0.6 0.4 -
Woodend 0.8 34.0 15.0 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - 0.2 - - 9.8 0.6 - 0.2 - - - - 9.0 14.4 3.4 8.4 4.0 - - 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		 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

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 on Thursday 2 April 2026. 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, excluding the current year. The length of record can vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer 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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