Tuesday 2 June 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC16L0

Greater Melbourne in May 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for May were close to or above average at most sites across Greater Melbourne.
  • May rainfall totals ranged from around 80% to around 155% of average across Greater Melbourne.

Temperature

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

  • Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 49.0 mm, which is 106% of the long-term average of 46.3 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 18.7 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term average of 17.6 °C.
  • The warmest day was 26.9 °C on the 1st, and the coolest day was on the 7th when the temperature reached 14.0 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 11.1 °C, which is 1.4 °C above the long-term average of 9.7 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 5.8 °C on the 22nd, and the warmest morning was on the 3rd when the minimum temperature was 19.1 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in May 2026
Hottest day 28.1 °C at Moorabbin Airport on the 1st
Warmest days on average 18.7 °C at Viewbank
18.7 °C at Scoresby Research Institute
18.7 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Coolest days on average 14.2 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Coldest day 9.4 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) on the 7th
Coldest night 0.6 °C at Ferny Creek on the 7th
Coolest nights on average 7.7 °C at Coldstream
Warmest nights on average 11.1 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Warmest night 19.1 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park) on the 3rd
Warmest on average overall 14.9 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Coolest on average overall 11.5 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Wettest overall 125.4 mm at Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI)
Wettest day 54.4 mm at Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI) on the 11th
Strongest wind gust 80.0 km/h at Frankston Beach on the 7th

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Record highest May temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
May
Laverton RAAF 28.0 on the 1st 27.3 on 02 May 1972 83 16.9
Scoresby Research Institute 27.4 on the 1st 26.8 on 06 May 2025 60 16.4
Essendon Airport 27.0 on the 1st 26.7 on 04 May 1967 58 16.4
Melbourne Airport 27.1 on the 1st 27.0 on 07 May 2002 56 16.7
Moorabbin Airport 28.1 on the 1st 27.4 on 06 May 2025 55 17.0
Cerberus 27.8 on the 1st 25.6 on 06 May 2025 36 16.7
Coldstream 27.9 on the 1st 26.7 on 06 May 2025 32 16.7


Record highest May daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
May
Laverton RAAF 18.2 on the 3rd 17.4 on 06 May 2025 83 7.8
Scoresby Research Institute 18.6 on the 3rd 17.6 on 18 May 2014 60 8.2
Essendon Airport 17.6 on the 3rd 17.1 on 03 May 1942 58 7.9
Moorabbin Airport 18.8 on the 3rd 18.6 on 06 May 2025 55 8.7
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 14.5 on the 2nd 14.4 on 03 May 1997 33 6.9
Coldstream 18.2 on the 3rd 17.6 on 06 May 2025 32 5.5


Record highest May mean minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
May
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 8.8 8.4 in 2014 33 6.9


Record highest May mean temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
May
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 11.5 11.4 in 2014 33 9.9


Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for May 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
May
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
May
2026		 Mean for
May
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
May
2026		 Total for
May
2026		 Average
for
May		 Rank of
May
2026		 Fraction of
May
average
Cerberus 18.0 +1.3 27.8 1st 9.4 +1.1 3.3 22nd 53.4 67.2 average 80%
Coldstream 18.5 +1.8 27.9 1st 7.7 +2.2 0.9 22nd 102.6 66.1 high 155%
Essendon Airport 18.5 +2.1 27.0 1st 10.3 +2.4 5.3 22nd 61.6 48.5 high 127%
Ferny Creek 14.4 +1.4 22.6 1st 9.6 +1.9 0.6 7th 125.2 118.9 average 105%
Frankston (Ballam Park) 18.5 27.8 1st 11.0 5.4 7th 73.4
Laverton RAAF 18.6 +1.7 28.0 1st 10.0 +2.2 4.5 22nd 37.0 45.2 average 82%
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 18.7 +1.1 26.9 1st 11.1 +1.4 5.8 22nd 49.0 46.3 average 106%
Melbourne Airport 18.3 +1.6 27.1 1st 9.4 +1.2 4.2 22nd 56.6 39.7 high 143%
Moorabbin Airport 18.5 +1.5 28.1 1st 10.3 +1.6 3.5 22nd 68.6 67.3 average 102%
Point Cook RAAF 18.4 28.0 1st 9.9 3.6 22nd 31.8
Scoresby Research Institute 18.7 +2.3 27.4 1st 9.7 +1.5 2.6 22nd 72.2 84.8 average 85%
Viewbank 18.7 +1.5 27.3 1st 10.1 +2.3 4.2 11th 64.0 53.0 average 121%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 14.2 +1.3 22.3 1st 8.8 +1.9 1.8 7th 74.8 57.5 high 130%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for May 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 27.8 24.0 21.1 19.7 16.5 17.9 14.5 16.6 17.0 16.7 16.4 19.0 19.7 20.9 22.1 23.6 17.2 16.6 16.8 17.0 15.6 16.8 15.6 15.3 17.1 17.5 15.6 16.7 15.9 17.3 14.4
Coldstream 27.9 25.3 20.8 19.1 16.2 17.4 13.0 15.1 16.2 16.7 22.4 23.1 21.3 22.1 23.2 23.3 16.5 15.9 15.6 16.5 15.1 18.6 18.0 16.9 20.7 19.7 17.2 13.9 14.5 17.6 14.9
Essendon Airport 27.0 24.8 20.0 18.1 16.4 18.4 13.7 17.0 15.5 16.2 18.9 22.9 22.5 21.5 22.0 22.8 16.7 15.7 16.7 17.2 14.3 19.1 18.1 17.2 19.7 19.8 16.4 15.9 15.8 17.9 15.3
Ferny Creek 22.6 20.1 16.9 14.0 11.4 12.1 9.6 10.7 12.4 12.9 18.2 19.2 17.3 17.3 18.6 18.7 13.4 12.6 10.6 11.3 11.0 15.3 14.4 14.5 16.6 14.6 13.0 11.8 11.9 12.7 9.9
Frankston (Ballam Park) 27.8 24.6 20.7 18.6 15.9 18.3 13.8 16.7 17.5 16.6 19.7 21.9 21.3 22.0 22.3 23.6 16.3 16.8 16.9 16.0 15.5 17.3 17.3 18.4 17.9 18.2 16.3 16.8 15.3 17.0 14.9
Laverton RAAF 28.0 25.4 21.0 19.5 18.1 19.9 14.4 16.9 16.6 16.3 17.9 18.1 19.2 22.6 22.6 23.3 17.7 16.6 16.6 16.9 15.3 15.7 19.6 17.5 18.1 19.3 16.6 16.9 16.0 18.6 16.1
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 26.9 24.6 21.1 18.5 16.5 18.4 14.0 16.9 15.0 16.9 19.4 20.7 21.4 22.4 22.7 23.8 17.0 16.3 16.4 17.6 14.5 18.6 18.8 17.7 19.4 19.5 16.4 16.2 16.3 18.6 15.7
Melbourne Airport 27.1 24.6 19.1 18.1 17.1 18.1 13.8 17.3 15.6 16.2 19.4 22.3 22.2 21.3 21.8 22.3 16.7 15.5 16.3 16.7 14.3 18.7 18.4 16.6 19.1 19.2 15.8 15.4 16.1 18.3 15.3
Moorabbin Airport 28.1 24.7 21.5 19.1 16.5 18.7 13.7 16.1 16.3 17.3 17.7 20.9 20.8 22.0 22.6 23.3 16.2 16.4 16.6 14.8 16.7 19.3 18.8 19.7 19.2 16.2 15.7 15.8 18.1 15.3
Point Cook RAAF 28.0 25.2 20.2 19.9 18.0 20.1 14.1 17.5 16.6 16.0 16.2 16.2 17.3 22.0 22.8 23.5 17.2 16.8 16.7 17.1 15.8 14.7 19.0 17.5 17.7 17.9 16.8 16.6 16.1 19.4 16.2
Scoresby Research Institute 27.4 24.8 20.3 15.8 18.0 12.7 15.7 16.4 17.3 22.2 23.6 22.0 21.6 21.9 22.6 17.1 15.7 16.3 16.4 14.3 18.7 17.8 17.4 20.6 19.4 16.9 14.8 16.1 18.9
Viewbank 27.3 24.5 20.4 18.6 16.2 18.1 13.4 16.1 15.6 17.0 21.4 23.0 22.1 22.0 22.2 23.2 18.0 15.9 15.2 16.5 14.0 18.4 18.0 16.6 21.4 20.6 16.7 15.5 16.2 18.6 15.9
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 22.3 20.6 14.8 13.4 12.5 13.2 9.4 12.9 11.0 11.7 17.7 17.8 17.6 17.6 17.5 18.3 13.3 12.8 11.4 12.6 10.4 13.4 13.5 12.9 16.3 14.0 14.2 11.3 11.4 12.6 11.6
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 May 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 10.8 10.5 14.8 11.8 12.7 11.4 6.1 8.3 11.6 11.0 3.5 4.6 4.9 6.6 7.4 9.7 13.6 11.8 5.1 10.1 10.6 3.3 7.3 6.5 10.7 11.4 14.6 11.9 9.4 8.7 10.5
Coldstream 7.0 10.0 18.2 9.4 11.8 10.8 4.2 5.5 10.5 10.8 2.8 6.3 3.3 2.9 2.7 7.4 10.3 13.5 9.2 6.5 8.3 0.9 3.6 6.3 9.1 6.9 9.6 10.3 11.5 6.6 3.4
Essendon Airport 13.8 16.3 17.6 12.3 11.3 13.5 5.4 6.3 10.6 11.0 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 9.6 11.9 14.4 13.7 9.6 9.0 9.0 5.3 7.1 9.8 11.2 11.3 13.0 8.8 11.0 9.8 7.7
Ferny Creek 16.4 15.9 15.0 10.3 9.2 8.9 0.6 2.7 8.8 8.9 7.3 11.7 11.0 10.4 12.4 13.4 12.8 11.1 8.0 6.7 8.1 5.6 9.3 10.4 11.2 10.9 11.6 9.0 8.4 6.7 5.4
Frankston (Ballam Park) 15.6 16.5 16.8 11.9 13.2 13.5 5.4 7.3 9.7 11.7 6.9 6.9 7.9 8.1 10.3 14.1 14.5 13.7 9.2 10.4 9.4 5.7 7.9 10.5 12.2 13.4 14.2 11.9 11.4 9.6 10.9
Laverton RAAF 13.3 16.3 18.2 12.6 11.2 10.6 5.9 7.1 11.5 12.2 5.8 6.9 8.6 6.8 9.1 13.5 14.5 14.1 7.6 8.1 6.5 4.5 7.1 9.2 10.8 9.4 12.7 8.9 11.8 8.5 7.9
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 12.8 14.1 19.1 13.3 12.8 14.0 6.5 7.0 11.9 12.5 6.6 8.7 9.8 9.2 10.6 12.0 15.1 14.2 9.5 10.9 11.3 5.8 6.5 10.0 12.0 11.5 13.7 10.7 12.0 10.7 9.3
Melbourne Airport 11.8 13.6 16.4 11.4 9.8 12.2 4.6 6.1 10.4 10.4 6.0 6.5 7.1 7.0 7.5 10.5 13.8 13.0 8.7 8.1 6.9 4.2 6.1 9.0 12.0 11.0 12.9 7.7 10.8 8.9 6.3
Moorabbin Airport 12.4 16.9 18.8 11.9 13.2 13.5 6.3 7.3 12.1 12.3 4.9 6.4 8.6 6.2 7.6 11.7 14.9 10.1 11.2 10.6 3.5 6.0 7.7 11.3 9.3 13.8 10.3 11.6 9.6 8.9
Point Cook RAAF 14.1 15.0 18.3 12.1 11.8 9.7 6.1 7.0 11.2 12.3 5.5 6.2 7.6 6.2 9.7 13.2 14.5 14.0 7.0 8.4 7.5 3.6 7.8 8.4 10.8 9.3 12.5 8.3 11.4 8.5 8.1
Scoresby Research Institute 12.3 17.8 18.6 12.5 12.4 4.1 6.0 11.1 12.0 4.2 6.3 7.2 5.8 7.7 10.9 14.5 13.4 9.8 9.0 10.2 2.6 6.1 8.1 10.9 8.2 12.0 9.8 11.4 8.6
Viewbank 12.9 15.4 18.1 11.8 11.2 13.2 5.3 6.0 11.4 12.1 4.2 7.8 7.7 6.8 8.0 11.5 14.5 13.5 10.3 9.1 9.8 5.1 5.6 8.4 10.1 11.8 12.7 9.1 10.8 9.4 8.3
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 13.9 14.5 12.7 9.0 8.5 8.8 1.8 3.6 8.2 9.0 7.7 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.8 11.7 11.5 10.8 8.3 6.5 6.7 6.2 7.8 9.4 10.9 9.3 9.9 8.1 7.3 6.4 3.6
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 May 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 - - - 11.5 - - 22.0 9.0 - - - - - - - - - 18.0 - 3.0 - - - - - 5.0 2.0 8.0
Cerberus - - 1.8 9.6 1.6 - 10.2 8.6 2.2 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 2.2 2.4 - 0.4 0.6 0.2 - - 0.2 1.0 4.2 4.8 0.2 - 2.4
Cheltenham (Heatherton (Kingston Centre) - - - 5.0 0.2 - 10.4 5.8 1.4 0.2 - - 0.2 - - - 4.3 3.0 0.2 - 0.8 0.1 - - - 0.8 0.2 1.6 0.2 - -
Coldstream - - - 7.2 0.6 - 31.6 7.8 5.8 - 0.2 0.2 - - - - 2.6 25.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.2 - - - 0.6 2.6 6.6 0.8 - 4.0
Croydon (Dorset Golf Course) - → → 12.6 - 1.0 28.0 7.0 → → 2.0 - - - - → → 19.0 2.0 2.4 2.4 0.4 - - - - - 12.0
Eltham - - - 8.8 0.4 - 16.8 6.2 2.2 1.0 0.2 - - - - - 1.4 14.2 1.4 1.0 0.6 - - - - 1.8 2.0 2.8 0.8 - 4.4
Essendon Airport - - - 6.8 0.2 - 8.6 2.0 0.4 0.4 - 0.2 - - - - 5.0 10.2 - 0.4 1.6 0.2 - - - 16.6 1.0 4.2 0.2 - 3.6
Ferny Creek - - 0.4 14.6 1.2 - 24.4 16.4 12.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 - - - - 5.2 19.8 2.8 7.0 2.4 0.2 - - - 0.2 5.2 6.0 2.0 0.2 3.8
Frankston (Ballam Park) - - 0.2 9.0 - - 30.6 12.4 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 0.2 - - - 5.2 4.6 - 0.4 1.2 - - - 0.2 2.0 2.6 4.0 0.2 - -
Hesket (Straws Lane) - - 3.6 10.8 4.6 - 5.6 2.0 2.2 - - - - - - - 13.6 21.4 0.2 0.8 0.4 - - - 0.2 0.4 - 1.0 1.6 0.2 1.4
Kinglake West - - 3.2 23.2 4.8 - → 25.8 1.8 1.4 - - - - - - 4.8 25.4 4.0 4.2 → 3.0 - - - - 2.8 6.8 2.8 - 5.0
Koo Wee Rup - - - 7.8 0.6 - 16.8 8.4 1.4 0.4 - 0.2 - - - - 2.2 9.6 0.2
Laverton RAAF - - - 3.8 0.2 - 6.0 3.0 - 0.2 - - 0.2 - 0.2 - 13.0 1.0 2.2 0.6 1.2 - - - - 2.0 1.6 1.8 - - -
Melbourne (Olympic Park) - - - 6.8 0.2 - 11.0 2.8 1.2 0.6 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - 4.6 6.6 - 0.4 - - - - - 6.2 0.4 6.8 0.2 0.4 0.4
Melbourne Airport - - - 5.6 0.2 - 8.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 - 0.2 - - - 6.0 13.2 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.2 - - - 3.4 1.0 8.8 - - 6.0
Melbourne Botanical Gardens - - 5.2 2.2 0.2 - 10.8 2.4 1.8 0.8 - - - - - - 6.2 5.6 - 0.5 - - 0.1 - - 4.6 0.5 7.6 0.3 0.1 0.8
Monbulk (Spring Road) - - 2.3 13.3 2.0 - 36.0 14.0 - - 4.0 - - - 1.4 - - 25.0 4.0 3.8 1.4 - - - 0.6 - 5.4 2.8 - - 4.0
Moorabbin Airport - - - 7.6 0.4 - 22.2 7.8 4.6 0.4 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - 7.4 4.6 - 0.2 2.2 - - - 0.2 2.2 2.4 5.6 - - 0.4
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) - - 7.0 - - 10.8 16.6 4.0 1.0 - - - - - - 1.8 15.8 - 1.6 2.8 - - - - 5.6 1.8 6.4 1.6
Newham (Cobaw) - - 16.6 7.2 6.0 - 5.0 - - - - - - - - - 22.6 18.2 - - - - - - - - 1.0
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) - - - 7.6 - - 9.8 18.1 3.0 - - - - - - → 4.1 13.4 - - 3.4 - - - - 5.0 1.9 - 0.9
Point Cook RAAF - - - 3.2 - - 7.4 3.8 - 0.6 - 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - 9.2 0.4 0.4 - 1.2 0.2 - - - 3.0 1.2 0.4 - - 0.2
Romsey - - 4.6 14.0 2.4
Rosebud (Country Club) - → → 8.6 - - 12.4 8.6 1.8 - 0.2 - - - - - 8.4 - - 3.8 2.6 - - - 0.3 6.0 - - - - 8.0
Scoresby Research Institute - - - 8.6 0.2 - 20.4 8.2 1.4 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 - - 0.2 3.4 14.0 1.6 0.8 2.4 - 0.2 - - 2.2 2.6 2.6 0.4 0.2 2.2
Springvale Necropolis - - - - - - 25.0 12.2 - - - - - - - - - 22.0 - - - - - - 2.4
Tarrawarra Monastery - - 2.4 10.4 1.0 0.1 12.2 8.8 3.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 - 0.6 18.4 2.4 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 - 2.4 4.2 10.0 0.8 0.2 3.0
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI) - - - 30.2 - - - - - - 54.4 - - - - - - 24.4 - - - - - - 16.4
Upper Plenty - - 4.0 21.2 3.0 - 11.8 2.4 2.2 1.8 - - - - - - 5.0 23.4 4.6 1.6 - - - - - 2.0 1.2 6.6 - - 4.8
Viewbank - - - 7.8 0.2 - 12.6 5.6 1.6 1.0 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - 1.8 21.0 2.8 0.6 0.4 - 0.2 - - 1.2 0.8 1.6 0.4 - 4.0
Wallan - - → 20.0 1.6 - 9.2 1.0 1.6 1.0 - - - - - - - 19.2 1.2 - 0.8 - - - - 1.2 → 5.6 - - 3.4
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) - - 5.2 18.4 2.0 - 9.6 0.6 1.6 1.2 0.4 - - - - - 8.4 19.2 1.8 1.4 0.4 0.4 - - - 0.8 1.0 2.0 - - 0.4
Willowmavin (Avalon Station) - - 7.4 23.4 9.4 - 4.6 0.4 0.2 - 0.2 0.4 - 0.2 - - 16.0 20.8 0.4 0.6 - 0.4 - - - 1.0 0.6 0.6 - 0.2 2.4
Woodend - - 6.6 14.0 2.4 - 14.8 4.6 1.2 - 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 - - 11.0 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 - - 0.4 0.6 3.4 2.4 0.2 0.4 3.8
Yarra River @ Warrandyte 17.2 13.4 2.6 0.8 - - - - - - 2.2 20.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 - - - - 0.2 2.0 5.6 0.8 - 5.6
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

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 Tuesday 2 June 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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