Tuesday 2 September 2025 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC16L0

Greater Melbourne in August 2025

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for August were below average at all sites across Greater Melbourne.
  • August rainfall totals ranged from around 40% to around 80% of average across Greater Melbourne.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for August at all sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • August mean maximum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.4 °C above average at Melbourne (Olympic Park) to 1.7 °C above average at Scoresby Research Institute.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for August at most sites across Greater Melbourne were below average.
  • August mean minimum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 2.8 °C below average at Coldstream to 0.3 °C above average at Wallan (Kilmore Gap).
  • Some sites had their lowest August mean minimum temperature on record.
  • Laverton RAAF had its lowest August mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

  • Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 37.4 mm, which is 81% of the long-term average of 46.2 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 16.0 °C, which is 0.4 °C above the long-term average of 15.6 °C.
  • The warmest day was 20.3 °C on the 21st, and the coolest day was on the 18th when the temperature reached 12.1 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 6.4 °C, which is 1.7 °C below the long-term average of 8.1 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 1.6 °C on the 19th, and the warmest morning was on the 27th when the minimum temperature was 10.3 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in August 2025
Hottest day 21.7 °C at Viewbank on the 21st
Warmest days on average 16.4 °C at Viewbank
Coolest days on average 11.3 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Coldest day 7.1 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) on the 18th
Coldest night -4.6 °C at Coldstream on the 19th
Coolest nights on average 1.7 °C at Coldstream
Warmest nights on average 6.4 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Warmest night 10.5 °C at Ferny Creek on the 26th
10.5 °C at Melbourne Airport on the 26th
Warmest on average overall 11.2 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Coolest on average overall 8.0 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Wettest overall 87.8 mm at Woodend
Wettest day 29.2 mm at Woodend on the 27th
Strongest wind gust 106.0 km/h at St Kilda Harbour - RMYS on the 30th

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Record lowest August mean minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
August
Scoresby Research Institute 4.2 4.6 in 1949 67 6.4
Melbourne Airport 4.6 4.7 in 1971 56 6.0
Moorabbin Airport 5.3 =5.3 in 1994 54 7.0
Cerberus 4.7 5.2 in 1994 34 6.7
Coldstream 1.7 2.7 in 2002 31 4.5
Viewbank 4.6 5.1 in 2018 26 6.4


Lowest August mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)		 Most recent
lower		 Average for
August
Laverton RAAF 5.0 4.4 in 2000 5.7

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



Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for August 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
August
2025		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
August
2025		 Mean for
August
2025		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
August
2025		 Total for
August
2025		 Average
for
August		 Rank of
August
2025		 Fraction of
August
average
Cerberus 15.5 +0.7 19.0 4th 4.7 -2.0 -2.3 19th 42.2 73.1 low 58%
Coldstream 16.1 +1.2 21.4 21st 1.7 -2.8 -4.6 19th 36.8 70.9 v low 52%
Essendon Airport 15.7 +1.2 20.7 21st 5.7 -0.2 0.5 19th 39.0 47.7 average 82%
Ferny Creek 12.3 +1.1 17.4 21st 5.7 +0.2 1.9 19th 63.4 120.7 low 52%
Frankston (Ballam Park) 15.8 19.5 21st 6.1 1.2 19th 38.4
Laverton RAAF 15.9 +0.9 20.3 22nd 5.0 -0.7 -0.3 19th 33.8 44.0 average 77%
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 16.0 +0.4 20.3 21st 6.4 -1.7 1.6 19th 37.4 46.2 low 81%
Melbourne Airport 15.6 +1.0 20.8 21st 4.6 -1.4 0.2 19th 35.6 43.8 average 81%
Moorabbin Airport 16.0 +1.0 20.0 25th 5.3 -1.7 -0.7 19th 38.6 63.8 low 60%
Point Cook RAAF 15.4 20.8 22nd 4.6 -0.2 20th 38.8
Scoresby Research Institute 16.1 +1.7 20.5 21st 4.2 -2.2 -1.7 19th 32.4 79.4 v low 41%
Viewbank 16.4 +1.1 21.7 21st 4.6 -1.8 -1.3 19th 38.2 56.4 low 68%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 11.3 +0.6 15.3 10th 4.7 +0.3 1.4 17th 46.8 61.9 average 76%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for August 2025
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 13.9 16.2 16.9 19.0 16.2 14.1 13.4 14.1 15.6 16.0 17.2 16.2 14.5 16.2 15.2 11.9 14.5 12.6 14.6 16.8 18.7 18.1 15.3 14.9 18.4 17.6 14.9 14.8 14.7 13.2 15.5
Coldstream 13.4 13.6 18.7 19.0 16.1 14.3 12.9 15.4 17.4 19.2 18.1 15.7 15.1 18.1 14.7 12.8 14.1 11.8 16.6 18.8 21.4 18.3 16.1 17.3 18.8 18.1 14.9 15.6 13.7 13.3 16.2
Essendon Airport 12.8 13.7 19.3 17.3 16.7 15.0 13.5 14.5 16.4 18.1 17.8 14.2 14.8 18.4 14.8 12.4 13.0 12.1 16.3 18.1 20.7 19.2 14.9 14.8 17.8 15.3 15.6 16.2 13.5 11.9 17.6
Ferny Creek 9.8 12.8 16.0 14.2 12.9 10.5 8.7 10.7 14.3 15.1 13.9 11.9 10.4 15.1 10.6 9.1 10.1 9.1 13.6 15.0 17.4 14.5 12.6 12.5 15.6 14.0 9.1 12.3 8.6 9.1 11.0
Frankston (Ballam Park) 13.6 16.3 18.8 18.4 15.7 13.9 12.9 13.8 16.8 17.8 18.3 16.4 15.4 17.9 14.6 11.9 14.3 12.7 16.1 18.0 19.5 18.3 15.6 15.7 19.4 17.7 14.6 15.3 13.6 13.0 14.8
Laverton RAAF 13.0 14.6 17.2 17.6 16.9 14.6 13.9 14.3 14.7 17.1 19.1 15.5 15.3 18.5 14.8 12.6 13.8 12.4 14.6 16.6 18.7 20.3 15.2 14.7 19.4 17.8 16.8 17.3 14.2 12.9 17.1
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 13.2 15.9 19.8 17.9 16.7 15.1 13.4 13.8 15.3 17.6 19.0 14.9 14.3 19.4 14.7 12.9 13.9 12.1 17.0 18.4 20.3 19.5 15.1 14.2 18.2 16.3 15.8 16.7 14.0 12.5 17.1
Melbourne Airport 12.7 13.1 19.3 18.1 16.3 13.7 12.6 13.9 17.1 18.6 17.9 13.7 14.9 18.1 14.1 12.3 12.7 11.3 16.5 18.3 20.8 19.0 14.9 14.8 17.7 15.3 16.7 16.0 14.3 12.6 16.9
Moorabbin Airport 13.4 15.3 18.3 18.9 16.5 14.6 14.0 14.8 15.0 17.4 18.7 16.7 14.2 16.0 15.5 12.1 14.4 12.6 14.9 17.9 19.9 19.5 15.1 16.6 20.0 18.2 16.0 16.1 15.3 12.8 16.4
Point Cook RAAF 12.4 14.6 14.4 17.7 17.4 15.6 13.7 13.1 13.3 13.3 19.2 16.1 14.9 16.4 15.1 13.2 14.0 13.1 13.1 15.2 17.0 20.8 15.3 14.3 20.0 18.0 16.8 16.7 14.4 12.9 16.9
Scoresby Research Institute 13.6 16.4 20.0 18.0 16.4 14.9 13.1 15.1 17.0 18.4 18.2 15.5 14.7 18.4 14.6 12.2 14.4 12.0 16.9 18.4 20.5 18.5 16.6 16.4 14.8 16.4 13.7 12.7 16.2
Viewbank 14.3 16.1 19.7 18.1 16.5 15.4 13.2 15.8 17.8 18.5 18.8 15.4 14.9 19.5 14.8 12.6 13.6 11.9 17.0 20.1 21.7 19.4 15.8 16.2 18.8 17.1 15.5 17.2 14.2 12.3 17.2
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 8.7 9.2 15.0 14.0 11.8 11.1 8.2 10.9 14.9 15.3 13.2 8.9 10.7 13.4 11.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 12.2 15.2 14.1 11.0 11.3 13.5 9.8 11.8 12.1 8.4 8.3 12.5
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 August 2025
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 0.3 4.1 1.0 5.1 7.0 9.5 8.1 3.1 1.7 1.4 1.9 5.4 4.9 2.9 8.6 5.2 2.2 1.0 -2.3 -0.5 0.4 7.9 10.3 2.9 1.1 9.6 9.6 8.7 9.3 6.2 9.1
Coldstream -2.3 -0.2 -2.0 -0.4 4.6 3.8 3.5 -0.3 0.0 -1.1 -2.1 -1.2 4.8 0.6 3.0 0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -4.6 -3.8 -1.8 3.4 5.0 -1.3 -2.2 6.1 8.8 8.9 8.2 6.2 8.8
Essendon Airport 2.9 6.4 1.8 6.6 9.4 9.1 5.2 6.6 5.2 2.0 2.3 5.0 6.3 5.2 9.8 5.9 4.2 5.1 0.5 1.4 2.3 9.3 8.6 4.7 2.8 10.4 9.4 8.8 8.5 5.2 5.8
Ferny Creek 3.8 3.9 6.4 8.6 6.5 6.5 3.5 5.0 3.2 6.9 6.9 7.5 4.8 5.4 7.6 3.4 2.1 2.8 1.9 6.3 8.5 10.3 7.4 4.8 5.2 10.5 6.7 5.2 5.4 3.1 5.5
Frankston (Ballam Park) 4.4 5.4 4.1 6.5 9.2 8.9 6.9 5.8 4.6 4.2 4.7 6.2 5.9 4.8 9.0 5.6 3.0 3.6 1.2 2.3 4.4 9.6 7.8 5.4 4.5 9.1 9.4 9.1 8.8 6.5 9.6
Laverton RAAF 1.7 6.0 0.5 5.2 8.0 8.2 2.6 5.5 3.0 2.3 2.1 5.0 4.5 3.5 9.8 6.3 3.4 5.1 -0.3 0.5 1.7 9.7 7.0 3.3 1.8 8.6 9.7 8.6 8.5 5.8 6.3
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 3.2 4.8 3.3 6.0 9.9 9.8 5.8 7.6 5.4 4.5 4.6 6.7 6.0 5.1 8.8 7.4 4.7 5.1 1.6 3.7 4.6 9.1 8.8 5.4 4.7 8.1 10.3 9.9 9.0 6.7 6.8
Melbourne Airport 1.4 5.2 2.4 6.2 7.1 8.2 2.4 4.6 3.4 1.0 2.4 4.6 5.0 3.1 7.0 5.3 2.5 4.0 0.2 0.7 3.2 8.0 6.1 2.4 1.7 10.5 8.7 7.0 7.4 4.8 5.6
Moorabbin Airport 2.2 4.7 1.2 6.9 9.7 9.4 5.2 6.3 1.9 0.5 1.3 3.7 4.2 4.1 9.5 5.9 3.8 3.6 -0.7 0.2 1.9 7.6 8.4 3.6 2.3 9.6 10.1 10.0 8.7 7.7 9.9
Point Cook RAAF 2.0 6.6 1.0 5.2 8.1 6.7 3.1 4.5 2.2 2.8 2.1 5.8 4.8 2.9 8.7 5.4 2.5 5.2 -0.2 -0.2 1.5 7.5 6.3 3.2 1.2 7.3 9.9 8.7 7.6 5.2 6.1
Scoresby Research Institute -0.2 2.6 0.2 5.6 9.2 8.9 3.9 4.0 3.2 2.3 0.2 4.4 4.5 2.2 8.0 6.0 3.8 1.4 -1.7 0.6 0.9 5.7 5.9 1.9 9.4 8.7 8.6 6.7 8.9
Viewbank 0.3 3.6 0.4 3.3 8.5 9.3 4.0 5.9 4.7 1.6 2.0 4.0 5.8 2.5 6.2 5.7 2.1 3.4 -1.3 0.4 2.0 7.1 8.5 3.1 3.0 6.1 9.3 8.9 8.1 6.8 7.4
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 1.6 3.4 4.5 5.4 5.8 4.8 3.1 4.3 4.0 7.0 6.2 5.6 4.6 4.8 4.9 3.4 1.4 2.8 2.7 5.0 8.2 7.4 3.9 4.5 7.3 6.5 5.3 4.9 1.7 2.1
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 August 2025
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 - - - - 4.0 - - - - - - - 8.0 - - 5.3 1.5 - - - - - - - - - 18.0
Cerberus - - - 0.4 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 - 0.2 - 3.6 0.4 - 4.8 5.2 - - 0.2 - - 0.2 - - 2.2 12.2 1.0 1.2 7.0 -
Cheltenham (Heatherton (Kingston Centre) - - - - 2.2 0.1 - - - - - - 6.0 0.2 0.2 3.4 - - - - - - - - - - 8.0 0.6 0.4 5.0 0.5
Coldstream - 0.2 0.2 - 5.2 0.8 - - - 0.2 - - 8.0 0.4 - 4.6 0.4 - 0.2 - - - - - - - 4.4 6.0 0.8 4.4 1.0
Croydon (Dorset Golf Course) - - - - 5.0 - - - - - - - 7.6 - - - - 8.0
Eltham - - - - 4.8 0.6 0.4 - - - - - - - 7.6 6.6 4.2 - - - - - - - - - 5.0 2.2 - 8.8 1.4
Essendon Airport - - - - 1.8 0.4 0.2 - 0.4 - - - 9.2 0.2 - 4.6 0.6 - - - - - - - 0.2 - 5.6 - - 14.2 1.6
Ferny Creek 0.2 0.2 0.2 - 5.0 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - 10.8 0.4 - 14.6 0.4 0.2 - - - - - 0.2 - 0.6 10.2 9.4 0.8 6.2 1.6
Frankston (Ballam Park) - - 0.2 - 2.8 1.0 0.2 - - - - - 8.4 0.2 - 4.2 1.2 - - - - - 0.2 - - 0.4 13.0 1.0 0.4 5.2 -
Greenvale Reservoir - - - - 1.2 - 0.4 0.2 0.2 - - - 7.6 - 0.2 4.6 1.6 0.4 - - - - - - - - 7.2 - 0.2 12.4 2.0
Hesket (Straws Lane) - - - - 8.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 - - - - 3.2 0.6 - → 4.0 0.4 - - - - - - - 5.4 19.6 3.4 3.2 18.6 0.6
Kinglake West - - - - 7.2 2.6 - - - - - - 13.8 0.4 - 7.8 0.6 - - - - - - 0.4 - 1.4 18.0 2.8 0.4 22.6 3.2
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek) 0.2 - - 0.4 9.2 - 0.6 - - 0.2 - 0.2 13.2 0.8 - 5.8 1.2 0.2 - - 0.2 - - 0.4 - 0.8 18.2 2.8 0.6 20.2 3.4
Laverton RAAF - - - 0.2 1.6 - 0.2 - - - - - 5.6 0.2 - 3.6 1.4 - - - - - - - - - 6.0 0.4 0.4 12.8 1.4
Melbourne (Olympic Park) - - 0.2 - 2.6 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - 10.2 - - 4.4 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 5.6 0.6 0.4 10.8 1.6
Melbourne Airport 0.2 - - 0.2 0.6 0.2 - 0.2 0.2 - - - 9.2 - - 3.4 1.0 - 0.2 - - - 0.2 - 0.2 - 5.8 - 0.2 12.8 1.0
Melbourne Botanical Gardens - - - - 2.8 0.2 0.1 - 0.1 0.1 - - 9.4 - - 5.5 0.6 0.2 - - - - 0.3 - - - 6.2 0.3 0.8 12.5 0.6
Mitcham - 0.2 - 0.2 5.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 - - - 8.6 0.6 0.2 9.0 0.6 - - 0.2 - - - - - - 5.8 1.0 1.6 6.4 1.0
Monbulk (Spring Road) - - - - 10.4 1.8 - 0.4 - - - - 5.0 0.4 - 9.0 4.6 - - - - - 1.0 - - 2.0 16.8 14.8 1.6 10.0 4.8
Moorabbin Airport - - - - 3.6 - - - - 0.2 - - 9.4 - - 5.0 - - - - - - - - - - 13.4 2.0 - 5.0 -
Mornington - - - 0.2 3.0 - - - - → 15.0 - - - - - - - - 11.0 0.8
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) - - 4.4 - - - - - - - - 9.3 0.8 - 6.4 0.4
Newham (Cobaw) - - - - 8.2 - - - - → → 1.2 3.0 - - 4.2 1.2 - - - - - - - - 9.4 24.4 4.0 4.8 16.8
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) - - - - 4.5 - 0.5 - - - - - 7.5 1.2 - 6.2 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 9.8 3.4 0.4 12.0 1.5
Point Cook RAAF - - - 0.2 2.2 - 0.8 0.2 - 0.2 - - 7.4 - - 3.4 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 7.4 0.2 0.2 14.0 1.8
Preston Reservoir - - - - 3.8 - 0.6 - - - - - 7.4 0.2 - 6.2 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 3.6 0.2 - 13.4 2.0
Rockbank (Melton) 0.2 - → → → → → 2.2
Romsey 0.2 - 0.2 - 7.0 - 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 - 2.8 0.2 2.6 - → 0.4 - - - - 0.4 - -
Rosebud (Country Club) - - - - 3.2 - - 3.0 - - - - 10.8 - - - 2.8 - - - - - 1.2 - - 1.0 9.8 0.8 2.6 10.8 0.8
Scoresby Research Institute 0.2 0.2 0.2 - 5.6 - - - - 0.2 - - 7.2 0.4 - 9.2 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - 3.0 0.4 5.4 -
Springvale Necropolis - - - - 5.2 - - - - - - 5.5 - - - → → 7.5 - - - - - - - 10.6 2.2 - - - -
Sunbury (Lachlan Court) - - 4.0 - - - - 1.0 - - - - 8.0 - - - - 2.3 - - - - - - - - 14.3 2.0 - 18.5
Tarrawarra Monastery 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 4.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 7.4 0.6 - 4.6 1.6 0.1 - 0.1 - - - - 0.3 - 1.8 5.0 0.1 5.6 1.6
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI) - - - - - - 14.0 - - - - - - - - - - 28.0 - - - - - - 1.2
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorourrong) - 0.2 - - 5.6 - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 6.0 0.2 - 4.4 0.8 - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 9.4 1.6 0.4 13.0 2.0
Upper Plenty - - - - 7.0 0.6 - - - - - - 6.0 - - 4.2 - - - - - - 0.4 - - - 12.4 - 2.8 16.2 1.4
Viewbank - - - - 3.4 0.2 0.4 - - - - - 7.0 0.2 - 9.0 1.4 - - - 0.2 - - - - - 4.0 1.2 0.6 9.8 0.8
Wallan - - - - 4.4 - - - - - - - 5.2 - - 4.4 - - - - - - - - - 1.2 9.8 1.2 - 14.4 1.4
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 0.2 - - 0.2 3.8 0.4 - - - 0.2 - - 6.4 - - 2.6 0.4 0.6 - - - - 0.8 - - 1.4 12.2 1.6 1.8 14.0 0.2
Willowmavin (Avalon Station) 0.2 - 0.4 - 7.6 - 0.2 - - - 0.2 - 6.2 - - 2.6 1.4 0.2 0.2 - - - 0.6 - 0.2 4.8 21.2 1.6 5.8 18.8 0.2
Woodend 0.2 - 0.2 - 9.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 - 2.4 0.6 - 5.0 0.8 0.2 - 0.2 - - 0.2 0.2 - 8.6 29.2 6.0 6.0 16.8 0.4
Yan Yean - - - 0.2 5.2 - 0.4 - - - - - 12.0 0.2 - 3.2 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 3.6 4.4 0.2 10.4 2.0
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 September 2025. 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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