Monday, 3 December 2007 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Victoria - Product code IDCKGC26R0

Victoria in spring 2007
Warm and Dry

 

Summary

Spring in Victoria was warm and dry. Rainfall totals were below average across most of the state, whilst daytime temperatures have been above average.

 

Rainfall

Spring rainfall totals were generally average to below average, despite some late season rains. Parts of the North Central extending into the East Central district had very much below average totals. A small area along the West Coast had above average totals.

The wettest overall was 553.4 mm at Weeaproinah. The driest overall was 34.4 mm at Charlton. The wettest single day 109.8 mm at Weeaproinah on 4 Nov.

There is a map of rainfall deciles below.

 

Temperature

Maximum temperatures during spring have generally been between 1 and 3 degrees above average across Victoria, whilst minimum temperatures have generally been within 1 degree of the average.

Maximum temperature

The hottest days were 43.0 °C at Echuca Aerodrome on 20 Nov, and 43.0 °C at Kerang on 20 Nov. The warmest days on average were 26.2 °C at Mildura Airport. The coolest days on average were 8.4 °C at Mt Hotham. The coldest day was -0.9 °C at Mt Baw Baw on 3 Sep.

Some sites had their highest spring temperature on record.

Some sites had their highest spring mean daily maximum temperature on record.

Some sites had their highest spring mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years.

There is a map of maximum temperature anomalies below.

Minimum temperature

The coldest night was -7.7 °C at Mt Hotham on 4 Sep. The coolest nights on average were 1.7 °C at Mt Hotham. The warmest nights on average were 11.8 °C at Gabo Island Lighthouse. The warmest night was 25.7 °C at Mildura Airport on 20 Nov.

Some sites had their lowest spring temperature on record.

Some sites had their warmest spring night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.

Some sites had their highest spring mean daily minimum temperature on record.

There is a map of minimum temperature anomalies below.

 

Wind

The strongest wind gust was 133 km/h at Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse on 16 Oct.

 

Further information

Ceri Lovitt
Climate Meteorologist
Victoria Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (03) 9669 4956
Email climate.vic@bom.gov.au

Extremes

Hottest day
Highest temperature
43.0 °C at Echuca Aerodrome on 20 Nov
43.0 °C at Kerang on 20 Nov
Warmest days on average
Highest mean daily maximum temperature
26.2 °C at Mildura Airport
Coolest days on average
Lowest mean daily maximum temperature
8.4 °C at Mt Hotham
Coldest day
Lowest daily maximum temperature
-0.9 °C at Mt Baw Baw on 3 Sep
Coldest night
Lowest temperature
-7.7 °C at Mt Hotham on 4 Sep
Coolest nights on average
Lowest mean daily minimum temperature
1.7 °C at Mt Hotham
Warmest nights on average
Highest mean daily minimum temperature
11.8 °C at Gabo Island Lighthouse
Warmest night
Highest daily minimum temperature
25.7 °C at Mildura Airport on 20 Nov
Wettest overall
Highest total rainfall
553.4 mm at Weeaproinah
Driest overall
Lowest total rainfall
34.4 mm at Charlton
Wettest day
Highest daily rainfall
109.8 mm at Weeaproinah on 4 Nov
Highest wind gust
133 km/h at Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse on 16 Oct

Maps

Anomaly in mean maximum temperature

Map of Anomaly in mean maximum temperature

Anomaly in mean minimum temperature

Map of Anomaly in mean minimum temperature

Rainfall deciles

Map of Rainfall deciles


Records

Record highest spring temperature
Highest temperature
in spring 2007 (°C)
Previous highest
for spring
Years of
record
Normal for
spring
Echuca Aerodrome 43.0 on 20 Nov 41.6 on 26 Nov 1997 51 22.0
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse 36.7 on 20 Nov 36.1 on 23 Nov 1966 51 15.5
Kerang 43.0 on 20 Nov 42.6 on 25 Nov 1997 45 22.8
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag 40.3 on 20 Nov 40.2 on 17 Nov 1980 43 20.8
Mount Buller 24.1 on 20 Nov 22.8 on 21 Nov 2006 22 8.3



Record highest spring mean daily maximum temperature
Mean daily maximum
temperature
for spring 2007 (°C)
Previous highest
for spring
Years of
record
Normal for
spring
Laverton RAAF 21.2 21.1 in 1961 64 19.1
Scoresby Research Institute 20.7 20.6 in 2006 48 18.8
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag 23.3 = 23.3 in 2006 43 20.8
Essendon Airport 21.3 21.1 in 1961 38 18.9
Melbourne Airport 21.1 21.0 in 2006 38 19.0
Bundoora (Latrobe University) 21.2 21.1 in 2006 24 19.4

Highest spring mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
Mean daily maximum
temperature
for spring 2007 (°C)
Most recent higher
for spring
Years since
higher
Normal for
spring
Kerang 25.3 25.5 in 1938 60 22.8
Melbourne Regional Office 21.5 21.9 in 1961 46 19.6
Moorabbin Airport 20.5 20.6 in 1980 27 19.0



Record highest spring daily minimum temperature
Highest daily minimum
temperature
in spring 2007 (°C)
Previous highest
for spring
Years of
record
Normal for
spring
Rutherglen Research 22.9 on 21 Nov = 22.9 on 25 Nov 2002 91 6.4
Scoresby Research Institute 25.6 on 20 Nov 24.5 on 23 Nov 1997 42 8.8
Ararat Prison 20.8 on 20 Nov 20.4 on 18 Nov 1987 39 6.2
Wangaratta Aero 22.9 on 21 Nov 20.2 on 19 Nov 1987 21 6.9



Record lowest spring temperature
Lowest temperature
in spring 2007 (°C)
Previous lowest
for spring
Years of
record
Normal for
spring
Echuca Aerodrome -1.0 on 1 Sep = -1.0 on 26 Sep 2006 51 8.7
Horsham Polkemmet Rd -2.5 on 9 Oct -2.4 on 4 Sep 1982 49 7.4
Noojee (Slivar) -2.5 on 5 Sep -1.4 on 26 Sep 2006 26 6.6
Wangaratta Aero -3.3 on 8 Oct = -3.3 on 26 Sep 2006 21 6.9



Record highest spring mean daily minimum temperature
Mean daily minimum
temperature
for spring 2007 (°C)
Previous highest
for spring
Years of
record
Normal for
spring
Essendon Airport 9.7 = 9.7 in 2005 38 8.0
Mount Buller 2.8 2.6 in 2006 21 1.5



Summaries

In this table, key sites have been highlighted to make them easier to find. This table is very wide and may not fit if printed.

Summary statistics for spring 2007
Maximum temperatures
for spring
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
for spring
(°C)
Rainfall
for spring
(millimetres)
Mean for
spring
2007
Diff
from
normal
Highest for
spring
2007
Mean for
spring
2007
Diff
from
normal
Lowest for
spring
2007
Total for
spring
2007
Normal
for
spring
Rank of
spring
2007
Fraction of
spring
normal
North Mallee (district 76)
Mildura Airport 26.2 +2.4 41.4 20 Nov 10.8 +1.0 0.9 1 Sep 39.4 81.6 low 48%
Ouyen 25.7 +2.0 41.7 19 Nov 9.5 +0.5 1.5 1 Sep 86.5 94.4 normal 92%
Walpeup Research 25.4 +2.4 41.1 19 Nov 9.8 +0.9 0.6 1 Sep 54.6 93.1 low 59%
South Mallee (district 77)
Hopetoun Airport 25.3 41.0 19 Nov 7.6 -3.0 1 Sep 67.4
Swan Hill Aerodrome 25.5 +1.9 42.9 20 Nov 8.7 +0.4 -1.2 1 Sep 37.0 93.9 low 39%
North Wimmera (district 78)
Nhill 23.7 +2.5 40.0 19 Nov 6.7 -0.5 -3.1 4 Sep 85.1 113.3 normal 75%
Nhill Aerodrome 23.8 40.7 19 Nov 7.7 -0.3 4 Sep 80.2
Warracknabeal Museum 24.2 +2.6 40.0 19 Nov 8.4 +0.6 0.0 4 Sep 66.0 114.9 low 57%
South Wimmera (district 79)
Edenhope Airport 21.2 37.0 19 Nov 7.9 -0.4 17 Oct 104.8
Grampians 13.1 28.7 19 Nov 4.5 -1.6 7 Oct 280.0
Horsham Aerodrome 23.3 +1.7 38.0 19 Nov 6.1 +0.1 -2.0 4 Sep 71.0 102.8 low 69%
Horsham Polkemmet Rd 23.5 +2.5 39.2 19 Nov 6.6 -0.8 -2.5 9 Oct 89.2 123.6 normal 72%
Kanagulk 21.1 38.1 19 Nov 7.0 -0.7 8 Oct 92.2
Longerenong 23.5 +2.6 40.2 19 Nov 6.5 -0.4 -2.1 8 Oct 71.0 110.4 low 64%
Stawell Aerodrome 21.2 +1.4 36.6 19 Nov 7.8 +0.4 0.1 7 Oct 133.4 139.5 normal 96%
Lower North (district 80)
Charlton 24.4 39.4 20 Nov 8.5 -1.7 15 Sep 34.4
Kerang 25.3 +2.5 43.0 20 Nov 9.6 +0.7 0.4 1 Sep 54.4 101.8 low 53%
Kyabram DPI 23.7 +2.7 41.0 20 Nov 8.4 +0.9 -0.7 1 Sep 50.4 121.7 low 41%
Upper North (district 81)
Bendigo Airport 22.4 +2.3 38.6 20 Nov 7.4 +0.8 -2.5 1 Sep 67.6 139.5 low 48%
Shepparton Airport 23.8 +2.3 41.1 20 Nov 8.0 +0.5 -1.5 1 Sep 62.2 122.6 low 51%
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag 23.3 +2.4 40.3 20 Nov 7.6 -0.1 -1.8 1 Sep 50.9 130.5 low 39%
Yarrawonga 24.7 +2.6 41.5 20 Nov 8.6 +1.1 -1.3 18 Sep 52.2 122.9 very low 42%
Lower Northeast (district 82)
Benalla Airport 23.1 39.8 20 Nov 7.3 -2.7 5 Sep 101.4
Corryong Airport 22.8 37.3 20 Nov 5.7 -2.6 8 Oct 123.5
Dartmouth Reservoir 21.6 +1.5 35.6 20 Nov 6.8 -0.1 -1.3 5 Sep 164.4 272.9 low 60%
Hunters Hill 17.1 +1.7 31.9 20 Nov 8.2 +1.5 0.0 13 Oct 163.8 338.5 very low 48%
Rutherglen Research 23.6 +2.5 39.6 20 Nov 6.3 0 -4.1 8 Oct 69.6 157.6 very low 44%
Strathbogie 18.9 +1.2 34.6 20 Nov 5.9 +0.5 -3.6 5 Sep 141.8 247.0 low 57%
Wangaratta Aero 23.4 +2.3 39.4 20 Nov 6.4 -0.4 -3.3 8 Oct 76.4 165.5 low 46%
Upper Northeast (district 83)
Dinner Plain 14.9 28.4 20 Nov 3.3 -6.5 5 Sep 210.8
Edi Upper 21.5 +1.8 36.1 20 Nov 8.3 +1.0 1.0 5 Sep 223.2 277.4 normal 80%
Falls Creek 10.0 +1.6 23.1 20 Nov 2.6 +1.2 -6.6 4 Sep 318.4 359.7 normal 89%
Mount Buller 9.8 +1.5 24.1 20 Nov 2.8 +1.3 -6.1 4 Sep 512.2 453.4 normal 113%
Mt Hotham 8.4 +1.4 21.5 20 Nov 1.7 +0.9 -7.7 4 Sep 349.6 340.6 normal 103%
Omeo 18.8 33.8 20 Nov 5.7 -4.7 5 Sep 198.0
East Gippsland (district 84)
Combienbar AWS 19.3 +1.4 37.3 20 Nov 8.6 +0.8 1.4 23 Sep 273.6 279.5 normal 98%
Gabo Island Lighthouse 18.0 +1.1 27.8 22 Oct 11.8 +0.7 6.8 23 Sep 129.0 215.4 low 60%
Gelantipy 16.9 +0.8 32.7 20 Nov 6.8 +1.0 -0.4 1 Sep 180.0 215.3 low 84%
Lakes Entrance 19.1 38.3 20 Nov 9.2 1.4 23 Sep 139.8
Mallacoota 19.1 +0.4 30.5 20 Nov 10.4 +0.7 3.0 23 Sep 211.2 248.9 normal 85%
Mt Nowa Nowa 18.9 +0.1 38.7 20 Nov 9.6 +0.6 3.9 4 Sep 72.6 203.2 very low 36%
Orbost 19.9 39.0 20 Nov 9.6 0.6 23 Sep 167.0
Orbost 20.6 +0.9 38.5 20 Nov 8.9 +0.7 -0.5 23 Sep 151.8 219.0 low 69%
Point Hicks 19.3 +1.0 33.6 20 Nov 11.1 +0.1 4.6 4 Sep 224.1 236.8 normal 95%
West Gippsland (district 85)
Bairnsdale Airport 20.0 +0.5 38.6 20 Nov 8.1 +0.6 -0.1 23 Sep 148.2 198.2 low 75%
East Sale Airport 20.2 +1.1 38.9 20 Nov 7.9 +0.4 -0.7 23 Sep 150.8 174.0 normal 87%
Morwell 20.2 +1.0 37.3 20 Nov 7.7 +0.2 -1.1 5 Sep 164.4 228.0 low 72%
Mt Baw Baw 9.6 25.0 20 Nov 2.6 -5.8 4 Sep 529.4
Mt Moornapa 18.6 +0.4 37.2 20 Nov 8.8 +0.8 2.4 5 Sep 250.6 255.5 normal 98%
Noojee 18.9 +1.2 33.4 19 Nov 7.1 +0.4 -2.5 5 Sep 265.4 342.9 low 77%
Pound Creek 18.6 33.5 20 Nov 8.5 0.2 6 Sep 227.0
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse 16.4 +0.8 36.7 20 Nov 11.1 +1.0 7.4 7 Oct 248.8 256.7 normal 97%
East Central (district 86)
Bundoora 21.2 +1.8 37.8 19 Nov 9.7 +0.9 0.6 5 Sep 111.3 192.5 very low 58%
Cerberus 19.2 +1.2 35.6 20 Nov 9.1 +0.3 1.7 7 Sep 154.4 194.8 low 79%
Coldstream 21.0 +1.5 35.4 20 Nov 7.1 +0.3 -2.3 5 Sep 136.3 203.5 very low 67%
Cranbourne Botanic Gardens 19.7 +1.2 34.1 20 Nov 9.4 +0.5 2.0 23 Sep 177.6 241.7 low 73%
Essendon Airport 21.3 +2.4 37.1 19 Nov 9.7 +1.7 0.4 5 Sep 92.0 170.4 very low 54%
Ferny Creek 16.6 +1.6 30.4 19 Nov 7.9 +0.6 2.2 1 Sep 209.0 280.2 low 75%
Frankston AWS 18.8 +1.3 34.3 19 Nov 11.2 +0.7 4.5 23 Sep
Melbourne Airport 21.1 +2.1 35.9 20 Nov 9.3 +0.8 0.0 5 Sep 87.8 161.2 very low 54%
Melbourne Regional Office 21.5 +1.9 36.9 19 Nov 11.7 +1.4 4.6 5 Sep 104.0 175.1 low 59%
Moorabbin Airport 20.5 +1.5 36.0 19 Nov 10.0 +0.7 0.0 5 Sep 127.4 198.5 very low 64%
Phillip Island Penguin Reserve 18.2 +0.3 32.8 20 Nov 9.6 +0.5 0.6 10 Sep 172.1 199.9 low 86%
Rhyll 18.7 +1.1 32.5 20 Nov 11.2 +0.7 7.1 23 Sep 132.0 186.3 very low 71%
Scoresby Research Institute 20.7 +1.9 35.5 20 Nov 9.3 +0.4 -0.5 5 Sep 133.0 251.6 very low 53%
Viewbank 21.6 37.6 20 Nov 9.7 0.4 5 Sep 111.0
Wallan 17.6 +1.9 34.8 20 Nov 7.6 +0.8 1.8 29 Sep 87.4 166.6 very low 52%
Wonthaggi 19.0 +1.1 34.3 20 Nov 9.3 +0.5 4.0 23 Sep 232.4 246.6 normal 94%
West Central (district 87)
Avalon Airport 20.8 +1.2 36.7 20 Nov 8.7 +0.5 -1.0 23 Sep 130.2 143.9 normal 90%
Geelong Airport 19.5 +1.1 35.6 20 Nov 8.2 +0.4 0.9 5 Sep 155.4 152.5 normal 102%
Laverton RAAF 21.2 +2.1 37.3 20 Nov 9.3 +1.1 -1.1 5 Sep 105.2 158.9 low 66%
Point Wilson 18.1 +0.5 31.3 20 Nov 11.0 +0.2 5.8 7 Oct
Sheoaks 19.3 +1.6 34.1 19 Nov 7.8 +0.5 -1.8 5 Sep 168.6 168.4 normal 100%
North Central (district 88)
Castlemaine Prison 20.8 +1.7 37.2 20 Nov 7.4 +0.7 -1.0 7 Oct 106.7 167.5 low 64%
Eildon Fire Tower 18.3 +1.7 35.1 20 Nov 8.2 +0.8 2.1 1 Sep 125.0 162.7 low 77%
Lake Eildon 21.7 +1.9 38.0 20 Nov 7.9 +0.6 0.3 1 Sep 176.2 227.0 low 78%
Mangalore Airport 22.9 +2.5 40.7 20 Nov 7.4 -0.1 -2.4 23 Sep 57.2 149.9 very low 38%
Maryborough 21.9 +1.9 36.0 19 Nov 8.1 +0.8 -0.3 1 Sep 107.0 139.1 normal 77%
Redesdale 21.4 +2.2 37.7 20 Nov 6.2 +0.4 -2.1 7 Oct 71.6 147.2 low 49%
Western Plains (district 89)
Ararat Prison 20.0 +2.0 35.0 19 Nov 6.7 +0.5 -3.1 7 Oct 125.6 166.9 low 75%
Ballarat Aerodrome 18.4 +1.8 32.7 19 Nov 6.5 +0.3 -2.4 7 Oct 145.0 195.3 low 74%
Westmere 19.3 34.6 19 Nov 5.9 -2.5 17 Oct 139.6
West Coast (district 90)
Aireys Inlet 18.5 +0.9 33.2 18 Nov 9.6 +0.3 3.9 7 Oct 206.0 184.3 high 112%
Cape Nelson Lighthouse 17.1 +0.1 27.2 16 Nov 10.6 +0.1 4.9 5 Sep 210.2 177.1 normal 119%
Cape Otway Lighthouse 16.8 +0.4 29.4 19 Nov 10.2 +0.6 5.2 7 Oct 165.4 232.5 low 71%
Casterton 19.2 33.0 19 Nov 7.6 -0.6 9 Oct 210.6
Casterton Showgrounds 19.9 +1.0 33.1 19 Nov 7.9 +0.4 0.7 5 Sep 219.6 181.0 high 121%
Colac 17.6 31.6 19 Nov 7.8 1.5 7 Oct 151.4
Hamilton Airport 18.9 +1.2 32.9 19 Nov 6.9 +0.2 -0.1 7 Oct 180.4 180.9 normal 100%
Mortlake Racecourse 18.7 +1.0 31.6 16 Nov 6.5 +0.1 -1.2 17 Oct 157.4 164.8 normal 96%
Port Fairy AWS 18.4 +0.4 31.1 19 Nov 9.6 +0.1 3.1 20 Oct 224.6 169.8 high 132%
Portland 17.0 +0.3 27.9 19 Nov 8.5 +0.1 0.0 5 Sep 257.5 204.6 high 126%
Warrnambool Airport Ndb 17.9 31.5 16 Nov 7.5 0.9 17 Oct 227.4
Weeaproinah 14.7 +1.1 28.5 16 Nov 7.1 +0.4 2.3 7 Oct 553.4 514.6 normal 108%

Notes

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 1 pm on Monday 3 December 2007. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

Normals are long-term means based on observations from the years 1895 to date. They are not shown for sites with less than 10 years of record in that time, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of "normal" 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, normal in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of normal shows how much rain has fallen this time as a percentage of the long-term mean.

Further information

Ceri Lovitt
Climate Meteorologist
Victoria Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (03) 9669 4956
Email climate.vic@bom.gov.au