Wednesday 4 December 2024 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC26L0
Greater Melbourne in spring 2024
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for spring were near average at most sites across Greater Melbourne.
- Spring rainfall totals ranged from around 70% of average to around 100% of average across Greater Melbourne.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for spring at all sites were above average.
- Spring mean maximum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.6 °C above average at Melbourne (Olympic Park) to 2 °C above average at Essendon Airport and Laverton RAAF.
- Mean minimum temperatures for spring at all sites were above average.
- Spring mean minimum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.6 °C above average at Coldstream and Ferny Creek to 2.4 °C above average at Essendon Airport.
- Essendon Airport had its warmest spring night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record on 23 November.
- Laverton RAAF and Essendon Airport had their highest spring mean minimum temperature on record.
- Laverton RAAF had its highest spring mean temperature on record.
Melbourne (Olympic Park)
- Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 163.2 mm, which was 98% of the long-term average of 166.1 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 20.8 °C, which was 0.6 °C above the long-term average of 20.2 °C.
- The warmest day was 37.0 °C on 22 November 2024, and the coolest day was on 14 September 2024 when the temperature reached 10.8 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 11.8 °C, which was 0.8 °C above the long-term average of 11.0 °C.
- The coldest morning was 4.4 °C on 9 October 2024, and the warmest morning was on 23 November 2024 when the minimum temperature was 22.7 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in spring 2024 | |
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Hottest day |
38.9 °C at Laverton RAAF on 23 November |
Warmest days on average |
21.7 °C at Viewbank |
Coolest days on average |
17.5 °C at Ferny Creek |
Coldest day |
7.0 °C at Ferny Creek on 14 September |
Coldest night |
-1.4 °C at Coldstream on 9 October |
Coolest nights on average |
7.8 °C at Coldstream |
Warmest nights on average |
11.8 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park) |
Warmest night |
23.9 °C at Ferny Creek on 23 November |
Warmest on average overall |
16.3 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park) |
Coolest on average overall |
12.9 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) |
Wettest overall |
359.8 mm at Ferny Creek |
Wettest day |
72.8 mm at Kinglake West on 19 October |
Strongest wind gust |
141.0 km/h at Fawkner Beacon on 2 September |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Record highest spring daily minimum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for Spring |
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Essendon Airport | 23.0 | on 23 November | 22.7 | on 21 Nov 1959 | 55 | 8.5 |
Record highest spring mean minimum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for Spring |
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Laverton RAAF | 10.6 | 10.3 | in 2020 | 80 | 8.5 |
Essendon Airport | 10.9 | 10.6 | in 2020 | 54 | 8.5 |
Record highest spring mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for Spring |
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Laverton RAAF | 16.0 | 15.8 | in 2017 | 80 | 13.9 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for spring 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for Spring 2024 |
Diff from average |
Highest for Spring 2024 |
Mean for Spring 2024 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for Spring 2024 |
Total for Spring 2024 |
Average for Spring |
Rank of Spring 2024 |
Fraction of Spring average |
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Cerberus | 19.7 | +1.1 | 36.6 | 23 Nov 2024 | 10.2 | +1.1 | 2.0 | 26 Oct 2024 | 185.2 | 190.9 | average | 97% |
Coldstream | 21.1 | +1.1 | 35.8 | 23 Nov 2024 | 7.8 | +0.6 | -1.4 | 09 Oct 2024 | 174.6 | 220.1 | average | 79% |
Essendon Airport | 21.5 | +2.0 | 37.5 | 23 Nov 2024 | 10.9 | +2.4 | 3.5 | 09 Oct 2024 | 126.0 | 169.4 | low | 74% |
Ferny Creek | 17.5 | +1.0 | 32.4 | 23 Nov 2024 | 8.7 | +0.6 | 2.7 | 15 Sep 2024 | 359.8 | 356.3 | high | 101% |
Frankston (Ballam Park) | 20.2 | 35.9 | 23 Nov 2024 | 10.6 | 4.4 | 09 Oct 2024 | 187.8 | |||||
Laverton RAAF | 21.4 | +2.0 | 38.9 | 23 Nov 2024 | 10.6 | +2.1 | 3.0 | 09 Oct 2024 | 139.6 | 157.6 | average | 89% |
Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 20.8 | +0.6 | 37.0 | 22 Nov 2024 | 11.8 | +0.8 | 4.4 | 09 Oct 2024 | 163.2 | 166.1 | average | 98% |
Melbourne Airport | 21.3 | +1.8 | 37.3 | 23 Nov 2024 | 9.8 | +1.1 | 1.0 | 09 Oct 2024 | 145.2 | 163.7 | average | 89% |
Moorabbin Airport | 20.7 | +1.3 | 37.4 | 23 Nov 2024 | 10.7 | +1.1 | 1.6 | 09 Oct 2024 | 182.0 | 197.1 | average | 92% |
Point Cook RAAF | 20.8 | 38.8 | 23 Nov 2024 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 26 Oct 2024 | 139.8 | |||||
Scoresby Research Institute | 20.9 | +1.7 | 35.8 | 23 Nov 2024 | 9.8 | +0.8 | 0.5 | 09 Oct 2024 | 162.6 | 247.8 | low | 66% |
Viewbank | 21.7 | +1.1 | 37.5 | 23 Nov 2024 | 10.1 | +0.7 | 1.6 | 09 Oct 2024 | 200.4 | 200.5 | average | 100% |
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | 17.8 | +1.4 | 34.8 | 23 Nov 2024 | 7.9 | +0.7 | 1.5 | 09 Oct 2024 | 137.8 | 191.8 | average | 72% |
Extremes Records Summaries 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 Wednesday 4 December 2024. 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, 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.
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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