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

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 in spring 2024
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

Record highest spring daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
Spring
Essendon Airport 23.0 on 23 November 22.7 on 21 Nov 1959 55 8.5



Record highest spring mean minimum temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
Spring
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
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
Spring
Laverton RAAF 16.0 15.8 in 2017 80 13.9




Summary statistics for spring 2024
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
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
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%

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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