Tuesday, 1 March 2022 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Victoria - Product code IDCKGC26R0

Victoria in summer 2021-22: warm nights, wet in the north-east

Night-time temperatures for summer were much warmer than average across most of Victoria. Rainfall was above average to very much above average in North-East, East Gippsland and parts of the Northern Country Districts, and below average in parts of Victoria's west and south.

Dry in parts of Victoria's west and south

• Rainfall during summer was above average to very much above average in North-East, East Gippsland and parts of the Northern Country Districts, and below average in parts of Victoria's west and south.
• State-wide, rainfall was 5% above the 1961-1990 summer average of 119 mm.
• Victoria's rainfall in January was 91% above average for January (the eight wettest January on record); in contrast, in December and February, it was 34% and 56% respectively below their monthly averages.
• Some sites had their highest summer daily rainfall on record in January, including Indigo which has 119 years of measurements.
• The highest daily rainfall total this summer, 132.0 mm, was recorded at Indigo on 30 January, and resulted from a low pressure trough that triggered development of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.
• With 553.7 mm, Reeves Knob was the wettest site in Victoria this summer.
• Some sites had their highest total summer rainfall on record, or their highest total summer rainfall for at least two decades.

The sixth-warmest summer nights on record

• Night-time temperatures for summer were much warmer than average across most of Victoria.
• Victorian night-time temperature during summer was 1.55 °C above the 1961-1990 average for summer, the sixth-warmest summer minimum temperature on record.
• Warm summer nights were mostly due to the exceptionally warm nights in January, when the mean minimum temperature was more than 3.5 °C above average, resulting in the warmest January nights on record.
• The highest night-time temperature this summer in Victoria was 27.0 °C, recorded at Mildura Airport on 2 and 13 January.
• State-wide daytime temperatures were 0.85 °C warmer than the summer average.
• Hamilton Airport had its highest summer mean daily minimum temperature on record, and Lake Eildon had its highest summer mean daily minimum temperature since 1980.
• Daytime temperatures were above average across western and central Victoria, and below average in parts of Gippsland.
• Combienbar AWS had its coldest summer day (lowest maximum temperature) on record, while Bairnsdale Airport and Mount Moornapa had their lowest summer mean daily maximum temperature in two decades.

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in summer 2021-22
Hottest day	41.5 °C at Shepparton Airport on 18 Dec 2021
Warmest days on average	33.3 °C at Walpeup Research
Coolest days on average	16.5 °C at Mount Buller
Coldest day	4.1 °C at Mount Baw Baw on 8 Dec 2021
Coldest night	-2.5 °C at Mount Baw Baw on 5 Dec 2021
Coolest nights on average	8.1 °C at Mount Baw Baw
Warmest nights on average	17.6 °C at Mildura Airport
Warmest night	27.0 °C at Mildura Airport on 2 Jan 2022 27.0 °C at Mildura Airport on 13 Jan 2022
Warmest on average overall	25.3 °C at Mildura Airport
Coolest on average overall	12.3 °C at Mount Baw Baw
Wettest overall	553.7 mm at Reeves Knob
Wettest day	132.0 mm at Indigo on 30 Jan 2022
Strongest wind gust	150 km/h at Point Cook RAAF on 7 Jan 2022

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Record highest summer daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Indigo	132.0	on 30 Jan 2022	106.0	on 5 Feb 2011	119
Swifts Creek	112.0	on 6 Jan 2022	78.7	on 29 Jan 1954	85
Omeo Shannon Vale	106.0	on 6 Jan 2022	81.0	on 6 Jan 1991	72
Benambra (The Brothers)	99.0	on 5 Jan 2022	84.0	on 6 Jan 1991	55
Nicholson Winery	100.0	on 6 Jan 2022	92.4	on 3 Feb 2005	37
Boonah	88.6	on 29 Jan 2022	87.0	on 3 Feb 2005	22
Tatong	96.0	on 15 Jan 2022	86.8	on 2 Dec 2017	20




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Record highest summer total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for summer
Swifts Creek	365.2	347.2	in 1970	74	167.5
Mount Moornapa	524.6	398.6	in 2019	27	214.4
Combienbar AWS	468.2	402.0	in 2001	24	232.8
Wonnangatta River @ Waterford	373.6	285.6	in 2007	21	194.9
Reeves Knob	553.7	523.2	in 2015	20	299.9




Highest summer total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for summer
Ensay	373.4	425.0	in 1970*	188.2
Briagolong	301.6	445.7	in 1970*	169.5
Dargo	327.2	496.8	in 1970*	179.9
Gabo Island Lighthouse	354.4	485.6	in 1998	203.5
Mallacoota	322.2	335.7	in 2001	200.8

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported




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Record lowest summer daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for summer
Combienbar AWS	10.0	on 10 Dec 2021	10.1	on 21 Dec 1995	28	24.4




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Lowest summer mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Average for summer
Bairnsdale Airport	24.0	22.7	in 2001	25.1
Mount Moornapa	23.1	21.0	in 2001	24.5




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Record highest summer mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for summer
Hamilton Airport	12.1	12.0	in 2017	37	10.7




Highest summer mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for summer
Lake Eildon	13.7	14.1	in 1980	12.2





Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for summer 2021-22
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for summer 2021-22	Diff from average	Highest for summer 2021-22		Mean for summer 2021-22	Diff from average	Lowest for summer 2021-22		Total for summer 2021-22	Average for summer	Rank of summer 2021-22	Fraction of summer average
North Mallee (district 76)
Mildura Airport	33.0	+1.5	41.1	10 Jan 2022	17.6	+1.5	8.9	9 Dec 2021	92.8	68.7	high	135%
Ouyen (Post Office)	32.6	+1.1	40.2	10 Jan 2022	16.4	+1.5	7.6	9 Dec 2021	61.0	69.7	average	88%
Walpeup Research	33.3	+2.2	40.8	1 Jan 2022	15.8	+1.0	6.2	9 Dec 2021	60.8	69.0	average	88%
South Mallee (district 77)
Hopetoun Airport	32.7	+0.8	40.4	14 Feb 2022	15.1	+0.7	6.4	20 Dec 2021	7.8	74.0	v low	11%
Swan Hill Aerodrome	32.5	+0.4	40.1	10 Jan 2022	16.7	+1.4	8.6	11 Dec 2021	69.4	66.3	average	105%
North Wimmera (district 78)
Kellalac (Warracknabeal Airport)	31.5		39.7	31 Dec 2021	14.0		6.8	8 Dec 2021	84.6
Nhill Aerodrome	30.7	+0.5	39.4	31 Dec 2021	13.7	+0.5	6.1	8 Dec 2021
South Wimmera (district 79)
Edenhope Airport	28.6	+0.2	39.0	31 Dec 2021	12.9	+0.5	4.2	3 Dec 2021	87.4	87.3	average	100%
Grampians (Mount William)	20.4	+0.5	31.3	25 Jan 2022	9.4	+0.2	0.6	5 Dec 2021	81.4	157.4	v low	52%
Horsham Aerodrome	30.7	+0.6	40.0	31 Dec 2021	12.5	+0.6	4.1	10 Dec 2021	89.6	74.8	high	120%
Kanagulk	28.7	+0.1	39.7	31 Dec 2021	12.7	+0.6	4.4	5 Dec 2021	76.6	92.9	average	82%
Longerenong	30.8	+1.5	40.7	31 Dec 2021	13.1	+0.6	2.9	10 Dec 2021	69.6	74.4	average	94%
Pyrenees (Ben Nevis)	24.2	+0.3	34.5	31 Dec 2021	11.7	+0.2	3.4	9 Dec 2021	83.2	122.9	average	68%
Stawell Aerodrome	28.6	+0.4	38.2	31 Dec 2021	13.7	+0.8	6.7	5 Dec 2021	64.0	97.3	low	66%
Lower North (district 80)
Charlton	31.7	+0.4	40.0	14 Feb 2022	15.3	+0.8	7.1	5 Dec 2021	53.2	79.9	low	67%
Echuca Aerodrome	31.6	+1.4	40.5	18 Dec 2021	15.5	+0.9	7.9	5 Dec 2021	40.4	82.7	low	49%
Kerang	32.3	+1.4	39.8	1 Jan 2022	16.3	+1.7	8.7	5 Dec 2021	79.0	74.5	average	106%
Kyabram	30.9	+1.2	40.6	18 Dec 2021	15.6	+1.5	7.4	5 Dec 2021	67.4	95.7	average	70%
Upper North (district 81)
Bendigo Airport	30.4	+1.3	38.2	1 Jan 2022	14.5	+0.9	5.2	20 Dec 2021	66.8	102.9	average	65%
Shepparton Airport	31.4	+0.7	41.5	18 Dec 2021	15.2	+0.7	8.3	20 Dec 2021	80.6	95.9	average	84%
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	29.4	+0.4	37.1	1 Jan 2022	14.9	+1.1	8.2	5 Dec 2021	105.4	101.2	average	104%
Yarrawonga	31.4	-0.2	41.2	18 Dec 2021	15.0	0.0	7.3	11 Dec 2021	114.4	118.7	average	96%
Lower Northeast (district 82)
Benalla Airport	30.0	-0.9	38.9	30 Dec 2021	15.0	+0.2	8.5	20 Dec 2021	193.8	135.0	high	144%
Corryong Airport	29.1	-1.7	34.5	2 Jan 2022	13.5	+0.5	7.0	7 Feb 2022	186.4	187.9	average	99%
Dartmouth Reservoir	27.6	-1.0	35.0	1 Jan 2022			8.5	21 Dec 2021	331.0	192.0	v high	172%
Hunters Hill	23.9	-0.9	30.1	2 Jan 2022	13.7	+0.1	6.4	11 Dec 2021	335.8	222.2	v high	151%
Rutherglen Research	30.5	0.0	40.1	18 Dec 2021	13.4	+0.3	4.3	11 Dec 2021	197.8	120.2	high	165%
Strathbogie	27.0	+0.4	35.6	18 Dec 2021	11.0	0.0	3.2	20 Dec 2021	153.6	150.7	average	102%
Wangaratta Aero	30.3	-0.5	38.5	18 Dec 2021	13.8	+0.5	6.2	11 Dec 2021	142.0	131.2	average	108%
Upper Northeast (district 83)
Mount Buller	16.5	0.0	22.7	1 Jan 2022	8.8	+0.8	0.1	3 Feb 2022	231.2	257.7	average	90%
East Gippsland (district 84)
Combienbar AWS	22.9	-1.5	32.7	2 Jan 2022	13.1	+0.2	6.5	28 Dec 2021	468.2	232.8	highest	201%
Gelantipy	21.5	-1.4	31.0	1 Jan 2022	11.3	+0.3	4.1	12 Dec 2021	300.8	200.5	v high	150%
Lakes Entrance (Eastern Beach Road)	22.4	-1.3	36.0	18 Dec 2021	14.4	0.0	8.6	29 Dec 2021	235.6	166.3	high	142%
Mallacoota			33.3	31 Dec 2021	16.0	+0.9	10.0	13 Dec 2021	322.2	200.8	v high	160%
Mount Nowa Nowa	23.1	-1.0	34.7	31 Dec 2021	13.9	+0.3	8.9	5 Dec 2021	287.0	207.0	high	139%
Orbost	24.1	-1.3	36.7	18 Dec 2021	14.3	+0.2	7.5	28 Dec 2021
West Gippsland (district 85)
Bairnsdale Airport	24.0	-1.1	37.0	31 Dec 2021	13.5	+1.1	7.1	28 Dec 2021	231.4	157.4	high	147%
East Sale	24.6	-0.2	37.4	1 Jan 2022	13.7	+1.2	5.7	5 Dec 2021	157.2	141.0	average	111%
East Sale Airport	24.9		37.7	1 Jan 2022	13.7		6.0	5 Dec 2021	154.2
Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airport)	26.0	0.0	37.7	1 Jan 2022	13.3	+0.9	2.8	5 Dec 2021	169.4	159.2	average	106%
Mount Baw Baw	16.6	+0.4	25.4	1 Jan 2022	8.1	+0.5	-2.5	5 Dec 2021	201.0	345.5	v low	58%
Mount Moornapa	23.1	-1.4	36.0	1 Jan 2022	13.0	+0.3	7.3	5 Dec 2021	524.6	214.4	highest	245%
Nilma North (Warragul)	25.7		36.8	1 Jan 2022	13.3		3.6	5 Dec 2021	88.2
Pound Creek	24.6	+0.3	37.6	31 Dec 2021	12.9	+0.4	3.3	29 Dec 2021	90.0	137.2	v low	66%
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	20.5	+0.6	33.7	1 Jan 2022	15.6	+1.7	10.5	9 Dec 2021	130.2	163.4	low	80%
Yarram Airport	24.5	-0.2	39.1	31 Dec 2021	12.6	+0.1	4.1	28 Dec 2021	110.4	146.3	low	75%
East Central (district 86)
Cerberus	24.8	+0.8	38.5	31 Dec 2021	14.3	+0.9	5.0	17 Dec 2021	98.8	129.9	low	76%
Coldstream	27.9	+0.9	37.3	31 Dec 2021	12.0	+0.7	3.3	5 Dec 2021	120.0	157.7	low	76%
Essendon Airport	27.1	+1.4	38.7	31 Dec 2021	14.9	+1.6	9.2	17 Dec 2021	81.6	139.2	low	59%
Ferny Creek	23.7	+0.4	34.3	31 Dec 2021	13.0	+0.5	5.7	5 Dec 2021	132.0	242.7	v low	54%
Frankston (Ballam Park)	25.9		37.3	31 Dec 2021	14.7		8.2	8 Dec 2021	91.2
Melbourne (Olympic Park)	26.2		37.7	31 Dec 2021	16.0		9.9	17 Dec 2021	113.4
Melbourne Airport	27.0	+1.1	38.4	1 Jan 2022	14.0	+0.6	7.0	17 Dec 2021	98.0	133.1	low	74%
Moorabbin Airport	26.6	+1.3	39.1	31 Dec 2021	15.1	+1.3	7.7	8 Dec 2021
Rhyll	24.6	+1.2	35.8	31 Dec 2021	16.0	+0.9	10.8	5 Dec 2021	86.2	123.2	low	70%
Scoresby Research Institute	27.3	+1.6	37.9	31 Dec 2021	14.2	+1.1	5.8	5 Dec 2021	85.4	180.9	v low	47%
Viewbank	28.2	+1.1	39.0	1 Jan 2022	14.4	+0.4	6.2	8 Dec 2021	67.8	155.2	v low	44%
West Central (district 87)
Avalon Airport	26.0	+0.3	40.2	31 Dec 2021	14.3	+0.8	6.4	17 Dec 2021	102.4	95.3	average	107%
Breakwater (Geelong Racecourse)	25.1	-0.2	39.4	31 Dec 2021	14.4	+0.4	7.4	8 Dec 2021	106.2	105.7	average	100%
Laverton RAAF	25.7	+0.6	39.6	31 Dec 2021	15.0	+1.6	7.4	17 Dec 2021	141.6	131.5	average	108%
Point Cook RAAF	24.8		39.7	31 Dec 2021	15.1		7.6	17 Dec 2021	188.0
Sheoaks	25.3	+0.2	37.5	31 Dec 2021			4.3	5 Dec 2021	143.6	107.6	high	133%
North Central (district 88)
Eildon Fire Tower	26.4	+0.4	34.4	18 Dec 2021	13.4	+0.5	5.1	5 Dec 2021	83.0	132.7	low	63%
Lake Eildon	29.2	+1.0	37.3	18 Dec 2021	13.7	+1.5	5.5	5 Dec 2021	152.6	148.5	average	103%
Mangalore Airport	30.1	+1.3	40.6	18 Dec 2021	14.3	+0.8	4.7	20 Dec 2021	109.0	118.5	average	92%
Maryborough	29.1	+1.0	38.0	1 Jan 2022	13.9	+1.4	6.4	5 Dec 2021	78.0	100.8	average	77%
Puckapunyal Lyon Hill (Defence)	29.5		39.6	18 Dec 2021	15.2		7.9	5 Dec 2021	89.8
Puckapunyal West (Defence)	28.7		37.8	1 Jan 2022	14.0		6.4	5 Dec 2021	88.2
Redesdale	30.1	+1.4	38.4	31 Dec 2021	13.0	+0.7	4.2	20 Dec 2021	74.2	107.8	average	69%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap)	24.6	+0.5	34.8	1 Jan 2022	12.5	+0.7	5.0	5 Dec 2021	120.4	141.7	average	85%
Western Plains (district 89)
Ballarat Aerodrome	25.6	+1.3	35.5	31 Dec 2021	12.0	+1.4	4.1	20 Dec 2021
Westmere	27.8	+0.6	40.0	31 Dec 2021	10.9	+0.2	1.9	5 Dec 2021	81.2	103.9	average	78%
West Coast (district 90)
Aireys Inlet	22.4	-0.2	35.7	31 Dec 2021	14.6	+0.9	9.6	4 Dec 2021	154.6	113.1	high	137%
Cape Nelson Lighthouse	20.4	-0.5	29.8	31 Dec 2021	14.8	+0.5	10.7	8 Dec 2021	46.8	98.1	v low	48%
Cape Otway Lighthouse	20.2	-0.8	30.6	13 Feb 2022	14.6	+1.5	9.7	24 Dec 2021	116.8	138.4	average	84%
Casterton	26.9	+0.1	38.5	25 Jan 2022	12.4	+0.8	4.2	21 Feb 2022	61.0	100.1	average	61%
Colac (Mount Gellibrand)	25.1	+0.2	38.9	31 Dec 2021	12.8	+0.7	6.1	5 Dec 2021	55.6	95.1	v low	58%
Dartmoor	26.3	+0.4	39.0	25 Jan 2022	12.7	+0.8	5.5	5 Dec 2021	25.8	104.2	v low	25%
Hamilton Airport	26.9	+1.1	38.7	31 Dec 2021	12.1	+1.4	3.1	5 Dec 2021	65.6	100.9	low	65%
Mortlake Racecourse	26.2	+0.8	38.8	31 Dec 2021	11.3	+0.7	3.1	11 Dec 2021	97.6	107.3	average	91%
Port Fairy AWS	21.6	-0.6	32.5	8 Feb 2022	14.3	+0.6	7.4	6 Dec 2021	92.4	98.5	average	94%
Portland (Cashmore Airport)	22.2	+0.6	35.3	26 Jan 2022	13.0	+1.0	6.1	14 Dec 2021	58.2	114.1	v low	51%
Warrnambool Airport NDB	24.6	+0.7	38.5	26 Jan 2022	12.3	+0.8	5.0	6 Dec 2021	43.8	112.1	v low	39%

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Notes

The Seasonal climate summary, generally published on the third working day of each month, lists the main features of the weather in Victoria using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Tuesday 1 March 2022. 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.

Further information

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