Friday, 2 December 2022 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Victoria - Product code IDCKGC26R0

Victoria in spring 2022: wettest on record

Spring rainfall was very much above average across most of Victoria, including large areas of highest on record across the north and west. For Victoria overall, it was the highest spring rainfall since records began in 1900. Maximum temperatures were below average across the state, the sixth-lowest on record and lowest since 1992. In contrast, minimum temperatures were above average across most of Victoria.

Wettest spring on record

• Spring was much wetter than average across most of the state, with large parts of northern and western Victoria having their wettest spring on record.
• For the state as a whole, rainfall was around 95% above the 1961-1990 spring average of 181.1 mm.
• In September, rainfall was above average across most of the state's north, November rainfall was the 5th highest on record for that month, while October rainfall was the highest for any month since records began in 1900.
• Victoria's highest daily rainfall total this spring, 128.0 mm, was recorded at Strathbogie North on 13 October, when a cold front interacted with a moist northerly airflow bringing widespread rainfall with the highest daily totals in the central and north-eastern parts of the state.
• With a spring total of 1011.4 mm, Mount Buller was the wettest place in Victoria this season.
• Many sites had their highest spring daily rainfall on record
• Many sites, including those with more than 100 years of data, had their highest total spring rainfall on record, or their highest total spring rainfall for at least 20 years

Cold days

• Maximum temperatures were below average across Victoria, with most of the state's north experiencing temperatures very much below average.
• State-wide, the mean maximum temperature was 1.35 °C below the 1961-1990 average for spring, the equal sixth-lowest on record and the lowest since 1992.
• The lowest maximum temperature in the state during the spring was −2.0 °C recorded at Falls Creek on 21 November, in a polar airmass that followed the passage of a cold front.
• Some sites had their lowest spring mean daily maximum temperature on record, or lowest spring mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Minimum temperatures were above average across Victoria, and much warmer than average in the state's south-west and far east.
• State-wide, the mean minimum temperature was 0.87 °C above average for spring, the equal tenth-warmest on record.
• The highest daily minimum temperature in the state during spring was 20.4 °C recorded at Cape Otway Lighthouse on 10 November.
• Several sites had their highest spring mean daily minimum temperature on record, or highest spring mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Overall, Victoria experienced cooler than average temperatures, with the state's mean temperature for spring 0.23 °C below average, the lowest since 2003.
• Some sites had their lowest spring mean temperature on record, or lowest spring mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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

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

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

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top