Wednesday 4 November 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Melbourne - Product code IDCKGC16L0

Greater Melbourne in October 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for October were above average at all sites across Greater Melbourne.
  • October rainfall totals ranged from around 106% to around 224% of average across Greater Melbourne.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for October at all sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • October mean maximum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.9 °C above average at Melbourne (Olympic Park) to 2.0 °C above average at Laverton RAAF.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for October at all sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • October mean minimum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 1.0 °C above average at Coldstream to 2.8 °C above average at Laverton RAAF.
  • Some sites had their highest October mean minimum temperature on record.

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

  • Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 113.8 mm, which is 177% of the long-term average of 64.2 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 21.4 °C, which is 0.9 °C above the long-term average of 20.5 °C.
  • The warmest day was 31.1 °C on the 22nd, and the coolest day was on the 14th when the temperature reached 14.5 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 12.3 °C, which is 1.4 °C above the long-term average of 10.9 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 5.8 °C on the 15th, and the warmest morning was on the 23rd when the minimum temperature was 19.5 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in October 2026
Hottest day 32.3 °C at Point Cook RAAF on the 23rd
Warmest days on average 21.8 °C at Viewbank
Coolest days on average 17.6 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Coldest day 11.2 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap) on the 2nd
Coldest night 0.1 °C at Coldstream on the 15th
Coolest nights on average 7.8 °C at Coldstream
Warmest nights on average 12.3 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Warmest night 20.4 °C at Laverton RAAF on the 23rd
Warmest on average overall 16.8 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Coolest on average overall 13.4 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Wettest overall 154.2 mm at Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI)
Wettest day 75.6 mm at Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI) on the 26th
Strongest wind gust 78.0 km/h at Fawkner Beacon on the 1st
78.0 km/h at Melbourne Airport on the 23rd

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Record highest October mean minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
October
Laverton RAAF 11.2 11.0 in 1963 84 8.4
Essendon Airport 11.2 =11.2 in 2015 57 8.5
Moorabbin Airport 11.4 10.7 in 2015 56 9.4
Cerberus 10.7 10.1 in 2020 35 8.9
Viewbank 10.6 10.4 in 2015 27 9.0


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Summary statistics for October 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
October
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
October
2026		 Mean for
October
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
October
2026		 Total for
October
2026		 Average
for
October		 Rank of
October
2026		 Fraction of
October
average
Cerberus 20.3 +1.6 30.6 22nd 10.7 +1.8 3.3 15th 101.0 68.3 high 148%
Coldstream 21.5 +1.7 29.6 22nd 7.8 +1.0 0.1 15th 124.8 75.3 high 166%
Essendon Airport 21.3 +1.8 30.5 22nd 11.2 +2.7 4.9 15th 110.0 60.0 high 183%
Ferny Creek 17.8 +1.0 26.9 22nd 10.1 +2.1 3.1 15th 149.6 141.4 average 106%
Frankston (Ballam Park) 20.6 30.0 23rd 11.4 6.6 8th 124.2
Laverton RAAF 21.4 +2.0 31.5 22nd 11.2 +2.8 3.8 15th 125.6 56.1 high 224%
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 21.4 +0.9 31.1 22nd 12.3 +1.4 5.8 15th 113.8 64.2 high 177%
Melbourne Airport 21.4 +1.8 30.4 22nd 10.4 +1.8 3.5 15th 108.6 55.7 high 195%
Moorabbin Airport 21.3 +1.9 30.9 22nd 11.4 +2.0 4.6 15th 116.8 70.1 high 167%
Point Cook RAAF 21.0 32.3 23rd 11.3 5.2 8th 104.4
Viewbank 21.8 +1.3 30.8 22nd 10.6 +1.6 2.8 15th 98.6 71.7 high 138%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 17.6 +1.3 25.4 22nd 9.1 +2.1 2.9 14th 106.8 56.8 high 188%

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Daily maximum temperatures for October 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Cerberus 20.9 15.7 14.0 15.3 16.3 16.9 16.1 23.6 27.0 21.4 24.8 16.6 15.1 15.6 19.9 22.1 23.3 26.5 27.9 28.6 19.7 30.6 30.1 18.5 13.4 16.0 16.0 17.6 17.2 23.4 20.5
Coldstream 20.8 15.8 18.3 18.0 18.6 18.2 17.9 22.3 26.2 22.5 23.7 18.6 15.8 16.1 20.5 24.1 25.4 26.1 26.6 27.0 29.4 29.6 28.8 23.6 17.0 16.2 15.3 15.8 20.6 26.5 20.0
Essendon Airport 21.1 14.6 16.2 16.2 18.9 18.4 16.1 22.5 25.8 22.2 24.5 20.3 15.9 13.9 20.8 23.3 26.0 26.4 27.3 27.7 24.1 30.5 30.1 21.6 15.4 17.3 16.3 17.3 20.1 27.5 22.3
Ferny Creek 17.8 11.6 12.5 14.7 13.7 14.3 13.6 19.3 22.8 18.7 20.4 16.3 11.9 11.4 16.7 19.4 21.3 22.4 23.4 23.9 26.0 26.9 25.5 20.0 14.2 12.8 12.9 11.7 16.6 23.5 15.7
Frankston (Ballam Park) 20.2 16.5 16.1 16.4 16.6 16.9 16.5 23.2 27.0 20.9 24.7 18.1 15.4 15.7 19.6 22.8 24.2 26.2 27.4 28.0 25.4 29.9 30.0 19.3 13.9 16.1 15.6 16.9 19.4
Laverton RAAF 18.8 14.7 14.7 16.5 18.9 18.5 15.8 23.4 26.3 22.7 25.2 20.6 17.0 15.4 20.0 23.9 25.3 27.3 28.5 29.0 22.3 31.5 31.0 19.4 14.7 17.3 16.2 17.9 20.1 26.9 23.3
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 21.6 15.5 15.4 16.1 19.2 18.8 16.4 22.9 26.2 22.3 24.9 19.4 15.7 14.5 20.9 23.4 25.2 27.0 27.6 28.2 21.2 31.1 30.6 22.5 15.6 17.3 15.5 17.5 19.9 28.0 22.0
Melbourne Airport 20.7 14.4 17.1 16.7 18.3 15.8 22.5 25.3 22.3 24.7 19.8 16.6 13.6 20.8 23.1 25.3 25.9 26.9 27.5 26.8 30.4 30.1 21.5 15.3 16.8 16.3 17.1 20.7 27.6 21.4
Moorabbin Airport 22.0 15.4 15.7 15.2 18.2 18.4 17.1 24.2 27.9 22.4 25.3 18.3 15.1 16.0 20.1 23.6 24.2 26.5 27.9 28.4 22.7 30.9 30.6 21.7 15.8 16.9 15.6 16.9 18.6 27.7
Point Cook RAAF 19.1 14.9 14.9 15.7 15.9 17.9 15.1 23.7 26.6 22.6 25.4 20.5 16.3 15.8 19.3 22.3 24.6 27.2 28.3 29.3 20.0 31.9 32.3 18.9 14.5 17.0 16.0 17.7 18.5 25.8 22.9
Viewbank 20.6 14.9 16.6 16.9 18.4 18.3 17.8 23.1 26.8 22.9 24.5 20.4 15.9 15.4 21.4 24.6 25.8 26.5 27.6 28.2 28.9 30.8 29.8 22.6 16.0 16.9 16.1 16.8 20.6 27.7 22.2
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 16.9 11.2 14.9 13.2 15.0 15.9 13.2 17.2 21.0 17.9 19.7 16.2 12.5 11.5 16.0 18.2 20.2 21.2 22.2 22.7 24.7 25.4 25.2 22.8 14.4 13.7 12.2 14.1 16.8 22.2 17.8
Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period		 -10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period
Daily minimum temperatures for October 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Cerberus 12.9 11.6 12.0 8.4 8.7 7.2 10.5 9.2 8.1 13.4 14.1 14.8 9.8 9.3 3.3 10.7 8.9 7.8 10.6 15.2 14.3 14.2 14.3 15.3 13.0 8.4 7.3 8.1 11.9 7.1 12.6
Coldstream 19.1 11.7 12.0 5.2 6.5 6.2 2.6 2.0 4.0 11.4 8.5 12.7 2.6 3.1 0.1 3.7 5.4 5.8 6.8 9.4 12.6 11.1 11.1 15.2 16.2 4.3 4.5 3.3 11.0 4.0 9.6
Essendon Airport 18.8 11.4 11.5 9.1 9.3 9.9 8.8 5.1 10.5 14.4 13.7 16.1 7.7 5.5 4.9 6.7 9.0 9.6 11.3 17.2 15.0 13.9 20.2 15.8 15.1 6.9 7.2 8.5 11.6 9.5 13.1
Ferny Creek 16.4 8.7 8.8 6.9 5.8 8.6 5.0 7.0 13.2 11.4 10.8 13.3 4.0 3.9 3.1 9.3 12.1 13.5 14.8 17.7 17.1 17.4 17.3 13.4 13.8 4.0 4.5 3.9 7.6 8.4 12.5
Frankston (Ballam Park) 15.7 11.4 11.6 7.7 8.9 9.9 7.0 6.6 9.7 14.2 14.0 15.0 10.7 6.9 7.3 8.8 9.5 10.8 11.6 17.0 14.9 13.6 19.7 15.3 13.7 8.9 9.2 10.4 11.4
Laverton RAAF 17.0 11.6 12.4 8.6 9.5 9.8 9.2 4.8 12.8 14.9 14.2 16.1 7.4 6.2 3.8 6.6 9.2 9.8 11.1 18.7 14.6 14.2 20.4 15.9 14.5 6.7 5.4 6.7 12.0 9.6 13.6
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 19.4 11.9 11.8 9.4 10.6 11.3 9.8 7.2 10.1 15.6 15.5 16.7 9.4 8.1 5.8 9.0 11.8 12.5 13.7 17.7 16.0 15.2 19.5 16.4 15.4 9.0 7.8 9.8 12.6 9.9 12.0
Melbourne Airport 17.9 11.1 11.3 9.2 8.9 5.9 3.7 11.0 12.2 12.6 15.4 5.8 4.8 3.5 6.2 9.4 10.2 12.2 15.4 13.8 12.3 18.8 15.4 14.7 6.1 5.7 6.6 10.6 9.2 14.0
Moorabbin Airport 18.3 11.4 11.8 7.6 9.8 10.1 9.4 5.1 7.4 15.2 14.8 16.3 10.6 5.9 4.6 7.0 8.4 10.2 10.7 16.8 14.9 15.3 19.0 16.1 15.0 9.7 8.5 10.0 12.0 8.8
Point Cook RAAF 15.1 11.7 12.5 8.5 9.1 10.0 10.7 5.2 12.0 13.8 14.2 15.9 6.9 9.9 9.9 5.8 8.1 9.6 12.2 18.1 13.9 14.3 19.0 16.1 14.3 6.6 6.0 7.0 11.8 10.9 12.3
Viewbank 19.7 11.5 11.4 8.9 7.9 9.2 6.2 4.2 8.5 14.9 13.4 16.7 6.0 5.5 2.8 7.0 9.7 9.9 10.3 15.6 15.5 14.2 17.8 15.7 15.5 6.3 5.6 7.1 12.1 8.7 11.7
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 14.4 9.0 9.0 7.4 5.9 8.2 4.2 6.3 9.0 11.8 9.5 11.2 5.3 2.9 3.0 7.5 10.3 11.2 12.1 13.7 15.5 13.2 15.1 13.0 13.6 4.1 4.7 4.9 8.1 8.1 10.3
Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred that morning.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period		 -10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period
Daily rainfall for October 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Bonbeach (Carrum (Patterson River Countr - 37.5 - 13.5 - - - - - - - 6.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 4.0 47.0
Cerberus 0.6 22.0 3.0 21.2 - - 0.4 - - - - 1.0 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 3.8 24.8 20.2 2.2 0.4 1.2 - -
Cheltenham (Heatherton (Kingston Centre) - 20.0 0.8 5.0 - - - - - - - - 2.2 - - - - - - - - - - 1.5 13.0 10.0 - 0.2 - - -
Coldstream - 39.8 15.6 3.0 - - 0.2 - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - 1.2 33.0 27.4 0.2 - 0.2 - 2.8
Eltham - 44.8 → 15.0 - - 0.8 - - - - 0.4 1.8 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 2.2 29.2 23.6 0.6 - - - 1.6
Essendon Airport 0.2 43.0 10.4 2.4 0.2 - 0.4 - - - - 0.8 1.0 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 4.0 20.0 25.6 - 0.2 - - 1.4
Ferny Creek 0.4 45.8 5.6 16.6 0.2 - 2.0 - - - - 3.2 2.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 1.8 31.8 29.8 3.6 - 2.4 1.0 3.0
Frankston (Ballam Park) 0.6 36.2 1.0 28.6 - - 0.2 - - - - 3.2 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - 4.6 26.2 18.6 0.6 - 1.8 1.4
Hesket (Straws Lane) 0.6 37.4 15.0 4.2 - - 0.2 - - - - 1.4 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 0.6 16.6 19.0 0.8 - - - 5.0
Kinglake West 2.0 35.2 12.6 1.2 - - 1.8 - - - - - - 2.4 - - - - - - - - - 1.4 23.4 29.8 0.8 - 1.6 - 6.6
Koo Wee Rup 1.0 42.2 1.2 21.2 - - - - - - - 4.4 3.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 2.2 19.2 21.2 0.8
Laverton RAAF 0.6 43.2 13.4 11.4 - - - - - - - 1.0 - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - 2.2 32.6 20.0 0.8 - - - -
Macedon Forestry 1.0 40.2 → → 48.4 - - - - → → 4.1
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 0.2 48.4 8.8 6.8 - - - - - - - 0.4 1.6 - - - - - - - - - - 2.6 19.8 21.0 2.6 - - - 1.6
Melbourne Airport - 44.0 16.2 3.0 0.2 - - 0.2 - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - 1.8 17.8 23.2 - - - - 1.6
Melbourne Botanical Gardens 1.0 48.2 14.0 3.2 - - 0.4 - - - - 0.4 1.6 - - - - - - - - - - 3.0 25.0 18.8
Monbulk (Spring Road) 2.0 42.2 9.2 11.6 - - 2.0 - - - - 4.0 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 35.0 20.6 2.0 - 2.0
Moorabbin Airport - 42.4 3.8 11.8 - - 0.2 - - - - 2.8 3.4 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - 3.4 23.0 24.2 0.2 - 0.8 - 0.2
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) 0.3 42.0 5.2 13.5 - - - - - - 0.4 2.0 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 4.4 6.8 35.0
Newham (Cobaw) 4.4 35.6 12.0 - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20.8 20.8 - - - - 7.0
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) 0.2 47.0 4.8 13.8 - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.6 6.0 39.5
Point Cook RAAF - 33.0 10.4 6.4 - - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1.8 33.8 18.6 - - - - -
Rockbank (Melton) - 42.2 22.4 2.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4 - - - - - - - 34.8
Romsey 2.4 36.2 24.8 12.0 -
Rosebud (Country Club) - 21.5 → 18.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.3 29.8 10.4 - - - -
Tarrawarra Monastery - 34.4 13.0 4.2 0.1 - 2.6 0.1 - - - - 3.2 0.1 - - - - - - - - - 0.3 33.8 23.0 0.5 - 0.1 0.1 7.0
Upper Plenty 1.0 37.2 16.8 1.2 - - 0.8 - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 19.0 27.6 - - 0.8 - 9.8
Viewbank - 40.2 7.6 3.0 - 0.2 0.6 - - - - 0.2 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 17.6 24.0 1.4 - - - 1.0
Wallan 1.0 37.0 - 1.0 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 1.0 17.4 24.6 - - - - 9.2
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 0.8 34.4 16.6 1.6 0.2 - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 1.2 15.8 25.6 - 0.2 0.4 0.4 9.0
Willowmavin (Avalon Station) 2.4 27.6 10.2 0.4 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - 2.8 12.2 23.4 1.2 - - - 8.8
Woodend 0.2 29.8 16.2 13.4 0.2 - 0.4 - - 0.2 - 3.6 - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.2 - - 2.4 7.8 30.0 1.0 0.2 - - 7.0
Yarra River @ Warrandyte - 46.8 9.2 6.4 - - 1.0 - - - - 0.2 1.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 2.0 28.8 23.0 1.4 - - - 1.0
Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated. Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day.
Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre.
Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell).
Rainfalls coloured
according to the amount		 0 1.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 25.0 50.0 100 150 200 300 400 600 millimetres

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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 November 2026. 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, excluding the current year. The length of record can vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer 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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