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8c here right now in the middle of Summer, im lovin it.

Just crunched the numbers for July in Ferny Creek

At top of Dunns Hill (560m) - where I live.
Average day time temperture 7.8C (about 1C below average)
Average night time temperature 6.0C (about average)
Rainfall 130.0mm (about 20mm above average).
Coldest day was July 14 when it got to just 3.6C.
12 days with fog
1 thunderstorm
2 days with snow (brief)
3 days with sleet or graupel

First week of August will also be cold and showery, with a chance for snow on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday (but could well just be sleet and rain).

Sadly, this doesn't mean the next ice age is coming

33 here, I expect a wind change across the bay pretty soon. I was thinking 9pm, now looks like 7pm....ish.


Edit, I mean 8 pm on the dot.

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Here's a brief summary of climate statistics from my weather station for November:

Wyndham Vale (35KM South West of Melbourne)

November Statistics from my weather station:

Average Min Temp: 12.0C
Average Max Temp: 24.0c

Highest Maximum Temp: 36.2C
Lowest Min Temp: 6.6c

Total Rainfall: 55.1mm (The bulk of the rainfall was recorded on the 4th & 5th) The rest of the month was very dry.

Hi all, I'm a little late posting these up for my December Stats.

December Statistics for Wyndham Vale (35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 28.7C
Average Min Temp 13.7C

Total Rainfall: 29mm

Highest Recorded Max Temp: 43.2C (19/12/15)
Lowest Recorded Min Temp: 6.3C (2/12/15)
Wettest Day: 26.4mm (26/12/15)

Okay, I know many of us aren't exactly disciples of BOM's 3 month outlooks but I'm even more baffled than usual by the latest rainfall outlook for Vic (and the temperature outlook, but that's a subject for another time). Have a look at this map for January: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/ ... /monthly/0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's so wrong compared to what's been actually happening these last few weeks, it's uncanny - this map basically says dry in the east and wet in the west, yet every system to date does the opposite. Is there a fatal flaw in the medium term modelling for Victoria, or has something fundamentally changed since this forecast was issued?

(Or, a third possibility, is the big wet going to hit western Victoria in the next fortnight? )

Gordon wrote: (Or, a third possibility, is the big wet going to hit western Victoria in the next fortnight?

NCEP seem to think so Gordon......



(To be taken with the same big pinch of salt as the BOM 3 month outlook)

Thanks Geoff - any more salt and I'll get high blood pressure

Here are my stats from Wyndham Vale (January 2016):
(35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 27.3C
Average Min Temp: 16.3C
Rainfall: 55.2mm (Rainfall is definitely above average for this rather dry part of Melbourne)

Highest Temp: 43.7C
Lowest Temp: 12.4C

I'm always amazed at the difference between the highest temp and lowest in Melbourne. Glad you had above average rain WeatherViewer

Here are my monthly stats from Wyndham Vale (February 2016):
(35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 26.6C
Average Min Temp: 15.2C
Rainfall: 4.5mm

Highest Temp: 41.1C
Lowest Temp: 9.1C

A very confused outlook for later in the week/Easter. EC, GFS & ACCESS all jumping around like I haven't seen for ages. Good rain Thursday-ish and/or Monday-ish one moment, gone the next?

I'd start a thread, but I wouldn't know what to call it

I can start a thread Gordon

Thanks Robyn!

Here are my weather stats from Wyndham Vale (March 2016):
(35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 25.5C
Average Min Temp: 15.6C
Rainfall: 17.7mm

Highest Temp: 41.1C
Lowest Temp: 9.2C

Here are my weather stats from Wyndham Vale for: (April 2016)
(35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 23.3C
Average Min Temp: 12.0C
Rainfall: 22.8mm

Highest Temp: 30.7C
Lowest Temp: 6.5C

Here are my weather stats from Wyndham Vale for: (May 2016)
(35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 19.7C
Average Min Temp: 10.4C
Rainfall: 43.2mm

Highest Temp: 27.3C (6th)
Lowest Temp: 1.4C (31st)

Drove up to Alexandra today from Olinda. Was clear and sunny when we left here at 9.30am and 7c. Fine all the way until the Black Spur where we hit dense fog and temp of only 4c. The fog persisted all the way up the other side until Alexandra where it started clearing. Then clear skies all afternoon up there though still very cool, about 11c max. Usual bumper to bumper crawl back through Healesville to Lilydale, and quite windy when we got back home, which is odd with a ridge of high pressure sitting right over us.

Here are my weather stats from Wyndham Vale for: (June 2016)
(35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 15.0C
Average Min Temp: 6.5C
Rainfall: 40.9mm

Highest Temp: 18.0C
Lowest Temp: 0.8C

Here are my weather stats from Wyndham Vale for: (July 2016)
(35KM South West of Melbourne)

Average Max Temp: 15.3C
Average Min Temp: 7.2C
Rainfall: 60.2mm

Highest Temp: 20.5C
Lowest Temp: 0.1C