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Despite its relative dryness, Melbourne has 139 days of rain per year on the 0.2mm threshold, meaning that its precipitation commonly falls as drizzles or as light showers (which frequently occur in the winter months), rather than heavy downpours (such as those generally experienced in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth). [9]
January 2022 - Melbourne had a hot and humid summer, with 17 days above 30 degrees. The last time this happened was 1974. Melbourne also had a run of seven days above 30 degrees, this is the first time since March 2013. Also in January, the nights were warm averaging 18.3 degrees.
A neighborhood in Melbourne, Victoria, was flooded following thunderstorms and heavy rainfall on January 29.Between 25 and 45 millimetres, or one to two inches, of rain fell over Victoria during ...
The heavy rainfall and flooding was accompanied by wind gusts of up to 110 km/h (68 mph) in the state's southeast and Melbourne's eastern suburbs. The highest rainfall was recorded at Mount Buffalo , with 180 mm (7.08 in) recorded between Saturday and Sunday (4 and 5 September).
More information; see: 2022 eastern Australia floods A blocking high at the end of the month brought record breaking rain for Eastern Australia. 677mm fell in Brisbane in 3 days from the 28th breaking the old 3 day rainfall record of 600.4mm in 1974 [4] Brisbane recorded its highest February rainfall on record recording 887mm.
The Wet Tropics in northeast Queensland as well as the western half of Tasmania both average over 1400mm (55 in) of rainfall annually, sometimes much higher. As a result, the former has some of Australia's only tropical rainforest, while the latter features extensive temperate rainforests where floods can occur at any time.
Here are the latest storm rainfall totals between Sunday and Thursday at 9 a.m., according to the Weather Service: Rocky Butte: 15.72 inches South Portal: 4.25 inches
The Victorian SES handled more than 2000 calls in the first six hours; Powercor reported more than 3300 people without power; Jemena recorded more than 20,000 within its distribution area of inner Melbourne in result of the storm; Melbourne airport was closed; [89] and the Insurance Council of Australia estimated a total damages bill of A$ 100 ...