Winter 2019 in Geelong was “much” wetter and cooler than officially forecast, according to a local weather service.
Rain over the three months measured 184mm compared to the 30-year average of 139mm, Geelong Weather Services (GWS) said on its website this week.
Winter’s average temperature of 10.7C was .4C above normal but still below the Bureau of Meteorology’s prediction, GWS said.
Winter’s local minimum was .3C on 24 June and the maximum was 19.6C on the last day of the season.
The winter figures followed an August that was wetter and slightly cooler than average, GWS said.
Urban Geelong average 50mm of rain for the month compared to its August average of 46mm.
The month’s average daily minimum of 6.3C and maximum of 14.4C combined to make August .1C colder than usual, GWS said.
August 2019 in Geelong also delivered three days with gusts above 60km/h, along with two frosts on the last days of the month.
