Melbourne weather

Melbourne

Now: 12.1 °C Overnight: 10 °C Today: 17 °C Shower or two. Tonight: 8 °C

Today, Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers about the Dandenongs, high chance elsewhere. Winds westerly 15 to 25 km/h tending southwesterly in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening.

Temperature	12.1 °C
Feels like	9.4 °C
Wet bulb temp.	9.8 °C
Minimum temp.	12.0 °C	11:02pm
Maximum temp.	16.4 °C	3:04pm
Dew point	7.4 °C
Humidity	73%
Wind	11 km/h
Strongest gust	15 km/h	12:10am
UV index	0.0	Low
Pressure	1018.9 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.4 mm

Melbourne (Olympic Park) at 12:10am.

Radar

UV index

Now measured	Now forecast	Maximum measured	Maximum forecast
0.0	0.0	1.7	2.2
Low	Low	Low	Low
		10:50am	12:16pm

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:49am	7:15am	5:17pm	5:44pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:49am	7:16am	5:16pm	5:43pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Tue 19 May	9.5 °C		0 mm
Mon 18 May	14.2 °C	16.3 °C	6.6 mm
Sun 17 May	15.1 °C	17.0 °C	4.6 mm
Sat 16 May	12.0 °C	23.8 °C	0 mm
Fri 15 May	10.6 °C	22.7 °C	0 mm
Thu 14 May	9.2 °C	22.4 °C	0.2 mm
Wed 13 May	9.8 °C	21.4 °C	0 mm
Tue 12 May	8.7 °C	20.7 °C	0.2 mm
Mon 11 May	6.6 °C	19.4 °C	0 mm
Sun 10 May	12.5 °C	16.9 °C	0.6 mm
Sat 9 May	11.9 °C	15.0 °C	1.2 mm
Fri 8 May	7.0 °C	16.9 °C	2.8 mm
Thu 7 May	6.5 °C	14.0 °C	11.0 mm
Wed 6 May	14.0 °C	18.4 °C	0 mm
Tue 5 May	12.8 °C	16.5 °C	0.2 mm
Mon 4 May	13.3 °C	18.5 °C	6.8 mm
Sun 3 May	19.1 °C	21.1 °C	0 mm
Sat 2 May	14.1 °C	24.6 °C	0 mm
Fri 1 May	12.8 °C	26.9 °C	0 mm
Thu 30 Apr	13.2 °C	25.4 °C	0 mm
Wed 29 Apr	12.2 °C	21.4 °C	0 mm
Tue 28 Apr	9.8 °C	25.7 °C	0 mm
Mon 27 Apr	13.3 °C	19.4 °C	0 mm
Sun 26 Apr	15.3 °C	26.6 °C	0 mm
Sat 25 Apr	10.4 °C	25.6 °C	0 mm
Fri 24 Apr	12.0 °C	23.7 °C	0 mm
Thu 23 Apr	12.4 °C	25.8 °C	0 mm
Wed 22 Apr	13.7 °C	24.2 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	10pm	Wed 1am	4am	7am	10am	1pm	4pm	7pm	10pm	Thu 1am	4am	7am
Temperature (°C)	11	10	10	11	14	17	16	14	11	9	9	8
Chance of rain	10%	10%	30%	20%	30%	30%	30%	20%	10%	10%	10%	5%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Wind speed (km/h)	11	9	7	7	20	20	20	15	7	7	6	6
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	7	7	7	8	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8

Next week summary

	Today Wed 20 May		Thu 21 May		Fri 22 May		Sat 23 May		Sun 24 May		Mon 25 May		Tue 26 May

	Shower or two.		Cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Mostly sunny.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.
Max. (°C)	17		16		16		18		18		15		15
Min. (°C)	10		8		6		8		10		9		8
Any rain	70%		20%		10%		5%		60%		70%		50%
Rain (mm)	0–2		0		0		0		0–3		0–4		0–2
	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm
Wind (km/h)	7	20	6	9	6	7	7	13	9	13	9	20
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	8	9	8	9	6	9	7	9	8	9	8	8

Complete forecast

Today, Wednesday 20 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 10 °C Maximum: 17 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers about the Dandenongs, high chance elsewhere. Winds westerly 15 to 25 km/h tending southwesterly in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening.

Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

Tomorrow, Thursday 21 May

Cloudy.

Minimum: 8 °C Maximum: 16 °C

20% chance of rain

Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. The chance of morning fog about the nearby hills. Light winds.

Friday 22 May

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 6 °C Maximum: 16 °C

10% chance of rain

Mostly sunny. The chance of morning fog about the nearby hills. Light winds.

Saturday 23 May

Mostly sunny.

Minimum: 8 °C Maximum: 18 °C

5% chance of rain

Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the afternoon.

Sunday 24 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 10 °C Maximum: 18 °C

60% chance of rain 0 to 3 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely later in the day. Winds north to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning west to southwesterly during the day.

Monday 25 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 9 °C Maximum: 15 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 4 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h turning south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day.

Tuesday 26 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 8 °C Maximum: 15 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h.

Issued as 9:56pm. Next forecast at 4:05am.

Weather situation

A high pressure ridge will extend across the north of the State whilst a couple of weak cold fronts will cross to the south today and early Wednesday. The high pressure ridge will extend across the remainder of the State late Wednesday then persist for Thursday and Friday. The main high centre will move southeast on Saturday but will continue to extend a ridge over Victoria.

Climate statistics

Maximum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean maximum temperature (°C)	26.7	25.9	24.2	20.3	16.4	13.8	13.2	14.5	17.0	19.5	22.0	24.7
Highest temperature (°C)	45.8	47.3	40.7	35.2	26.7	22.6	21.9	24.4	30.3	36.4	41.5	44.4
Date	31 Jan 1968	7 Feb 2009	4 Mar 1942	10 Apr 2005	4 May 1967	8 Jun 2005	18 Jul 2013	27 Aug 2007	12 Sep 2009	12 Oct 2006	21 Nov 2019	20 Dec 2019
Lowest maximum temperature (°C)	14.7	13.9	13.6	10.6	8.4	6.7	6.1	6.8	8.3	10.0	11.3	12.5
Date	2 Jan 1941	18 Feb 1951	22 Mar 1941	21 Apr 1960	27 May 1951	20 Jun 1950	2 Jul 1968	9 Aug 1951	15 Sep 1957	1 Oct 1957	15 Nov 2006	11 Dec 1952
Decile 9 maximum temperature (°C)	36.1	34.4	31.6	26.4	20.4	16.6	15.8	17.8	21.7	26.0	30.0	33.9
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	19.6	19.4	18.3	15.3	12.9	11.2	10.6	11.5	12.8	14.4	15.9	17.8
	Chart indicates highest (red), lowest (blue), mean (black) and the range between decile 1 and 9 (yellow).
Minimum temperature

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean minimum temperature (°C)	13.9	14.1	12.8	10.1	7.9	6.1	5.5	5.9	7.0	8.5	10.3	12.1
Lowest temperature (°C)	5.7	5.3	3.7	0.6	0.1	-3.3	-2.6	-2.4	-1.6	-0.3	2.2	4.0
Date	22 Jan 1940	20 Feb 1963	26 Mar 2005	30 Apr 2009	24 May 2008	17 Jun 1969	4 Jul 1963	29 Aug 2018	17 Sep 1949	9 Oct 1939	4 Nov 1970	3 Dec 1955
Highest minimum temperature (°C)	28.8	26.2	26.1	22.5	17.1	14.3	13.2	14.7	18.6	21.3	23.0	26.2
Date	15 Jan 2014	22 Feb 1967	10 Mar 2024	2 Apr 2014	3 May 1942	7 Jun 2023	19 Jul 2013	4 Aug 2011	3 Sep 2021	28 Oct 2007	23 Nov 2024	26 Dec 2016
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	18.2	18.1	17.0	14.2	11.9	9.6	8.8	9.2	10.9	12.8	14.7	16.2
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	9.8	10.1	8.6	6.1	3.8	2.1	1.7	2.3	3.0	4.4	6.1	8.2
Rainfall
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean rainfall (mm)	44.1	42.9	39.0	55.2	48.5	40.4	42.6	47.6	49.8	60.0	59.4	51.5
Highest rainfall (mm)	224.1	195.5	154.1	162.7	140.1	115.0	101.9	99.0	113.0	153.6	183.6	152.7
Date	1963	1973	1970	1935	1974	2013	1936	1975	1960	1934	1954	1933
Lowest rainfall (mm)	0.4	0.5	1.9	6.6	3.3	8.0	12.8	14.8	10.2	6.8	7.0	1.3
Date	2009	1965	1948	2019	1934	1974	1979	2011	2023	2006	1937	1972
Decile 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm)	79.9	96.8	77.5	114.7	82.6	65.0	67.4	72.5	85.7	117.6	111.0	93.3
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	8.0	3.6	8.8	15.5	17.0	17.7	19.6	22.4	16.9	18.6	26.3	15.8
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	112.8	118.0	67.6	100.0	58.4	68.6	42.7	34.4	54.0	89.4	89.4	52.6
Date	29 Jan 1963	3 Feb 2005	20 Mar 1970	8 Apr 1977	15 May 1974	1 Jun 2013	11 Jul 1933	17 Aug 1983	13 Sep 1977	16 Oct 1983	19 Nov 1978	15 Dec 1933
Mean number of days of rain	7.3	7.3	8.9	11.0	13.3	13.5	15.2	15.6	14.3	13.1	11.8	10.2
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	4.4	4.1	5.2	6.8	7.4	7.3	7.7	8.7	8.0	7.8	7.1	6.2
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	1.3	1.1	0.9	1.5	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.5	1.6	1.4
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3
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	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean daily wind run (km)	404	388	368	325	341	334	391	409	414	396	396	404
Maximum wind gust speed (km/h)	117	117	115	108	100	106	124	130	147	121	115	122
Date	4 Jan 1946	28 Feb 1957	24 Mar 1941	8 Apr 1966	17 May 1940	10 Jun 1947	1 Jul 1942	4 Aug 1947	6 Sep 1948	21 Oct 1948	12 Nov 1946	30 Dec 1947
Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m²)	24.1	21.0	16.3	11.2	7.8	6.4	7.1	10.0	13.4	17.8	21.2	23.8
Mean number of clear days	6.6	5.7	6.4	4.1	3.2	3.1	2.8	3.2	4.0	3.6	3.1	4.7
Mean number of cloudy days	11.0	10.7	12.3	14.8	18.0	17.1	17.0	15.3	14.4	17.0	16.9	14.3
9 am conditions
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean temperature (°C)	19.1	18.7	17.1	14.1	10.8	8.5	7.8	8.9	11.4	13.8	15.7	17.8
Mean wet bulb temperature (°C)	14.5	14.8	13.6	11.5	9.2	7.3	6.5	7.3	8.9	10.5	12.0	13.3
Mean dew point temperature (°C)	10.6	11.9	10.7	9.1	7.6	6.0	5.1	5.5	6.3	7.3	8.3	9.5
Mean relative humidity (%)	60	66	68	72	81	84	83	79	72	66	63	61
Mean cloud cover (oktas)	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.9	5.4
Mean wind speed (km/h)	17.9	16.6	15.8	15.0	15.0	15.6	17.5	18.5	20.9	20.9	20.0	18.5
3 pm conditions
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean temperature (°C)	24.2	23.8	22.4	18.7	15.1	12.7	11.9	13.1	15.3	17.5	19.9	22.3
Mean wet bulb temperature (°C)	16.5	16.7	15.8	13.5	11.4	9.8	9.0	9.5	10.9	12.3	13.9	15.2
Mean dew point temperature (°C)	10.3	11.4	10.1	8.6	7.6	6.6	5.6	5.6	6.2	7.3	8.2	9.0
Mean relative humidity (%)	46	49	48	53	62	67	66	62	57	54	50	47
Mean cloud cover (oktas)	4.1	4.4	4.6	5.4	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.5	4.9
Mean wind speed (km/h)	23.6	21.6	20.4	20.1	19.8	19.9	22.0	23.1	23.8	23.3	23.1	23.5

Climate statistics for Essendon Airport since 1929.

More details and data sources:

Notes:

The four temperatures:
- Temperature: The ambient air temperature.
- Feels like: Based on temperature, humidity and wind chill (but not the sun), this is meant to be the temperature it feels like for an adult walking in the shade if there is no wind and at a standardised humidity level.
- Dew point: The relative humidity would be 100% (i.e., unable to hold more water vapour) if the air was cooled to this temperature. This is an absolute measure of humidity.
- Wet bulb temperature: The temperature if a wet thermometer had air moving over it (evaporative cooling), so it depends on temperature and humidity. Useful because people cool the same way.
Current observations: The little charts show the last six hours at half hour intervals. Hover over with your mouse to see details. UV index is average of last five minutes.
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UV index: This is shown as a chart for the major cities that have minute-by-minute forecasts and observations and as a table when there is only an hourly forecast.
UV index (chart): Blue line is five minute average. Shaded area indicates range of measured values. If there is a lot of variation, now measured is average of last five minutes and the range is also shown.
UV index (table): Forecast assumes a clear sky. Rows are highlighted if the forecast is for within 45 minutes of the current time.
Sunrise and sunset: Dawn and dusk are for the start and end of civil twilight (the sun is 6° below the horizon).
Recent days: Rain is the total in the 24 hours up to 9am. Minimum is in 24 hours to 9am. Maximum is in 24 hours from 9am.
Last 72 hours: Most values are the value at the time shown. Rain is the amount of rain in the previous 30 minutes from the time shown. Wind direction is shown for every two hours (all values are shown on hover).
Next 36 hours: Most values are what are expected at the time indicated, while rain forecasts are for the three hours beginning at that time. Median rain means there's a 50% chance of more rain than the given number.
Space weather: K_aus is the K-index for Australia, a number between 0 and 9 indicating the level of magnetic field disturbance. 5+ are classed as geomagnetic storms. Aurora alerts and watch notices are also shown at the top of page if potentially visible from the current location.
Climate statistics: 80% of the time the value is in the yellow area on the chart. The top 10% fall above it and bottom 10% fall below. Daily wind run is effectively the amount of wind that blows past (i.e., average speed times 24 hours). Cloud cover is measured in oktas, which ranges between 0 (completely clear sky) and 8 (completely overcast).