Melbourne weather

Melbourne

Now: 16.5 °C Today: 17 °C Rain. Tonight: 13 °C Tomorrow: 17 °C Shower or two.

Today, Sunday: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain, becoming less likely late this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the northwest suburbs in the late morning and afternoon. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon.

Temperature	16.5 °C
Feels like	15.7 °C
Wet bulb temp.	14.6 °C
Minimum temp.	15.3 °C	3:22am
Maximum temp.	23.8 °C	2:28pm
Dew point	13.0 °C
Humidity	80%
Wind	9 km/h
Strongest gust	35 km/h	4:50am
UV index	0	Low
Pressure	1017.4 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.2 mm

Melbourne (Olympic Park) at 5:40am.

Geomagnetic storm in progress. Aurora may be observed during local night time hours in good observing conditions at high latitudes.

Radar

UV index

Now measured	Now forecast	Maximum measured	Maximum forecast
0	0	0	2.5
Low	Low	Low	Moderate
			12:16pm

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:46am	7:13am	5:19pm	5:46pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
6:47am	7:14am	5:18pm	5:45pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Sat 16 May	12.0 °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
Tue 21 Apr	11.6 °C	26.7 °C	0 mm
Mon 20 Apr	8.1 °C	20.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 19 Apr	5.3 °C	19.8 °C	0 mm

Space weather

Aurora alert

Northern limit: southwest coast of WA (K_aus 6)

Geomagnetic storm in progress. Aurora may be observed during local night time hours in good observing conditions at high latitudes.

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	4am	7am	10am	1pm	4pm	7pm	10pm	Mon 1am	4am	7am	10am	1pm
Temperature (°C)	14	14	15	16	17	15	13	13	13	13	14	17
Chance of rain	90%	80%	70%	60%	60%	50%	40%	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%
Median rain (mm)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	7	11	13	13	13	9	7	7	7	6	11	11
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12

Next week summary

	Today Sun 17 May		Mon 18 May		Tue 19 May		Wed 20 May		Thu 21 May		Fri 22 May		Sat 23 May

	Rain.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.		Shower or two.		Cloudy.		Partly cloudy.		Possible shower.
Max. (°C)	17		17		17		17		17		18		18
Min. (°C)	-		13		10		10		10		9		9
Any rain	100%		70%		70%		70%		30%		20%		40%
Rain (mm)	8–20		0–3		0–2		0–2		0–1		0		0–1
	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm
Wind (km/h)	11	13	6	11	6	13	7	19	7	17	6	11	7	13
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	13	14	13	12	9	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	9

Complete forecast

Today, Sunday 17 May

Rain.

Maximum: 17 °C

100% chance of rain 8 to 20 mm

Cloudy. Very high chance of rain, becoming less likely late this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the northwest suburbs in the late morning and afternoon. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon.

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

Tomorrow, Monday 18 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 13 °C Maximum: 17 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 3 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers. Light winds.

Tuesday 19 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 10 °C Maximum: 17 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening.

Wednesday 20 May

Shower or two.

Minimum: 10 °C Maximum: 17 °C

70% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds westerly 15 to 20 km/h turning southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.

Thursday 21 May

Cloudy.

Minimum: 10 °C Maximum: 17 °C

30% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning.

Friday 22 May

Partly cloudy.

Minimum: 9 °C Maximum: 18 °C

20% chance of rain

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds.

Saturday 23 May

Possible shower.

Minimum: 9 °C Maximum: 18 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly during the day.

Issued as 4:05am. Next forecast at 4:20pm.

Weather situation

A high pressure ridge over the far east weakens as a slow moving trough approaches the western border. This trough will slowly cross over the state, reaching central parts late today and clearing eastwards into the Tasman by Monday afternoon. A new weak ridge develops in the west following the trough but is pushed over the north as a series of weak cold fronts cross to the south early next week. By the middle of the weak the high pressure ridge is expected to extend broadly across 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
More
	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.
Radar: Click on to go to BOM radar. Pause with the button above.
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).