Melbourne weather

Now: 19.1 °C Today: Mostly clear. Tonight: 13 °C Tomorrow: 23 °C Showers developing. Windy.

Today, Thursday: Mostly clear. Winds northerly 20 to 30 km/h.

Tomorrow, Friday: Medium chance of showers in the early morning, clearing to a mostly sunny day. High chance of showers redeveloping during the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening in the eastern suburbs. Damaging winds possible about the nearby hills. Winds northerly 25 to 40 km/h increasing to 35 to 55 km/h in the morning then turning westerly 20 to 30 km/h in the late evening.

Temperature	19.1 °C
Feels like	12.9 °C
Wet bulb temp.	12.1 °C
Minimum temp.	6.4 °C	5:27am
Maximum temp.	19.8 °C	3:51pm
Dew point	4.5 °C
Humidity	38%
Wind	26 km/h
Strongest gust	50 km/h	3:30pm
UV index	0.8	Low
Pressure	1017.4 hPa
Rain since 9am	0.0 mm

Melbourne (Olympic Park) at 4:30pm.

Radar

UV index

Now measured	Now forecast	Maximum measured	Maximum forecast
0.8	0.6	4.8	4.9
Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate
		12:39pm	12:13pm

Moderate or above	Forecast	9:36am–2:52pm
Moderate or above	Measured	9:43am–3:00pm

Last 72 hours

Today

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:49am	6:14am	6:14pm	6:39pm

Tomorrow

Dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Dusk
5:47am	6:12am	6:15pm	6:39pm

Recent days

Date	Min.	Max.	Rain
Thu 18 Sep	6.4 °C		0 mm
Wed 17 Sep	10.2 °C	16.1 °C	7.2 mm
Tue 16 Sep	15.7 °C	18.6 °C	0 mm
Mon 15 Sep	14.4 °C	24.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 14 Sep	10.8 °C	21.4 °C	0 mm
Sat 13 Sep	11.3 °C	17.0 °C	0 mm
Fri 12 Sep	7.4 °C	17.1 °C	0.4 mm
Thu 11 Sep	9.0 °C	14.6 °C	1.0 mm
Wed 10 Sep	7.6 °C	14.0 °C	0.2 mm
Tue 9 Sep	10.8 °C	16.2 °C	1.2 mm
Mon 8 Sep	13.1 °C	20.1 °C	0.6 mm
Sun 7 Sep	9.7 °C	20.8 °C	0 mm
Sat 6 Sep	3.7 °C	22.1 °C	0 mm
Fri 5 Sep	4.2 °C	15.4 °C	1.2 mm
Thu 4 Sep	10.6 °C	15.8 °C	0.4 mm
Wed 3 Sep	11.6 °C	19.4 °C	0.2 mm
Tue 2 Sep	8.7 °C	17.2 °C	0 mm
Mon 1 Sep	9.7 °C	15.7 °C	0.2 mm
Sun 31 Aug	6.8 °C	17.1 °C	1.6 mm
Sat 30 Aug	6.7 °C	12.5 °C	10.8 mm
Fri 29 Aug	9.0 °C	14.0 °C	0.4 mm
Thu 28 Aug	9.9 °C	16.7 °C	0.6 mm
Wed 27 Aug	10.3 °C	15.8 °C	5.6 mm
Tue 26 Aug	8.1 °C	16.3 °C	0 mm
Mon 25 Aug	4.7 °C	18.2 °C	0 mm
Sun 24 Aug	5.4 °C	14.2 °C	0 mm
Sat 23 Aug	8.8 °C	15.1 °C	0 mm
Fri 22 Aug	9.1 °C	19.5 °C	0 mm

Space weather

K_aus seven day history

Next 36 hours

Time	4pm	7pm	10pm	Fri 1am	4am	7am	10am	1pm	4pm	7pm	10pm	Sat 1am
Temperature (°C)	20	18	16	14	14	13	17	21	22	18	13	10
Chance of rain	5%	5%	5%	20%	50%	20%	10%	20%	30%	60%	30%	20%
Median rain (mm)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind speed (km/h)	26	17	20	24	24	24	39	33	30	20	24	22
Wind direction
Dew point (°C)	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	6	3

Next week summary

	Tomorrow Fri 19 Sep		Sat 20 Sep		Sun 21 Sep		Mon 22 Sep		Tue 23 Sep		Wed 24 Sep		Thu 25 Sep

	Showers developing. Windy.		Shower or two easing.		Showers increasing.		Showers.		Possible shower.		Possible shower.		Shower or two.
Max. (°C)	23		15		19		13		15		18		19
Min. (°C)	13		8		10		9		8		9		10
Any rain	80%		50%		80%		90%		40%		40%		50%
Rain (mm)	1–5		0–1		0–5		1–6		0–1		0–1		0–2
	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm	7am	1pm
Wind (km/h)	24	33	17	24	13	20	13	26	9	20	9	17
Wind dir.
Dew pt. (°C)	5	6	2	1	7	5	6	3	5	5	7	7

Complete forecast

Today, Thursday 18 September

Mostly clear.

5% chance of rain

Mostly clear. Winds northerly 20 to 30 km/h.

Tomorrow, Friday 19 September

Showers developing. Windy.

Minimum: 13 °C Maximum: 23 °C

80% chance of rain 1 to 5 mm

Medium chance of showers in the early morning, clearing to a mostly sunny day. High chance of showers redeveloping during the evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening in the eastern suburbs. Damaging winds possible about the nearby hills. Winds northerly 25 to 40 km/h increasing to 35 to 55 km/h in the morning then turning westerly 20 to 30 km/h in the late evening.

Sun protection 9:50am to 2:30pm, UV Index predicted to reach 4 [Moderate]

Saturday 20 September

Shower or two easing.

Minimum: 8 °C Maximum: 15 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers in the southeast suburbs, medium chance elsewhere, becoming less likely during the late afternoon and evening. Winds westerly 25 to 35 km/h turning northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the evening.

Sunday 21 September

Showers increasing.

Minimum: 10 °C Maximum: 19 °C

80% chance of rain 0 to 5 mm

Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h turning westerly during the afternoon.

Monday 22 September

Showers.

Minimum: 9 °C Maximum: 13 °C

90% chance of rain 1 to 6 mm

Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds westerly 15 to 20 km/h turning southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Tuesday 23 September

Possible shower.

Minimum: 8 °C Maximum: 15 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Wednesday 24 September

Possible shower.

Minimum: 9 °C Maximum: 18 °C

40% chance of rain 0 to 1 mm

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.

Thursday 25 September

Shower or two.

Minimum: 10 °C Maximum: 19 °C

50% chance of rain 0 to 2 mm

Cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds west to northwesterly and light increasing to 20 to 30 km/h during the morning.

Issued as 4:20pm. Next forecast at 5:05am.

Weather situation

A weak high pressure system over the Tasman Sea will drift eastward this evening as a cold front approaches from the west. The cold front will move over the State during Friday, with several subsequent fronts to follow over the coming days. A new ridge of high pressure will develop south of the Bight early next week.

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	20.3	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	14.3	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	8.1
Rainfall
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean rainfall (mm)	44.6	42.9	39.0	55.2	48.7	40.2	42.7	47.7	50.2	60.2	58.4	51.7
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)	80.0	96.8	77.5	114.7	82.7	65.1	67.5	72.5	85.9	118.5	110.0	93.7
Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm)	10.3	3.6	8.8	15.5	16.9	17.7	19.6	22.2	17.3	18.6	26.0	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	7.4	7.3	8.9	11.0	13.3	13.5	15.1	15.6	14.3	13.1	11.7	10.2
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	4.4	4.1	5.2	6.8	7.4	7.2	7.7	8.7	8.1	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	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.4
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.1	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	389	409	410	393	396	402
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)	24.0	21.0	16.3	11.2	7.8	6.4	7.1	10.0	13.4	17.8	21.2	23.9
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. Now measured is average of last five minutes (the range is also shown if not small).
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).