Warrnambool climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Warrnambool?

Warrnambool has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Warrnambool?

The hottest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2019, reaching 37.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Warrnambool?

The coldest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1960, at 3.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Warrnambool?

Almost never: Warrnambool sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Warrnambool warmed?

Yes: Warrnambool warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Warrnambool?

The wettest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Warrnambool?

The windiest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2014, with winds reaching 64.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Warrnambool?

The warmest month in Warrnambool is February (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Warrnambool?

Warrnambool receives on average 822 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Warrnambool?

Warrnambool gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Warrnambool (Australia) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Warrnambool averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.

Warrnambool has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 20 December 2019) and the coldest 3.4 °C (on 2 July 1960).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

WarrnamboolVictoria

coords: -38.38°, 142.49°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

13.9°C

Average daily high

16.6°C

Average daily low

11.6°C

Annual rainfall

822mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

25.2km/h

Seasonal range

7.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

4 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

135 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

14.4 °C

Average feels-like low

8.3 °C

Average peak gust

43.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.4 °C

20 December 2019

Coldest day

3.4 °C

2 July 1960

Wettest day

58 mm

18 February 1946

Windiest day

64.7 km/h

24 June 2014

Strongest gust

120.6 km/h

24 June 2014

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

16 January 2014

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

6 July 1978

Sunniest day

14.7 h

17 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C22 February 2025	4.8 °C20 August 2025	14.5 °C	776 mm	6
2024	36.1 °C9 March 2024	4.6 °C7 July 2024	14.6 °C	605 mm	5
2023	32.4 °C17 January 2023	5.3 °C16 August 2023	14.3 °C	783 mm	3
2022	34.9 °C27 December 2022	5.1 °C20 July 2022	14.3 °C	1,082 mm	1
2021	33.0 °C24 January 2021	5.0 °C9 July 2021	13.9 °C	846 mm	3
2020	34.2 °C30 January 2020	4.8 °C17 July 2020	13.9 °C	876 mm	3
2019	37.4 °C20 December 2019	4.4 °C24 June 2019	14.2 °C	814 mm	6
2018	35.7 °C6 January 2018	5.3 °C12 July 2018	14.5 °C	867 mm	5
2017	33.9 °C7 January 2017	5.6 °C1 July 2017	14.5 °C	910 mm	6
2016	32.7 °C13 January 2016	4.6 °C13 July 2016	14.3 °C	983 mm	2
2015	36.5 °C19 December 2015	4.5 °C20 July 2015	14.1 °C	554 mm	6
2014	37.3 °C16 January 2014	4.8 °C23 July 2014	14.5 °C	711 mm	7
2013	35.8 °C4 January 2013	5.0 °C9 July 2013	14.6 °C	1,028 mm	9
2012	35.3 °C25 February 2012	5.0 °C29 September 2012	14.4 °C	690 mm	8
2011	32.3 °C7 January 2011	5.6 °C1 June 2011	14.2 °C	845 mm	2
2010	35.5 °C11 January 2010	6.2 °C16 June 2010	14.1 °C	933 mm	4
2009	36.7 °C29 January 2009	5.7 °C8 July 2009	14.3 °C	763 mm	8
2008	34.9 °C13 March 2008	5.1 °C29 July 2008	13.9 °C	721 mm	7
2007	34.3 °C31 December 2007	5.4 °C22 July 2007	14.6 °C	830 mm	7
2006	35.8 °C22 January 2006	4.4 °C7 August 2006	13.7 °C	515 mm	5
2005	33.5 °C11 January 2005	4.5 °C10 August 2005	14.4 °C	729 mm	3
2004	32.0 °C18 December 2004	6.4 °C11 September 2004	13.8 °C	856 mm	3
2003	33.8 °C16 December 2003	5.3 °C10 August 2003	13.9 °C	758 mm	3
2002	30.4 °C14 February 2002	5.2 °C26 August 2002	13.9 °C	771 mm	1
2001	34.2 °C2 January 2001	6.3 °C3 July 2001	14.2 °C	853 mm	10
2000	34.6 °C21 December 2000	5.5 °C17 August 2000	14.4 °C	793 mm	8
1999	30.8 °C1 December 1999	5.9 °C26 July 1999	14.3 °C	642 mm	3
1998	32.9 °C11 December 1998	4.1 °C19 June 1998	13.6 °C	752 mm	4
1997	33.6 °C20 January 1997	4.4 °C5 August 1997	13.9 °C	626 mm	6
1996	32.7 °C14 January 1996	4.4 °C14 June 1996	13.4 °C	935 mm	1
1995	33.0 °C25 February 1995	4.7 °C2 August 1995	13.3 °C	818 mm	4
1994	33.2 °C5 December 1994	4.7 °C23 July 1994	13.7 °C	787 mm	4
1993	33.2 °C15 January 1993	5.9 °C12 June 1993	14.2 °C	814 mm	5
1992	33.2 °C17 February 1992	5.5 °C9 September 1992	13.6 °C	1,029 mm	2
1991	34.0 °C2 January 1991	6.4 °C23 August 1991	13.8 °C	917 mm	3
1990	32.0 °C30 January 1990	5.4 °C5 July 1990	14.2 °C	945 mm	2
1989	33.1 °C1 March 1989	5.4 °C28 June 1989	14.1 °C	847 mm	4
1988	33.2 °C29 January 1988	7.1 °C13 August 1988	14.5 °C	736 mm	4
1987	32.0 °C19 February 1987	5.6 °C24 July 1987	13.6 °C	726 mm	3
1986	33.9 °C6 March 1986	5.7 °C25 July 1986	13.5 °C	938 mm	3
1985	34.6 °C14 January 1985	4.6 °C24 July 1985	13.9 °C	914 mm	5
1984	29.0 °C20 February 1984	5.4 °C15 July 1984	13.6 °C	937 mm	0
1983	36.7 °C16 February 1983	5.4 °C18 June 1983	13.8 °C	891 mm	8
1982	37.1 °C11 January 1982	5.0 °C22 July 1982	14.0 °C	500 mm	11
1981	36.0 °C14 January 1981	5.1 °C25 June 1981	14.2 °C	786 mm	8
1980	34.5 °C10 December 1980	6.2 °C14 June 1980	14.1 °C	902 mm	6
1979	34.1 °C2 February 1979	5.1 °C25 July 1979	13.9 °C	950 mm	5
1978	33.2 °C11 March 1978	4.2 °C6 July 1978	13.7 °C	850 mm	2
1977	33.6 °C11 February 1977	5.3 °C8 July 1977	13.6 °C	885 mm	4
1976	32.0 °C4 January 1976	5.0 °C14 August 1976	13.7 °C	826 mm	6
1975	32.2 °C11 December 1975	4.2 °C6 July 1975	14.0 °C	1,078 mm	2
1974	31.4 °C23 December 1974	4.9 °C11 July 1974	14.0 °C	1,037 mm	3
1973	35.7 °C19 January 1973	4.4 °C7 July 1973	14.0 °C	1,002 mm	5
1972	32.9 °C12 February 1972	5.6 °C10 August 1972	14.0 °C	793 mm	2
1971	32.4 °C8 January 1971	5.4 °C11 August 1971	13.9 °C	1,246 mm	3
1970	34.1 °C8 February 1970	4.6 °C15 August 1970	13.7 °C	972 mm	3
1969	32.7 °C19 February 1969	5.3 °C17 June 1969	13.9 °C	809 mm	5
1968	34.8 °C31 January 1968	5.2 °C29 August 1968	13.9 °C	1,206 mm	6
1967	34.0 °C7 February 1967	5.3 °C16 August 1967	14.0 °C	575 mm	5
1966	32.7 °C7 March 1966	5.3 °C31 July 1966	13.9 °C	851 mm	3
1965	32.8 °C21 February 1965	4.2 °C26 June 1965	13.9 °C	816 mm	4
1964	30.0 °C4 February 1964	6.4 °C5 July 1964	13.6 °C	1,141 mm	1
1963	30.6 °C28 February 1963	4.2 °C8 August 1963	14.1 °C	740 mm	1
1962	33.4 °C16 January 1962	6.3 °C13 July 1962	14.2 °C	889 mm	5
1961	36.2 °C28 January 1961	5.7 °C21 July 1961	14.8 °C	676 mm	5
1960	35.0 °C16 January 1960	3.4 °C2 July 1960	13.7 °C	979 mm	11
1959	34.8 °C17 January 1959	4.7 °C29 September 1959	14.1 °C	632 mm	4
1958	31.5 °C9 January 1958	5.0 °C9 July 1958	13.5 °C	822 mm	1
1957	32.0 °C30 January 1957	4.6 °C3 July 1957	13.7 °C	856 mm	3
1956	32.4 °C8 January 1956	4.9 °C10 July 1956	13.7 °C	1,138 mm	2
1955	37.2 °C2 January 1955	5.1 °C9 June 1955	13.8 °C	977 mm	5
1954	33.9 °C16 January 1954	3.9 °C11 July 1954	13.7 °C	637 mm	1
1953	32.2 °C9 March 1953	4.9 °C12 July 1953	13.6 °C	947 mm	2
1952	30.1 °C23 January 1952	5.0 °C10 September 1952	13.4 °C	869 mm	1
1951	35.3 °C31 January 1951	5.6 °C2 July 1951	14.0 °C	782 mm	8
1950	34.1 °C13 January 1950	5.0 °C20 June 1950	14.1 °C	527 mm	6
1949	30.1 °C29 January 1949	4.4 °C24 June 1949	13.0 °C	811 mm	1
1948	33.6 °C12 February 1948	4.4 °C14 June 1948	13.2 °C	787 mm	4
1947	30.8 °C20 January 1947	5.1 °C26 June 1947	13.7 °C	834 mm	2
1946	32.1 °C28 January 1946	4.4 °C19 August 1946	13.1 °C	752 mm	2
1945	36.3 °C8 January 1945	4.2 °C23 July 1945	13.1 °C	828 mm	2
1944	31.2 °C22 January 1944	3.7 °C16 July 1944	13.3 °C	665 mm	4
1943	28.0 °C17 February 1943	4.2 °C22 August 1943	12.9 °C	643 mm	0
1942	32.7 °C3 March 1942	4.0 °C7 August 1942	13.2 °C	611 mm	3
1941	31.2 °C14 March 1941	3.9 °C14 June 1941	13.2 °C	502 mm	4
1940	35.3 °C14 February 1940	4.1 °C18 August 1940	13.3 °C	458 mm	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.4 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

6 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

776 mm

-46 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	22.3 °C	+1.6 °C	9 mm	-28 mm
Feb	22.4 °C	+1.5 °C	13 mm	-18 mm
Mar	21.7 °C	+1.9 °C	16 mm	-24 mm
Apr	19.6 °C	+2.1 °C	15 mm	-43 mm
May	16.8 °C	+1.6 °C	29 mm	-53 mm
Jun	13.6 °C	+0.3 °C	99 mm	+13 mm
Jul	13.3 °C	+0.6 °C	157 mm	+51 mm
Aug	13.9 °C	+0.8 °C	87 mm	-23 mm
Sep	14.7 °C	+0.4 °C	103 mm	+14 mm
Oct	15.9 °C	+0.2 °C	92 mm	+18 mm
Nov	15.8 °C	-1.4 °C	116 mm	+54 mm
Dec	18.7 °C	-0.2 °C	40 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

22 Feb 2025

Coldest day

4.8 °C

20 Aug 2025

Wettest day

21.5 mm

7 Jun 2025

Windiest day

62.3 km/h

29 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

99.7 km/h

29 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

3 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.0 °C

29 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

14.7 h

17 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Warrnambool?

Warrnambool has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Warrnambool?

The hottest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2019, reaching 37.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Warrnambool?

The coldest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1960, at 3.4 °C.

Does it snow in Warrnambool?

Almost never: Warrnambool sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Warrnambool warmed?

Yes: Warrnambool warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Warrnambool?

The wettest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Warrnambool?

The windiest day measured in Warrnambool between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2014, with winds reaching 64.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Warrnambool?

The warmest month in Warrnambool is February (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Warrnambool?

Warrnambool receives on average 822 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Warrnambool?

Warrnambool gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Warrnambool?

Yes: Warrnambool has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Warrnambool?

In Warrnambool, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 16 January 2014, and the lowest was -3.4 °C on 6 July 1978.

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