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Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria and the second most populous city in Australia (most populous in urban area), has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), [1] [2] bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), and is well known for its changeable weather conditions. This is ...
April 1923 – Melbourne records no rain for the entire month. This would remain as the only rainless month in Melbourne's 170 years of records. [10] 29 November to 1 December 1935 -Torrential rainfall of up to 350 mm causes the Yarra River to become a raging torrent. Extensive damage with 35 dead, 250 injured, and 3,000 homeless.
In 2018, rainfall for the year was very low over the southeastern quarter of the Australian mainland. [62] Exacerbating the effects of diminished rainfall during the 2018 El Niño year were a record-breaking run of above-average monthly temperatures, with the first half of 2019 being on an El Niño alert. [63]
Recent climate events such as extremely high temperatures and widespread drought have focused government and public attention on the effects of climate change in Australia. [153] Rainfall in southwestern Australia has decreased by 10–20% since the 1970s, while southeastern Australia has also experienced a moderate decline since the 1990s. [150]
Melbourne: Australia: 515.4 39.3 41.4 37.5 42.1 34.3 41.5 32.8 ... Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in South America City Country Year Jan ...
Melbourne's climate will become similar in terms of total rainfall and average temperature to that of Dubbo today, with temperatures warming between 0.9° and 3.8° and total annual rainfall falling between -10% and -4% by 2090. [224]
The ecology of Melbourne, Victoria, is a complex and dynamic system influenced by the city's geographical location, climate, and human activities. Melbourne's natural environment includes diverse ecosystems ranging from coastal heathlands to grassy woodlands, riparian forests , and wetlands .
A dried up Lake Hume, 2007 Drought-affected fields in the Victorian countryside, 2006. Drought in Australia is defined by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology as rainfall over period greater than three-months being in the lowest decile of what has been recorded for that region in the past. [1]