Cape Otway Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
21.3 21.4 20.2 17.9 15.6 13.6 13.0 13.8 15.1 16.8 18.3 19.8 17.2
Mean Min (°C)
13.4 13.9 13.3 11.7 10.1 8.5 7.6 7.9 8.6 9.6 10.8 12.1 10.6
Mean Rain (mm)
44.7 40.0 56.4 70.4 90.1 96.0 104.3 103.9 88.1 79.6 62.6 52.4 890.3
Median Rain (mm)
37.4 31.4 49.0 68.2 86.1 95.5 97.2 96.0 84.8 72.7 57.7 46.1 867.5
Mean Rain Days
9.8 9.0 12.5 15.4 18.5 18.9 20.4 20.6 18.7 16.9 14.0 12.4 187.4

Cape Otway Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
43.3 42.0 40.6 33.3 27.8 24.4 21.8 25.0 31.0 34.2 39.4 43.4 43.4
Low Max (°C)
12.8 12.2 10.6 10.0 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.7 7.8 8.9 10.5 11.1 6.7
High Min (°C)
29.4 27.9 30.3 24.3 19.7 16.7 13.4 16.5 22.5 22.2 25.6 30.6 30.6
Low Min (°C)
0.6 -1.1 -1.1 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.0 1.1 -1.1 -6.7 1.4 3.3 -6.7
High Rain (mm)
91.7 81.4 93.0 78.6 47.2 61.0 62.6 48.8 48.3 68.3 90.2 58.8 93.0

Cape Otway Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
27.5 25.8 24.4 22.2 19.3 17.9 16.7 19.6 19.1 21.2 23.3 25.0 20.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
17.9 17.2 16.6 15.2 13.5 11.8 10.8 11.8 12.4 13.3 15.7 16.0 15.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
16.2 18.0 16.0 13.8 12.4 11.1 9.6 9.9 11.4 12.3 14.0 15.6 12.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)
6.9 4.8 7.0 5.2 4.8 4.0 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.8 3.7 6.0 5.9
High Rain (mm)
135.2 154.6 188.8 189.7 224.2 211.1 213.9 218.2 188.5 225.1 146.5 153.7 1291.6
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 0.0 8.4 0.6 14.9 25.3 35.7 29.2 22.9 6.5 9.3 2.6 634.9

Cape Otway Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cape Otway annual climate

Cape Otway Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
≥ 35°C
1.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.6
≥ 30°C
2.8 2.2 1.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.7 9.7
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Cape Otway 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
26.7 26.7 25.0 22.2 18.5 15.6 15.0 16.7 18.9 21.7 23.3 25.0 21.7
Low Max
17.1 17.2 16.2 14.4 13.0 11.7 11.1 11.4 12.2 13.0 14.4 15.6 12.8
High Min
15.6 16.4 15.6 13.9 12.2 10.6 9.4 10.0 10.6 11.7 12.8 14.3 13.9
Low Min
11.0 11.5 10.6 9.4 7.8 6.1 5.6 5.6 6.1 7.2 8.3 9.6 7.2

Cape Otway Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
153 156 155 160 160 159 158 159 156 157 155 153 154.0
Earliest Entry
1865 1865 1865 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
159 159 158 159 159 161 161 160 158 158 159 159 159.0
Earliest Entry
1865 1865 1865 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864 1864
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
154 155 154 154 154 154 154 154 153 153 153 152 153.0
Earliest Entry
1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE
South West, Victoria
38.8557°S 143.5130°E 80m AMSL
Commenced 1861

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An electrifying start to October long weekend

17:21 AEST More than 420,000 lightning strikes affected the nation’s east on Friday as a highly unstable trough and a cold front brought thunderstorms, some severe, to northeastern SA, NSW, Vic and southern QLD ahead of the October long weekend.  Thunderstorms began hopping the border from northeastern SA into NSW from 9am on Friday, October 4.

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