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Welcome to the Werribee Weather Station in Australia. This personal weather station in Werribee, approximately 32 km south-west of Melbourne, resumed operating in late January 2010.
The name Werribee is an aboriginal name meaning backbone or spine. It is thought that this name was given as the shape of the Werribee River valley in the landscape looks like a backbone. The Werribee River seems to have provided a boundary between the territories of the Woiwurong aborigines to the north east and the Wothowurong to the south west, although other tribal groups visited the area. (source: Wikipedia)
Werribee Weather Station is a a volunteer Storm Spotter for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (ABOM) and a member of the Australian Severe Weather Association.
Latest News
Old Rainfall Records Recovered
January 27, 2012
The daily rainfall records from Werribee Weather Station between 1981 - 1989 have been recovered.
2011 Werribee Weather Review
January 1, 2012
Total rainfall in 2011 was 797.0 mm which is 146% of the mean annual rainfall. The daily maximum temperature ranged between 41.2° C and 11.8° C. The daily minimum temperature ranged between 22.1° C and -0.5° C.
Monthly Weather Review, December 2011
January 1, 2012
The total rainfall was 64.9 mm which is 142% of the long-term December mean. The mean daily maximum temperature was 24.6° C which is 0.3° C warmer than the long-term December mean. The mean daily minimum temperature was 13.4° C which is 1.8° C warmer than the long-term December mean.
Observations and Data Availability
The daily weather data from Werribee Weather Station can be viewed in the right side panel and from links in the top menu. A range of monthly climate statistics can be viewed from links in the left side panel.
The main observation is taken in the morning, nominally at 9.00am, to coincide with the end of the meteorological day in Australia and includes:
- Recording the 24 hour rainfall total,
- Recording the 24 hour minimum temperature,
- Recording the previous day's maximum temperature, and
- Recording the previous day's weather phenomena (thunderstorm, hail, lightning, fog and frost).
The evening observation, nominally taken at 6.00pm, is to record that day's provisional maximum temperature.
Station Affiliations
Werribee Weather Station publishes real-time data to these networks:
