September sees dry and warm start to season

By Georgia Tacey

Oct 1, 2024

Spring is here and it’s bringing the warmer weather with it. Photo by Djembe Archibald

Spring has sprung and it’s already bringing great weather.

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September saw a warm and dry start to the new season, with plenty of rain-free days to enjoy the sunshine.

Temperatures are already starting to heat up, with Friday, September 6 recording a toasty high of 29.4℃.

On the flip side, Shepparton shivered through a high of 14.7℃ on Saturday, September 14.

This September was warmer than last year’s with a high of 28.1℃ reached last year, and the coldest day reaching only 9.6℃.

While the days are heating up, the nights are still chilly. The warmest night was on Wednesday, September 25, which saw the temperature only drop to 14.1℃, while on Wednesday, September 18, the Bureau of Meteorology recorded a toe-numbing -0.1℃.

Compared to last year, September nights were very similar, with a mean low temperature of 5.5℃ last year and 5.9℃ this year.

The temperature on the warmest night last September fell to 12.4℃, while the coldest dropped to 0.4℃.

It rained on only six days this September, making for a dry month.

But it was a wet end to September, with Shepparton recording 8mm of rain in the 24 hours to 9am on Monday, September 30, according to the BOM.

The total rainfall for the month was only 13.2mm, below September 2023’s total of 15.6mm, and well below the mean average rainfall for September of 37.2mm.