A fairly normal September

September was slightly wetter and slightly cooler than normal in Victoria, but nothing too extreme.

Rainfall for the month was 27.6 mm, a bit more than the 1981-2010 average of 23.9 mm for September at Victoria Gonzales.  There were 9 days with measurable rainfall (compared with the normal of 6.5 days), with the highest amount (11.6 mm) on the 17th.  The Victoria Airport received just slightly more rainfall in September, 31.1 mm.

The mean temperature was a bit lower than the 1981-2010 average: 14.2 degrees versus 14.6 degrees.   September 2016 ended a nine month streak of above average monthly temperatures at Victoria Gonzales: it was the first month since November 2015 to be below normal temperature.  While September was a bit cooler than the average for the past 30 years, if you look at the past 119 Septembers at Victoria Gonzales, this month's temperature falls almost exactly middle of the pack (i.e. the median).  The average daily max and min temperature this September was 17.6/10.6.  The average max temperature was about one degree below normal, but the average min temperature was right on the normal.  The highest temperature for the month was 22.9 on the 13th while the lowest was 6.6 on the 30th.  At the Victoria Airport, the mean temperature was 14.3, which was slightly higher than the 30-year average of 14.1.