Melbourne 5W Threshold Days by Year (USC00034746)

7 fixed thresholds counted per year at Melbourne 5W (USC00034746): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Melbourne 5W Thresholds

Melbourne 5W: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 62 years, most in 2019 with 53.
Melbourne 5W: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 62 years, most in 2008 with 25.
Melbourne 5W: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 59 years, most in 1973 with 10.
Melbourne 5W: days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 27 years, most in 1969 with 2.
7 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Melbourne 5W.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

62 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Melbourne 5W with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 53 in 2019.

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Melbourne 5W
Year	Days	Decade average
1949	38	38
1956	38	39.3
1957	45	39.3
1958	35	39.3
1961	36	34.7
1962	34	34.7
1963	25	34.7
1964	30	34.7
1965	37	34.7
1966	33	34.7
1967	45	34.7
1968	41	34.7
1969	31	34.7
1970	43	39.8
1971	31	39.8
1972	42	39.8
1973	50	39.8
1974	39	39.8
1975	45	39.8
1976	30	39.8
1977	37	39.8
1978	42	39.8
1979	39	39.8
1980	24	35.8
1981	35	35.8
1982	43	35.8
1983	34	35.8
1984	43	35.8
1985	42	35.8
1986	34	35.8
1987	37	35.8
1988	37	35.8
1989	29	35.8
1990	52	40
1991	48	40
1992	35	40
1993	46	40
1994	36	40
1995	37	40
1996	41	40
1997	31	40
1998	42	40
1999	32	40
2000	35	37
2001	28	37
2002	38	37
2005	28	37
2006	36	37
2007	30	37
2008	50	37
2009	51	37
2010	36	39.6
2011	43	39.6
2012	32	39.6
2013	42	39.6
2014	34	39.6
2015	51	39.6
2016	32	39.6
2017	32	39.6
2018	41	39.6
2019	53	39.6
2020	53	53

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Melbourne 5W meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).

First to last qualifying date each year at Melbourne 5W
Year	First date	Last date
1949	1949-01-16	1949-12-26
1956	1956-01-19	1956-12-20
1957	1957-01-20	1957-12-25
1958	1958-01-20	1958-11-28
1961	1961-01-15	1961-12-17
1962	1962-01-05	1962-12-29
1963	1963-02-26	1963-12-11
1964	1964-02-06	1964-12-11
1965	1965-01-02	1965-12-25
1966	1966-01-01	1966-12-28
1967	1967-01-26	1967-12-22
1968	1968-01-23	1968-12-28
1969	1969-01-17	1969-12-31
1970	1970-01-06	1970-12-31
1971	1971-01-04	1971-12-14
1972	1972-01-04	1972-12-31
1973	1973-01-07	1973-12-29
1974	1974-01-11	1974-12-29
1975	1975-01-03	1975-12-29
1976	1976-01-25	1976-12-11
1977	1977-01-09	1977-12-17
1978	1978-01-16	1978-12-31
1979	1979-01-01	1979-12-24
1980	1980-03-17	1980-12-09
1981	1981-01-30	1981-12-23
1982	1982-01-03	1982-12-28
1983	1983-02-01	1983-12-11
1984	1984-01-10	1984-12-31
1985	1985-01-01	1985-12-11
1986	1986-02-04	1986-12-09
1987	1987-01-04	1987-12-27
1988	1988-01-07	1988-12-28
1989	1989-01-06	1989-10-01
1990	1990-01-04	1990-12-30
1991	1991-01-06	1991-12-21
1992	1992-01-08	1992-12-16
1993	1993-01-04	1993-12-14
1994	1994-01-17	1994-12-21
1995	1995-01-06	1995-12-19
1996	1996-01-02	1996-12-24
1997	1997-01-09	1997-12-24
1998	1998-01-05	1998-12-24
1999	1999-01-02	1999-12-13
2000	2000-01-03	2000-12-12
2001	2001-01-12	2001-12-19
2002	2002-01-23	2002-12-31
2005	2005-01-03	2005-11-28
2006	2006-01-10	2006-12-31
2007	2007-01-13	2007-12-27
2008	2008-01-08	2008-12-28
2009	2009-01-27	2009-12-25
2010	2010-01-20	2010-12-30
2011	2011-02-02	2011-12-27
2012	2012-01-11	2012-12-10
2013	2013-01-01	2013-12-22
2014	2014-01-11	2014-12-18
2015	2015-01-02	2015-12-28
2016	2016-02-24	2016-12-06
2017	2017-01-19	2017-12-23
2018	2018-01-08	2018-12-31
2019	2019-01-04	2019-12-29
2020	2020-01-10	2020-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Melbourne 5W
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	62	53	2019	53
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	62	25	2008	11
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	59	10	1973	4
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	21	2	1992	1
200 mm (7.87 in): Days with 200 mm or more rain	1	1	1982	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	27	2	1969	2
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	1	1	1994	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1949.

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Data for Melbourne 5W threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Melbourne 5W Threshold Days by Year (USC00034746)

Key Facts for Melbourne 5W Thresholds

Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation

Every Fixed Threshold

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