Melbourne climate

Melbourne Weather in October

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Melbourne, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on October 1 to 19°C on October 31, and lows from 9°C to 10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 12 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Melbourne, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

October at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
65 mm
Record high
36°COct 12, 2006
Record low
0°COct 9, 1939
Daylight
12 h 28 min to 13 h 38 min
Cloud cover
63%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
16.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Oct 117°C9°C25°C 19543°C 201539%
Oct 217°C9°C28°C 20151°C 196840%
Oct 317°C9°C31°C 20152°C 196740%
Oct 417°C9°C31°C 20121°C 196741%
Oct 517°C9°C34°C 20151°C 196541%
Oct 617°C9°C36°C 20153°C 194341%
Oct 718°C9°C29°C 19402°C 196940%
Oct 818°C9°C32°C 19442°C 194940%
Oct 918°C9°C30°C 20150°C 193941%
Oct 1018°C9°C30°C 20153°C 197041%
Oct 1118°C9°C30°C 20063°C 200941%
Oct 1218°C9°C36°C 20061°C 196542%
Oct 1318°C9°C35°C 19402°C 195341%
Oct 1418°C9°C35°C 19401°C 195941%
Oct 1518°C9°C34°C 20152°C 200540%
Oct 1618°C9°C31°C 20252°C 195939%
Oct 1718°C9°C30°C 20173°C 202238%
Oct 1819°C9°C32°C 20082°C 197038%
Oct 1919°C10°C31°C 19613°C 195939%
Oct 2018°C10°C32°C 20153°C 195438%
Oct 2119°C10°C33°C 20073°C 194837%
Oct 2219°C10°C32°C 20142°C 200637%
Oct 2319°C10°C33°C 19651°C 197037%
Oct 2419°C10°C34°C 20193°C 194635%
Oct 2519°C10°C32°C 20153°C 196836%
Oct 2619°C10°C32°C 20083°C 195537%
Oct 2719°C10°C30°C 20072°C 195538%
Oct 2819°C10°C29°C 19423°C 195838%
Oct 2919°C10°C31°C 20093°C 194037%
Oct 3019°C10°C36°C 19652°C 196237%
Oct 3119°C10°C34°C 20094°C 195837%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Melbourne, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).

October 1
sunrise 5:56 AM, sunset 6:24 PM
October 31
sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 7:53 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00086038, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.