Weather in Chewton

Climate of Chewton: 1991–2020 normals

In Chewton, January is typically the warmest month (up to 27.2 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 4.4 °C. August sees the most rain, with around 59 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 11.5 °C and 163 mm of rain, spring 18.1 °C and 161 mm, summer 26.2 °C and 120 mm, autumn 19.1 °C and 111 mm. The wettest season is winter (29 % of the annual total), the driest autumn (20 %).

Compared with Melbourne, the main town 103 km to the south-east, highs in the warmest month are 1.2 °C higher here, and the year brings 62 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 5 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Maldon (19 km to the north-west): summers 0.1 °C warmer and 72 mm drier a year; Kyneton (25 km to the south-east): summers 2.0 °C cooler and 54 mm wetter a year; Daylesford (31 km to the south): summers 2.3 °C cooler and 52 mm wetter a year. Among the 189 places we cover in Victoria whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Chewton ranks 63rd for summer warmth and 124th for annual precipitation. The warmest summers are in Irymple and the coolest in Falls Creek; the wettest year is in Falls Creek and the driest in Merbein.