Weather in Heathcote

Climate of Heathcote: 1991–2020 normals

In Heathcote, January is typically the warmest month (up to 27.5 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 4.6 °C. September sees the most rain, with around 59 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 12.0 °C and 157 mm of rain, spring 18.6 °C and 166 mm, summer 26.5 °C and 131 mm, autumn 19.5 °C and 113 mm. The wettest season is spring (29 % of the annual total), the driest autumn (20 %).

Compared with Melbourne, the main town 102 km to the south, highs in the warmest month are 1.5 °C higher here, and the year brings 48 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: Puckapunyal (31 km to the east): summers 0.5 °C warmer and 14 mm drier a year; Lancefield (40 km to the south): summers 2.6 °C cooler and 22 mm wetter a year; Seymour (40 km to the east): summers 0.8 °C warmer and 80 mm wetter a year. Among the 189 places we cover in Victoria whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Heathcote ranks 56th for summer warmth and 115th 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.