Weather in Lancefield

Climate of Lancefield: 1991–2020 normals

In Lancefield, January is typically the warmest month (up to 24.9 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 3.7 °C. September sees the most rain, with around 61 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 10.3 °C and 149 mm of rain, spring 16.6 °C and 180 mm, summer 23.9 °C and 147 mm, autumn 17.4 °C and 114 mm. The wettest season is spring (30 % of the annual total), the driest autumn (19 %).

Compared with Melbourne, the main town 63 km to the south, highs in the warmest month are 1.1 °C lower here, and the year brings 26 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 4 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Kilmore (19 km to the east): summers 1.1 °C warmer and 30 mm drier a year; Woodend (20 km to the south-west): equally warm summers and 18 mm wetter a year; Macedon (22 km to the south-west): summers 0.9 °C cooler and 32 mm wetter a year. Among the 189 places we cover in Victoria whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Lancefield ranks 126th for summer warmth and 104th 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.