Weather in Rutherglen

Climate of Rutherglen: 1991–2020 normals

In Rutherglen, January is typically the warmest month (up to 30.5 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 4.1 °C. September sees the most rain, with around 62 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 12.9 °C and 174 mm of rain, spring 20.3 °C and 175 mm, summer 29.2 °C and 136 mm, autumn 21.2 °C and 118 mm. The wettest season is spring (29 % of the annual total), the driest autumn (20 %).

Compared with Melbourne, the main town 237 km to the south-west, highs in the warmest month are 4.5 °C higher here, and the year brings 14 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 7 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, October, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Chiltern (17 km to the south-east): summers 0.4 °C cooler and 195 mm wetter a year; Howlong (17 km to the north-east): summers 0.1 °C cooler and 89 mm wetter a year; Wangaratta (36 km to the south): summers 0.2 °C cooler and 16 mm wetter a year. Among the 189 places we cover in Victoria whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Rutherglen ranks 15th for summer warmth and 100th 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.