Editing Geelong (section)

===Climate===
Geelong has a [[temperate]] [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb'' in the [[Köppen climate classification]]) with dominant westerly winds, variable clouds, moderate rainfall that tends to fall lightly, mild to warm summers, and cool winters.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/coranregn.nsf/pages/corangamite_climate
|title=Climate
|work=Department of Primary Industries website
|access-date=2007-12-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/climate_averages/climate-classifications/index.jsp?maptype=tmp_zones#maps|title=Australian Climate Averages - Climate classifications|website=www.bom.gov.au}}</ref> February is the hottest month and July is the coldest.<ref name="bom-old">{{cite web
|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_087025_All.shtml
|title=Climate statistics for 'GEELONG SEC' 1870–1970
|work=[[Bureau of Meteorology]]
|access-date=2007-12-24}}</ref> The highest temperature recorded was {{convert|47.4|°C|°F|sigfig=4}} on [[Early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave|7 February 2009]] during a two-week-long heat wave, with the lowest of {{convert|-4.3|°C|°F|sigfig=3}} recorded on 24 July 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_087163_All.shtml|title=Climate Averages for Geelong Airport|work=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=2024-09-10}}</ref> The city gets around 37.6 clear days annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_087117.shtml|title=Summary statistics GEELONG (NORLANE)|work=Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=2024-09-10}}</ref>

The average annual rainfall is around {{convert|525.2|mm|in|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}, which makes Geelong one of the driest cities in Australia, owing to the pronounced [[rain shadow]] of the [[Otway Ranges]] to the south-west.<ref name="bom-old" /> Within the city, rainfall shows a strong gradient from south to north, so that the southernmost suburbs can receive around {{convert|700|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} whilst more northerly Lara receives as little as {{convert|425|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}, which is the lowest rainfall in southern Victoria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/agmet/images/vic_aarf.gif|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722025431/http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/agmet/images/vic_aarf.gif|url-status=dead|title=vic_aarf.gif (640x600 pixels)|date=22 July 2012|archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Grovedale (Geelong Airport, 1983–2011)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes 
|rain colour = green
|Jan record high C = 45.3	
|Feb record high C = 47.4	
|Mar record high C = 41.5	
|Apr record high C = 34.8
|May record high C = 27.6			
|Jun record high C = 23.4
|Jul record high C = 20.5	
|Aug record high C = 25.8
|Sep record high C = 30.9	
|Oct record high C = 37.1	
|Nov record high C = 37.3	
|Dec record high C = 43.1	
|year record high C = 47.4	
|Jan high C = 24.5	
|Feb high C = 24.7
|Mar high C = 23.0
|Apr high C = 20.2
|May high C = 17.0
|Jun high C = 14.5
|Jul high C = 13.9	
|Aug high C = 14.9
|Sep high C = 16.5
|Oct high C = 18.7	
|Nov high C = 20.7	
|Dec high C = 22.8
|year high C = 
|Jan low C = 13.0	
|Feb low C = 13.5
|Mar low C = 12.0	
|Apr low C = 9.5
|May low C = 7.8	
|Jun low C = 6.3
|Jul low C = 5.4	
|Aug low C = 5.8	
|Sep low C = 6.6	
|Oct low C = 7.6	
|Nov low C = 9.5	
|Dec low C = 10.9
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = 4.5
|Feb record low C = 5.8	
|Mar record low C = 3.6	
|Apr record low C = 1.4
|May record low C = 0.0	
|Jun record low C = -3.1		
|Jul record low C = -4.3		
|Aug record low C = -2.1
|Sep record low C = 0.6
|Oct record low C = -1.3	
|Nov record low C = 2.6	
|Dec record low C = 3.3
|year record low C = 
|Jan rain mm = 37.3
|Feb rain mm = 31.5
|Mar rain mm = 32.0
|Apr rain mm = 45.2
|May rain mm = 46.5	
|Jun rain mm = 40.4
|Jul rain mm = 49.2
|Aug rain mm = 49.1
|Sep rain mm = 49.7
|Oct rain mm = 51.3
|Nov rain mm = 52.8
|Dec rain mm = 40.1
|year rain mm = 525.2
|Jan rain days = 7.0	
|Feb rain days = 5.8	
|Mar rain days = 8.2	
|Apr rain days = 11.9	
|May rain days = 13.0	
|Jun rain days = 15.0	
|Jul rain days = 16.8	
|Aug rain days = 16.7	
|Sep rain days = 16.0	
|Oct rain days = 13.5	
|Nov rain days = 10.3
|Dec rain days = 9.0
| year rain days = 143.2	
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|humidity colour = green
|Jan afthumidity = 55	
|Feb afthumidity = 55	
|Mar afthumidity = 54	
|Apr afthumidity = 57
|May afthumidity = 65
|Jun afthumidity = 70
|Jul afthumidity = 68	
|Aug afthumidity = 64
|Sep afthumidity = 63	
|Oct afthumidity = 60	
|Nov afthumidity = 59	
|Dec afthumidity = 55	
|year humidity = 60
|source =  Bureau of Meteorology; Grovedale (Geelong Airport, 1983–2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_087163_All.shtml
|title= Geelong Airport all years |publisher= Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>}}