Editing Bendigo (section)

===Climate===
Bendigo has a relatively dry [[temperate climate]] with warm, variable summers and cool winters. Under the [[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen-Geiger classification]], it lies on a [[humid subtropical climate|humid subtropical]]/[[cold semi-arid climate|cold semi-arid]] transitional climate zone (''Cfa/BSk''),<ref>Porteners, M. F. 1993.The natural vegetation of the Hay Plain: Booligal-Hay and Deniliquin-Bendigo 1:250 000 maps, Cunninghamia Vol. 3(1): 1–87.</ref> due to its location being on the boundary of the hot, sultry inland areas to the north and the cool, damp [[Southern Ocean]] to the south.<ref>Donohue, R. J., McVicar, T. R., and Roderick, M. L.: Climate-related trends in Australian vegetation cover as inferred from satellite observations, 1981–2006, Glob. Change Biol., 15, 1025– 1039, 2009</ref> Bendigo gets 109.9 clear days annually.<ref name="latrobe">{{cite web |date=20 June 2014 |title=Bendigo Campus, Latrobe |url=http://www.atuni.com.au/1894/bendigo-campus-latrobe/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110528/http://www.atuni.com.au/1894/bendigo-campus-latrobe/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=31 March 2015 |publisher=AtUni.com.au}}</ref>

The mean minimum temperature in January is {{convert|14.4|°C|1|abbr=on}} and the maximum {{convert|30.3|°C|1|abbr=on}}, although temperatures above {{convert|35|°C|1|abbr=on}} are commonly reached.<ref name="latrobe"/> The highest temperature officially recorded was {{convert|45.4|°C}}, during the [[2009 southeastern Australia heat wave]].<ref>{{Citation | title = The exceptional January–February 2009 heatwave in south-eastern Australia | publisher=National Climate Centre | work=Bureau of Meteorology | page = 2 | date = 12 February 2009 | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/statements/scs17d.pdf }}</ref> There is also a disputed recording of {{convert|47.4|°C}} (on 14 January 1862).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/opinion/weather-history-preserved/722078.aspx|title=Weather history preserved|work=[[Bendigo Advertiser]]|first=Rod|last=Aikman|date=8 February 2003|access-date=5 August 2011}}</ref> Summers are also subject to cold weather: on 2 February 2005, the maximum temperature did not exceed {{convert|11.5|°C}} all day.

The mean minimum temperature in July is {{convert|2.7|°C|1|abbr=on}} and winter minima below {{convert|0|°C|0|abbr=on}} are recorded on 26.1 nights per year on average. Mean maximum winter temperatures in July are {{convert|12.7|°C|1|abbr=on}}. Most of the city's annual rainfall of {{convert|510.0|mm|in|2}} falls between June and September as cold fronts. Snowfalls are rare; however, [[rain and snow mixed|sleet]] occurs and rain commonly falls at temperatures below {{convert|5|C}} on account of the city's exposed location. [[Frost]]s are a common occurrence during the winter and spring, though hampered by the frequent cloud cover.

{{Weather box|location = [[Bendigo Airport (Victoria)|Bendigo Airport]] ([[Bendigo Airport (Australia)|YBDG]]) (1991–2023); 209 m AMSL; 36.74° S, 144.33° E
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan record high C = 45.9
|Feb record high C = 45.4
|Mar record high C = 39.3
|Apr record high C = 34.3
|May record high C = 26.4
|Jun record high C = 20.7
|Jul record high C = 19.7
|Aug record high C = 24.2
|Sep record high C = 32.8
|Oct record high C = 35.5
|Nov record high C = 41.9
|Dec record high C = 44.8
|year record high C =
|Jan high C = 30.3
|Feb high C = 29.5
|Mar high C = 26.1
|Apr high C = 21.4
|May high C = 16.6
|Jun high C = 13.4
|Jul high C = 12.7
|Aug high C = 14.2
|Sep high C = 17.0
|Oct high C = 20.9
|Nov high C = 24.6
|Dec high C = 27.6
|year high C = 21.2
|Jan low C = 14.4
|Feb low C = 14.3
|Mar low C = 11.9
|Apr low C = 8.1
|May low C = 5.3
|Jun low C = 3.6
|Jul low C = 2.7
|Aug low C = 2.9
|Sep low C = 4.6
|Oct low C = 6.9
|Nov low C = 9.9
|Dec low C = 12.0
|year low C = 8.0
|Jan record low C = 3.3
|Feb record low C = 4.0
|Mar record low C = 2.3
|Apr record low C = -1.3
|May record low C = -4.6
|Jun record low C = -5.3
|Jul record low C = -5.1
|Aug record low C = -5.0
|Sep record low C = -5.5
|Oct record low C = -3.5
|Nov record low C = -0.2
|Dec record low C = 1.9
|year record low C = -5.5
|Jan precipitation mm = 35.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 28.4
|Mar precipitation mm = 32.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 35.6
|May precipitation mm = 46.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 50.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 53.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 52.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 52.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 46.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 45.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 37.9
|year precipitation mm = 510.0
|Jan precipitation days = 6.1
|Feb precipitation days = 5.0
|Mar precipitation days = 5.4
|Apr precipitation days = 6.8
|May precipitation days = 11.9
|Jun precipitation days = 13.7
|Jul precipitation days = 16.0
|Aug precipitation days = 14.1
|Sep precipitation days = 11.9
|Oct precipitation days = 9.2
|Nov precipitation days = 7.7
|Dec precipitation days = 6.8
|year precipitation days = 114.6
|humidity colour = green
|Jan afthumidity = 30
|Feb afthumidity = 32
|Mar afthumidity = 35
|Apr afthumidity = 41
|May afthumidity = 55
|Jun afthumidity = 65
|Jul afthumidity = 65
|Aug afthumidity = 57
|Sep afthumidity = 51
|Oct afthumidity = 41
|Nov afthumidity = 36
|Dec afthumidity = 31
|year humidity = 45
|source 1 = [[Australian Bureau of Meteorology]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_081123_All.shtml | title = Climate statistics for Bendigo | access-date = 4 April 2023 | publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |date = April 2023}}</ref>
|date = April 2023
}}

====Extreme weather events====
A series of great floods occurred in Bendigo in 1859.<ref>''The Argus'' (Melbourne) 30 May 1859, p. 6.</ref><ref>''The Courier'' (Hobart, Tas.) 20 May 1859, page 2</ref> Substantial flooding also occurred in 1903.<ref>''The Argus'' (Melbourne) 29 December 1903, p. 6.</ref>

[[File:Bendigo Fires 07022009 1.jpg|thumb|Fire threatening houses in Long Gully, west of Bendigo, during the 2009 [[Black Saturday bushfires]]]]
Tornadoes have been seen around the area of Bendigo and, although rare, the [[2003 Bendigo tornado]] passed through Eaglehawk and other parts of the city causing major damage to homes and businesses.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/18/1053196481064.html
|title='Mini tornado' wreaks havoc
|work=The Age
|access-date=30 March 2008
|location=Melbourne
|date=19 May 2003
}}</ref>

Bendigo was in severe drought from 2006 to 2010 and, during this time, the city had some of the harshest [[water restrictions]] in Australia with no watering outside the household. Heavy rains from the middle to later months of 2010 filled most reservoirs to capacity and only wasteful water use (e.g. hosing down footpaths) is currently banned.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130717140129/http://www.coliban.com.au/savingwater/pwsr.asp Permanent Water Saving Rules] Coliban Water</ref>

Bendigo was affected by the [[Black Saturday bushfires]] in 2009. A fire to the west of the city burned out {{convert|500|ha|acre}}.<ref name="abc bendigo meeting">{{cite news | title = Meeting held for fire-affected Bendigo residents | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date = 9 February 2009 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/08/2485623.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090209222753/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/08/2485623.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 9 February 2009 | access-date =9 February 2009 }}</ref> The fire broke out at about 4.30&nbsp;pm on the afternoon of 7 February and burned through Long Gully and Eaglehawk, coming within {{convert|2|km|abbr=on}} of central Bendigo, before it was brought under control late on 8 February.<ref name="abc bendigo meeting" /> It destroyed about 58 houses in Bendigo's western suburbs and damaged an electricity transmission line, resulting in blackouts to substantial parts of the city.<ref name="herald-sun man on fire">{{cite news | title = The man up the road is on fire | work = Herald Sun | location = Australia | date = 9 February 2009 | url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25025484-2862,00.html | access-date = 9 February 2009 | first1 = Emily | last1 = Power | first2 = Karen | last2 = Collier | archive-date = 30 December 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121230150352/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archives/old-news-pages/the-man-up-the-road-is-on-fire/story-e6frf8zo-1111118793125 | url-status = dead }}</ref> One fatality from the fire occurred.

Flash floods occurred across Bendigo during 2010, the first in March<ref>{{cite web|last=Quirk |first=Clare |url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/bendigo-flood-cleanup-then-the-cost/1769793.aspx |title=Bendigo flood clean-up, then the cost |work=Bendigo Advertiser |date=7 March 2010 |access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> and the most severe at the beginning of September.<ref>{{cite web|last=Quirk |first=Clare |url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/deluge-causes-flood-havoc-across-central-victoria/1932955.aspx |title=Deluge causes flood havoc across central Victoria |work=Bendigo Advertiser |date=5 September 2010 |access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref> The region also had flooding events in October 2022 and January 2024.