Melbourne weather forecast

Melbourne is renowned for it's sudden changes in weather, especially during the summer months.

Cold fronts can drop the temperature from 40 degrees Celsius to 20 degrees in less than 2 hours.

These changes are often associated by thunderstorms that can produce severe weather in the form of large hail, damaging winds and flash flooding.

These severe events often happen later in the summer months and early in autumn when humidity levels are typically high. Mid to late autumn is often a time of more stable weather with light winds and drier days.

Winter time cold fronts bring regular rainfall to the city in most years and can also produce snow on the nearby Dandenong Ranges to the east of the city.

Snowfalls in the city are rare but do occur around once every 20-30 years but don't usually settle on the ground.

Melbourne holds the record for the highest maximum temperature of any Australian capital city, with a top of 46.4 degrees on Saturday February 7th 2009.

This was the day of the devastating 'Black Saturday' fires, which claimed close to 200 lives through towns to the north and northeast of Melbourne.

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