ESSENDON AIRPORT

Weather station · 37.7°S 144.9°E · 86 m above sea level

WMO 95866Station data since 1939

Right now18.3°C06:00 UTC · 1 h 7 min agoSource: NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins

Today so far18.3°/18.3°High at 06:00 UTC · low at 06:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high47.3°CSaturday, 7 February 2009 · highest in available records since 1939Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−3.3°CTuesday, 17 June 1969 · lowest in available records since 1939Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

29.3°C

in 2017

Record low

1.0°C

in 1945

Average high

17.0°C

all years on record

Record watch

11.0°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high 18.3°C against 29.3°C in 2017. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

47.3°C

Date: Saturday, 7 February 2009
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: ESSENDON AIRPORT, Australia
Position: 37.73°S 144.91°E · 86 m

Highest highest in available records since 1939. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−3.3°C

Date: Tuesday, 17 June 1969
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: ESSENDON AIRPORT, Australia
Position: 37.73°S 144.91°E · 86 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1939. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Records by month

Jan

45.8°

5.7°

Feb

47.3°

5.3°

Mar

40.7°

3.7°

Apr

35.2°

0.6°

May

27.0°

0.1°

Jun

22.6°

−3.3°

Jul

21.9°

−2.6°

Aug

24.4°

−2.4°

Sep

30.3°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at ESSENDON AIRPORT, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	18.3°C	06:00 UTC	18.3°C	06:00 UTC

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Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
Figure	Source	Type
Right now, today so far	NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP)	Measured, station
All-time, monthly and on-this-day records	NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1939 to 2026	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated