Craptember 2009 Summary for Melbourne
average high ..................... 18.6C/65F (vs 19.4C for Sept 2008)
average low ...................... 10.0C/50F
highest high ...................... 29.9C/86F (12th)
lowest high ....................... 12.6C/53F (27th)
highest low ....................... 15.8C/60F (13th)
lowest low ........................ 5.5C/40F (15th)
days above 25C/77F ........... 1
days above 20C/68F ........... 8
days below 15C/59F ........... 5
nights above 15C/59F ......... 2
nights below 10C/50F ......... 16
total rainfall ...................... 67.4mm / 2.6" (vs 12mm for Sept 2008)
no. of raindays .................. 14

thunderstorms ................... 1
total sunshine ................... 179.4 hours (vs 218 for Sept 2008)
average sun per day .......... 6.0 hours / day
average 9am cloud cover ..... 5/8ths

average 3pm cloud cover ..... 6/8ths


All in all, a very average month temp wise, and a pile of crap in terms of cloud cover and lack of sunshine

It was also wet, with 14 days of rain totalling 67mm. Melbourne also continually missed out on all heatwaves heating bloody Sydney, where it was the hottest September on record, with 3 days over 30C/86F and only four below 20C (one of those a 19.9.) Thbey also had 90 hours more sunshine than Icy cold cloudy Melbourne..