The last day of summer was Warrnambool's hottest February day, with the city reaching a high of 39.7 degrees on Thursday.
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Warrnambool recorded six days above 30 degrees across the month, with the its second highest temperature of 37.5 degrees occurring on Monday. Daytime temperatures throughout the month were fairly consistent with 18 days above 20 degrees.
Warrnambool's mean high temperature was 24.9 degrees and the mean low was 12 degrees, compared to last year's mean temperatures which were 25.4 and 13.4 respectively.
Residents pulled out their winter woollies on February 12 when Warrnambool recorded its lowest top temperature for the month which was 17.7 degrees.
February 2 was the city's coldest morning, dropping to a low of 5.4 degrees before reaching a high of 30.3 degrees.
More than 24 millimetres (mm) of rain was recorded in Warrnambool in February. The highest rainfall for the month was 7.6mm on February 7, followed by 7.2mm on February 9 and 4.6 mm on February 13. There were 21 days without rain.
Compared to the same time last year, Warrnambool's top temperature in February 2018 was 36 degrees and its lowest was 18.8 degrees.
In February 2018 there were 23 days above 20 degrees and four days above 30 degrees. There was a total of 26.3mm of rain for the month, with the highest daily fall of 11.4mm recorded on February 23.
Other top temperatures for February 2019 across the region included Hamilton which soared to 39.6 degrees on February 3 and Mortlake reached a high of 40.1 degrees on Thursday. Port Fairy and Portland's hottest day for the month was on Monday with 36 degrees and 35 degrees respectively.
More broadly, the Bureau of Meteorology said areas in central, southern and northwestern Victoria observed drier than average conditions during February, with only parts of East Gippsland reporting above average rainfall.
State-wide, February rainfall was 29 per cent below average for the month.
A line of thunderstorms associated with a low pressure trough developed over western parts of the state on February 6, resulting in widespread falls with daily totals locally exceeding 30 mm.
The second half of the month was mostly dry across the state.
The highest totals for the month were in the south-east of Victoria, with Falls Creek the state's wettest site with 154.4 mm.
In February most of Victoria had above average daytime temperatures.
Night-time temperatures were close to average across most of the state.
State-wide, mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures were 0.72 °C and 0.45 °C above the long-term February average.
The month started and ended with warm daytime temperatures, with a period of cooler days which followed the passage of cold fronts on February 9 and 12.
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