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Satellite view of Fossil Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Fossil Beach

AustraliaVictoria · Australia · Indian Ocean

-38.2421, 145.0276 · Mornington, 3 km

  • 21°Sea · February
  • 26°High · January
  • 10.1 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Fossil Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Fossil Beach in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 7.6 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month61 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 7Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 30 kmAirport: Melbourne Moorabbin Airport (MBW)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 14.6 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJanuary and February21 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December10 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and March45 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°10 h45 mm
  2. Feb21°9 h49 mm
  3. Mar20°8 h46 mm
  4. Apr18°6 h61 mm
  5. May15°5 h60 mm
  6. Jun13°4 h64 mm
  7. Jul12°4 h64 mm
  8. Aug11°5 h70 mm
  9. Sep12°6 h61 mm
  10. Oct14°8 h61 mm
  11. Nov16°8 h74 mm
  12. Dec18°10 h60 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 21°Mar: 20°Apr: 18°May: 15°Jun: 13°Jul: 12°Aug: 11°Sep: 12°Oct: 14°Nov: 16°Dec: 18°21°11°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20 °C (High 26° / Low 14°)Feb: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 15°)Mar: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 14°)Apr: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)May: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 9°)Jun: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 7°)Jul: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)Aug: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)Sep: 12 °C (High 16° / Low 8°)Oct: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 9°)Nov: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 11°)Dec: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 13°)20°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 45 mm45Feb: 49 mmMar: 46 mmApr: 61 mmMay: 60 mmJun: 64 mmJul: 64 mmAug: 70 mmSep: 61 mmOct: 61 mmNov: 74 mm74Dec: 60 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10.1 h10.1Feb: 9.1 hMar: 8.2 hApr: 6.4 hMay: 4.6 hJun: 3.8 h3.8Jul: 3.8 h3.8Aug: 4.8 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 7.6 hNov: 8.5 hDec: 9.5 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Fossil Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Fossil Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January26142045810.116
Februarywarmest sea2515214979.116
March2314204678.216
April2011186196.415
May1691560124.616
June1371364143.816
July1361264143.818
August1361170154.819
September1681261136.118
October1891461127.617
November21111674108.516
December2313186099.516

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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