Melbourne weather: Hotter than average summer despite plenty of cool days

Feeling confused about the weather in Melbourne this summer? You're not alone - it's been a strange one.

A summer storm rolls across the city on
Christmas Eve. Three days later
Melbourne sweated through its hottest
 day of the season. 

The city is on track to pass an entire summer without cracking 40 degrees, despite early predictions of a particularly hot and dry season.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Rod Dixon said Melbourne has experienced unusually cool weather, with multiple days where the mercury has stalled at 17 degrees.

But repeated spells of scorching weather have nonetheless led to a slightly hotter-than-average summer.

Read Alexandra Laskie’s in today’s Melbourne Age - "Melbourne weather: Hotter than average summer despite plenty of cool days.”