Geelong weather forecast: Rain pours as city shivers through chilly long weekend

Geelong has been hit with its highest June overnight rainfall for years as flooding and building damage are reported in multiple suburbs.

Alex Jennings and Sarah Rundle enjoying the wet and chilly weather in Geelong on Sunday with their dogs Frankie and Jerry. Picture: Mark Wilson

Geelong has been hit with its highest June overnight rainfall for six years as the city shivers through its coldest day of the year.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, almost 30mm of rain has fallen at the Geelong Racecourse in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday, making it the wettest overnight period for the month since June 3, 2019, when 33mm was recorded.

It comes as emergency services responded to multiple calls for assistance in Geelong due to flooding.

A car drives through water in Geelong on Sunday afternoon. Picture: Mark Wilson

There were reports of damage buildings Newtown, Grovedale and Highton while water had affected a Grovedale aged care centre, an address on Barrabool Rd in Ceres and a home in Lara as of 4.30pm.

A tree has also fallen in Bellbrae, near Torquay.

BOM forecaster Jonathan How said the mercury had dropped to its chilliest for 2025, with a top of 10C on Sunday.

“Certainly in Geelong and down the Otways it’s the best rainfall we have seen for some time,” he said.

“It’s also the coldest couple of days of the year so far.”

Apollo Bay and Aireys Inlet were also soaked with 40mm and 36mm rainfall totals in the last 24 hours.

Mount Sabine, halfway between Lorne and Apollo Bay, recorded the highest across Victoria with 69mm.

Barbara Gault with an umbrella on Sunday at Eastern Beach. Picture: Mark Wilson

Avalon Airport’s 24mm was also the highest since the same day in June 2019.

“It has definitely been moderate rainfall and in some places heavy, with Geelong, Surf Coast and Bellarine doing the best,” Mr How said.

“The heaviest rain is behind us but there will still be some heavy bursts.”

More showers are expected in Geelong and along the coast on Sunday before becoming isolated overnight.

North Geelong resident, Anthony Ford, said rain had been steady.

“Hopefully it keeps going for the next couple of days,” he said.

Showers are expected to ease on the Kings Birthday public holiday on Monday and into the evening, but cool and cloudy days are in store.

Sunday’s temperature of 9C is the coldest day recorded this year, with the previous coolest 14C.

Originally published as Geelong weather forecast: Rain pours as city shivers through chilly long weekend