Melbourne’s wild weather through the ages

Forget four seasons in one day — these incredible images capture dramatic dust storms, floods and some of the wildest conditions Melbourne has seen.

Melbourne is not immune to wild weather.

Melbourne is famous for its fast-changing weather. But four seasons in one day is just the half of it.

Melbourne has been hit by major floods, gobbled up by dust storms and scorched by days so hot that train lines buckled.

These photos from the Herald Sun’s archives capture everything from the most dramatic weather moments to Melburnians enjoying beautiful autumns and stunning springs.

Locals use a row boat to navigate the Elwood Canal after it flooded in 1934.

A postman crosses a flooded street after heavy rains in 1934.

Police constables make their way through a flooded Kaikoura Ave in Hawthorn after Gardiner's Creek broke its banks in 1934.

Mrs Joy Fairfax braves heavy winds at Point Ormond, Elwood in 1956.

Groundsmen sweep up autumn leaves in Fitzroy Gardens in 1938.

Paperboys cool off in the Shrine fountain on a hot summer’s day in 1949.

Elizabeth St in Melbourne’s CBD floods after heavy rains in 1972.

People with umbrellas cross the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Street on a rainy day in Melbourne in 1974.

Racegoers struggle to get around a pool of water in the Flemington car park at the Melbourne Cup in 1976.

A man carries a woman across a large puddle in Flemington at the ’76 Melbourne Cup.

A rail worker hoses down train tracks that buckled under extremely hot conditions near Heatherdale on the Ringwood line in 1980.

Children swim in the fountains at City Square during the 1980 Melbourne heatwave.

Strong winds lash boats at Sandringham Yacht Club in 1982.

Volunteers clean up after strong winds demolished the Aspendale Lifesaving Club in 1982.

Motorists drive along a debris-ridden Beach Rd in Black Rock, after a violent storm brought down trees and branches in 1982.

A local resident walks through ice-dusted fields after a heavy hailstorm in Monbulk, east of Melbourne, in 1983.

A dust storm approaches Melbourne in 1983.

The storm blankets the city.

Racing yachts Invincible (right) and Oasis wash up on Mornington beach after a storm hit Melbourne in 1984.

Snow falls in Olinda in October 1984.

A woman leaps over a puddle on a flooded Swanston St in 1985.

Two men look on after cars are caught in floodwaters on Railway Ave, Caulfield in 1985.

A groundsman slides along the court covers at Kooyong after heavy rain caused the delay of the men’s final in 1985.

People cool off at the beach in Port Melbourne during a 1985 heatwave.

People run for cover along Swanston St as a hailstorm hits Melbourne in 1986.

A driver braves floodwaters along Kororoit Creek Rd, Altona in 1987.

Steve Gnafikis with the remains of his car after gale force winds blew over a brick wall. 1987.

Thick fog envelopes Melbourne in 1987.

A gelati seller struggles during a hot day in Melbourne in 1987.

A motorist drives through floodwaters in Saxon St, Brunswick after a storm in 1988.

A man attempts to cross a flooded Flinders St after a storm in 1988.

A motorist attempts to repair his broken down car on Footscray Road after a hailstorm lashed the western suburbs in 1988.

North Melbourne’s John McCarthy tackles Fitzroy’s Darren Kappler during a wet and muddy match in 1989.

VFL media director Mike Sheahan sits on the bonnet of his car in a flooded car park at VFL House after a storm in 1989.

Floodwaters wash over Macauley Rd in Kensington after heavy rains inundated Melbourne in 1989.

Surfers take to the waves in St Kilda after high winds swept through southern Victoria in 1989.

A pedestrian takes a walk as strong wind and rain lash Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, in 1990.

Waves whipped up by the gale force winds crash into the foreshore at Beaconsfield Parade in 1990.

Gardiners Creek turns into a raging river the South Eastern Arterial is a torrent after heavy rains hit Melbourne in 1990.

A cyclist pedals through thick fog in Fawkner Park, South Yarra, 1990.

Cars lie wrecked in Nicholson St, Footscray, after a storm rips through Melbourne in 1990.

Commuters attempt to board a tram on Swanston St in Melbourne’s CBD during a rainstorm in 1991.

A fallen tree blocks Pascoe Vale Rd, Essendon, after a storm sweeps through Melbourne in 1991.

Residents of Errol St, Footscray battle flash flooding after storms lashed Melbourne in 1992.

Two locals swim through a flooded Victoria St in Footscray in 1992.

Emergency personnel clear wreckage after a tree crushed cars during a storm in Melbourne in 1992.

The Nylex sign on Punt Rd shows the temperature at 6pm during a heatwave in Melbourne in 1993.

Officials work to clean up after a storm-flooded centre court at Flinders Park during the ’95 Australian Open.

People attempt to make their way through a flooded Langford St in North Melbourne in 1996.

A remarkable cloud approaches Melbourne across Port Phillip Bay in 2001.

Systems analyst Peter Thornton cools off under the fountains at Parliament Gardens during a heatwave in 2001.

Stranded cars caught by flood waters in Werribee in 2005.

Kooyong tennis courts flooded after record rainfalls in 2005.

Southbank's Yarra River boardwalk is flooded after the record rainfall in 2005.

Drivers brave flood waters along City Rd, South Melbourne in 2005.

A commuter is drenched as a summer storm brings heavy rains in 2010.

Pedestrians attempt to cross Flinders St during the 2010 summer storm.

A man swims along Flinders St in 2010.

Heavy fog blankets Melbourne’s CBD, 2013.

A cold front approaches Melbourne in 2014.