Soaking rains, high winds and frigid temperatures. No, this is not mid-winter, it's Melbourne's malfunctioning spring of 2016.
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The city shivered on Sunday with showers, wind gusts and a paltry maximum temperature of 14 at 3.50pm - six degrees lower than the October average maximum of 20.
But there's good news: we'll see a few days of drier, warmer weather later this week.
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Saturday was Melbourne's coldest October day in six years, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, with a maximum of just 13.2 degrees.
Saturday also saw the second-coldest Cox Plate day on record at Moonee Valley racetrack. Women defiantly wore their sleeveless summer frocks to the races but suffered with a trifecta of wind, chill and rain making it seem more like winter.
The mercury was only slightly above the 12.9-degree maximum recorded on Cox Plate day in 1970.
Regarding rain, central Melbourne, according to the bureau's weather station at Olympic Park, recorded 25 millimetres in the 48 hours to 9am Sunday, while Gardiners Creek at Ashwood was the wettest with 55mm.
Across Victoria, Mount Baw Baw received the most rain with 70.4 millimetres.
Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Stephen King said while there had been gusts of 50-60 km/h on Sunday, the overall severity of wind was nothing "terribly flash".
"Because it was cold and windy, it felt miserable, but it was nothing groundbreaking," he said.
Across Victoria, the State Emergency Service reported 487 requests for assistance in the 48 hours to noon on Sunday, mostly east of Melbourne such as in the Dandenongs and the City of Whitehorse.
Three hundred of those calls involved trees fallen onto structures and roads, as wet ground softened roots and strong winds blew trees over.
The SES has warned the public to look out for weakened and fallen trees in coming days when driving or otherwise out and about.
The Great Ocean Road was reopened on Sunday morning but warnings are in place for reduced speeds and traffic down to one lane in some sections due to the threat of landslides.
This week, temperatures in Melbourne most days this week are expected to reach just 18 or 19 degrees, with overnight temperatures between 9 and 12 degrees.
Monday's forecast is for a partly cloudy day, light winds, 20 per cent chance of rain and a top of 18 degrees.
But Tuesday daytime promises more spring-like weather, with a forecast top of 24 degrees, partly cloudy with a possible late shower.
And Saturday, Derby Day at Flemington racecourse, also promises a 24 degree maximum, partly cloudy with very light winds.
Mr King said this week in Melbourne would be "not terribly warm" with "a little bit of rain here and there, Saturday 24 and Sunday 23 [degrees], so maybe next weekend might not be too bad, it might be a bit more spring-like" although there was a chance of a shower on both weekend days.
The seriously warm weather this week will be in Mildura, with a forecast top of 29 degrees on Tuesday, 27 on Wednesday, 30 on Saturday and 26 on Sunday.
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