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Warrnambool Pest Control

Warrnambool pest control

At the Port Fairy station, which stands for Warrnambool, the rain rises and falls in one unbroken wave, climbing every month from a dry February to a wet August and easing every month back again.

Autumn: usual termite flightsSpring: usual termite flights450 mm22.8°14.1°Jan3622.8°14.4°Feb2921.6°12.9°Mar3719.4°10.8°Apr5016.8°9.1°May6814.7°7.5°Jun7914.2°7.0°Jul9015.0°7.2°Aug9416.6°8.3°Sep7618.3°9.5°Oct5619.9°11.2°Nov4821.4°12.5°Dec44Usual tick season, July to December (it varies by place) Jan22.8°36Feb22.8°29Mar21.6°37Apr19.4°50May16.8°68Jun14.7°79Jul14.2°90Aug15.0°94Sep16.6°76Oct18.3°56Nov19.9°48Dec21.4°44Ticks
  • Average daily low to high, °C
  • Average rainfall, mm
  • Autumn and spring, when termites usually fly
  • Usual tick season, varies by place
The average year, 1991 to 2020, at the Bureau of Meteorology's Port Fairy weather station, which stands for Warrnambool on this page, from SILO's records, which SILO completes with its own estimates for any day the station did not record. The station's own records cover 1994 to 2020; the years before 1994 are SILO's estimates. The termite seasons are the ones the Australian Museum names and the tick months are the ones the Australian Government’s health advice gives (both below); neither is read from the weather.
The figures as a table
MonthAverage daily maximumAverage daily minimumAverage rainfall
January22.8°C14.1°C36 mm
February22.8°C14.4°C29 mm
March21.6°C12.9°C37 mm
April19.4°C10.8°C50 mm
May16.8°C9.1°C68 mm
June14.7°C7.5°C79 mm
July14.2°C7.0°C90 mm
August15.0°C7.2°C94 mm
September16.6°C8.3°C76 mm
October18.3°C9.5°C56 mm
November19.9°C11.2°C48 mm
December21.4°C12.5°C44 mm

A single wet season with no false starts

At the station the year has one wet season and one dry one with no false starts between them. Each month from March to August is wetter than the one before, and each month from September to February is drier, so the 706 mm of an average year arrives as one long swell centred on late winter.

January and February share the station's warmest days at 22.8°C, and no month is hot. July's nights, the coolest of the year, average 7.0°C, and the coolest stretch, June to August, is a long, level plateau rather than a sharp dip. The nights keep step with the days: January's and February's are the warmest, February's averaging 14.4°C.

Spring's middle month, October

Spring at the station is the wetter season, with 180 mm against autumn's 155 mm, and September, still carrying the winter rain, is wetter than any autumn month. October sits squarely in the middle, its days averaging 18.3°C, the same as spring as a whole. Autumn starts from March, among the driest months, before May brings the rain back in earnest.

Pests and weather, from public sources

Termites

New colonies begin when winged termites leave the nest in a colonising flight. The Australian Museum says these flights happen in warm, humid weather, mostly in spring and autumn.

Australian Museum

Cockroaches

The Better Health Channel says cockroaches do best where conditions are warm, humid and unhygienic.

Better Health Channel (Victorian Government)

Mosquitoes

“Mosquitoes need water to breed, and some mosquitoes can breed in very small amounts of water.”

NSW Health

Ticks

Ticks can be found in any month. The Australian Government’s health advice puts the usual tick season at July to December, and says it differs from place to place.

Australian Centre for Disease Control

Who licenses pest work in Victoria

In Victoria, the Department of Health is the body that licenses and regulates pest control operators, under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (section 101). Department of Health, Victoria

The department’s guidelines say that Act requires each pest control operator to hold a licence, except where a pesticide is used for certain specified purposes carrying no significant risk to public health. Department of Health, Victoria

About pest control licences in Victoria, Department of Health