Bendigo experiences an oceanic climate (K�ppen climate classification Cfb), typically dry and mild with cold winters. The mean minimum temperature in January is 14.3 �C (57.7 �F) and the maximum 28.7 �C (83.7 �F), although temperatures above 35 �C (95 �F) are commonly reached. The highest temperature officially recorded was 45.4 �C (113.7 �F), during the early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave. There is also a disputed recording of 47.4 �C (117.3 �F) (on 14 January 1862). The mean minimum temperature in July is 3.5 �C (38.3 �F), and winter minima of below 0 �C (32 �F) have been recorded frequently. Mean maximum winter temperatures in July are 12.1 �C (53.8 �F). Most of the city's annual rainfall of 582.1 millimetres (22.92 in) falls between April and October. Snowfalls are virtually unknown, however frosts can be a common occurrence during the winter months
