Trevelin ground for long periods of time. Winters are stormy with frequent rain, sleet and snow while summers are cool, windy and relatively dry. Mean annual precipitation is . The precipitation pattern resembles a Mediterranean one, where most (75%) of the precipitation is concentrated from April to August, the cooler months with a dry period from September to March. Snowfall can occur during the colder months while rainfall predominates in warmer months; hail rarely occurs. The mean temperature in Trevelin ranges from in July, the coldest month to in January, the warmest month. Frosts can occur at anytime, even in summer,
Centenary 1000 Mt St Bernard and Hotham Heights. The stage however was interrupted with a torrential downpours of rain hail and sleet and the race was suspended at Mt Buffalo, after covering around . The riders were accommodated at the Mt Buffalo Chalet as they were effectively marooned, with the road to Wangaratta under of water, the Alpine road over Mt St Bernard was impassable and of snow fell at Mt Hotham. Milliken suffered a puncture on Mt Buffalo and had to wait more than an hour for a spare wheel. It was reported that he was almost frozen and he abandoned