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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
MITCHELL PLATEAU
An extended list of climate statistics recorded is provided below. There is also a summary table for printing with the commonly requested statistics and a map showing the location of this site. Monthly statistics are only included if there are more than 10 years of suitable data.
Note: Many statistics are updated quarterly and recent weather events may not be represented in the statistics below. For more current information on recent extreme values, please refer to the corresponding Daily rainfall, Maximum temperature and Minimum temperature data tables for this site, and our Australian Climate and Weather Extremes Monitoring System. Missing observations associated with the observer being unavailable (where observations are undertaken manually), a failure in the observing equipment, or when an event has produced suspect data may result in an extreme event not being recorded.Site details
| Site name: MITCHELL PLATEAU | Site number: 001012 | Commenced: 1968 | Map | |
| Latitude: 14.79° S | Longitude: 125.83° E | Elevation: 315 m | Operational status: Closed 09 Sep 2002 | |
| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean maximum temperature (°C) | 32.5 | 32.1 | 32.7 | 33.2 | 31.7 | 29.6 | 30.1 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 35.7 | 36.2 | 34.5 | 32.9 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 40.9 | 38.1 | 37.3 | 40.0 | 37.3 | 33.5 | 34.7 | 37.3 | 39.4 | 40.5 | 42.3 | 39.7 | 42.3 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Date | 02 Jan 1985 | 01 Feb 1976 | 06 Mar 1980 | 07 Apr 1986 | 03 May 1981 | 01 Jun 1980 | 25 Jul 1981 | 28 Aug 1970 | 10 Sep 1971 | 28 Oct 1976 | 02 Nov 1984 | 20 Dec 1981 | 02 Nov 1984 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 24.6 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 25.4 | 23.9 | 22.0 | 22.7 | 26.0 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 23.7 | 26.8 | 22.0 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Date | 20 Jan 1986 | 26 Feb 1984 | 07 Mar 1979 | 26 Apr 1983 | 14 May 1979 | 12 Jun 1977 | 23 Jul 1986 | 05 Aug 1986 | 08 Sep 1974 | 20 Oct 1976 | 19 Nov 1981 | 04 Dec 1975 | 12 Jun 1977 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 28.4 | 28.6 | 29.5 | 31.4 | 29.5 | 26.9 | 27.2 | 29.9 | 32.5 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 31.5 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 35.8 | 35.3 | 35.1 | 35.0 | 33.9 | 32.2 | 32.3 | 34.7 | 36.6 | 38.1 | 38.5 | 37.2 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 24.7 | 22.8 | 26.8 | 28.7 | 24.4 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 26.5 | 29.1 | 25.9 | 28.3 | 28.9 | 294.6 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 6.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 11.9 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 14.2 | 87.5 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 22.8 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 18.6 | 14.8 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 20.0 | 22.4 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 17.9 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 15.6 | 18.2 | 1.5 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Date | 29 Jan 1976 | 22 Feb 1972 | 18 Mar 1981 | 30 Apr 1986 | 21 May 1976 | 29 Jun 1977 | 06 Jul 1984 | 06 Aug 1983 | 02 Sep 1970 | 12 Oct 1982 | 30 Nov 1974 | 16 Dec 1983 | 29 Jun 1977 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 28.2 | 27.2 | 25.6 | 23.7 | 22.7 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.7 | 23.9 | 26.8 | 26.7 | 28.6 | 28.6 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Date | 03 Jan 1980 | 03 Feb 1981 | 19 Mar 1980 | 07 Apr 1978 | 08 May 1979 | 28 Jun 1986 | 08 Jul 1978 | 26 Aug 1983 | 29 Sep 1981 | 27 Oct 1976 | 13 Nov 1985 | 09 Dec 1974 | 09 Dec 1974 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 21.1 | 21.3 | 20.0 | 14.4 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 11.6 | 16.4 | 20.3 | 21.3 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 24.4 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 22.2 | 19.5 | 16.8 | 14.7 | 17.2 | 20.4 | 23.0 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean rainfall (mm) | 378.6 | 367.5 | 320.4 | 41.0 | 31.5 | 8.4 | 16.4 | 1.3 | 11.8 | 52.0 | 126.9 | 182.1 | 1548.0 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 890.1 | 606.4 | 791.4 | 153.8 | 227.2 | 78.8 | 148.0 | 19.8 | 89.6 | 128.2 | 236.6 | 369.1 | 2157.6 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Date | 1974 | 1969 | 1983 | 1983 | 1979 | 1986 | 1986 | 1971 | 1973 | 1981 | 1973 | 1975 | 1973 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 73.9 | 160.7 | 100.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 73.9 | 1093.3 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Date | 1970 | 1983 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1984 | 1985 | 1984 | 1985 | 1980 | 1976 | 1984 | 1985 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 153.4 | 201.5 | 134.8 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 57.0 | 98.9 | 19 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 367.6 | 387.9 | 299.1 | 31.4 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 50.5 | 137.2 | 171.4 | 19 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 639.5 | 561.9 | 568.1 | 90.1 | 79.4 | 23.7 | 74.5 | 0.9 | 25.9 | 94.7 | 183.1 | 263.3 | 19 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 243.2 | 257.8 | 195.2 | 44.6 | 172.0 | 48.4 | 77.2 | 19.8 | 36.3 | 76.6 | 74.2 | 155.0 | 257.8 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Date | 17 Jan 1982 | 02 Feb 1969 | 03 Mar 1983 | 05 Apr 1983 | 24 May 1979 | 30 Jun 1986 | 23 Jul 1986 | 27 Aug 1971 | 16 Sep 1973 | 02 Oct 1986 | 22 Nov 1973 | 04 Dec 1975 | 02 Feb 1969 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 19.6 | 19.6 | 17.8 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 13.9 | 96.8 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 17.9 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 12.2 | 85.2 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 10.6 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 43.6 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 19.1 | 19 | 1968 1986 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 20.0 | 20.1 | 21.8 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 24.2 | 25.4 | 24.5 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 13.4 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 11.6 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 116.5 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 19.2 | 18.6 | 16.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 14.3 | 94.4 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | 5 | 1982 1986 |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean 9am temperature (°C) | 27.9 | 27.6 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 26.8 | 23.9 | 24.0 | 26.4 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 30.7 | 29.5 | 27.8 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 22.3 | 19.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 17.8 | 19.9 | 22.7 | 23.7 | 24.5 | 21.3 | 14 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 23.2 | 23.4 | 22.7 | 18.5 | 13.3 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 22.2 | 16.8 | 13 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 76 | 78 | 73 | 55 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 66 | 55 | 13 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 15 | 1970 1986 |
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| 9am wind speed vs direction plot |  |
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| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
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| Mean 3pm temperature (°C) | 30.5 | 29.8 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 31.3 | 32.7 | 32.9 | 33.0 | 32.2 | 31.1 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.0 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 22.3 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 17.2 | 19.1 | 21.0 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 21.9 | 14 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 22.3 | 22.8 | 21.6 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 9.3 | 12.5 | 16.9 | 18.9 | 20.7 | 15.8 | 13 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 63 | 68 | 62 | 43 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 42 | 46 | 52 | 44 | 13 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 16 | 1970 1986 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 14 | 1970 1986 |
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red = highest value
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Product IDCJCM0039 Prepared at Thu 16 Jan 2025 01:59:52 AM AEDT
Monthly statistics are only included if there are more than 10 years of data. The number of years (provided in the 2nd last column of the table) may differ between elements if the observing program at the site changed. More detailed data for individual sites can be obtained by contacting the Bureau.
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- This page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_001012_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_001012.shtml - About climate averages: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cdo/about/about-stats.shtml
- Data file (csv): http://www.bom.gov.au/clim_data/cdio/tables/text/IDCJCM0039_001012.csv
- Climate averages home page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml
- Bureau of Meteorology website: http://www.bom.gov.au
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