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VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS
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: VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS | Site number: 014825 | Commenced: 1885 | Map | |
| Latitude: 16.40° S | Longitude: 131.01° E | Elevation: 89 m | Operational status: Open | |
| 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) | 36.5 | 35.6 | 35.4 | 34.8 | 32.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 32.1 | 35.8 | 38.1 | 38.6 | 37.9 | 34.7 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 44.4 | 43.9 | 43.2 | 40.9 | 38.3 | 36.9 | 37.7 | 39.2 | 41.4 | 44.9 | 45.4 | 44.9 | 45.4 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 01 Jan 1973 | 19 Feb 1970 | 05 Mar 2022 | 04 Apr 2020 | 15 May 2022 | 07 Jun 2016 | 23 Jul 2021 | 28 Aug 1970 | 26 Sep 2022 | 21 Oct 2021 | 09 Nov 1965 | 16 Dec 2021 | 09 Nov 1965 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 26.0 | 25.0 | 24.3 | 20.4 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 13.1 | 21.9 | 24.4 | 18.6 | 19.5 | 25.7 | 13.1 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 30 Jan 1996 | 04 Feb 2004 | 28 Mar 1985 | 26 Apr 1983 | 30 May 2004 | 21 Jun 2007 | 02 Jul 1999 | 01 Aug 1990 | 17 Sep 2024 | 20 Oct 2000 | 19 Nov 1981 | 26 Dec 2015 | 02 Jul 1999 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 32.5 | 31.5 | 31.8 | 31.6 | 27.8 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 27.8 | 32.3 | 35.0 | 35.2 | 34.0 | 49 | 1965 2024 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 40.4 | 39.4 | 38.4 | 37.4 | 35.1 | 33.1 | 33.1 | 35.5 | 38.6 | 40.5 | 41.4 | 41.1 | 49 | 1965 2024 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 28.7 | 26.2 | 28.1 | 27.2 | 22.6 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 23.3 | 27.2 | 28.4 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 295.9 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 20.8 | 15.6 | 17.8 | 14.8 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 19.8 | 26.2 | 26.0 | 23.6 | 174.6 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 4.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 31.1 | 60 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 25.0 | 24.5 | 23.4 | 19.9 | 15.8 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 13.2 | 18.3 | 22.5 | 24.7 | 25.3 | 19.7 | 58 | 1965 2025 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 15.9 | 17.0 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 1.3 | 58 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 18 Jan 1983 | 09 Feb 2012 | 26 Mar 1997 | 13 Apr 1994 | 27 May 2012 | 25 Jun 2012 | 20 Jul 1965 | 09 Aug 1995 | 14 Sep 2004 | 12 Oct 1982 | 25 Nov 1996 | 05 Dec 1987 | 20 Jul 1965 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 31.4 | 31.2 | 29.9 | 28.5 | 26.8 | 24.4 | 24.2 | 24.7 | 28.4 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 58 | 1965 2025 |
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| Date | 06 Jan 1971 | 07 Feb 1972 | 03 Mar 2007 | 05 Apr 2020 | 02 May 2016 | 03 Jun 2022 | 07 Jul 2017 | 26 Aug 1986 | 22 Sep 2022 | 27 Oct 1976 | 12 Nov 2020 | 10 Dec 2016 | 10 Dec 2016 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 22.9 | 22.6 | 20.0 | 15.1 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 11.9 | 16.6 | 21.1 | 22.7 | 48 | 1965 2024 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 27.0 | 26.3 | 25.5 | 24.0 | 21.4 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 19.4 | 23.7 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 27.5 | 48 | 1965 2024 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °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 | 58 | 1965 2025 |
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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 | 58 | 1965 2025 |
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| Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C) | 23.2 | 22.8 | 21.5 | 17.6 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 16.8 | 15 | 1999 2020 |
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| Lowest ground temperature (°C) | 14.0 | 14.4 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 0.0 | -2.0 | -4.6 | -2.1 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.8 | -4.6 | 21 | 1999 2021 |
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| Date | 18 Jan 2021 | 10 Feb 2012 | 25 Mar 2018 | 27 Apr 2018 | 20 May 2016 | 30 Jun 2002 | 17 Jul 2002 | 01 Aug 2002 | 04 Sep 2003 | 02 Oct 2002 | 14 Nov 1999 | 26 Dec 2018 | 17 Jul 2002 | ||||
| Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 21 | 1999 2021 |
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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) | 160.3 | 162.2 | 109.0 | 23.0 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 19.4 | 59.7 | 119.8 | 673.6 | 137 | 1885 2025 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 781.4 | 645.4 | 456.5 | 254.0 | 59.2 | 86.0 | 75.8 | 42.7 | 68.2 | 235.2 | 220.3 | 371.8 | 1513.4 | 137 | 1885 2025 |
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| Date | 1937 | 2008 | 1935 | 1985 | 1955 | 2007 | 1968 | 1893 | 1979 | 2010 | 1973 | 2022 | 2024 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 13.4 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 241.8 | 137 | 1885 2025 |
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| Date | 1972 | 1920 | 1946 | 2018 | 2023 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2023 | 2012 | 1889 | 1889 | 1928 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 52.1 | 40.5 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 39.5 | 138 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 133.2 | 127.6 | 80.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 52.3 | 93.8 | 138 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 278.1 | 296.7 | 255.8 | 64.7 | 24.1 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 40.7 | 117.8 | 234.8 | 138 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 172.8 | 222.3 | 177.8 | 211.8 | 57.2 | 50.8 | 65.8 | 42.2 | 64.2 | 99.0 | 122.0 | 186.7 | 222.3 | 135 | 1885 2025 |
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| Date | 03 Jan 2017 | 20 Feb 1927 | 06 Mar 1935 | 15 Apr 1985 | 18 May 1910 | 20 Jun 2007 | 14 Jul 1968 | 17 Aug 1893 | 30 Sep 1979 | 31 Oct 2010 | 26 Nov 1981 | 28 Dec 1957 | 20 Feb 1927 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 11.9 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 6.8 | 10.1 | 55.6 | 136 | 1885 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 10.2 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 46.6 | 135 | 1885 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 19.5 | 135 | 1885 2025 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 135 | 1885 2025 |
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| Mean daily wind run (km) | 183 | 162 | 147 | 150 | 155 | 162 | 157 | 158 | 169 | 183 | 181 | 174 | 165 | 20 | 1994 2025 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 121 | 111 | 98 | 63 | 54 | 50 | 122 | 55 | 71 | 115 | 84 | 109 | 122 | 26 | 1997 2025 |
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| Date | 29 Jan 2002 | 13 Feb 2001 | 15 Mar 1999 | 09 Apr 2012 | 10 May 2019 | 04 Jun 2015 | 03 Jul 1998 | 23 Aug 2022 | 28 Sep 2003 | 12 Oct 2000 | 19 Nov 1998 | 14 Dec 2004 | 03 Jul 1998 | ||||
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 23.9 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 21.9 | 19.6 | 18.4 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 24.1 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 22.5 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 9.6 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 20.0 | 15.7 | 10.0 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 122.4 | 40 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 12.7 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 68.7 | 40 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 22 | 1993 2020 |
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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) | 29.0 | 28.1 | 27.6 | 25.8 | 22.3 | 18.7 | 17.7 | 21.0 | 26.2 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 30.1 | 25.6 | 45 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.0 | 24.9 | 23.7 | 20.2 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 14.0 | 17.8 | 21.2 | 23.4 | 24.7 | 19.7 | 38 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 23.1 | 23.4 | 21.6 | 16.4 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 10.6 | 15.3 | 19.2 | 22.1 | 15.3 | 37 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 72 | 77 | 72 | 57 | 52 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 64 | 56 | 37 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 45 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 7.1 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 41 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm temperature (°C) | 35.3 | 34.1 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 31.2 | 28.5 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 34.8 | 36.8 | 37.0 | 36.2 | 33.4 | 40 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.5 | 25.7 | 24.4 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 20.4 | 22.3 | 24.1 | 25.0 | 21.7 | 33 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 20.6 | 21.7 | 19.2 | 14.0 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 16.2 | 19.0 | 13.5 | 32 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 46 | 52 | 46 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 32 | 40 | 33 | 32 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 40 | 1965 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 9.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 35 | 1965 2010 |
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Product IDCJCM0038 Prepared at Thu 30 Oct 2025 02:20:52 AM AEDT
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