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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
NORMANTON POST OFFICE
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.
Site details
| Site name: NORMANTON POST OFFICE | Site number: 029041 | Commenced: 1872 | Map | |
| Latitude: 17.67° S | Longitude: 141.07° E | Elevation: 8 m | Operational status: Closed 15 Aug 2001 | |
| 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) | 34.7 | 33.9 | 34.2 | 34.0 | 31.7 | 29.2 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 33.9 | 35.9 | 36.8 | 36.1 | 33.4 | 92 | 1908 2001 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 43.1 | 41.0 | 40.1 | 39.5 | 37.2 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 38.3 | 40.1 | 41.8 | 43.3 | 43.3 | 43.3 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Date | 13 Jan 1992 | 09 Feb 1990 | 26 Mar 1978 | 25 Apr 1978 | 02 May 1988 | 01 Jun 1962 | 15 Jul 1995 | 26 Aug 1968 | 21 Sep 1989 | 27 Oct 1961 | 06 Nov 1963 | 17 Dec 1967 | 17 Dec 1967 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 25.2 | 25.0 | 22.6 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 16.4 | 16.7 | 20.8 | 17.0 | 22.3 | 23.4 | 24.4 | 16.4 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Date | 31 Jan 1989 | 04 Feb 1964 | 03 Mar 1998 | 27 Apr 1983 | 24 May 1959 | 13 Jun 1978 | 01 Jul 1957 | 01 Aug 1990 | 07 Sep 1973 | 25 Oct 1985 | 22 Nov 1989 | 05 Dec 1964 | 13 Jun 1978 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 30.6 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 31.7 | 28.6 | 25.4 | 25.6 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 33.9 | 34.5 | 32.7 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 38.1 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 36.1 | 34.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 33.9 | 36.3 | 38.3 | 39.4 | 39.4 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 28.0 | 25.5 | 29.1 | 28.4 | 25.1 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 22.8 | 28.3 | 30.2 | 29.0 | 29.6 | 304.5 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 18.1 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 9.6 | 23.3 | 25.3 | 22.8 | 136.9 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 6.1 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 25.1 | 24.9 | 24.4 | 22.4 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 24.7 | 25.3 | 21.3 | 91 | 1908 2001 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 18.3 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 14.4 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 11.1 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 18.9 | 6.6 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Date | 29 Jan 1965 | 14 Feb 1987 | 31 Mar 1970 | 30 Apr 1999 | 24 May 1959 | 29 Jun 1959 | 07 Jul 1984 | 03 Aug 1990 | 09 Sep 1969 | 05 Oct 1981 | 20 Nov 1976 | 09 Dec 1982 | 03 Aug 1990 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.6 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 24.2 | 23.9 | 24.5 | 26.7 | 29.4 | 30.0 | 30.2 | 30.2 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Date | 07 Jan 1994 | 01 Feb 1995 | 05 Mar 1988 | 03 Apr 1982 | 15 May 1987 | 02 Jun 1998 | 27 Jul 1990 | 25 Aug 1995 | 11 Sep 1992 | 28 Oct 1998 | 05 Nov 1987 | 01 Dec 1988 | 01 Dec 1988 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 23.0 | 23.2 | 22.8 | 20.5 | 15.6 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 13.2 | 16.5 | 20.0 | 22.8 | 23.0 | 45 | 1957 2001 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 27.6 | 27.0 | 26.5 | 25.3 | 23.3 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 22.9 | 25.6 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 45 | 1957 2001 |
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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 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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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 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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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) | 260.2 | 249.2 | 157.7 | 30.9 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 10.5 | 45.1 | 144.4 | 921.5 | 129 | 1872 2001 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 965.1 | 769.4 | 578.9 | 304.8 | 198.9 | 105.6 | 84.8 | 34.0 | 63.3 | 98.5 | 232.4 | 618.5 | 1851.5 | 129 | 1872 2001 |
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| Date | 1974 | 1875 | 1947 | 1874 | 1876 | 1935 | 1874 | 1891 | 1973 | 1909 | 1973 | 1889 | 1974 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 354.1 | 129 | 1872 2001 |
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| Date | 1884 | 1952 | 1946 | 2001 | 2001 | 1999 | 2001 | 2000 | 2000 | 1994 | 1907 | 1938 | 1884 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 70.0 | 64.3 | 22.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 40.8 | 537.6 | 119 | 1872 2001 |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 236.4 | 224.0 | 148.6 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 34.8 | 123.4 | 916.7 | 119 | 1872 2001 |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 474.7 | 456.8 | 298.7 | 83.3 | 23.0 | 38.9 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 9.0 | 29.5 | 99.1 | 293.6 | 1306.3 | 119 | 1872 2001 |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 272.3 | 282.2 | 299.0 | 174.0 | 47.8 | 78.0 | 59.9 | 31.0 | 49.8 | 71.9 | 136.9 | 172.7 | 299.0 | 120 | 1872 2001 |
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| Date | 13 Jan 1905 | 14 Feb 1949 | 29 Mar 1958 | 04 Apr 1921 | 31 May 1936 | 16 Jun 1939 | 09 Jul 1944 | 01 Aug 1891 | 18 Sep 1919 | 18 Oct 1897 | 13 Nov 1916 | 26 Dec 1903 | 29 Mar 1958 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 13.9 | 13.9 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 9.0 | 57.1 | 119 | 1872 2001 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 11.1 | 11.0 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 44.3 | 120 | 1872 2001 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 5.9 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 22.0 | 120 | 1872 2001 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 10.2 | 120 | 1872 2001 |
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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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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 109 | 87 | 89 | 59 | 61 | 58 | 68 | 63 | 67 | 87 | 89 | 93 | 109 | 16 | 1979 2001 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 21.4 | 21.6 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 18.7 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 21.2 | 24.2 | 25.9 | 26.0 | 24.2 | 21.9 | 23 | 1990 2013 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 2.4 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 10.2 | 14.9 | 18.4 | 20.6 | 22.3 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 145.9 | 45 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 16.6 | 16.4 | 12.6 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 11.8 | 83.7 | 45 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 31 | 1970 2001 |
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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) | 28.9 | 28.3 | 28.0 | 26.9 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 21.9 | 25.7 | 28.9 | 30.3 | 30.0 | 26.1 | 91 | 1908 2001 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.2 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 20.9 | 17.7 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 18.2 | 21.3 | 23.4 | 24.7 | 20.4 | 88 | 1908 2001 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 23.5 | 23.7 | 21.6 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 15.7 | 18.7 | 22.0 | 15.9 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 74 | 78 | 70 | 57 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 54 | 65 | 57 | 63 | 1938 2001 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 92 | 1908 2001 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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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) | 33.1 | 32.3 | 32.9 | 33.1 | 30.8 | 28.5 | 28.4 | 30.2 | 32.8 | 34.7 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 32.2 | 89 | 1910 2001 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 25.9 | 25.8 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 20.7 | 22.8 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 22.4 | 85 | 1910 2001 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 22.4 | 22.8 | 20.2 | 16.1 | 12.3 | 9.7 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 20.5 | 15.1 | 44 | 1957 2001 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 56 | 60 | 50 | 37 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 39 | 63 | 1938 2001 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 91 | 1909 2001 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 43 | 1957 2001 |
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red = highest value
blue = lowest value
Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Thu 23 May 2013 03:19:13 AM EST
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_029041_All.shtml
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http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_029041.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/IDCJCM0036_029041.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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