Climate statistics for Australian locations

Statistics	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	Years		Plot	Map
Temperature
Maximum temperature
Mean maximum temperature (°C)	31.5	31.2	30.5	29.2	27.6	25.9	25.7	26.5	28.0	29.5	30.6	31.4	29.0	66	1942 2008
Highest temperature (°C)	40.4	38.9	37.7	36.8	31.3	30.8	30.1	31.4	33.9	36.0	37.2	40.5	40.5	66	1942 2008
Date	29 Jan 1967	12 Feb 1969	18 Mar 1993	02 Apr 1988	29 May 1958	17 Jun 2002	18 Jul 1964	29 Aug 2000	07 Sep 1976	24 Oct 2002	15 Nov 1971	20 Dec 1995	20 Dec 1995
Lowest maximum temperature (°C)	24.0	24.4	23.7	22.3	20.5	19.5	19.3	18.7	21.0	23.3	24.4	23.9	18.7	66	1942 2008
Date	11 Jan 1981	26 Feb 1995	08 Mar 1972	14 Apr 1979	26 May 1990	20 Jun 1967	19 Jul 1965	08 Aug 1970	07 Sep 1975	16 Oct 1963	21 Nov 1989	17 Dec 1942	08 Aug 1970
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	29.0	28.7	28.1	27.2	25.6	23.7	23.7	24.6	26.3	27.8	29.0	29.4		66	1942 2008
Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C)	33.5	33.3	32.6	31.0	29.4	27.9	27.4	28.2	29.7	31.2	32.2	33.3		66	1942 2008
Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C	25.7	21.8	21.4	10.0	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	2.2	11.7	21.3	26.1	141.7	66	1942 2008
Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	2.9	66	1942 2008
Mean number of days ≥ 40 °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	66	1942 2008
Minimum temperature
Mean minimum temperature (°C)	23.7	23.7	23.0	21.6	19.9	17.8	17.0	17.4	18.6	20.6	22.3	23.4	20.8	66	1942 2008
Lowest temperature (°C)	18.2	17.9	18.5	13.0	10.1	6.2	7.3	7.8	11.1	12.4	14.6	17.1	6.2	66	1942 2008
Date	10 Jan 1943	01 Feb 1975	31 Mar 2002	15 Apr 1994	26 May 1953	23 Jun 1946	19 Jul 1965	07 Aug 1953	03 Sep 1948	01 Oct 1946	26 Nov 1947	13 Dec 1972	23 Jun 1946
Highest minimum temperature (°C)	28.9	28.4	27.8	26.1	24.6	23.4	22.4	23.7	24.3	26.1	27.8	27.9	28.9	66	1942 2008
Date	29 Jan 1967	02 Feb 1978	05 Mar 1956	03 Apr 1988	23 May 1990	18 Jun 2002	06 Jul 1956	13 Aug 1986	30 Sep 1996	26 Oct 2005	03 Nov 1962	19 Dec 1995	29 Jan 1967
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	22.1	22.2	21.3	19.6	16.8	13.9	13.0	14.0	15.7	18.0	20.2	21.5		67	1942 2008
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	25.2	25.2	24.5	23.5	22.2	20.7	20.0	20.1	21.1	23.0	24.3	25.1		67	1942 2008
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	66	1942 2008
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	66	1942 2008
Ground surface temperature
Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C)	22.7	23.1	21.8	20.5	18.1	16.9	14.6	15.3	16.3	19.3	20.9	22.3	19.3	14	1994 2008
Lowest ground temperature (°C)	17.8	18.0	15.1	11.1	4.6	2.3	2.1	6.5	6.3	10.2	12.5	16.1	2.1	14	1994 2008
Date	10 Jan 2003	22 Feb 2001	31 Mar 2002	28 Apr 2008	22 May 2001	04 Jun 2002	30 Jul 2001	05 Aug 2006	25 Sep 2002	09 Oct 2004	17 Nov 2006	05 Dec 1998	30 Jul 2001
Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °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	14	1994 2008
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Statistics	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	Years		Plot	Map
Rainfall
Mean rainfall (mm)	385.0	449.9	424.8	199.2	91.5	46.8	29.6	27.3	33.8	39.2	92.2	179.8	1999.1	66	1942 2008
Highest rainfall (mm)	1417.4	1287.0	1127.5	634.6	322.3	144.2	145.0	140.2	103.2	204.5	372.0	919.4	3148.8	66	1942 2008
Date	1981	2000	1945	2006	1964	1987	1969	1995	1951	1964	1989	1973	2000
Lowest rainfall (mm)	86.1	30.4	27.8	13.0	3.2	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	9.0	721.0	66	1942 2008
Date	1967	1990	1993	2008	2001	2002	1958	1990	1980	2002	1990	1951	2002
Decile 1 rainfall (mm)	117.2	169.9	136.6	62.4	27.2	11.9	6.2	3.6	2.3	5.1	15.9	42.9	1322.6	66	1942 2008
Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm)	335.1	402.9	382.0	167.0	85.5	34.6	24.2	18.5	18.6	28.1	65.4	127.2	1938.0	66	1942 2008
Decile 9 rainfall (mm)	634.3	750.0	768.0	402.0	174.6	92.6	58.5	62.4	85.2	82.6	213.4	340.3	2782.4	66	1942 2008
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	368.3	286.3	402.8	185.8	89.6	69.6	31.0	63.2	80.0	86.6	185.0	230.1	402.8	66	1942 2008
Date	08 Jan 1972	04 Feb 1967	12 Mar 1967	17 Apr 1984	09 May 1992	06 Jun 1967	08 Jul 1944	06 Aug 1947	27 Sep 1988	15 Oct 1964	23 Nov 1989	13 Dec 1973	12 Mar 1967
Mean number of days of rain	18.1	19.0	19.2	17.9	13.6	9.8	8.9	8.0	7.6	8.1	10.1	13.7	154.0	66	1942 2008
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	15.3	16.5	16.0	15.0	10.5	7.0	5.5	4.9	5.0	5.4	7.7	10.6	119.4	66	1942 2008
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	7.9	9.6	8.3	5.3	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.6	1.0	0.9	2.5	4.2	44.8	66	1942 2008
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	4.4	5.4	4.9	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0	2.0	21.2	66	1942 2008
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Statistics	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	Years		Plot	Map
Other daily elements
Mean daily wind run (km)	319	318	382	433	414	429	412	404	364	358	352	331	376	16	1993 2008
Maximum wind gust speed (km/h)	106	143	147	84	80	71	67	91	78	76	91	124	147	65	1942 2008
Date	26 Jan 1969	27 Feb 2000	07 Mar 1956	13 Apr 1950	21 May 1981	26 Jun 1988	07 Jul 1998	20 Aug 1949	05 Sep 1950	18 Oct 1971	30 Nov 1945	23 Dec 1990	07 Mar 1956
Mean daily sunshine (hours)	6.9	6.1	6.4	6.7	6.7	7.2	7.4	7.9	8.6	8.9	8.5	7.7	7.4	35	1973 2008
Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m²)
Mean number of clear days	3.8	2.5	3.9	5.0	6.7	8.8	9.9	11.6	12.4	11.8	7.9	5.6	89.9	67	1941 2008
Mean number of cloudy days	16.2	17.4	16.4	14.0	12.5	10.4	9.8	7.5	5.6	5.3	7.5	11.7	134.3	67	1941 2008
Mean daily evaporation (mm)	6.5	5.8	5.8	5.3	4.8	4.7	5.0	5.5	6.7	7.5	7.6	7.3	6.0	36	1965 2008
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Statistics	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual	Years		Plot	Map
9 am conditions
Mean 9am temperature (°C)	27.6	27.1	26.4	25.0	23.3	21.2	20.6	21.5	23.6	25.9	27.3	28.0	24.8	67	1941 2008
Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C)	24.2	24.3	23.6	22.2	20.4	18.3	17.6	18.1	19.5	21.4	22.9	23.9	21.4	67	1941 2008
Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C)	22.6	23.0	22.2	20.8	18.7	16.4	15.3	15.8	16.9	18.9	20.7	21.8	19.4	57	1942 2008
Mean 9am relative humidity (%)	75	78	78	78	76	74	72	70	66	66	68	70	73	57	1942 2008
Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas)	5.3	5.7	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.2	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.7	4.2	4.8	4.5	67	1941 2008
Mean 9am wind speed (km/h)	8.6	8.9	12.0	14.5	14.7	15.8	15.6	14.6	13.7	11.1	9.9	9.1	12.4	67	1941 2008
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
3 pm conditions
Mean 3pm temperature (°C)	29.9	29.6	29.2	27.9	26.4	24.8	24.5	25.3	26.6	28.1	29.2	29.9	27.6	67	1941 2008
Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C)	24.9	25.2	24.5	23.1	21.5	19.8	19.1	19.5	20.4	21.9	23.4	24.4	22.3	67	1941 2008
Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C)	22.6	23.1	22.0	20.5	18.7	16.5	15.2	15.5	16.4	18.4	20.4	21.7	19.2	57	1942 2008
Mean 3pm relative humidity (%)	66	69	67	65	64	61	57	56	55	57	60	62	62	57	1942 2008
Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas)	5.3	5.8	5.4	5.0	4.8	4.3	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.0	3.7	4.5	4.4	67	1941 2008
Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h)	15.6	14.5	17.1	18.9	17.9	18.0	18.6	19.4	20.4	18.9	18.0	16.9	17.8	67	1941 2008
3pm wind speed vs direction plot

red = highest value blue = lowest value

Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Thu 04 Sep 2008 00:02:31 AM EST

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Site name: CAIRNS AERO		Site number: 031011	Commenced: 1941	Map
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