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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
ATHERTON
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: ATHERTON | Site number: 031193 | Commenced: 1992 | Map | |
| Latitude: 17.26° S | Longitude: 145.48° E | Elevation: 753 m | Operational status: Closed 17 Feb 2009 | |
| 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) | 28.4 | 27.8 | 26.4 | 25.0 | 23.4 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 28.7 | 29.0 | 25.6 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 36.0 | 33.5 | 32.6 | 31.1 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 30.3 | 30.0 | 34.9 | 36.7 | 36.6 | 36.4 | 36.7 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Date | 08 Jan 1995 | 08 Feb 2002 | 25 Mar 2005 | 05 Apr 2003 | 03 May 2000 | 17 Jun 2002 | 14 Jul 1995 | 31 Aug 2000 | 18 Sep 2007 | 28 Oct 2003 | 14 Nov 2004 | 01 Dec 1996 | 28 Oct 2003 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 22.6 | 21.0 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 19.1 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 15.7 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Date | 21 Jan 2005 | 25 Feb 1995 | 05 Mar 2008 | 23 Apr 1999 | 31 May 2000 | 23 Jun 1999 | 04 Jul 1999 | 18 Aug 1999 | 14 Sep 2006 | 22 Oct 2001 | 24 Nov 2004 | 12 Dec 2000 | 04 Jul 1999 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 25.5 | 24.6 | 23.7 | 22.4 | 20.8 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 22.2 | 23.5 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 13 | 1994 2008 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 31.2 | 30.2 | 29.1 | 27.6 | 26.1 | 24.5 | 24.2 | 25.6 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 13 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 7.6 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 10.7 | 40.3 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| 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 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 18.8 | 19.4 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 16.7 | 18.2 | 15.3 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 8.2 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 3.0 | -0.6 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | -0.6 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Date | 10 Jan 2003 | 29 Feb 1996 | 29 Mar 1998 | 28 Apr 2008 | 22 May 2001 | 29 Jun 2007 | 09 Jul 2007 | 13 Aug 2004 | 03 Sep 2002 | 20 Oct 1994 | 30 Nov 1996 | 05 Dec 1998 | 29 Jun 2007 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 23.3 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 17.6 | 18.5 | 19.6 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Date | 27 Jan 2004 | 28 Feb 1997 | 08 Mar 1995 | 08 Apr 2006 | 01 May 1998 | 16 Jun 2002 | 12 Jul 2006 | 29 Aug 2000 | 30 Sep 1996 | 04 Oct 2007 | 23 Nov 2001 | 21 Dec 1995 | 21 Dec 1995 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 16.3 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 13 | 1994 2008 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 20.9 | 21.0 | 20.4 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 20.5 | 13 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °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 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C) | 8 | 2000 2008 |
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| Lowest ground temperature (°C) | 8 | 2000 2008 |
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| Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C | 8 | 2000 2008 |
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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) | 235.5 | 347.7 | 224.7 | 118.7 | 59.6 | 42.0 | 40.0 | 34.5 | 19.2 | 35.2 | 72.0 | 150.7 | 1379.6 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 409.5 | 770.0 | 535.1 | 402.7 | 128.9 | 70.0 | 89.2 | 147.0 | 45.7 | 92.6 | 239.8 | 353.0 | 2172.2 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Date | 2009 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 1996 | 2001 | 1994 | 1995 | 2006 | 1995 | 1998 | 2008 | 1999 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 120.8 | 81.3 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 18.8 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 59.8 | 832.6 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Date | 1997 | 2005 | 2009 | 2008 | 2001 | 2002 | 2000 | 2004 | 1995 | 2002 | 2005 | 1993 | 2002 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 132.9 | 107.6 | 46.2 | 38.8 | 33.8 | 23.0 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 71.6 | 17 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 223.0 | 279.8 | 183.0 | 99.8 | 49.3 | 34.8 | 42.9 | 18.6 | 10.5 | 25.1 | 41.7 | 127.9 | 17 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 348.5 | 625.7 | 485.3 | 168.4 | 102.5 | 62.2 | 64.6 | 81.8 | 42.8 | 87.2 | 156.4 | 230.6 | 17 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 119.4 | 199.2 | 208.0 | 114.0 | 58.5 | 15.6 | 28.0 | 36.6 | 17.6 | 46.8 | 54.4 | 106.5 | 208.0 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Date | 08 Jan 2008 | 12 Feb 1999 | 23 Mar 1997 | 20 Apr 2006 | 02 May 2006 | 04 Jun 1996 | 08 Jul 1996 | 07 Aug 1995 | 09 Sep 2008 | 10 Oct 1996 | 21 Nov 1998 | 31 Dec 2008 | 23 Mar 1997 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 19.8 | 20.6 | 17.4 | 20.8 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 179.9 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 14.7 | 16.0 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 12.2 | 124.6 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 5.5 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 32.2 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 2.7 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 13.5 | 16 | 1992 2009 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 20.7 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 21.9 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 22.2 | 19.6 | 35 | 1990 2025 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 35.5 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 11.8 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 107.3 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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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) | 23.7 | 23.4 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 19.6 | 21.8 | 23.3 | 23.9 | 20.6 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 21.2 | 21.5 | 20.4 | 19.1 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 20.8 | 18.2 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 19.8 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 16.7 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 79 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 80 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 80 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 6.7 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 13 | 1994 2008 |
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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) | 26.2 | 25.8 | 24.5 | 23.3 | 21.8 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 20.8 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 23.8 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 21.9 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 18.0 | 16.8 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 21.5 | 19.2 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 19.6 | 20.7 | 19.2 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 69 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 63 | 62 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 64 | 66 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 14 | 1994 2008 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 9 | 1994 2008 |
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red = highest value
blue = lowest value
Product IDCJCM0036 Prepared at Wed 23 Apr 2025 23:34:37 PM AEST
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.
Related Links
- This page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_031193_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_031193.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_031193.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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