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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE)
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: SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE) | Site number: 059030 | Commenced: 1939 | Map | |
| Latitude: 30.92° S | Longitude: 153.09° E | Elevation: 117 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) | 27.0 | 27.0 | 26.3 | 24.1 | 21.5 | 19.3 | 18.8 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 23.3 | 24.6 | 26.0 | 23.3 | 82 | 1939 2020 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 39.5 | 39.2 | 34.3 | 32.8 | 29.5 | 26.3 | 28.3 | 31.5 | 35.6 | 39.2 | 41.7 | 39.5 | 41.7 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Date | 02 Jan 2002 | 21 Feb 2004 | 01 Mar 2011 | 08 Apr 1966 | 04 May 2007 | 26 Jun 1991 | 29 Jul 1958 | 24 Aug 2009 | 27 Sep 1965 | 22 Oct 1988 | 19 Nov 1968 | 02 Dec 1979 | 19 Nov 1968 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 18.3 | 19.4 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 11.1 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Date | 03 Jan 1959 | 14 Feb 1988 | 13 Mar 1990 | 22 Apr 2008 | 30 May 2011 | 22 Jun 1960 | 23 Jul 1968 | 06 Aug 1960 | 14 Sep 1990 | 02 Oct 2011 | 11 Nov 1959 | 01 Dec 1994 | 23 Jul 1968 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 24.3 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 21.4 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 19.2 | 20.4 | 21.6 | 23.2 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 29.7 | 30.0 | 28.7 | 27.0 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 21.5 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 29.0 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 9.7 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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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 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 19.6 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 16.6 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 18.5 | 15.7 | 82 | 1939 2020 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 13.3 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Date | 08 Jan 1965 | 19 Feb 1977 | 24 Mar 1998 | 22 Apr 1973 | 15 May 1968 | 27 Jun 1971 | 25 Jul 1971 | 25 Aug 1997 | 05 Sep 1971 | 07 Oct 1966 | 17 Nov 2006 | 02 Dec 2009 | 25 Aug 1997 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 25.0 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 22.5 | 21.1 | 25.0 | 24.4 | 25.0 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Date | 01 Jan 2002 | 16 Feb 2018 | 26 Mar 1963 | 04 Apr 2016 | 10 May 2016 | 05 Jun 1958 | 02 Jul 1981 | 25 Aug 2009 | 27 Sep 1965 | 13 Oct 2013 | 15 Nov 1996 | 23 Dec 1972 | 15 Nov 1996 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 17.0 | 17.2 | 16.1 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 22.0 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 19.5 | 17.3 | 15.0 | 14.1 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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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 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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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 | 64 | 1957 2020 |
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| Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C) | 0 | 1969 1969 |
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| Lowest ground temperature (°C) | 0 | 1969 1969 |
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| Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C | 0 | 1969 1969 |
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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) | 143.6 | 170.3 | 187.3 | 167.8 | 127.5 | 139.4 | 75.6 | 78.2 | 55.7 | 91.7 | 112.2 | 121.9 | 1485.0 | 77 | 1939 2020 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 527.0 | 509.2 | 649.3 | 702.6 | 466.5 | 573.2 | 597.5 | 380.6 | 254.4 | 536.4 | 434.8 | 513.4 | 3011.2 | 81 | 1939 2020 |
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| Date | 1962 | 2009 | 1963 | 1963 | 1996 | 2011 | 1950 | 1950 | 1954 | 1972 | 1996 | 2020 | 1950 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 8.2 | 3.8 | 24.2 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 15.5 | 772.2 | 81 | 1939 2020 |
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| Date | 2019 | 1939 | 1943 | 2006 | 2004 | 1946 | 2002 | 1991 | 1941 | 1989 | 1957 | 1951 | 2019 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 40.5 | 59.6 | 65.6 | 47.4 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 31.8 | 1026.0 | 82 | 1939 2020 |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 108.1 | 161.0 | 168.4 | 151.3 | 97.2 | 105.6 | 55.6 | 46.6 | 49.0 | 72.4 | 96.8 | 94.3 | 1426.6 | 82 | 1939 2020 |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 289.4 | 314.7 | 319.2 | 304.4 | 263.8 | 266.1 | 155.6 | 180.3 | 122.0 | 174.1 | 199.4 | 236.3 | 2023.3 | 82 | 1939 2020 |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 178.6 | 158.6 | 217.7 | 343.7 | 227.6 | 209.3 | 163.6 | 215.9 | 89.0 | 142.6 | 147.1 | 193.8 | 343.7 | 82 | 1939 2021 |
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| Date | 03 Jan 1959 | 15 Feb 1988 | 07 Mar 1963 | 28 Apr 1963 | 08 May 1963 | 17 Jun 1986 | 14 Jul 1999 | 27 Aug 1949 | 26 Sep 2015 | 31 Oct 1984 | 17 Nov 1950 | 09 Dec 1947 | 28 Apr 1963 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 13.3 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 136.6 | 82 | 1939 2020 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 10.8 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 110.4 | 82 | 1939 2021 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 40.3 | 82 | 1939 2021 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 15.7 | 82 | 1939 2021 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 23.9 | 21.0 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 14.7 | 18.2 | 21.1 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 17.5 | 14 | 2007 2021 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 8.1 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 121.1 | 54 | 1957 2010 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 11.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 112.3 | 54 | 1957 2010 |
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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) | 22.7 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 19.8 | 17.0 | 14.8 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 17.3 | 19.4 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 18.9 | 72 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 20.6 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 17.2 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 14.0 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 16.2 | 68 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 19.3 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 13.9 | 50 | 1957 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 81 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 74 | 67 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 72 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 17.8 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 19.3 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 53 | 1957 2010 |
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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) | 25.2 | 25.3 | 24.5 | 22.3 | 19.8 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 20.9 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 21.4 | 71 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 22.1 | 22.3 | 21.3 | 19.0 | 16.4 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 19.2 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 68 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 20.4 | 20.7 | 19.4 | 16.8 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 12.7 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 19.1 | 15.5 | 50 | 1957 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 75 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 62 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 72 | 1939 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 22.4 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 19.1 | 20.8 | 24.0 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 23.1 | 21.4 | 53 | 1957 2010 |
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red = highest value
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Product IDCJCM0037 Prepared at Thu 14 Jan 2021 02:19:50 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.
Related Links
- This page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_059030_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_059030.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/IDCJCM0037_059030.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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