We are currently experiencing some problems with this product and will have it fixed as soon as possible. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)
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: NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) | Site number: 061054 | Commenced: 1881 | Map | |
| Latitude: 32.71° S | Longitude: 152.16° E | Elevation: 25 m | Operational status: Closed 04 Dec 2023 | |
| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||||||
| Maximum temperature | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean maximum temperature (°C) | 27.3 | 27.0 | 25.9 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 18.9 | 21.4 | 23.2 | 24.7 | 26.0 | 22.9 | 37 | 1914 2023 |
 |
 |
| Highest temperature (°C) | 38.5 | 41.5 | 36.3 | 32.4 | 26.7 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 28.5 | 34.2 | 34.5 | 40.6 | 39.3 | 41.5 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| Date | 18 Jan 2017 | 21 Feb 2004 | 02 Mar 2020 | 09 Apr 2019 | 07 May 2006 | 13 Jun 2019 | 31 Jul 2014 | 23 Aug 2012 | 24 Sep 2006 | 23 Oct 2013 | 19 Nov 1968 | 24 Dec 2005 | 21 Feb 2004 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 17.0 | 14.5 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 14.5 | 15.7 | 18.6 | 10.0 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| Date | 06 Jan 2016 | 01 Feb 2012 | 06 Mar 1972 | 29 Apr 2008 | 26 May 2011 | 20 Jun 2015 | 08 Jul 1971 | 06 Aug 2016 | 01 Sep 1970 | 11 Oct 2003 | 16 Nov 2006 | 06 Dec 1970 | 08 Jul 1971 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 24.1 | 23.9 | 22.6 | 20.4 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 17.2 | 19.1 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 24 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
|
| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 29.6 | 29.0 | 28.3 | 26.1 | 23.5 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 22.0 | 25.2 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 29.2 | 24 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
|
| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 10.9 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| 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 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| Minimum temperature | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 19.0 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 15.4 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 14.5 | 37 | 1914 2023 |
|
|
| Lowest temperature (°C) | 11.0 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| Date | 25 Jan 2002 | 03 Feb 2005 | 28 Mar 2002 | 27 Apr 1972 | 30 May 2023 | 29 Jun 1969 | 16 Jul 1970 | 10 Aug 1971 | 18 Sep 1969 | 24 Oct 2008 | 06 Nov 2019 | 01 Dec 2001 | 10 Aug 1971 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 24.0 | 26.1 | 23.5 | 22.1 | 19.8 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 26.1 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| Date | 25 Jan 2020 | 08 Feb 1971 | 30 Mar 2017 | 09 Apr 2019 | 03 May 2019 | 05 Jun 1969 | 20 Jul 2016 | 25 Aug 2009 | 24 Sep 2003 | 27 Oct 2005 | 29 Nov 2020 | 28 Dec 2005 | 08 Feb 1971 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 17.5 | 17.5 | 16.0 | 13.6 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 24 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
|
| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.2 | 18.9 | 16.1 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 24 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
|
| 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 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| 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 | 26 | 1968 2023 |
|
|
| Ground surface temperature | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C) | 0 | 2007 2007 |
|||||||||||||||
| Lowest ground temperature (°C) | 0 | 2007 2007 |
|||||||||||||||
| Date | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C | 0 | 2007 2007 |
|||||||||||||||
| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
| Rainfall | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean rainfall (mm) | 99.5 | 112.5 | 123.6 | 129.2 | 149.7 | 157.2 | 136.7 | 101.5 | 89.0 | 78.4 | 79.7 | 91.7 | 1347.2 | 124 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| Highest rainfall (mm) | 559.7 | 530.8 | 687.6 | 493.8 | 632.0 | 607.6 | 615.9 | 630.6 | 311.9 | 297.0 | 264.3 | 334.3 | 2335.9 | 124 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| Date | 1895 | 1990 | 2021 | 2015 | 2001 | 1960 | 1912 | 1899 | 1932 | 1942 | 2013 | 1920 | 1949 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 416.6 | 124 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| Date | 1909 | 1939 | 1909 | 1898 | 1907 | 2001 | 2020 | 2005 | 2003 | 1968 | 1897 | 2019 | 1917 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 23.1 | 20.3 | 26.5 | 32.3 | 36.7 | 43.1 | 34.9 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 17.0 | 25.9 | 125 | n/a n/a |
|
|
|
| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 83.8 | 86.4 | 94.1 | 102.9 | 125.3 | 129.8 | 110.8 | 79.7 | 74.4 | 68.4 | 69.8 | 73.1 | 125 | n/a n/a |
|
|
|
| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 193.2 | 239.0 | 266.9 | 261.7 | 306.5 | 323.4 | 271.1 | 203.3 | 187.4 | 138.0 | 169.4 | 178.3 | 125 | n/a n/a |
|
|
|
| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 155.7 | 257.8 | 217.7 | 168.0 | 225.0 | 148.1 | 137.2 | 130.0 | 208.3 | 74.9 | 191.8 | 191.5 | 257.8 | 123 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| Date | 21 Jan 1971 | 09 Feb 1889 | 26 Mar 1946 | 21 Apr 2015 | 22 May 1949 | 17 Jun 1949 | 07 Jul 1885 | 02 Aug 1990 | 24 Sep 1892 | 12 Oct 1902 | 12 Nov 1987 | 13 Dec 1912 | 09 Feb 1889 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 10.6 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 133.3 | 124 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 100.3 | 123 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 36.5 | 123 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 14.1 | 123 | 1881 2023 |
|
|
| 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) | |
||||||||||||||||
| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | |
||||||||||||||||
| Date | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean daily sunshine (hours) | |
|
|||||||||||||||
| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 23.2 | 20.6 | 16.8 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 13.6 | 17.3 | 20.0 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 16.7 | 19 | 2007 2025 |
|
|
| Mean number of clear days | 8.6 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 117.8 | 13 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean number of cloudy days | 9.7 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 112.6 | 13 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | |
|
|||||||||||||||
| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
| 9 am conditions | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean 9am temperature (°C) | 22.8 | 22.7 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 18.7 | 20.1 | 21.6 | 17.9 | 13 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 20.2 | 20.3 | 18.8 | 16.5 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 17.3 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 12 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 9 | 2001 2010 |
|||||||||||||||
| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 9 | 2001 2010 |
|
||||||||||||||
| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 13 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 12.8 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 13 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| 9am wind speed vs direction plot |  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| Statistics | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | Years | Plot | Map | |
| 3 pm conditions | |||||||||||||||||
| Mean 3pm temperature (°C) | 25.5 | 25.3 | 24.2 | 22.0 | 19.0 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 24.1 | 21.1 | 13 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 21.4 | 21.6 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 18.6 | 20.0 | 17.2 | 12 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 9 | 2001 2010 |
|||||||||||||||
| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 9 | 2001 2010 |
|
||||||||||||||
| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 13 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 21.7 | 20.5 | 17.5 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 20.8 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 18.2 | 12 | 1968 2010 |
|
|
| 3pm wind speed vs direction plot | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
red = highest value
blue = lowest value
Product IDCJCM0037 Prepared at Thu 25 Sep 2025 00:53:52 AM 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_061054_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_061054.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_061054.csv
- Climate averages home page URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml
- Bureau of Meteorology website: http://www.bom.gov.au
Related information
Maps
- Long term climatology maps for selected elements
- Rainfall maps and temperature maps based on recent observations
Recent observations for this site
- Daily Weather Observations from this site are included in the Daily Weather Observations Nelson Bay
Climate outlooks
- Monthly and seasonal climate outlooks
Additional climate information
Page created: Thu 25 Sep 2025 00:53:52 AM AEST