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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
FORBES AIRPORT AWS
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: FORBES AIRPORT AWS | Site number: 065103 | Commenced: 1995 | Map | |
| Latitude: 33.36° S | Longitude: 147.92° E | Elevation: 230 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) | 34.4 | 32.7 | 29.4 | 24.6 | 19.4 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 16.5 | 20.5 | 24.9 | 28.8 | 31.7 | 24.4 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 45.7 | 46.7 | 41.1 | 35.2 | 27.7 | 24.5 | 22.6 | 26.4 | 34.8 | 38.3 | 44.9 | 46.3 | 46.7 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Date | 04 Jan 2020 | 11 Feb 2017 | 19 Mar 2023 | 09 Apr 2018 | 03 May 2018 | 03 Jun 2023 | 29 Jul 2023 | 30 Aug 2007 | 18 Sep 2023 | 06 Oct 2019 | 20 Nov 2009 | 21 Dec 2019 | 11 Feb 2017 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 17.1 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 12.4 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 6.6 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Date | 04 Jan 2000 | 02 Feb 2012 | 30 Mar 2019 | 28 Apr 2008 | 30 May 2000 | 26 Jun 2016 | 02 Jul 1998 | 11 Aug 2008 | 03 Sep 2005 | 01 Oct 2011 | 13 Nov 2021 | 10 Dec 2002 | 02 Jul 1998 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 28.2 | 26.9 | 23.9 | 19.4 | 14.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 15.5 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 25.5 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 39.8 | 38.2 | 34.5 | 29.4 | 23.9 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 20.8 | 26.1 | 31.8 | 35.8 | 37.0 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 25.0 | 20.6 | 14.4 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 11.8 | 19.8 | 99.3 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 14.3 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 37.3 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 18.2 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 9.7 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 7.5 | 7.7 | 4.1 | -1.8 | -4.2 | -6.4 | -6.7 | -5.4 | -3.6 | -0.9 | 1.2 | 5.7 | -6.7 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Date | 12 Jan 2012 | 04 Feb 2023 | 27 Mar 2018 | 22 Apr 2006 | 30 May 2006 | 19 Jun 1998 | 13 Jul 1997 | 04 Aug 1999 | 10 Sep 2023 | 11 Oct 2003 | 03 Nov 2003 | 07 Dec 2013 | 13 Jul 1997 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 30.0 | 32.6 | 22.9 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 20.0 | 23.5 | 25.8 | 28.4 | 32.6 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Date | 05 Jan 2019 | 01 Feb 2020 | 04 Mar 2007 | 04 Apr 2004 | 02 May 2019 | 02 Jun 2003 | 20 Jul 2016 | 24 Aug 2009 | 29 Sep 2004 | 31 Oct 1997 | 22 Nov 2006 | 31 Dec 2003 | 01 Feb 2020 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 13.1 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 4.5 | 0.3 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -1.5 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 22.7 | 21.7 | 19.1 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 18.3 | 20.4 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 54.9 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.9 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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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) | 37.7 | 48.4 | 54.5 | 31.6 | 33.2 | 50.8 | 40.4 | 36.1 | 43.2 | 46.0 | 54.7 | 50.1 | 525.7 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 155.0 | 162.8 | 191.4 | 186.2 | 82.2 | 127.8 | 85.6 | 97.6 | 119.8 | 167.2 | 172.6 | 202.6 | 1052.2 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Date | 2022 | 2010 | 2017 | 2020 | 2022 | 2013 | 2015 | 2022 | 2016 | 1999 | 2021 | 2010 | 2021 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 158.8 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Date | 2002 | 2005 | 2005 | 2013 | 2005 | 2017 | 2018 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2002 | 1995 | 2006 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 8.6 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 0.8 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 293.0 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 27.4 | 42.0 | 39.5 | 18.3 | 29.1 | 48.7 | 41.9 | 28.5 | 35.4 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 33.8 | 494.4 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 74.3 | 109.1 | 144.5 | 68.2 | 60.7 | 103.7 | 74.0 | 78.1 | 95.3 | 94.6 | 131.4 | 113.7 | 869.5 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 57.8 | 70.6 | 89.0 | 53.8 | 42.2 | 65.8 | 55.0 | 67.0 | 47.0 | 39.4 | 118.0 | 74.2 | 118.0 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Date | 07 Jan 2022 | 03 Feb 2012 | 23 Mar 2021 | 10 Apr 2020 | 12 May 2022 | 02 Jun 2013 | 13 Jul 1997 | 31 Aug 1996 | 02 Sep 1997 | 21 Oct 2022 | 14 Nov 2022 | 04 Dec 2010 | 14 Nov 2022 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 6.1 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 89.7 | 28 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 58.1 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 17.4 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 27 | 1995 2023 |
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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 daily wind run (km) | 314 | 292 | 263 | 223 | 200 | 217 | 221 | 233 | 253 | 274 | 298 | 308 | 258 | 18 | 2003 2023 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 91 | 89 | 106 | 96 | 80 | 76 | 91 | 85 | 106 | 87 | 109 | 115 | 115 | 20 | 2003 2023 |
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| Date | 14 Jan 2005 | 09 Feb 2006 | 18 Mar 2016 | 15 Apr 2015 | 29 May 2007 | 16 Jun 2021 | 23 Jul 2003 | 31 Aug 2018 | 19 Sep 2003 | 15 Oct 2010 | 26 Nov 2009 | 02 Dec 2005 | 02 Dec 2005 | ||||
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 27.6 | 23.9 | 20.6 | 15.4 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 17.5 | 22.1 | 24.9 | 27.3 | 18.5 | 28 | 1990 2017 |
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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) | 24.5 | 23.0 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 11.8 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 13.8 | 17.7 | 20.5 | 22.9 | 16.3 | 15 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 17.3 | 17.5 | 14.6 | 12.8 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 12 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 11.7 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 15 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 47 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 76 | 90 | 91 | 81 | 70 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 65 | 15 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 18.7 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 14.5 | 15 | 1995 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) | 32.3 | 30.9 | 27.9 | 23.5 | 18.7 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 27.3 | 29.9 | 23.1 | 15 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 18.9 | 18.7 | 17.4 | 14.7 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 14.5 | 12 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 7.9 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 15 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 25 | 31 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 45 | 36 | 29 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 1995 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 18.4 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 17.7 | 15 | 1995 2010 |
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Product IDCJCM0037 Prepared at Thu 28 Sep 2023 00:34:34 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_065103_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_065103.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_065103.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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