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)	28.0	27.1	24.5	20.0	15.5	12.2	11.3	13.0	16.2	19.4	22.7	26.1	19.7	70	1939 2009
Highest temperature (°C)	41.4	42.2	37.5	32.6	24.5	20.1	19.7	24.0	28.6	32.7	38.9	39.2	42.2	70	1939 2009
Date	31 Jan 1968	01 Feb 1968	13 Mar 1998	04 Apr 1986	10 May 1967	04 Jun 1957	29 Jul 1975	30 Aug 1982	26 Sep 1965	13 Oct 1946	26 Nov 1997	21 Dec 1994	01 Feb 1968
Lowest maximum temperature (°C)	12.2	12.0	12.4	8.2	4.3	2.1	2.5	3.5	5.9	7.2	9.1	10.9	2.1	70	1939 2009
Date	02 Jan 1970	23 Feb 1949	03 Mar 1961	29 Apr 1952	28 May 2000	25 Jun 1949	19 Jul 1949	07 Aug 1965	20 Sep 1959	03 Oct 1967	11 Nov 1965	11 Dec 1952	25 Jun 1949
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	21.6	21.1	19.4	15.5	11.8	9.2	8.5	9.7	11.9	14.5	16.8	19.9		71	1939 2009
Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C)	34.6	33.2	29.9	24.4	19.5	15.1	14.0	16.6	20.8	24.9	29.2	32.3		71	1939 2009
Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C	11.0	7.9	3.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.4	6.9	31.7	70	1939 2009
Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C	2.7	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.9	5.2	70	1939 2009
Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	70	1939 2009
Minimum temperature
Mean minimum temperature (°C)	13.2	13.1	10.7	6.6	3.2	1.0	-0.1	1.0	3.2	6.1	8.7	11.3	6.5	70	1939 2009
Lowest temperature (°C)	1.8	3.0	-1.1	-3.7	-7.5	-8.5	-10.0	-8.5	-6.4	-3.3	-1.8	1.1	-10.0	70	1939 2009
Date	01 Jan 1956	28 Feb 1985	24 Mar 1967	25 Apr 1999	30 May 1976	08 Jun 1957	11 Jul 1971	09 Aug 1994	10 Sep 1982	04 Oct 1957	28 Nov 1967	18 Dec 1964	11 Jul 1971
Highest minimum temperature (°C)	24.8	24.1	26.0	18.0	15.1	12.7	10.5	11.4	16.1	18.0	26.0	23.9	26.0	70	1939 2009
Date	22 Jan 1967	06 Feb 1973	09 Mar 1983	05 Apr 1986	05 May 2000	09 Jun 1995	29 Jul 1975	18 Aug 1988	27 Sep 1965	02 Oct 1998	06 Nov 1946	19 Dec 1940	06 Nov 1946
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	8.6	8.9	6.0	1.6	-2.3	-4.2	-5.0	-3.8	-1.4	1.2	3.7	6.6		71	1939 2009
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	17.3	17.2	15.3	12.0	8.9	6.5	5.0	5.9	8.1	10.9	13.3	15.7		71	1939 2009
Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C	0.0	0.0	0.3	4.0	12.8	17.8	21.5	18.5	12.0	4.8	1.3	0.1	93.1	70	1939 2009
Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	8.0	13.1	16.8	13.4	6.3	1.1	0.2	0.0	60.3	70	1939 2009
Ground surface temperature
Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C)	10.8	10.6	8.0	3.9	0.5	-1.7	-2.8	-1.8	0.5	3.2	5.9	8.6	3.8	60	1940 2009
Lowest ground temperature (°C)	-1.2	-0.5	-4.0	-8.3	-11.0	-13.4	-15.1	-13.0	-10.7	-7.0	-6.3	-3.9	-15.1	60	1940 2009
Date	24 Jan 2000	09 Feb 1980	24 Mar 1967	27 Apr 1978	17 May 1979	25 Jun 1971	11 Jul 1971	03 Aug 1979	10 Sep 1982	01 Oct 1982	28 Nov 1967	18 Dec 1964	11 Jul 1971
Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C	0.0	0.0	0.4	4.4	13.1	17.9	20.4	18.3	12.3	5.9	1.9	0.3	94.9	60	1940 2009
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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)	59.2	55.4	50.2	46.4	44.7	40.8	41.3	46.2	52.1	62.3	64.6	53.5	616.6	70	1939 2009
Highest rainfall (mm)	218.4	211.0	312.2	187.2	149.6	126.0	121.0	156.2	150.6	161.0	138.2	215.2	1062.5	70	1939 2009
Date	1995	2002	1950	1989	1953	1956	1993	1974	1978	1976	1995	1947	1950
Lowest rainfall (mm)	1.1	0.0	1.3	0.8	0.0	4.0	3.8	2.0	3.0	2.4	0.2	0.0	261.6	70	1939 2009
Date	1947	1968	1954	1997	1982	1979	1982	1994	1994	1977	1982	1967	1982
Decile 1 rainfall (mm)	9.6	4.0	4.4	8.2	7.1	9.0	10.5	11.6	14.5	21.1	21.4	9.7	390.4	70	1939 2009
Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm)	48.8	51.4	31.1	32.5	38.0	31.4	36.4	45.6	52.3	54.7	60.3	43.2	617.2	70	1939 2009
Decile 9 rainfall (mm)	115.2	106.9	116.5	101.5	95.5	93.2	85.8	75.2	85.9	126.8	111.8	116.5	803.9	70	1939 2009
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	95.0	77.8	126.0	75.2	95.8	54.6	48.0	48.4	43.4	104.9	69.8	86.6	126.0	70	1939 2009
Date	12 Jan 1945	05 Feb 2002	15 Mar 1989	02 Apr 1959	03 May 1948	28 Jun 1997	09 Jul 2005	29 Aug 1974	08 Sep 1978	21 Oct 1959	07 Nov 1989	30 Dec 1948	15 Mar 1989
Mean number of days of rain	7.4	6.7	6.9	7.2	8.0	9.1	9.9	10.7	10.1	10.3	9.8	7.8	103.9	70	1939 2009
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	5.7	5.1	4.8	4.8	5.2	5.7	5.9	7.0	7.0	7.8	7.5	5.8	72.3	70	1939 2009
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.0	1.2	1.3	1.7	1.9	2.0	1.7	18.6	70	1939 2009
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	4.5	70	1939 2009
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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)	306	292	264	229	235	257	267	305	323	325	314	317	286	13	1996 2009
Maximum wind gust speed (km/h)	121	104	111	106	104	97	106	113	108	121	128	106	128	69	1939 2009
Date	09 Jan 1975	22 Feb 1940	06 Mar 1965	16 Apr 1968	03 May 1942	21 Jun 1975	01 Jul 1990	05 Aug 1959	12 Sep 1972	02 Oct 1980	24 Nov 1957	25 Dec 1957	24 Nov 1957
Mean daily sunshine (hours)	9.5	9.0	8.1	7.3	6.0	5.2	5.8	7.0	7.7	8.7	8.9	9.4	7.7	31	1978 2009
Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m²)	25.9	22.9	19.3	14.2	10.5	8.0	9.0	12.5	16.6	21.3	24.2	26.4	17.6	19	1990 2009
Mean number of clear days	9.3	7.5	8.8	8.5	8.1	7.6	8.4	8.9	9.3	8.4	7.1	8.7	100.6	69	1939 2009
Mean number of cloudy days	9.9	9.9	10.0	9.5	11.7	12.1	11.0	10.0	9.7	10.6	11.0	10.0	125.4	69	1939 2009
Mean daily evaporation (mm)	8.3	7.4	5.7	3.7	2.2	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	5.2	6.5	8.0	4.7	36	1966 2009
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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)	19.1	18.3	16.2	12.3	8.0	5.0	3.9	5.9	9.5	13.3	15.6	18.1	12.1	69	1939 2009
Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C)	14.9	14.8	13.1	10.0	6.6	3.9	2.8	4.3	7.2	10.0	11.7	13.6	9.4	67	1939 2009
Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C)	11.4	12.0	10.6	7.7	4.9	2.5	1.4	2.2	4.4	6.4	7.9	9.5	6.7	59	1939 2009
Mean 9am relative humidity (%)	63	68	71	75	82	85	85	78	72	65	63	60	72	59	1939 2009
Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas)	4.0	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.0	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.1	4.2	69	1939 2009
Mean 9am wind speed (km/h)	7.4	6.3	6.1	6.5	6.9	7.8	8.4	9.8	10.3	10.9	9.8	9.1	8.3	69	1939 2009
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)	26.4	25.7	23.3	19.0	14.7	11.4	10.5	12.1	15.0	18.2	21.3	24.6	18.5	69	1939 2009
Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C)	16.7	16.9	15.5	12.7	10.1	7.9	6.9	7.8	9.8	12.0	13.8	15.4	12.1	67	1939 2009
Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C)	8.6	9.8	8.5	6.3	5.1	3.5	2.3	2.1	3.7	5.4	6.3	7.0	5.7	59	1939 2009
Mean 3pm relative humidity (%)	37	40	42	46	54	60	58	52	49	47	41	37	47	59	1939 2009
Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas)	4.0	4.3	4.1	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.2	4.3	69	1939 2009
Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h)	16.8	15.2	14.6	14.3	14.3	15.4	17.0	19.8	20.6	20.8	19.7	19.0	17.3	69	1939 2009
3pm wind speed vs direction plot

red = highest value blue = lowest value

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Site name: CANBERRA AIRPORT		Site number: 070014	Commenced: 1939	Map
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