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)	27.7	27.1	24.5	19.6	15.1	11.8	11.1	12.8	16.0	19.4	22.7	26.1	19.5	53	1927 1980
Highest temperature (°C)	40.0	40.1	34.2	29.6	24.4	20.4	19.7	22.4	28.7	30.6	35.2	37.7	40.1	23	1957 1980
Date	31 Jan 1968	01 Feb 1968	03 Mar 1965	12 Apr 1968	10 May 1967	03 Jun 1957	29 Jul 1975	30 Aug 1977	26 Sep 1965	28 Oct 1967	23 Nov 1959	25 Dec 1957	01 Feb 1968
Lowest maximum temperature (°C)	11.9	14.0	11.9	10.4	5.5	2.3	4.1	2.7	6.1	7.8	8.9	12.8	2.3	23	1957 1980
Date	02 Jan 1970	20 Feb 1966	03 Mar 1961	22 Apr 1960	31 May 1977	28 Jun 1966	07 Jul 1964	07 Aug 1965	20 Sep 1959	01 Oct 1968	11 Nov 1965	06 Dec 1962	28 Jun 1966
Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C)	21.7	21.7	19.5	15.6	11.3	9.3	8.3	9.6	11.2	14.1	16.9	19.5		24	1957 1980
Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C)	33.5	33.0	29.2	24.1	19.4	15.2	14.0	16.0	20.2	24.8	28.9	31.5		24	1957 1980
Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C	9.5	7.4	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	5.8	26.7	23	1957 1980
Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C	1.4	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	2.9	23	1957 1980
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	23	1957 1980
Minimum temperature
Mean minimum temperature (°C)	13.6	13.6	11.6	7.6	4.0	1.9	0.9	2.0	4.0	7.0	9.5	12.0	7.3	53	1927 1980
Lowest temperature (°C)	4.0	5.0	0.8	-1.7	-5.3	-7.1	-6.7	-5.0	-3.4	-2.2	0.1	2.3	-7.1	23	1957 1980
Date	12 Jan 1975	24 Feb 1964	24 Mar 1967	28 Apr 1978	25 May 1957	23 Jun 1961	05 Jul 1957	10 Aug 1965	02 Sep 1959	26 Oct 1961	06 Nov 1960	10 Dec 1964	23 Jun 1961
Highest minimum temperature (°C)	23.7	24.3	19.9	17.6	14.8	12.2	11.5	11.4	15.0	17.6	19.4	21.8	24.3	23	1957 1980
Date	25 Jan 1973	06 Feb 1973	30 Mar 1968	01 Apr 1959	14 May 1957	05 Jun 1958	29 Jul 1975	27 Aug 1969	27 Sep 1965	26 Oct 1969	29 Nov 1977	26 Dec 1957	06 Feb 1973
Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C)	10.0	10.1	7.7	2.9	-1.0	-2.7	-3.4	-2.2	-0.1	2.8	4.9	7.9		24	1957 1980
Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C)	17.6	17.5	15.7	12.7	9.3	7.0	5.6	6.5	8.4	11.8	14.4	16.3		24	1957 1980
Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.6	10.2	16.1	19.2	15.1	8.5	1.6	0.1	0.0	72.5	23	1957 1980
Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	5.4	10.2	14.3	9.5	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	43.3	23	1957 1980
Ground surface temperature
Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C)	11.0	11.0	8.8	4.4	0.8	-1.3	-2.3	-1.2	0.8	4.0	6.8	9.3	4.3	53	1927 1980
Lowest ground temperature (°C)	1.2	1.8	-3.7	-6.1	-9.1	-10.0	-11.5	-9.1	-7.3	-4.3	-3.3	-2.2	-11.5	23	1957 1980
Date	12 Jan 1975	25 Feb 1980	24 Mar 1967	28 Apr 1978	30 May 1976	23 Jun 1960	17 Jul 1966	04 Aug 1967	25 Sep 1959	26 Oct 1961	27 Nov 1967	11 Dec 1964	17 Jul 1966
Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	10.7	16.0	18.9	15.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	0.1	75.2	23	1957 1980
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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)	60.3	60.5	58.7	53.1	48.8	42.9	42.7	51.4	51.4	74.4	58.5	51.8	654.3	54	1927 1981
Highest rainfall (mm)	196.8	215.4	322.5	196.2	164.8	154.8	129.1	142.2	152.6	177.2	152.0	223.3	1102.0	54	1927 1981
Date	1978	1971	1950	1974	1968	1931	1960	1974	1978	1959	1961	1947	1950
Lowest rainfall (mm)	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.0	5.1	5.8	9.2	3.4	3.4	7.1	0.0	307.5	54	1927 1981
Date	1932	1933	1954	1980	1976	1944	1940	1949	1946	1977	1936	1979	1944
Decile 1 rainfall (mm)	6.4	2.7	14.0	9.8	8.8	9.3	12.3	17.6	15.3	26.1	22.1	4.7	440.3	54	1927 1981
Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm)	57.1	55.3	42.1	46.4	41.0	31.1	38.4	50.6	50.5	58.0	51.1	39.6	637.0	54	1927 1981
Decile 9 rainfall (mm)	120.6	127.7	118.8	95.1	111.0	94.3	84.9	81.9	87.9	141.6	108.4	105.5	870.2	54	1927 1981
Highest daily rainfall (mm)	84.6	82.3	75.0	78.7	98.6	58.9	51.3	53.4	45.2	131.8	62.2	58.2	131.8	54	1927 1981
Date	11 Jan 1974	17 Feb 1928	21 Mar 1978	16 Apr 1969	03 May 1948	25 Jun 1956	13 Jul 1933	28 Aug 1974	16 Sep 1962	21 Oct 1959	09 Nov 1950	28 Dec 1929	21 Oct 1959
Mean number of days of rain	7.7	7.3	7.5	7.6	8.1	9.4	10.4	11.6	9.8	11.0	9.0	7.8	107.2	54	1927 1981
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm	5.8	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.4	6.0	6.2	7.9	7.0	8.2	6.9	5.6	75.0	54	1927 1981
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm	1.9	2.1	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.3	1.5	1.7	2.4	1.9	1.7	20.4	54	1927 1981
Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	5.2	54	1927 1981
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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)	145	127	114	101	108	101	118	135	144	153	159	163	131	23	1957 1980
Maximum wind gust speed (km/h)	87	93	89	84	91	97	89	108	97	98	115	89	115	22	1957 1979
Date	25 Jan 1975	02 Feb 1973	30 Mar 1963	03 Apr 1979	04 May 1960	21 Jun 1975	22 Jul 1974	05 Aug 1959	30 Sep 1957	03 Oct 1971	24 Nov 1957	28 Dec 1957	24 Nov 1957
Mean daily sunshine (hours)	8.8	8.3	7.4	6.9	5.6	4.8	5.2	6.2	7.3	7.9	8.9	9.2	7.2	42	1934 1980
Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m²)	26.1	22.9	19.4	14.3	10.6	8.0	9.0	12.6	16.7	21.4	24.5	26.5	17.7	19	1990 2009
Mean number of clear days	8.7	6.8	7.3	8.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	7.7	8.3	7.1	7.0	8.8	94.4	21	1957 1980
Mean number of cloudy days	10.6	8.9	10.1	8.6	11.2	12.3	11.7	10.9	10.2	12.3	10.6	10.1	127.5	21	1957 1980
Mean daily evaporation (mm)	6.4	5.7	4.3	2.9	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	2.6	3.8	5.3	6.5	3.6	23	1957 1980
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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)	20.2	19.5	17.1	12.6	8.2	5.3	4.3	6.2	9.7	13.6	16.6	19.2	12.7	51	1927 1980
Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C)	15.1	15.2	13.7	10.3	6.7	4.1	3.1	4.6	7.2	10.1	12.1	14.0	9.7	51	1927 1980
Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C)	11.3	12.1	10.7	7.7	4.5	2.3	1.2	2.2	4.0	6.4	7.6	9.4	6.6	21	1957 1980
Mean 9am relative humidity (%)	56	61	67	72	80	82	82	76	69	62	57	54	68	51	1927 1980
Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.6	4.9	4.7	4.3	3.9	4.2	4.2	3.8	4.2	41	1928 1980
Mean 9am wind speed (km/h)	4.9	4.2	3.5	3.5	4.4	3.9	4.4	5.5	5.9	6.5	7.3	5.7	5.0	21	1957 1980
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	25.6	23.2	18.5	14.1	10.8	10.1	11.7	14.7	17.9	21.1	24.4	18.2	51	1927 1980
Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C)	16.6	16.9	15.7	12.6	9.9	7.6	6.8	7.7	9.6	11.9	13.7	15.5	12.0	51	1927 1980
Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C)	8.5	9.8	8.8	6.8	4.8	3.5	2.1	2.2	3.3	5.7	6.0	6.8	5.7	21	1957 1980
Mean 3pm relative humidity (%)	34	39	43	48	56	61	59	54	48	46	40	36	47	51	1927 1980
Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.3	41	1928 1980
Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h)	11.4	10.3	9.3	8.2	8.9	7.8	9.2	11.0	12.1	13.1	14.8	12.6	10.7	21	1957 1980
3pm wind speed vs direction plot

red = highest value blue = lowest value

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