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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
CANBERRA CITY
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: CANBERRA CITY | Site number: 070282 | Commenced: 1974 | Map | |
| Latitude: 35.27° S | Longitude: 149.12° E | Elevation: 564 m | Operational status: Closed 25 Nov 1988 | |
| 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) | 28.5 | 28.1 | 24.7 | 20.1 | 15.8 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 16.2 | 19.6 | 23.5 | 26.3 | 20.0 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 40.0 | 38.8 | 36.3 | 32.4 | 24.6 | 18.4 | 20.2 | 23.9 | 28.2 | 31.6 | 36.9 | 37.7 | 40.0 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 24 Jan 1982 | 13 Feb 1979 | 08 Mar 1983 | 04 Apr 1986 | 04 May 1988 | 01 Jun 1975 | 29 Jul 1975 | 30 Aug 1982 | 30 Sep 1980 | 27 Oct 1982 | 18 Nov 1980 | 14 Dec 1977 | 24 Jan 1982 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 13.5 | 15.3 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 5.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 28 Jan 1978 | 07 Feb 1988 | 20 Mar 1975 | 18 Apr 1985 | 31 May 1977 | 23 Jun 1981 | 29 Jul 1978 | 23 Aug 1988 | 13 Sep 1978 | 16 Oct 1984 | 11 Nov 1978 | 08 Dec 1982 | 29 Jul 1978 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 22.0 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 15.7 | 12.4 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 17.5 | 20.4 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 35.0 | 34.5 | 30.5 | 24.6 | 19.4 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 17.2 | 21.0 | 25.4 | 29.7 | 32.8 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 11.7 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 35.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| 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 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 13.6 | 13.8 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 7.1 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 4.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | -4.3 | -6.9 | -7.2 | -8.8 | -6.5 | -5.2 | -2.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | -8.8 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 18 Jan 1984 | 28 Feb 1985 | 09 Mar 1987 | 28 Apr 1978 | 30 May 1976 | 29 Jun 1986 | 17 Jul 1982 | 12 Aug 1985 | 10 Sep 1982 | 01 Oct 1982 | 17 Nov 1981 | 04 Dec 1987 | 17 Jul 1982 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 22.5 | 22.7 | 24.1 | 16.7 | 14.0 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 15.5 | 19.2 | 20.2 | 24.1 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 25 Jan 1982 | 02 Feb 1983 | 09 Mar 1983 | 05 Apr 1981 | 02 May 1988 | 12 Jun 1987 | 06 Jul 1988 | 18 Aug 1988 | 11 Sep 1988 | 29 Oct 1977 | 16 Nov 1982 | 02 Dec 1979 | 09 Mar 1983 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 9.2 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 2.0 | -1.4 | -3.0 | -4.3 | -3.0 | -0.5 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 17.5 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 10.2 | 17.6 | 22.3 | 18.4 | 9.3 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 84.8 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 17.0 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 52.9 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean daily ground minimum temperature (°C) | 8.9 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 1.7 | -0.6 | -3.3 | -4.8 | -3.7 | -0.9 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Lowest ground temperature (°C) | -2.5 | -3.7 | -5.8 | -10.0 | -15.1 | -13.8 | -15.2 | -12.7 | -13.2 | -9.5 | -7.3 | -4.7 | -15.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 18 Jan 1984 | 28 Feb 1985 | 09 Mar 1987 | 28 Apr 1978 | 30 May 1976 | 12 Jun 1984 | 17 Jul 1982 | 02 Aug 1985 | 10 Sep 1982 | 18 Oct 1984 | 19 Nov 1982 | 04 Dec 1987 | 17 Jul 1982 | ||||
| Mean number of days ground min. temp. ≤ -1 °C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 10.1 | 16.3 | 21.1 | 23.8 | 22.4 | 16.1 | 10.4 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 128.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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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) | 59.8 | 51.2 | 55.6 | 49.3 | 47.5 | 37.9 | 52.4 | 47.6 | 65.2 | 61.9 | 58.7 | 46.1 | 632.6 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 219.6 | 152.8 | 131.0 | 101.8 | 101.6 | 128.4 | 115.6 | 133.4 | 155.0 | 154.8 | 116.0 | 121.4 | 876.0 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 1984 | 1977 | 1982 | 1984 | 1983 | 1981 | 1984 | 1985 | 1978 | 1976 | 1988 | 1983 | 1983 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 12.6 | 24.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 301.6 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 1985 | 1979 | 1986 | 1980 | 1982 | 1979 | 1982 | 1982 | 1981 | 1977 | 1982 | 1979 | 1982 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 10.3 | 4.5 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 17.1 | 27.0 | 16.8 | 19.5 | 3.4 | 15 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 36.9 | 49.5 | 48.3 | 48.3 | 53.2 | 37.9 | 37.6 | 45.7 | 63.9 | 48.6 | 54.2 | 35.0 | 15 | n/a n/a |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 141.9 | 119.5 | 109.3 | 88.6 | 85.1 | 62.0 | 106.0 | 68.6 | 95.6 | 136.8 | 112.0 | 104.9 | 15 | n/a n/a |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 64.4 | 62.0 | 69.6 | 64.4 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 35.2 | 37.0 | 40.6 | 52.6 | 74.4 | 56.4 | 74.4 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 16 Jan 1984 | 23 Feb 1977 | 21 Mar 1978 | 20 Apr 1984 | 19 May 1978 | 26 Jun 1981 | 13 Jul 1975 | 16 Aug 1985 | 08 Sep 1978 | 16 Oct 1976 | 19 Nov 1986 | 03 Dec 1980 | 19 Nov 1986 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 7.1 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 102.9 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 72.6 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 20.1 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 85 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 80 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 76 | 98 | 76 | 98 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Date | 25 Jan 1984 | 11 Feb 1978 | 27 Mar 1984 | 06 Apr 1983 | 16 May 1975 | 21 Jun 1975 | 23 Jul 1978 | 11 Aug 1980 | 01 Sep 1980 | 25 Oct 1975 | 10 Nov 1977 | 25 Dec 1984 | 10 Nov 1977 | ||||
| Mean daily sunshine (hours) | 3 | 1974 1977 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 25.3 | 22.1 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 16.5 | 20.8 | 23.7 | 26.1 | 17.2 | 36 | 1990 2026 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 10.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 101.0 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 8.9 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 124.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean daily evaporation (mm) | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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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) | 18.4 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 12.1 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 9.8 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 14.7 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 9.5 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 11.7 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 66 | 70 | 71 | 76 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 73 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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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) | 26.9 | 26.4 | 23.5 | 19.1 | 14.9 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 18.3 | 22.0 | 24.8 | 18.8 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 16.7 | 17.1 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 15.2 | 12.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 8.3 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 35 | 39 | 42 | 47 | 57 | 60 | 57 | 52 | 50 | 46 | 40 | 35 | 47 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 11.9 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 14 | 1974 1988 |
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red = highest value
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Product IDCJCM0037 Prepared at Thu 26 Feb 2026 00:47:53 AM AEDT
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.
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