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Climate statistics for Australian locations
Monthly climate statistics
All years of record
GRIFFITH 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: GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS | Site number: 075041 | Commenced: 1960 | Map | |
| Latitude: 34.25° S | Longitude: 146.07° E | Elevation: 134 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) | 32.9 | 32.1 | 28.6 | 24.0 | 19.2 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 19.9 | 23.9 | 28.0 | 30.8 | 23.8 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Highest temperature (°C) | 46.0 | 45.2 | 42.0 | 36.1 | 28.6 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 38.3 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Date | 23 Jan 2001 | 07 Feb 2009 | 01 Mar 2005 | 04 Apr 1986 | 02 May 1978 | 09 Jun 2005 | 26 Jul 2007 | 30 Aug 2007 | 22 Sep 2003 | 30 Oct 1990 | 26 Nov 1997 | 31 Dec 2005 | 23 Jan 2001 | ||||
| Lowest maximum temperature (°C) | 20.0 | 0.6 | 16.4 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 11.2 | 16.4 | 0.6 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Date | 16 Jan 2005 | 06 Feb 1993 | 02 Mar 1987 | 28 Apr 2008 | 31 May 1990 | 09 Jun 1989 | 03 Jul 1984 | 08 Aug 1997 | 13 Sep 1990 | 11 Oct 2012 | 07 Nov 1971 | 11 Dec 1991 | 06 Feb 1993 | ||||
| Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) | 26.7 | 26.0 | 22.7 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 24.2 | 35 | 1970 2013 |
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| Decile 9 maximum temperature(°C) | 39.9 | 38.0 | 34.4 | 29.2 | 24.0 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 21.2 | 26.3 | 30.6 | 35.6 | 37.2 | 35 | 1970 2013 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 30 °C | 18.4 | 17.3 | 10.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 14.6 | 76.1 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 35 °C | 9.6 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 28.4 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Mean number of days ≥ 40 °C | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Mean minimum temperature (°C) | 17.0 | 17.4 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 9.0 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 10.0 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Lowest temperature (°C) | 6.8 | 7.6 | 4.2 | 0.0 | -2.0 | -4.0 | -5.9 | -3.0 | -2.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4.2 | -5.9 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Date | 13 Jan 1975 | 07 Feb 1980 | 28 Mar 1984 | 23 Apr 2006 | 30 May 2006 | 22 Jun 2007 | 17 Jul 1977 | 17 Aug 2000 | 28 Sep 2003 | 01 Oct 2012 | 04 Nov 1974 | 04 Dec 1978 | 17 Jul 1977 | ||||
| Highest minimum temperature (°C) | 30.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 14.1 | 17.0 | 22.4 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Date | 08 Jan 2013 | 28 Feb 1987 | 27 Mar 1990 | 10 Apr 2005 | 13 May 1987 | 04 Jun 1996 | 31 Jul 1975 | 31 Aug 2007 | 28 Sep 2012 | 13 Oct 2006 | 30 Nov 2004 | 24 Dec 2009 | 24 Dec 2009 | ||||
| Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) | 11.8 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 32 | 1970 2013 |
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| Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) | 23.3 | 22.7 | 19.6 | 15.6 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 32 | 1970 2013 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 2 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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| Mean number of days ≤ 0 °C | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 38 | 1970 2013 |
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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) | 33.0 | 29.7 | 36.7 | 27.4 | 35.3 | 33.3 | 33.4 | 36.1 | 32.4 | 39.5 | 34.7 | 32.8 | 404.2 | 51 | 1958 2013 |
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| Highest rainfall (mm) | 257.1 | 138.2 | 216.8 | 170.2 | 136.0 | 74.8 | 88.4 | 87.6 | 116.1 | 143.0 | 128.0 | 127.8 | 703.3 | 51 | 1958 2013 |
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| Date | 1984 | 1977 | 1989 | 1974 | 1978 | 2009 | 1981 | 1974 | 1970 | 1976 | 1971 | 1992 | 1974 | ||||
| Lowest rainfall (mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 148.8 | 51 | 1958 2013 |
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| Date | 2013 | 1991 | 1998 | 1967 | 2006 | 1984 | 1979 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 1982 | 1979 | 2006 | ||||
| Decile 1 rainfall (mm) | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 10.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 224.8 | 50 | 1958 2013 |
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| Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm) | 19.4 | 21.8 | 15.2 | 18.2 | 30.7 | 28.8 | 30.3 | 33.7 | 27.4 | 27.0 | 28.6 | 24.2 | 382.6 | 50 | 1958 2013 |
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| Decile 9 rainfall (mm) | 79.5 | 69.3 | 63.5 | 56.8 | 78.5 | 64.8 | 68.8 | 61.5 | 62.1 | 92.1 | 80.0 | 76.4 | 573.6 | 50 | 1958 2013 |
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | 95.0 | 44.0 | 149.8 | 44.4 | 51.9 | 29.0 | 32.8 | 30.0 | 35.2 | 59.0 | 66.6 | 49.0 | 149.8 | 47 | 1958 2013 |
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| Date | 01 Jan 1984 | 28 Feb 2013 | 20 Mar 1985 | 21 Apr 1990 | 30 May 1978 | 20 Jun 1969 | 25 Jul 1993 | 24 Aug 2003 | 27 Sep 1978 | 21 Oct 2005 | 08 Nov 2012 | 05 Dec 1992 | 20 Mar 1985 | ||||
| Mean number of days of rain | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 73.8 | 50 | 1958 2013 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 47.5 | 47 | 1958 2013 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 10 mm | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 47 | 1958 2013 |
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| Mean number of days of rain ≥ 25 mm | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 47 | 1958 2013 |
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| Mean daily wind run (km) | 5 | 2008 2013 |
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| Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) | 5 | 2008 2013 |
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| Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/m2) | 28.4 | 24.3 | 20.9 | 15.2 | 11.0 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 12.7 | 17.1 | 22.3 | 25.6 | 28.1 | 18.6 | 23 | 1990 2013 |
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| Mean number of clear days | 3 | 1967 2010 |
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| Mean number of cloudy days | 3 | 1967 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 9am temperature (°C) | 23.0 | 21.7 | 18.5 | 15.3 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 12.3 | 16.8 | 18.8 | 21.3 | 15.2 | 17 | 1967 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 16.4 | 16.6 | 14.2 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 11.5 | 17 | 1967 2010 |
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| Mean 9am dew-point temperature (°C) | 11.0 | 12.3 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 16 | 1972 2010 |
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| Mean 9am relative humidity (%) | 49 | 58 | 60 | 66 | 78 | 87 | 88 | 79 | 70 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 66 | 16 | 1972 2010 |
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| Mean 9am cloud cover (oktas) | 8 | 1967 2010 |
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| Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) | 16.3 | 14.0 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 12.5 | 16 | 1967 2010 |
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| 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 | |
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| Mean 3pm temperature (°C) | 30.6 | 30.2 | 27.0 | 22.8 | 18.2 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 15.5 | 18.9 | 22.8 | 26.0 | 28.6 | 22.4 | 29 | 1967 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wet-bulb temperature (°C) | 18.7 | 19.3 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 26 | 1967 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm dew-point temperature (°C) | 8.8 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 26 | 1979 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) | 28 | 34 | 37 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 62 | 54 | 47 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 43 | 26 | 1979 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 20 | 1967 2010 |
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| Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) | 17.8 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 17.5 | 22 | 1967 2010 |
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red = highest value
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Product IDCJCM0037 Prepared at Thu 23 May 2013 01:28:27 AM EST
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_075041_All.shtml
- Summary statistics and locational map for this site:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_075041.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_075041.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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