Tuesday, 4 October 2016 - Monthly Climate Summary for Canberra - Product code IDCKGC15L0
Canberra in September 2016: Second-wettest September on record
Canberra Airport recorded its second-wettest September on record during 2016, with several heavy rain events including the second-wettest September day on record on the 2nd. Daytime temperatures were slightly below average and the coolest in almost 20 years, while a lack of cool nights contributed to the fifth-warmest September minimum temperatures on record for Canberra.
Second-wettest September on record
- Canberra Airport recorded 149.2 mm of rain, the second-wettest September on record behind 150.6 mm in 1978
- Rain was recorded on 14 days, above the historical average of 10 days
- Eight days recorded than 5 mm: more than double the historical average of 3 days and the equal-highest on record with 1962 and 1975
- Canberra Airport recorded 53.6 mm on the 3rd, the second-wettest September day on record (behind 57.8 mm on 17 September 2013)
Rain brings cool days, warm nights
- Daytime temperatures at Canberra Airport were slightly below average but the coldest September since 1992
- The average minimum temperature was 1.5 °C above average, the fifth-warmest September on record and the warmest since 1998
- Only five nights dropped below 2 °C, the equal-fewest on record for Canberra (average is 12 nights)
- Maximum temperature was just 10.5 °C on the 2nd, the coldest September day since 27 September 2009
Further information
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Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in September 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day | 20.0 °C at Canberra
Airport on the 8th |
| Warmest days on average | 15.8 °C at Canberra
Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 7.0 °C at Mount
Ginini AWS |
| Coldest day | 1.1 °C at Mount
Ginini AWS on the 15th 1.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 30th |
| Coldest night | -3.2 °C at Mount
Ginini AWS on the 20th -3.2 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 26th |
| Coolest nights on average | 0.5 °C at Mount
Ginini AWS |
| Warmest nights on average | 4.9 °C at Tuggeranong
(Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Warmest night | 10.2 °C at Canberra
Airport on the 25th 10.2 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 25th |
| Warmest on average overall | 10.3 °C at Canberra
Airport 10.3 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Coolest on average overall | 3.7 °C at Mount
Ginini AWS |
| Wettest overall | 241.2 mm at Mount
Ginini AWS |
| Driest overall | 108.6 mm at Canberra
(Australian National Botanic Ga |
| Wettest day | 53.6 mm at Canberra
Airport on the 3rd |
| Strongest wind gust | 76 km/h at Mount
Ginini AWS on the 30th |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Record highest September total rainfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for September |
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| Torrens (Darke St) | 149.4 | 105.4 | in 1993 | 32 | 58.1 |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 151.0 | 107.8 | in 2013 | 21 | 63.1 |
| Record lowest September mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for September |
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| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 15.7 | 16.1 | in 1997 | 20 | 17.7 |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for September 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for September 2016 |
Diff from average |
Highest for September 2016 |
Mean for September 2016 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for September 2016 |
Total for September 2016 |
Average for September |
Rank of September 2016 |
Fraction of September average |
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| Canberra Airport | 15.8 | -0.4 | 20.0 | 8th | 4.8 | +1.5 | -1.1 | 28th | 149.2 | 52.0 |
v high |
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| Mount Ginini AWS | 7.0 | -1.7 | 14.9 | 5th | 0.5 | +0.2 | -3.2 | 20th | 241.2 | 93.4 | v high | 258% |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 15.7 | -2.0 | 19.9 | 6th | 4.9 | +1.1 | -0.5 | 28th | 151.0 | 63.1 | highest | 239% |
| Note:
Observations for "Canberra Airport" are taken from the current
site (Bureau number 070351), which opened in late 2008. Comparisons are made against data from the previous site Canberra Airport Comparison (070014), which ran from 1939 to 2010. |
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Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for September 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
| Canberra Airport | 16.7 | 10.5 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 16.4 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 20.0 | 17.4 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 12.9 | 15.7 | 17.0 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 18.3 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 12.1 |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 9.8 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 11.3 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 1.1 |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 17.0 | 10.7 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 19.9 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 12.7 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 16.7 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 15.2 | 17.7 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 16.4 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 12.1 |
| Values are the maximum
temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day
indicated, and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day. |
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| Temperatures coloured according to
their difference from the long-term average for the period |
-10.0 | -9.0 | -8.0 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -5.0 | -4.0 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +4.0 | +5.0 | +6.0 | +7.0 | +8.0 | +9.0 | +10.0 | °C | Grey
outline marks highest and lowest for the period |
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| Daily minimum temperatures for September 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
| Canberra Airport | 4.3 | 5.6 | 9.1 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 9.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | -1.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | -1.6 | -0.5 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.9 | -0.6 | -2.2 | 1.3 | 3.3 | -2.2 | -1.7 | -1.6 | 1.6 | -0.3 | -3.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | -3.2 | -1.9 | -2.3 | 1.4 | -2.6 |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 5.7 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 9.5 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 5.2 | -0.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| Values are the minimum
temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day
indicated, and typically occurred that morning. |
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| Temperatures coloured according to
their difference from the long-term average for the period |
-10.0 | -9.0 | -8.0 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -5.0 | -4.0 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +4.0 | +5.0 | +6.0 | +7.0 | +8.0 | +9.0 | +10.0 | °C | Grey
outline marks highest and lowest for the period |
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| Daily rainfall for September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||
| Canberra (Australian National Botanic Ga | 2.0 | - | 42.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 15.0 | 0.8 | - | - | 0.1 | 6.8 | 0.6 | - | - | 7.8 | - | 9.1 | 21.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | ||||
| Canberra Airport | 1.8 | - | 53.6 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 15.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | 5.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 6.6 | - | 6.8 | 24.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | 13.4 | 19.0 | |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 6.8 | - | 45.4 | 2.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 46.6 | 11.2 | - | - | 2.8 | 24.2 | 6.4 | - | - | 10.0 | - | 6.0 | 13.8 | 0.8 | 5.2 | - | - | 6.0 | - | 18.0 | 35.0 | |
| Nicholls (Gungahlin Lakes) | 3.8 | - | 33.0 | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 13.2 | 1.0 | - | - | - | 6.2 | - | - | - | 8.2 | - | 9.4 | 23.8 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | 19.0 | 20.2 | |
| Torrens (Darke St) | 1.0 | - | 48.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 15.8 | 1.0 | - | - | - | 4.0 | 0.2 | - | 6.0 | - | - | 26.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 21.2 | 24.0 | |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 0.2 | - | 48.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 16.6 | 1.2 | - | - | - | 4.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 8.2 | - | 6.6 | 20.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 21.8 | 22.2 | |
| Most values are the precipitation
in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated. Days marked
with ? are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the
final day. Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre. Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell). |
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| Rainfalls coloured according to the amount |
0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 100 | 150 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 600 | millimetres | |||||||||||||||||
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Notes
The Monthly climate summary lists the main features of the weather in Canberra using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
A climate summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Tuesday 4 October 2016. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on
observations from all available years of record, which vary widely from
site to site. They are not shown for sites with less than 10 years of
record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median
is sometimes more representative than the mean
of long-term average rain.
Observations for "Canberra Airport" are taken from the current site
(Bureau number 070351), which opened in late 2008.
Comparisons are made against data from the previous site
Canberra Airport Comparison (070014), which ran from 1939 to 2010.
The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the
climate record for the site, based on the decile
ranking (very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in
decile 2 or 3, average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile
8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time
as a percentage
of the long-term mean.
The ACORN-SAT dataset is used for temperature area averages.
Further information
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