Thursday, 1 December 2016 - Monthly Climate Summary for Canberra - Product code IDCKGC15L0
Canberra in November 2016: Warm days in Canberra
November was a relatively warm month for the ACT, with above-average daytime temperatures and the longest spring spell of 30 °C days since November 2009. Rainfall was average to below average, with storms producing locally heavy rain in parts of the ACT, while nights were slightly cooler than average.
Below average rainfall
- Rainfall was average to below average across the ACT
- Canberra Airport recorded seven rain days, below average for November (10 days), but five had totals above 5 mm (the average is four days)
- Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain over the 24 hours to 9am on the 10th and 21st
A warm end to spring
- Daytime temperatures were 2.1 °C above average at Canberra Airport
- Five days reached 30 °C between the 18th and 22nd, the longest spring warm spell since 18-22 November 2009
- Overnight temperatures dropped to -1.3 °C on the 1st, the coldest November night since 4 November 2013 (-1.5 °C)
- Minimum temperatures were slightly below average
Further information
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Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in November 2016 | |
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| Hottest day | 31.6 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 19th |
| Warmest days on average | 25.0 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Coolest days on average | 15.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Coldest day | 4.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 13th |
| Coldest night | -2.5 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 1st |
| Coolest nights on average | 5.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Warmest nights on average | 9.2 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Warmest night | 15.6 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 23rd |
| Warmest on average overall | 17.1 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Coolest on average overall | 10.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest overall | 105.0 mm at Canberra (Australian National Botanic Gardens) |
| Driest overall | 53.4 mm at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Wettest day | 43.6 mm at Canberra (Australian National Botanic Gardens) on the 21st |
| Strongest wind gust | 89 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on the 5th |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for November 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for November 2016 |
Diff from average |
Highest for November 2016 |
Mean for November 2016 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for November 2016 |
Total for November 2016 |
Average for November |
Rank of November 2016 |
Fraction of November average |
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| Canberra Airport | 24.8 | +2.1 | 31.2 | 22nd | 8.6 | -0.2 | -1.3 | 1st | 56.8 | 64.4 | average | 88% |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 15.7 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 21st | 5.1 | -0.9 | -2.5 | 1st | 57.8 | 106.1 | low | 54% |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 25.0 | +0.7 | 31.6 | 19th | 9.2 | -0.6 | -0.5 | 1st | 53.4 | 73.7 | average | 72% |
| 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 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 18.1 | 20.6 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 17.6 | 19.9 | 25.3 | 28.6 | 24.8 | 24.0 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 18.6 | 19.8 | 20.6 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 30.0 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 30.2 | 31.2 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 24.3 | 24.7 | 26.5 | 27.7 | 28.0 | 30.1 |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 7.5 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 15.8 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 15.2 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 12.9 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.5 | 21.6 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 20.7 |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 17.8 | 20.6 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 18.0 | 21.7 | 25.6 | 28.0 | 23.8 | 24.7 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 17.8 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 30.6 | 31.6 | 30.2 | 30.1 | 31.0 | 20.2 | 22.4 | 24.7 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 29.4 |
| 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 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | -1.3 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 11.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 14.6 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 14.7 | 7.9 | 10.4 |
| Mount Ginini AWS | -2.5 | -0.1 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 0.4 | -1.1 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 9.5 | -1.1 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | -0.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 7.9 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 15.6 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 15.1 | 8.1 | 11.5 |
| 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 November 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.4 | 14.0 | - | 23.2 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 43.6 | - | - | 5.4 | - | ||||||
| Canberra Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | 6.2 | - | 19.4 | - | 8.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 9.4 | - | - | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mount Ginini AWS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.4 | 3.8 | 23.2 | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | - | - | 6.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Nicholls (Gungahlin Lakes) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | 34.6 | - | 24.6 | - | 5.2 | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | - | - | 6.0 | |||||||
| Torrens (Darke St) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.4 | 0.6 | - | 17.4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | - | 15.0 | - | 13.4 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | - | - | 5.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 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, generally published on the first working day of each month, 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. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Thursday 1 December 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.
Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.
Further information
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