Monday, 1 July 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC15L0
Australian Capital Territory in June 2019: warm days, cool nights and dry
Rainfall in the ACT in June was below average. Daytime temperatures were warmer than average and overnight temperatures were cold.
Average rain days, but below average rainfall
- June was drier than average across the ACT despite Canberra Airport reporting 12 rain days (compared to an average of 10 days)
- The wettest day was 19.0 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on the 30th due to a passage of a cold front
- Canberra Airport recorded 254.4 mm for the first half of 2019, which is close to average for the January to June period
Warm days, chilly nights
- Daytime temperatures across the ACT were warmer than average
- The highest maximum temperature, 17.6 ºC, was recorded at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 12th due to a high pressure ridge along eastern New South Wales
- Overnight temperatures were much cooler than June 2018, but warmer than June 2017
- A slow moving high pressure system brought clear skies and cool conditions across the ACT between the 19th and the 23rd
- The 21st was particularly cold, overnight temperatures dropped to minus 5 to 6 degrees across the ACT
- Canberra Airport has had a very warm first half of 2019, equal warmest mean maximum temperature of 23.8 ºC for the January to June period (equal with January to June 2018)
Canberra Airport
- Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 18.0 mm, which is 43% of the long-term average of 41.7 mm
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 14.1 °C, which is 1.7 °C above the long-term average of 12.4 °C and fourth-warmest on record. The warmest day was 17.4 °C on the 12th, and the coolest day was on the 23rd when the temperature reached 10.8 °C
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was -0.1 °C, which is 1.1 °C below the long-term average of 1.0 °C. The coldest morning was -4.9 °C on the 21st, and the warmest morning was on the 13th when the minimum temperature was 5.8 °C
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Extremes in June 2019 | |
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Hottest day | 17.6 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 12th |
Warmest days on average | 14.1 °C at Canberra Airport |
Coolest days on average | 4.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Coldest day | -1.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 4th |
Coldest night | -6.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 21st |
Coolest nights on average | -1.2 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Warmest nights on average | -0.1 °C at Canberra Airport |
Warmest night | 5.8 °C at Canberra Airport on the 13th |
Warmest on average overall | 7.0 °C at Canberra Airport |
Coolest on average overall | 1.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Wettest overall | 50.8 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
Wettest day | 19.0 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on the 30th |
Strongest wind gust | 81 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on the 4th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Summary statistics for June 2019 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for June 2019 |
Diff from average |
Highest for June 2019 |
Mean for June 2019 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for June 2019 |
Total for June 2019 |
Average for June |
Rank of June 2019 |
Fraction of June average |
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Canberra Airport | 14.1 | +1.7 | 17.4 | 12th | -0.1 | -1.1 | -4.9 | 21st | 18.0 | 41.7 | low | 43% |
Mount Ginini AWS | 4.7 | +0.9 | 10.6 | 7th | -1.2 | -0.1 | -6.1 | 21st | 50.8 | 84.6 | low | 60% |
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 13.7 | +0.6 | 17.6 | 12th | -0.3 | -1.6 | -5.1 | 21st | 17.8 | 52.8 | low | 34% |
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, combined with the current site from March 2010 onwards. |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Daily maximum temperatures for June 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 11.2 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 11.3 |
Mount Ginini AWS | 6.3 | 4.7 | 0.2 | -1.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 14.6 | 15.6 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 10.5 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 16.4 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 11.5 |
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Daily minimum temperatures for June 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | -0.7 | -1.6 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | -3.9 | -1.3 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 5.8 | -2.2 | -1.4 | -0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | -2.7 | -4.4 | -4.9 | -1.5 | -3.8 | -0.8 | -2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -1.1 | -1.7 | 4.3 |
Mount Ginini AWS | -0.8 | 0.3 | -1.7 | -4.6 | -4.5 | -2.9 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | -1.5 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.9 | 0.8 | -4.9 | -4.8 | -6.1 | -5.3 | -4.5 | -3.2 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -0.9 | -0.4 | 2.4 | -2.6 |
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | -1.5 | -1.6 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 1.1 | -3.5 | -1.5 | -0.2 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 4.9 | -2.0 | -2.9 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | -3.2 | -4.6 | -5.1 | -3.6 | -1.1 | 5.1 | -2.1 | -1.0 | -2.1 | -0.6 | -1.4 | 3.4 |
Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated, and typically occurred that morning. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Daily rainfall for June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
Aranda (Bindaga St) | - | - | 0.8 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 2.2 | - | 2.6 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
Bruce (Australian Institute of Sport) | → | → | 1.0 | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Canberra (Australian National Botanic Ga | - | - | 0.8 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.3 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.0 | |
Canberra Airport | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 3.6 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.4 | 2.8 | - | 1.8 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 7.4 | |
Canberra Parliament House | - | - | - | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ginninderra (Charnwood (ACT)) | 0.2 | - | 1.0 | 2.6 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 1.0 | 3.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 8.6 | |
Mount Ginini AWS | 0.2 | - | - | 11.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 4.0 | 9.8 | - | 5.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19.0 | |
Torrens (Darke St) | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 2.6 | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | → | 0.2 | ||||||||
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 0.2 | - | - | 5.6 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.8 | 2.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.6 | |
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). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Notes
The Monthly climate summary, generally published on the first working day of each month, lists the main features of the weather in Australian Capital Territory 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 summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Australian Capital Territory “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to “include the population within the urban area of the city, as well as people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the city, and live in small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. It is important to note that GCCSAs do not define the built up edge of the city. They provide a stable definition for these cities and are designed for the output of a range of social and economic survey data.”
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Monday 1 July 2019. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.
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.
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.
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