Sunday 2 November 2025 - Monthly Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC15L0
Australian Capital Territory in October 2025
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for October were below average at all sites across Australian Capital Territory.
- October rainfall totals ranged from around 22% to around 67% of average across the Territory.
- The wettest day of October was the 27th when 16.8mm was recorded at Mount Ginini AWS, which was also recorded the wettest overall for the month with 58.4mm of rainfall.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for October at all sites across the Territory were above average.
- October mean maximum temperatures for the Territory ranged from 0.3 °C above average at Mount Ginini AWS to 1.4 °C above average at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS.
- The warmest day was 32.0 °C at Canberra Airport on the 20th and the coldest day was 0.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 2nd.
- Mean minimum temperatures for October across the Territory were average to above average.
- October mean minimum temperatures for the Territory ranged from average at Canberra Airport and Mount Ginini AWS to 0.2 °C above average at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS.
- The warmest night was 13.2 °C at Canberra Airport on the 22nd and the coldest night was -5.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 28th.
Canberra Airport
- Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 21.2 mm, which is 39% of the long-term average at the current site of 53.9 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 22.1 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 21.3 °C.
- The warmest day was 32.0 °C on the 20th, and the coolest day was on the 28th when the temperature reached 12.9 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 6.2 °C, which equalled the long-term average at the current site of 6.2 °C.
- The coldest morning was -1.8 °C on the 14th, and the warmest morning was on the 22nd when the minimum temperature was 13.2 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in October 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
32.0 °C at Canberra Airport on the 20th |
| Warmest days on average |
22.4 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Coolest days on average |
12.8 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Coldest day |
0.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 2nd |
| Coldest night |
-5.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 28th |
| Coolest nights on average |
3.0 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Warmest nights on average |
6.8 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Warmest night |
13.2 °C at Canberra Airport on the 22nd |
| Warmest on average overall |
14.6 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Coolest on average overall |
7.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest overall |
58.4 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest day |
16.8 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on the 27th |
| Strongest wind gust |
89.0 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on the 22nd |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for October 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for October 2025 |
Diff from average |
Highest for October 2025 |
Mean for October 2025 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for October 2025 |
Total for October 2025 |
Average for October |
Rank of October 2025 |
Fraction of October average |
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| Canberra Airport | 22.1 | +0.8 | 32.0 | 20th | 6.2 | 0.0 | -1.8 | 14th | 21.2 | 53.9 | low | 39% |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 12.8 | +0.3 | 21.4 | 20th | 3.0 | 0.0 | -5.4 | 28th | 58.4 | 87.0 | average | 67% |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 22.4 | +1.4 | 31.5 | 20th | 6.8 | +0.2 | -0.2 | 7th | 12.4 | 57.7 | low | 22% |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 31 | |
| Canberra Airport | 17.1 | 15.3 | 16.7 | 22.6 | 25.2 | 23.8 | 18.5 | 24.1 | 19.9 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 18.8 | 21.9 | 25.1 | 27.6 | 29.1 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 32.0 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 17.1 | 20.2 | 12.9 | 15.3 | ||
| Mount Ginini AWS | 6.4 | 0.4 | 9.7 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 10.8 | 13.1 | 16.4 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 16.3 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 14.2 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 7.1 | 11.4 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 14.0 | |||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 16.6 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 22.3 | 18.9 | 24.6 | 20.6 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 19.2 | 22.2 | 25.8 | 27.7 | 29.1 | 25.1 | 27.6 | 31.5 | 25.8 | 27.1 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 22.6 | 24.8 |
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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 |
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| Daily minimum temperatures for October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 31 | |
| Canberra Airport | 8.4 | 8.6 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 11.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 11.6 | 3.1 | 7.6 | -1.8 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 9.7 | -0.2 | 7.1 | ||
| Mount Ginini AWS | 0.7 | -0.2 | -2.1 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 7.8 | -1.4 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | -0.5 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 3.1 | -5.4 | -2.4 | 2.4 | 5.1 | |||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 8.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 9.6 | -0.2 | 1.4 | 11.2 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 6.3 | 8.3 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
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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 |
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| Daily rainfall for October 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 31 | ||
| Aranda (Bindaga St) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.6 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | 2.4 | - | - | - | 5.8 | 1.6 | ||||
| Bruce (Australian Institute of Sport) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.4 | 1.4 | - | - | - | 3.0 | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 6.4 | 1.4 | ||||
| Canberra (Australian National Botanic Ga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.4 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | 2.4 | - | - | - | 7.4 | 2.7 | - | - | - | |
| Canberra Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 7.4 | 1.6 | - | 1.4 | ||
| Mount Ginini AWS | - | 0.2 | 4.6 | 1.0 | - | - | 1.2 | - | 11.2 | 13.0 | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.2 | - | - | - | 16.8 | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | |
| Nicholls (Gungahlin Lakes) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Torrens (Darke St) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 2.6 | - | - | - | 6.8 | |||||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 2.2 | - | - | - | 5.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Notes
The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following 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.
This statement has been prepared based on information available on Sunday 2 November 2025. 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, excluding the current year. The length of record can
vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer 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.
Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.
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