Australian Capital Territory in November 2023

Rainfall

  • Rainfall was above to very much above average across the territory. More than 100mm rainfall was recorded in most stations, much of it occurred during the last two days of the month.

Temperature

  • Both maximum and minimum temperatures were greater than average in November.
  • The hottest day was 33.3 °C recorded on the 11th at Canberra airport, where the warmest night, 16.6 °C was recorded on 25th.
  • The coldest day was 8.5 °C which was recorded at Mount Ginini on the 4th.

Canberra Airport

  • Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 134.2 mm, which is 172% of the long-term average at the current site of 77.8 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 25.5 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 24.7 °C.
  • The warmest day was 33.3 °C on the 11th, and the coolest day was on the 4th when the temperature reached 15.8 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 10.5 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 9.7 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 3.9 °C on the 1st, and the warmest morning was on the 25th when the minimum temperature was 16.6 °C.

Extremes in November 2023
Hottest day 33.3 °C at Canberra Airport on the 11th
Warmest days on average 25.5 °C at Canberra Airport
Coolest days on average 15.9 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Coldest day 8.5 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 4th
Coldest night -0.5 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 1st
Coolest nights on average 6.2 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Warmest nights on average 11.2 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS
Warmest night 16.6 °C at Canberra Airport on the 25th
Warmest on average overall 18.2 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS
Coolest on average overall 11.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Wettest overall 192.4 mm at Mount Ginini AWS
Wettest day 69.6 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on the 29th
Strongest wind gust 61 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on the 29th




Summary statistics for November 2023
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
November
2023
Diff
from
average
Highest for
November
2023
Mean for
November
2023
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
November
2023
Total for
November
2023
Average
for
November
Rank of
November
2023
Fraction of
November
average
Canberra Airport 25.5 +0.8 33.3 11th 10.5 +0.8 3.9 1st 134.2 77.8 high 172%
Mount Ginini AWS 15.9 +0.7 23.6 11th 6.2 +0.7 -0.5 1st 192.4 121.1 high 159%
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 25.1 +1.0 32.9 11th 11.2 +1.4 5.7 1st 139.2 79.2 high 176%

Daily maximum temperatures for November 2023
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Canberra Airport22.924.125.015.819.325.427.427.121.728.933.331.727.324.127.026.124.027.931.428.526.427.724.222.027.126.427.622.119.822.7
Mount Ginini AWS12.216.216.08.510.115.217.517.315.319.423.621.219.814.917.716.318.620.918.817.315.914.811.214.815.317.811.511.812.6
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS22.525.024.815.318.324.827.226.920.428.632.931.727.122.727.125.623.528.031.128.225.426.624.121.426.326.127.222.418.822.4
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.
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 November 2023
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Canberra Airport3.94.010.311.611.29.07.89.410.48.19.314.010.26.310.67.410.56.08.116.010.511.010.913.816.612.812.816.113.813.7
Mount Ginini AWS-0.53.74.05.13.21.85.37.96.16.511.312.13.58.15.26.30.83.99.29.67.47.96.06.18.77.17.38.67.35.6
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS5.77.111.612.311.69.18.310.012.39.210.215.69.07.513.58.49.68.98.813.610.810.313.815.516.412.512.616.113.513.2
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 November 2023
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Aranda (Bindaga St) - - - - - - - - - 6.6 - 0.8 - - 0.4 - - - - - 15.2 - 0.4 - 9.4 0.6 - - 64.4 37.0
Bruce (Australian Institute of Sport) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.8 - - - - - 8.0 - 64.0 34.6
Canberra (Australian National Botanic Ga - - - - - - - - - 6.2 - 0.3 - - - - - - - - 19.6 -







Canberra Airport - - - 0.6 - - 0.2 - - 6.8 - 0.6 - - 0.2 - - - - - 22.6 0.2 - - 32.2 2.0 - - 44.8 24.0
Ginninderra (Charnwood (ACT))














- - - - - 6.2 0.4 2.4 - 11.0 1.8 - 0.2 58.2 37.8
Mount Ginini AWS - - - - 0.4 1.4 1.2 - 20.6 9.6 - 0.8 - - 1.6 0.2
- - - 17.8 - 4.4 - 26.6 11.6 0.2 - 69.6 26.4
Nicholls (Gungahlin Lakes) - - - - - - - - - 3.6 - - - - - - - - - - 9.6








Torrens (Darke St) - - - 2.8 - - - - - 11.6 - 0.6 - - - - - - - - 24.0 - - - 11.6 0.6 - - 55.0 35.2
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS - - - 4.8 - - - - - 7.8 - - - - 0.8 - - - - - 17.4 - - - 14.0 5.6 - - 58.0 30.8
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

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 at 10 am on Friday 1 December 2023. 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.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.


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