Monday 2 March 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC15L0

Australian Capital Territory in February 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for February ranged from below to above average across Australian Capital Territory.
  • February rainfall totals ranged from 83% at Canberra Airport to 145% of average at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS.
  • The wettest day was 45.4 mm at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 26th and the wettest overall was 112.6 mm at Torrens (Darke St).

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for February at all sites across the Territory were above average.
  • February mean maximum temperatures for the Territory ranged from 0.8 °C above average at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS to 1.3 °C above average at Canberra Airport.
  • The hottest day was 37.1 °C at Canberra Airport on the 6th, and the coldest day was 12.8 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 26th.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for February at all sites across the Territory were above average.
  • February mean minimum temperatures for the Territory ranged from 0.2 °C above average at Mount Ginini AWS to 0.8 °C above average at Canberra Airport.
  • The warmest night was 22.8 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 1st.
  • The coldest night was -2.0 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 2nd.

Canberra Airport

  • Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 53.4 mm, which is 83% of the long-term average at the current site of 64.1 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 29.3 °C, which is 1.3 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 28.0 °C.
  • The warmest day was 37.1 °C on the 6th, and the coolest day was on the 8th when the temperature reached 20.6 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 14.2 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 13.4 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 5.4 °C on the 3rd, and the warmest morning was on the 1st when the minimum temperature was 21.3 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in February 2026
Hottest day 37.1 °C at Canberra Airport on the 6th
Warmest days on average 29.3 °C at Canberra Airport
Coolest days on average 19.8 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Coldest day 12.8 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 26th
Coldest night -2.0 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 2nd
Coolest nights on average 9.0 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Warmest nights on average 14.4 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS
Warmest night 22.8 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 1st
Warmest on average overall 21.7 °C at Canberra Airport
Coolest on average overall 14.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS
Wettest overall 112.6 mm at Torrens (Darke St)
Wettest day 45.4 mm at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 26th
Strongest wind gust 65.0 km/h at Canberra Airport on the 25th

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for February 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
February
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
February
2026		 Mean for
February
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
February
2026		 Total for
February
2026		 Average
for
February		 Rank of
February
2026		 Fraction of
February
average
Canberra Airport 29.3 +1.3 37.1 6th 14.2 +0.8 5.4 3rd 53.4 64.1 average 83%
Mount Ginini AWS 19.8 +0.9 26.8 5th 9.0 +0.2 -2.0 2nd 107.2 96.4 average 111%
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 28.8 +0.8 36.5 6th 14.4 +0.3 5.7 3rd 105.0 72.4 average 145%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for February 2026
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
Canberra Airport 31.8 22.8 24.6 32.9 36.6 37.1 36.2 20.6 29.8 32.4 33.7 28.1 23.6 22.6 26.1 26.6 29.8 30.4 32.4 33.2 33.9 27.1 31.3 33.7 31.3 23.6 24.1 24.6
Mount Ginini AWS 21.0 14.0 17.3 22.7 26.8 26.5 26.1 15.1 19.7 21.9 23.0 18.3 15.6 14.5 17.5 17.3 19.9 19.4 24.3 22.7 23.9 23.0 12.8 13.6 14.2
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 30.8 23.0 24.3 32.7 36.2 36.5 35.8 19.5 28.0 32.1 32.9 26.6 24.0 21.6 25.5 26.3 29.5 30.0 31.8 32.0 33.3 26.5 31.2 34.4 32.0 23.3 23.0 24.0
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 February 2026
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
Canberra Airport 21.3 8.5 5.4 8.9 13.5 11.1 12.2 16.7 16.8 15.0 14.5 18.3 11.9 11.3 9.3 11.9 10.8 16.8 11.4 16.8 15.4 15.4 17.7 17.9 18.1 17.2 16.2 16.1
Mount Ginini AWS 13.3 -2.0 1.3 6.1 13.1 13.4 11.5 9.5 9.8 11.9 12.1 10.1 3.4 5.0 5.7 7.3 7.1 12.4 8.6 10.5 12.2 14.6 10.1 8.7 9.3
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 22.8 8.2 5.7 9.7 12.7 12.0 13.1 16.7 16.6 16.7 14.3 19.1 12.0 11.4 10.8 13.1 11.4 16.4 10.0 16.8 15.7 16.8 17.4 16.7 18.8 17.2 16.5 15.8
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 February 2026
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
Aranda (Bindaga St) - 1.0 - - - - - 25.6 5.6 4.2 - 3.2 - - - - - - - - - - 6.0 - - 1.4 - 1.6
Bruce (Australian Institute of Sport) 1.6 - - - - → → 38.6 4.8 - 4.4 - - - - - - - - → → 5.4 - - 3.4
Canberra (Australian National Botanic Ga - 1.0 - - - - - 24.8 6.0 5.4 - 3.0 - - - - - - - - - - 6.0 - - 12.4 - 1.4
Canberra Airport - 0.8 - - - - - 28.4 4.0 1.6 0.2 3.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 6.6 - - 7.6 - 0.6
Mount Ginini AWS - - - - - - - 5.6 34.4 21.8 - 6.8 0.2 - - - - - 0.6 - - - 20.8 - - 4.4 0.2 12.4
Torrens (Darke St) - 1.2 - - - - - → 73.2 4.0 - 3.0 - - - - - - - - - - 5.2 - - 23.8 - 2.2
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS 0.2 2.0 - - - - - 27.0 19.4 3.8 - 1.8 - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - 3.4 - - 45.4 - 1.6
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, 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 Monday 2 March 2026. 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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