Sunday, 1 September 2024 - Monthly Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC15L0
Australian Capital Territory in August 2024
Rainfall
- Rainfall in August was below average across the territory.
- The territory's wettest day was the 31st when 41.8mm was recorded at Ginninderra (Charnwood (ACT)). The wettest location for the month was Mount Ginini AWS where 74.0 mm rainfall was recorded.
Temperature
- Mean maximum and minimum temperatures were above average across the territory.
- Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) had its highest August mean daily maximum temperature on record.
- The warmest day was the 24th when 21.4 °C was recorded at Canberra Airport.
- The coldest day was the 5th when 0.9 °C was recorded at Mount Ginini AWS.
- Mount Ginini AWS had its highest August mean daily minimum temperature on record.
- The warmest night was 10.2 °C on the 28th at Canberra Airport, which also had the coldest night of -5.6 °C on the 3rd.
- Some sites had their highest August mean temperature on record.
Canberra Airport
- Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 12.6 mm, which is 27% of the long-term average at the current site of 47.2 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 16.7 °C, which is 2.5 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 14.2 °C.
- The warmest day was 21.4 °C on the 24th, and the coolest day was on the 5th when the temperature reached 11.9 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 2.5 °C, which is 1.5 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 1.0 °C.
- The coldest morning was -5.6 °C on the 3rd, and the warmest morning was on the 28th when the minimum temperature was 10.2 °C.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in August 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day | 21.4 °C at Canberra Airport on the 24th |
| Warmest days on average | 16.7 °C at Canberra Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 6.9 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Coldest day | 0.9 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 5th |
| Coldest night | -5.6 °C at Canberra Airport on the 3rd |
| Coolest nights on average | 0.5 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Warmest nights on average | 2.6 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Warmest night | 10.2 °C at Canberra Airport on the 28th |
| Warmest on average overall | 9.6 °C at Canberra Airport |
| Coolest on average overall | 3.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest overall | 74.0 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest day | 41.8 mm at Ginninderra (Charnwood (ACT)) on the 31st |
| Strongest wind gust | 94 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on the 28th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Record highest August mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for August |
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| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 16.6 | 15.9 | in 2023 | 28 | 14.1 |
| Record highest August mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for August |
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| Mount Ginini AWS | 0.5 | 0.0 | in 2011 | 20 | -2.0 |
| Record highest August mean temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for August |
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| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 9.5 | 9.4 | in 2007 | 28 | 7.5 |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 3.7 | 3.4 | in 2011 | 20 | 1.0 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for August 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for August 2024 |
Diff from average |
Highest for August 2024 |
Mean for August 2024 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for August 2024 |
Total for August 2024 |
Average for August |
Rank of August 2024 |
Fraction of August average |
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| Canberra Airport | 16.7 | +2.5 | 21.4 | 24th | 2.5 | +1.5 | -5.6 | 3rd | 12.6 | 47.2 | v low | 27% |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 6.9 | +2.9 | 12.1 | 15th | 0.5 | +2.5 | -2.7 | 7th | 74.0 | 95.8 | average | 77% |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 16.6 | +2.5 | 20.8 | 24th | 2.6 | +1.6 | -5.5 | 3rd | 21.0 | 48.9 | low | 43% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 11.9 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 15.6 | 20.3 | 17.8 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 21.4 | 19.1 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 19.6 | 16.6 |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 4.9 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 12.1 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 13.5 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 15.4 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 14.8 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 16.7 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 15.6 |
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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 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | -3.7 | -4.7 | -5.6 | -4.6 | 1.5 | -2.9 | -5.3 | -4.8 | 1.4 | -3.4 | 1.9 | -0.2 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 7.8 | -0.4 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 8.8 |
| Mount Ginini AWS | -2.4 | -2.5 | -1.6 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -2.2 | -2.7 | -1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | -1.0 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 4.7 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | -2.1 | 0.2 | -0.5 |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | -3.7 | -4.6 | -5.5 | -4.0 | 0.9 | -3.0 | -5.4 | -4.4 | 3.0 | -2.9 | 2.4 | -0.5 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 6.9 | 10.1 | -1.3 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 9.8 | |
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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 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 2.2 | - | 2.6 | ||||||
| Bruce (Australian Institute of Sport) | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | - | - | - | 9.6 | - | 1.0 | - | - | → | → | 5.2 | ||||||
| Canberra Airport | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 1.6 | - | 2.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Ginninderra (Charnwood (ACT)) | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | - | 0.6 | - | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | - | - | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 41.8 | |
| Googong Hill | 0.6 | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 8.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | 18.4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Mount Ginini AWS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 6.4 | 2.6 | - | 8.6 | 2.2 | 8.0 | - | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 34.8 | - | - | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Sutton (Uba) | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Torrens (Darke St) | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 | 2.6 | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | 0.4 | |||||||||||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | 2.0 | - | - | 5.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 1.8 | 0.2 | 8.8 | - | - | - | - | - | |
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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 Maps 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 at 4 pm on Sunday 1 September 2024. 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.
Unless otherwise noted, all maps, graphs and diagrams in this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
