Monday, 6 January 2014 - Monthly Climate Summary for New South Wales - Product code IDCKGC25R0
NSW in December 2013: Dry end to the year
- Well below average rainfall
- Above average temperatures
- Heatwaves and cool snaps.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Rainfall - Driest December since 2001
NSW recorded a statewide average rainfall of 23.3 mm during December 2013, which is less than half the historical average of 53.8 mm and the driest December since 2001. Most of the state recorded below average rainfall, with the exception of parts of the Victorian border, with much of the northeast recording rainfall in the driest 10% of years. The Murray Darling Basin also recorded 21.3 mm of rain, the driest December since 2001.
There were few significant rain events during the month. A cold front and surface trough crossed the state on the 5th and 6th, with widespread thunderstorm activity across the state and locally heavy falls along the Victorian border. On the 17th, thunderstorm activity across the Northern and Central Tablelands also caused locally heavy falls, with a daily total of 81 mm recorded at Emmaville. Finally, a surface trough produced rain as it crossed the state on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with falls of up to 71.6 mm at Bellambi to 9 am on the 26th.
Some sites had their lowest total December rainfall on record.Temperature - Hot and cold records broken
The statewide average maximum temperature during December 2013 was 1.6 °C above the historical average, with most of the state recording temperatures between 1 °C and 2 °C above average, warmest in the southwest. The statewide average minimum temperature was 0.5 °C above average, with most of the state within 1 °C of normal, warmest in the southwest. The mean temperature was consequently 1.1 °C above the historical average.
A warm start to the month was followed by very cold temperatures on the 5th, which was the coldest December day on record for Cobar and Bombala. Cold conditions persisted until the 7th, with several stations also recording record cold nights on the 6th and 7th including Hay and Scone. This was followed by generally mild conditions until a heatwave began to emerge on the 18th.
Both maximum and minimum temperatures in southern NSW were more than 10 °C above average on the 19th and 20th, with warm temperatures extending northward on subsequent days. Broken Hill Airport recorded four consecutive days above 40 °C between the 18th and 21st, only the second such spell on record for December, while several stations in the central tablelands including Orange and Katoomba recorded their warmest night on record on the 23rd.
Cooler temperatures were associated with a trough over the 24th and 25th before a warm end to the year, with particularly warm temperatures across the state on the 28th and 29th. Maximum temperatures reached 46.2 °C at Mungindi on the 29th, its warmest December day on record, with records also broken at Inverell and Glen Innes.
See a list of December temperature records.
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Extremes in December 2013 | |
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Hottest day |
46.2 °C at Mungindi Post Office on the 29th |
Warmest days on average |
37.3 °C at Mungindi Post Office |
Coolest days on average |
14.7 °C at Thredbo AWS |
Coldest day |
0.1 °C at Thredbo AWS on the 5th |
Coldest night |
-4.6 °C at Thredbo AWS on the 6th |
Coolest nights on average |
4.7 °C at Perisher Valley AWS |
Warmest nights on average |
21.3 °C at Tibooburra Post Office |
Warmest night |
29.9 °C at Fowlers Gap AWS on the 21st |
Warmest on average overall |
28.9 °C at Tibooburra Post Office |
Coolest on average overall |
9.8 °C at Thredbo AWS |
Wettest overall |
158.8 mm at Perisher Valley AWS |
Wettest day |
81.0 mm at Emmaville Post Office on the 17th |
Highest wind gust |
111 km/h at Lord Howe Island Windy Point on the 2nd |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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Record lowest total December rainfall | |||||
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Total rainfall for December 2013 (mm) |
Previous driest for December |
Years of record |
Average for December |
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Walcha (Karori) | 17.5 | 20.4 | in 1998 | 69 | 103.7 |
Murwillumbah (Bray Park) | 21.1 | 32.6 | in 2001 | 42 | 166.7 |
Guyra Hospital | 27.6 | 48.1 | in 1998 | 32 | 110.7 |
New Italy (Vineyard Haven) | 19.6 | 24.0 | in 2001 | 30 | 95.6 |
Eraring (Payten St) | 26.8 | 29.6 | in 1998 | 21 | 73.4 |
Millbank | 18.0 | 22.0 | in 1986 | 21 | 115.2 |
Scone Airport AWS | 15.8 | 38.2 | in 2005 | 20 | 75.8 |
Record highest December temperature | ||||||
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Highest temperature in December 2013 (°C) |
Previous warmest for December |
Years of record |
Average for December |
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Inverell Research Centre | 38.7 | on the 29th | 38.5 | on the 7th in 1981 | 48 | 28.2 |
Mungindi Post Office | 46.2 | on the 29th | 45.0 | on the 7th in 1981 | 48 | 34.4 |
Tabulam (Muirne) | 38.3 | on the 29th | 38.2 | on the 13th in 1979 | 44 | 26.9 |
Pindari Dam | 40.9 | on the 29th | 39.4 | on the 23rd in 1972 | 42 | 30.2 |
Glen Innes Ag Research Stn | 34.5 | on the 29th | 33.8 | on the 4th in 1979 | 39 | 24.3 |
Bathurst Airport AWS | 37.2 | on the 21st | 36.8 | on the 31st in 2005 | 23 | 26.2 |
Cobar Airport AWS | 44.0 | on the 22nd | = 44.0 | on the 31st in 2005 | 21 | 33.0 |
Condobolin Airport AWS | 43.1 | on the 22nd | = 43.1 | on the 21st in 1994 | 21 | 31.6 |
Record lowest December daily maximum temperature | ||||||
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Lowest daily maximum temperature in December 2013 (°C) |
Previous coolest for December |
Years of record |
Average for December |
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Bombala (Therry Street) | 10.5 | on the 5th | = 10.5 | on the 14th in 1981 | 46 | 23.8 |
Thredbo AWS | 0.1 | on the 5th | = 0.1 | on the 25th in 2006 | 29 | 14.1 |
Bombala AWS | 9.1 | on the 5th | 10.6 | on the 14th in 2008 | 23 | 23.0 |
Cobar Airport AWS | 20.6 | on the 25th | 21.0 | on the 23rd in 1999 | 21 | 33.0 |
Record highest December mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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Mean daily maximum temperature for December 2013 (°C) |
Previous warmest for December |
Years of record |
Average for December |
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Mudgee Airport AWS | 31.6 | 31.5 | in 1997 | 22 | 28.3 |
Record highest December daily minimum temperature | ||||||
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Highest daily minimum temperature in December 2013 (°C) |
Previous warmest for December |
Years of record |
Average for December |
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Taralga Post Office | 23.0 | on the 23rd | 22.8 | on the 29th in 1959 | 53 | 9.8 |
Katoomba (Murri St) | 23.2 | on the 23rd | 22.0 | on the 8th in 1990 | 51 | 11.6 |
Gulgong Post Office | 25.1 | on the 23rd | 25.0 | on the 22nd in 1994 | 40 | 14.8 |
Orange Agricultural Institute | 22.0 | on the 23rd | 21.5 | on the 22nd in 2002 | 38 | 11.3 |
Oberon (Springbank) | 19.5 | on the 23rd | 18.5 | on the 23rd in 2006 | 31 | 8.9 |
Albury Airport AWS | 25.2 | on the 22nd | = 25.2 | on the 31st in 2002 | 21 | 13.7 |
Record lowest December temperature | ||||||
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Lowest temperature in December 2013 (°C) |
Previous coolest for December |
Years of record |
Average for December |
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Hay (Miller Street) | 5.7 | on the 6th | 6.6 | on the 12th in 1995 | 57 | 14.9 |
Cobar MO | 8.1 | on the 6th | 9.1 | on the 8th in 1983 | 52 | 18.7 |
Inverell Research Centre | 5.7 | on the 6th | 5.8 | on the 21st in 2010 | 48 | 15.0 |
Gulgong Post Office | 3.0 | on the 7th | 4.4 | on the 4th in 1987 | 40 | 14.8 |
Mudgee Airport AWS | 2.9 | on the 7th | 3.6 | on the 7th in 2002 | 23 | 13.5 |
Scone Airport AWS | 5.6 | on the 7th | 5.9 | on the 21st in 1999 | 23 | 15.2 |
Ballina Airport AWS | 9.3 | on the 7th | 9.5 | on the 29th in 1993 | 22 | 18.2 |
Condobolin Airport AWS | 5.7 | on the 7th | 6.6 | on the 13th in 1995 | 21 | 16.1 |
Walgett Airport AWS | 6.9 | on the 7th | = 6.9 | on the 28th in 1993 | 21 | 18.3 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for December 2013 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures for December (°C) |
Minimum temperatures for December (°C) |
Rainfall for December (millimetres) |
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Mean for December 2013 |
Diff from average |
Highest for December 2013 |
Mean for December 2013 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for December 2013 |
Total for December 2013 |
Average for December |
Rank of December 2013 |
Fraction of December average |
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Western (Far Northwest) (district 46) | ||||||||||||
Fowlers Gap AWS | 34.9 | 44.2 | 28th | 19.3 | 11.4 | 6th | 0.4 | |||||
Tibooburra Airport | 36.0 | 43.7 | 28th | 21.0 | 13.9 | 6th | 10.2 | |||||
Tibooburra Post Office | 36.2 | +1.3 | 43.9 | 28th | 21.3 | +0.9 | 13.7 | 7th | 10.6 | 22.0 | average | 48% |
White Cliffs AWS | 35.5 | 43.9 | 28th | 20.2 | 12.4 | 6th | 8.4 | |||||
Wilcannia (Reid St) | 35.5 | +1.6 | 44.7 | 28th | 17.6 | -0.6 | 9.4 | 7th | 0.5 | 25.9 | low | 2% |
Wilcannia Aerodrome AWS | 35.6 | 44.3 | 28th | 17.5 | 8.9 | 7th | 2.8 | |||||
Western (Lower Darling) (district 47) | ||||||||||||
Broken Hill (Patton Street) | 33.0 | +1.6 | 43.2 | 28th | 17.4 | +0.3 | 8.8 | 6th | 29.4 | 21.8 | high | 135% |
Broken Hill Airport AWS | 33.0 | +1.9 | 42.7 | 28th | 17.2 | +0.2 | 7.3 | 6th | 29.4 | 21.8 | average | 135% |
Lake Victoria Storage | 31.6 | +1.3 | 43.2 | 28th | 15.2 | -0.1 | 8.0 | 5th | 27.1 | 20.7 | high | 131% |
Menindee Post Office | 34.5 | +1.7 | 43.9 | 28th | 18.3 | +1.5 | 10.6 | 6th | 12.2 | 21.7 | average | 56% |
Pooncarie Mail Agency | 33.8 | 44.0 | 19th | 16.9 | 8.5 | 6th | 22.1 | 21.4 | average | 103% | ||
Western (Upper Darling) (district 48) | ||||||||||||
Bourke Airport AWS | 36.2 | 43.4 | 28th | 19.8 | 10.9 | 6th | 9.0 | |||||
Brewarrina Hospital | 36.1 | +1.1 | 41.8 | 22nd | 19.0 | +0.1 | 10.5 | 7th | 9.0 | 38.9 | low | 23% |
Cobar Airport AWS | 34.3 | +1.3 | 44.0 | 22nd | 17.7 | -0.1 | 7.4 | 6th | 37.6 | 25.2 | high | 149% |
Cobar MO | 33.6 | +1.1 | 42.5 | 22nd | 18.8 | +0.1 | 8.1 | 6th | 36.8 | 36.3 | average | 101% |
Lightning Ridge Visitors Information Cen | 36.5 | 43.5 | 29th | 19.6 | 9.0 | 6th | 5.0 | |||||
Wanaaring Post Office | 37.2 | +2.4 | 43.4 | 22nd | 19.9 | +0.2 | 11.9 | 6th | 5.5 | 28.8 | low | 19% |
Western (Southwest Plains) (district 49) | ||||||||||||
Balranald (RSL) | 31.7 | +0.8 | 42.2 | 19th | 16.0 | +1.3 | 7.4 | 6th | 68.2 | 25.9 | v high | 263% |
Ivanhoe Aerodrome AWS | 34.4 | 43.2 | 21st | 18.1 | 8.9 | 6th | 3.8 | |||||
Central Western Plains (South) (district 50) | ||||||||||||
Condobolin Airport AWS | 33.6 | +2.0 | 43.1 | 22nd | 16.2 | +0.1 | 5.7 | 7th | 16.6 | 36.8 | average | 45% |
Peak Hill Post Office | 33.1 | +1.8 | 41.5 | 22nd | 18.0 | +0.8 | 7.4 | 7th | 36.8 | 50.3 | average | 73% |
West Wyalong Airport AWS | 32.4 | 42.1 | 21st | 14.8 | 5.9 | 6th | 18.2 | |||||
Central Western Plains (North) (district 51) | ||||||||||||
Coonamble Airport AWS | 34.9 | 40.9 | 22nd | 17.8 | 7.9 | 6th | 12.4 | |||||
Nyngan Airport | 34.3 | +1.4 | 42.3 | 22nd | 18.5 | +0.7 | 8.7 | 7th | 33.4 | 42.8 | average | 78% |
Trangie Research Station AWS | 33.7 | +1.9 | 41.9 | 22nd | 17.6 | +1.1 | 7.4 | 7th | 32.8 | 41.0 | average | 80% |
Northwest Plains (West) (district 52) | ||||||||||||
Mungindi Post Office | 37.3 | +2.9 | 46.2 | 29th | 18.7 | -0.2 | 8.7 | 6th | 7.0 | 51.8 | low | 14% |
Walgett Airport AWS | 36.0 | +1.9 | 41.7 | 29th | 17.5 | -0.8 | 6.9 | 7th | 8.0 | 53.0 | low | 15% |
Northwest Plains (East) (district 53) | ||||||||||||
Moree Aero | 35.2 | 43.6 | 29th | 18.8 | 8.5 | 7th | 8.2 | |||||
Northwest Slopes (North) (district 54) | ||||||||||||
Barraba Post Office | 32.6 | +2.1 | 40.0 | 29th | 13.9 | -0.7 | 4.5 | 6th | 15.6 | 77.5 | v low | 20% |
Narrabri Airport AWS | 34.3 | 43.1 | 29th | 17.3 | 6.9 | 7th | 14.4 | |||||
Northwest Slopes (South) (district 55) | ||||||||||||
Gunnedah Airport AWS | 34.3 | 42.7 | 29th | 15.6 | 5.0 | 6th | 19.2 | |||||
Gunnedah Resource Centre | 33.4 | +2.4 | 42.1 | 29th | 18.1 | +0.6 | 8.8 | 6th | 19.6 | 70.7 | low | 28% |
Tamworth Airport AWS | 32.4 | +2.3 | 40.4 | 29th | 15.2 | -0.2 | 5.7 | 7th | 51.2 | 73.8 | average | 69% |
Woolbrook (Danglemah Road) | 27.6 | +1.5 | 34.0 | 29th | 10.2 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 7th | 60.6 | 98.9 | low | 61% |
Northern Tablelands (West) (district 56) | ||||||||||||
Armidale (Tree Group Nursery) | 26.7 | 34.4 | 29th | 10.4 | 0.4 | 7th | 22.0 | |||||
Armidale Airport AWS | 25.8 | 33.7 | 29th | 11.6 | 3.3 | 7th | 39.2 | 95.4 | low | 41% | ||
Glen Innes Ag Research Stn | 26.4 | +2.1 | 34.5 | 29th | 11.4 | -0.7 | 3.0 | 6th | 21.8 | 109.1 | v low | 20% |
Glen Innes Airport AWS | 26.5 | 35.1 | 29th | 10.1 | 1.3 | 7th | 25.0 | |||||
Guyra Hospital | 23.9 | +1.5 | 32.1 | 29th | 10.6 | -0.1 | 2.5 | 7th | 27.6 | 110.7 | lowest | 25% |
Inverell (Raglan St) | 30.8 | 38.8 | 29th | 12.4 | 3.5 | 7th | 44.6 | |||||
Inverell Research Centre | 30.4 | +2.2 | 38.7 | 29th | 14.8 | -0.2 | 5.7 | 6th | 33.6 | 98.9 | v low | 34% |
Tenterfield (Federation Park) | 26.5 | -0.1 | 35.7 | 29th | 11.4 | -1.6 | 3.6 | 7th | 19.6 | 104.6 | v low | 19% |
Northern Tablelands (East) (district 57) | ||||||||||||
Tabulam (Muirne) | 27.5 | +0.6 | 38.3 | 29th | 15.4 | -0.7 | 10.4 | 6th | 38.2 | 149.7 | v low | 26% |
Upper North Coast (district 58) | ||||||||||||
Ballina Airport AWS | 27.4 | 0.0 | 33.1 | 29th | 17.4 | -0.8 | 9.3 | 7th | 22.0 | 137.0 | v low | 16% |
Byron Bay (Cape Byron AWS) | 25.9 | 30.0 | 28th | 19.4 | 15.0 | 1st | 37.6 | |||||
Casino Airport AWS | 30.6 | 40.7 | 29th | 16.8 | 11.4 | 7th | 34.8 | |||||
Evans Head RAAF Bombing Range AWS | 28.4 | 39.4 | 29th | 17.6 | 12.4 | 7th | 19.0 | |||||
Grafton Airport AWS | 28.8 | 36.0 | 29th | 16.1 | 8.6 | 7th | 70.0 | |||||
Grafton Olympic Pool | 29.3 | -0.3 | 37.1 | 29th | 17.9 | -0.5 | 11.2 | 7th | 61.9 | 119.3 | low | 52% |
Grafton Research Stn | 28.5 | -1.3 | 33.9 | 23rd | 17.1 | -0.8 | 11.3 | 7th | 6.0 | 99.6 | v low | 6% |
Lismore (Richmond Hill) | 28.9 | 38.5 | 29th | 17.3 | 11.6 | 7th | 30.2 | |||||
Lismore Airport AWS | 29.3 | 39.5 | 29th | 16.1 | 10.1 | 7th | 41.6 | |||||
Murwillumbah (Bray Park) | 28.7 | -0.4 | 36.3 | 29th | 18.1 | -0.3 | 12.4 | 7th | 21.1 | 166.7 | lowest | 13% |
Yamba Pilot Station | 26.3 | +0.4 | 32.1 | 5th | 18.8 | -0.3 | 14.0 | 7th | 24.4 | 116.4 | v low | 21% |
Lower North Coast (district 59) | ||||||||||||
Coffs Harbour Airport Comparison | 26.7 | 34.2 | 29th | 17.9 | 10.5 | 6th | 55.8 | |||||
Coffs Harbour MO | 26.6 | +0.3 | 34.2 | 29th | 17.8 | -0.3 | 10.3 | 6th | 47.6 | 143.1 | low | 33% |
Dorrigo (Old Coramba Rd) | 24.0 | 33.3 | 29th | 13.3 | 5.2 | 7th | 73.3 | |||||
Kempsey (Wide Street) | 28.1 | -0.4 | 35.7 | 29th | 16.4 | -0.1 | 10.4 | 7th | 27.2 | 109.4 | v low | 25% |
Kempsey Airport AWS | 27.6 | 34.9 | 29th | 14.5 | 8.0 | 6th | 46.6 | |||||
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape Lighthouse) | 26.7 | +0.8 | 30.0 | 5th | 18.3 | -0.1 | 14.1 | 1st | 23.3 | 117.6 | v low | 20% |
Manning (district 60) | ||||||||||||
Forster - Tuncurry Marine Rescue | 25.1 | 29.5 | 14th | 17.5 | 12.2 | 7th | 25.6 | 91.9 | low | 28% | ||
Port Macquarie Airport AWS | 27.0 | 32.8 | 29th | 16.0 | 9.5 | 7th | 20.4 | |||||
Taree Airport AWS | 27.5 | 34.5 | 22nd | 15.5 | 8.1 | 8th | 23.8 | |||||
Yarras (Mount Seaview) | 29.6 | +1.0 | 37.4 | 23rd | 15.9 | -0.2 | 9.0 | 7th | 154.0 | 179.2 | average | 86% |
Hunter (district 61) | ||||||||||||
Cessnock Airport AWS | 29.7 | +1.0 | 38.5 | 20th | 14.3 | -0.5 | 7.2 | 7th | 15.4 | 73.3 | v low | 21% |
Cooranbong (Lake Macquarie AWS) | 27.3 | 37.6 | 20th | 15.1 | 8.3 | 7th | 33.4 | |||||
Gosford AWS | 26.6 | 37.2 | 20th | 16.6 | 10.2 | 7th | 17.8 | |||||
Jerrys Plains Post Office | 31.0 | -0.2 | 38.5 | 22nd | 14.9 | -0.8 | 7.1 | 7th | 20.3 | 67.5 | low | 30% |
Maitland Visitors Centre | 29.1 | 38.0 | 22nd | 16.2 | 9.0 | 7th | 19.7 | |||||
Mangrove Mountain AWS | 27.4 | 38.7 | 20th | 15.1 | 8.9 | 7th | 28.8 | 81.6 | low | 35% | ||
Merriwa (Roscommon) | 30.7 | 37.4 | 21st | 13.8 | 5.8 | 7th | 82.2 | 69.5 | high | 118% | ||
Murrurundi Gap AWS | 26.9 | 33.6 | 21st | 14.1 | 6.2 | 6th | 37.6 | |||||
Murrurundi Post Office | 29.6 | -0.1 | 36.0 | 21st | 12.4 | -1.2 | 3.5 | 7th | 41.0 | 89.6 | low | 46% |
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head) | 25.8 | -0.3 | 32.5 | 10th | 18.9 | +1.4 | 14.2 | 6th | 27.2 | 94.3 | low | 29% |
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS | 25.0 | +0.1 | 34.1 | 23rd | 18.9 | +0.9 | 12.7 | 6th | 13.8 | 80.6 | v low | 17% |
Newcastle University | 28.2 | 37.7 | 20th | 16.9 | 10.2 | 30th | 0.6 | |||||
Norah Head AWS | 25.6 | 34.7 | 23rd | 18.5 | 12.3 | 6th | 29.2 | |||||
Paterson (Tocal AWS) | 29.6 | +0.6 | 38.4 | 20th | 15.3 | -0.9 | 8.5 | 7th | 13.2 | 78.1 | v low | 17% |
Scone Airport AWS | 31.2 | +1.6 | 38.7 | 22nd | 14.0 | -1.2 | 5.6 | 7th | 15.8 | 75.8 | lowest | 21% |
Singleton STP | 30.5 | 39.5 | 22nd | 9.4 | 6th | 13.9 | ||||||
Williamtown RAAF | 27.9 | +0.7 | 39.1 | 20th | 16.0 | -0.5 | 9.6 | 7th | 21.2 | 78.8 | v low | 27% |
Central Tablelands (North) (district 62) | ||||||||||||
Gulgong Post Office | 32.5 | +2.9 | 39.5 | 21st | 14.0 | -0.8 | 3.0 | 7th | 28.4 | 67.2 | low | 42% |
Mudgee Airport AWS | 31.6 | +3.3 | 38.9 | 22nd | 12.9 | -0.6 | 2.9 | 7th | 43.2 | 82.8 | average | 52% |
Nullo Mountain AWS | 24.8 | +2.9 | 32.0 | 22nd | 12.1 | +0.5 | 1.8 | 6th | 28.6 | 88.8 | v low | 32% |
Central Tablelands (South) (district 63) | ||||||||||||
Bathurst Agricultural Station | 30.3 | +4.0 | 37.0 | 21st | 11.3 | -0.3 | 4.5 | 6th | 47.4 | 66.1 | average | 72% |
Bathurst Airport AWS | 29.2 | +3.0 | 37.2 | 21st | 10.9 | -0.5 | 2.9 | 7th | 43.4 | 73.8 | low | 59% |
Katoomba (Murri St) | 24.5 | +2.1 | 33.9 | 20th | 12.4 | +0.8 | 3.8 | 6th | 53.0 | 122.6 | low | 43% |
Lithgow (Cooerwull) | 26.0 | 33.9 | 20th | 10.5 | 1.0 | 7th | 31.8 | 77.5 | low | 41% | ||
Mount Boyce AWS | 24.8 | +2.7 | 33.7 | 20th | 12.0 | +0.7 | 3.3 | 6th | 41.8 | 80.9 | v low | 52% |
Oberon (Springbank) | 25.8 | +2.6 | 33.7 | 22nd | 9.1 | +0.2 | 0.0 | 7th | 34.9 | 73.4 | low | 48% |
Orange Agricultural Institute | 26.6 | +2.3 | 34.5 | 21st | 11.5 | +0.2 | 0.8 | 7th | 46.0 | 82.4 | average | 56% |
Orange Airport AWS | 26.3 | 34.4 | 21st | 10.3 | 0.0 | 7th | 51.2 | |||||
Springwood (Valley Heights) | 28.3 | 38.5 | 20th | 15.4 | 10.0 | 6th | 50.4 | 101.3 | low | 50% | ||
Central Western Slopes (North) (district 64) | ||||||||||||
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street) | 32.2 | +1.7 | 38.0 | 29th | 12.2 | -1.0 | 5.0 | 7th | 24.0 | 70.9 | low | 34% |
Coonabarabran Airport AWS | 31.3 | 37.3 | 29th | 16.3 | 8.2 | 6th | 15.6 | |||||
Dunedoo Post Office | 34.0 | +3.3 | 40.9 | 21st | 15.8 | +0.8 | 7.7 | 6th | 27.0 | 62.4 | low | 43% |
Central Western Slopes (South) (district 65) | ||||||||||||
Cowra Airport AWS | 31.9 | 41.1 | 22nd | 13.1 | 5.1 | 7th | 45.8 | |||||
Dubbo Airport AWS | 33.2 | +2.2 | 40.5 | 22nd | 15.7 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7th | 47.6 | |||
Forbes Airport AWS | 32.6 | 42.4 | 22nd | 15.2 | 5.7 | 7th | 35.0 | |||||
Parkes Airport AWS | 32.1 | 41.5 | 22nd | 14.0 | 3.6 | 7th | 46.0 | 52.4 | average | 88% | ||
Wellington (Agrowplow) | 32.5 | +1.0 | 40.0 | 22nd | 14.7 | -0.4 | 4.3 | 7th | 42.2 | 55.9 | average | 75% |
Metropolitan (East) (district 66) | ||||||||||||
Bankstown Airport AWS | 28.6 | +1.3 | 40.1 | 20th | 16.8 | +0.2 | 10.5 | 7th | 31.4 | 66.7 | low | 47% |
Canterbury Racecourse AWS | 26.7 | 38.4 | 20th | 16.4 | 9.8 | 7th | 1.2 | |||||
Holsworthy Aerodrome AWS | 28.4 | 41.2 | 20th | 16.2 | 8.9 | 7th | 34.4 | |||||
Holsworthy Control Range | 28.1 | 40.1 | 20th | 15.5 | 9.2 | 7th | 28.2 | |||||
Parramatta North (Masons Drive) | 28.3 | +0.9 | 40.2 | 20th | 16.4 | +0.2 | 9.6 | 6th | 35.6 | 70.2 | low | 51% |
Sydney (Observatory Hill) | 26.4 | +1.2 | 36.0 | 23rd | 18.6 | +1.1 | 12.7 | 6th | 31.0 | 77.3 | low | 40% |
Sydney Airport AMO | 27.3 | +1.6 | 37.8 | 20th | 18.7 | +1.2 | 13.1 | 6th | 56.2 | 73.5 | average | 76% |
Sydney Harbour (Wedding Cake West) | 23.4 | 33.1 | 23rd | 19.0 | 14.1 | 6th | ||||||
Sydney Olympic Park AWS (Archery Centre) | 28.0 | 40.7 | 20th | 17.2 | 10.8 | 7th | 32.8 | |||||
Terrey Hills AWS | 25.6 | 36.9 | 20th | 16.6 | 9.3 | 6th | 33.6 | |||||
Metropolitan (West) (district 67) | ||||||||||||
Badgerys Creek AWS | 29.6 | 41.0 | 22nd | 15.7 | 8.9 | 7th | 28.8 | |||||
Horsley Park Equestrian Centre AWS | 29.1 | 40.3 | 20th | 16.0 | 9.9 | 6th | 33.6 | |||||
Penrith Lakes AWS | 30.8 | 41.9 | 20th | 17.1 | 11.0 | 7th | 36.6 | |||||
Prospect Reservoir | 29.3 | +1.9 | 40.2 | 22nd | 16.3 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 6th | 32.3 | 74.9 | low | 43% |
Richmond RAAF | 29.5 | +1.0 | 39.8 | 20th | 15.8 | -0.2 | 9.1 | 7th | 29.0 | |||
Illawarra (district 68) | ||||||||||||
Albion Park (Wollongong Airport) | 25.3 | 34.2 | 20th | 15.0 | 7.3 | 7th | 62.0 | |||||
Bellambi AWS | 23.6 | 31.5 | 10th | 17.9 | 12.2 | 6th | 128.4 | |||||
Bowral (Parry Drive) | 25.3 | +1.5 | 35.6 | 20th | 12.3 | +0.7 | 4.1 | 6th | 39.8 | 74.8 | low | 53% |
Camden Airport AWS | 29.6 | +1.2 | 40.9 | 22nd | 15.0 | -0.1 | 7.5 | 7th | 35.0 | 54.4 | average | 64% |
Campbelltown (Mount Annan) | 28.8 | 40.6 | 20th | 14.9 | 7.5 | 7th | 35.2 | |||||
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicular AWS) | 24.0 | 33.1 | 20th | 17.1 | 11.2 | 6th | 54.8 | |||||
Kiama (Bombo Headland) | 23.8 | 30.9 | 10th | 17.3 | 12.2 | 6th | 85.2 | |||||
Moss Vale AWS | 25.1 | 36.2 | 20th | 11.7 | 3.2 | 7th | 41.4 | |||||
Nowra RAN Air Station AWS | 26.2 | 40.5 | 20th | 14.5 | 9.4 | 7th | 62.8 | |||||
Port Kembla NTC AWS | 22.9 | 30.3 | 10th | 18.5 | 13.4 | 6th | ||||||
South Coast (district 69) | ||||||||||||
Bega AWS | 25.0 | +0.2 | 39.0 | 20th | 13.9 | +0.7 | 7.9 | 7th | 51.2 | 54.7 | average | 94% |
Braidwood Racecourse AWS | 26.5 | +2.3 | 37.0 | 22nd | 10.7 | +0.4 | 0.5 | 7th | 43.6 | 60.0 | average | 73% |
Green Cape AWS | 22.3 | 29.4 | 20th | 15.9 | 10.3 | 6th | 18.8 | 43.9 | low | 43% | ||
Merimbula Airport AWS | 23.6 | 32.3 | 20th | 14.0 | 7.3 | 7th | 35.0 | |||||
Montague Island Lighthouse | 22.5 | +0.8 | 35.2 | 20th | 16.9 | +1.0 | 10.6 | 6th | 57.0 | 65.2 | average | 87% |
Moruya Airport AWS | 23.7 | 32.7 | 20th | 14.8 | 7.0 | 6th | 55.6 | |||||
Moruya Heads Pilot Station | 22.6 | -0.2 | 28.1 | 20th | 15.6 | +0.9 | 9.9 | 6th | 63.0 | 73.4 | average | 86% |
Narooma (Marine Rescue) | 22.5 | +0.6 | 29.0 | 20th | 15.6 | +0.6 | 10.3 | 6th | 66.5 | 73.0 | average | 91% |
Nerriga AWS | 27.2 | 37.9 | 20th | 11.4 | 2.4 | 7th | 42.6 | |||||
Ulladulla AWS | 23.3 | +0.5 | 28.8 | 20th | 16.5 | +0.8 | 9.5 | 6th | 52.6 | 63.9 | average | 82% |
Southern Tablelands (Goulburn-Monaro) (district 70) | ||||||||||||
Bombala (Therry Street) | 24.4 | +0.6 | 35.0 | 20th | 9.4 | +0.6 | 3.2 | 7th | 81.6 | 63.7 | high | 128% |
Bombala AWS | 23.1 | +0.1 | 35.1 | 20th | 8.8 | -0.1 | 2.6 | 11th | 66.8 | 54.7 | high | 122% |
Canberra Airport | 28.5 | 38.1 | 22nd | 11.5 | 2.7 | 7th | 23.2 | |||||
Cooma Airport AWS | 25.1 | +1.2 | 34.0 | 20th | 8.1 | -0.4 | -1.3 | 7th | 25.8 | 50.6 | low | 51% |
Cooma Visitors Centre | 26.7 | +1.7 | 35.0 | 20th | 8.6 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 7th | 29.7 | 54.0 | low | 55% |
Goulburn Airport AWS | 27.5 | +2.0 | 37.3 | 22nd | 9.7 | -0.9 | 0.9 | 7th | 20.0 | 53.4 | low | 37% |
Goulburn TAFE | 27.8 | +2.0 | 37.0 | 22nd | 12.4 | +0.7 | 4.4 | 7th | 22.4 | 60.7 | low | 37% |
Mount Ginini AWS | 19.4 | 27.3 | 22nd | 7.3 | -2.5 | 6th | 27.0 | |||||
Taralga Post Office | 26.5 | +2.2 | 35.5 | 22nd | 9.9 | +0.1 | 0.5 | 7th | 22.6 | 66.0 | low | 34% |
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 28.5 | 37.1 | 22nd | 12.2 | 3.2 | 7th | 15.2 | |||||
Southern Tablelands (Snowy Mountains) (district 71) | ||||||||||||
Perisher Valley AWS | 17.4 | 24.8 | 21st | 4.7 | -2.9 | 6th | 158.8 | |||||
Thredbo AWS | 14.7 | +0.6 | 22.7 | 21st | 4.9 | +0.2 | -4.6 | 6th | 123.2 | 110.2 | average | 112% |
Thredbo Village | 20.4 | +1.3 | 28.5 | 20th | 5.7 | +0.4 | -0.5 | 7th | 121.8 | 122.1 | average | 100% |
Southwest Slopes (South) (district 72) | ||||||||||||
Albury Airport AWS | 30.8 | +1.7 | 40.7 | 20th | 14.7 | +1.0 | 5.8 | 6th | 52.4 | 41.3 | average | 127% |
Cabramurra SMHEA AWS | 19.5 | 27.6 | 22nd | 9.2 | -0.8 | 6th | 76.4 | |||||
Hume Reservoir | 30.0 | +1.5 | 40.0 | 21st | 15.5 | +1.2 | 5.6 | 6th | 54.0 | 49.6 | average | 109% |
Khancoban AWS | 29.2 | 39.1 | 21st | 11.3 | 4.0 | 7th | 78.4 | |||||
Tumbarumba Post Office | 27.9 | +2.0 | 37.0 | 20th | 10.8 | +1.3 | 2.9 | 7th | 47.8 | 70.6 | average | 68% |
Wagga Wagga AMO | 31.6 | +2.2 | 41.4 | 21st | 15.0 | +1.2 | 5.5 | 7th | 21.6 | 45.9 | average | 47% |
Southwest Slopes (North) (district 73) | ||||||||||||
Burrinjuck Dam | 30.8 | +3.3 | 40.0 | 22nd | 14.3 | +0.7 | 6.6 | 7th | 28.6 | 62.6 | low | 46% |
Cootamundra Airport | 30.9 | 40.4 | 22nd | 13.3 | 3.0 | 7th | 18.0 | |||||
Grenfell (Manganese Rd) | 31.3 | +1.4 | 40.2 | 22nd | 13.4 | -1.0 | 4.9 | 7th | 25.0 | 54.9 | average | 46% |
Gundagai (William St) | 31.7 | 41.7 | 22nd | 14.4 | 5.3 | 7th | 16.8 | |||||
Quandialla Post Office | 32.9 | +1.6 | 42.3 | 22nd | 15.5 | +0.6 | 5.8 | 6th | 19.8 | 44.1 | average | 45% |
Temora Airport | 31.8 | 42.0 | 22nd | 13.9 | 3.4 | 7th | 9.2 | |||||
Wyalong Post Office | 32.1 | +1.5 | 41.6 | 21st | 16.2 | +0.8 | 7.0 | 6th | 15.6 | 43.9 | low | 36% |
Young Airport | 31.3 | +2.4 | 40.6 | 22nd | 11.6 | -0.2 | 2.3 | 7th | 16.0 | 59.1 | low | 27% |
Riverina (East) (district 74) | ||||||||||||
Corowa Airport | 31.2 | +1.1 | 41.5 | 20th | 14.4 | +0.8 | 5.7 | 6th | 52.4 | 40.9 | high | 128% |
Deniliquin Airport AWS | 31.3 | 42.7 | 20th | 14.3 | 5.0 | 6th | 68.6 | |||||
Narrandera Airport | 32.3 | 43.0 | 21st | 15.2 | 7.3 | 7th | 30.2 | 35.6 | average | 85% | ||
Tocumwal Airport | 30.6 | +1.2 | 42.0 | 20th | 14.3 | +0.3 | 6.8 | 7th | 81.1 | 34.3 | high | 236% |
Yanco Agricultural Institute | 31.8 | 42.6 | 21st | 16.4 | 6.1 | 6th | 27.4 | 30.0 | average | 91% | ||
Riverina (West) (district 75) | ||||||||||||
Griffith Airport AWS | 32.4 | +1.6 | 43.1 | 21st | 16.2 | +1.1 | 5.7 | 6th | 16.2 | 32.5 | average | 50% |
Hay (Miller Street) | 32.6 | +1.4 | 43.1 | 21st | 15.7 | +0.8 | 5.7 | 6th | 21.8 | 26.9 | average | 81% |
Hay Airport AWS | 33.1 | 44.1 | 21st | 15.3 | 5.0 | 6th | 21.0 | |||||
Lake Cargelligo Airport | 33.1 | +0.7 | 42.5 | 22nd | 16.3 | -0.4 | 5.8 | 6th | 10.8 | 37.0 | low | 29% |
Offshore Islands (district 200) | ||||||||||||
Lord Howe Island Aero | 23.3 | -0.7 | 26.3 | 24th | 18.0 | -1.2 | 12.2 | 29th | 61.4 | 102.2 | low | 60% |
Norfolk Island Aero | 23.4 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 28th | 17.6 | -0.2 | 15.4 | 10th | 53.2 | 85.7 | average | 62% |
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Notes
A Monthly Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in New South Wales using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review, usually published in the fourth week of the month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Monday 6 January 2014. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Averages 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 20 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.
The ACORN-SAT dataset is being used for temperature area averages from December 2012 onwards. The major change from earlier datasets is that the ACORN-SAT dataset commences in 1910, rather than 1950, and hence rankings are calculated using a larger set of years.
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