Wednesday, 1 June 2016 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Canberra - Product code IDCKGC25L0
Canberra in autumn 2016: Warmest autumn on record
Canberra experienced its warmest autumn on record in 2016 for both average maximum and mean temperatures. Rainfall was below average, with only one heavy rain day during the season.
- Warmest autumn on record for average maximum and mean temperatures
- Sixth-warmest autumn on record for average minimum temperatures
- Below average rainfall
Canberra recorded its warmest autumn on record during 2016, with the mean temperature at Canberra Airport 2.4 °C above the historical average and 0.4 °C above the previous record, set in 2007. The average maximum temperature at Canberra Airport was 0.6 °C above the previous record, set in 2005, while the average minimum was the sixth-warmest on record. Both daytime and night-time temperatures were well above average throughout the season, with few cold spells. Only seven days were below 15 °C during the season, well below the average of 16 days, while 29 reached at least 25 °C, the equal second-highest number on record for autumn.
Canberra Airport recorded 82.8 mm of rain during autumn, below the historical average, with dry conditions in both March and April but closer to average rainfall during May. The rain fell over 20 days, close to the historical average, but only one day had more than 10 mm of rainfall, the fewest since 2008 (the average is four days). This was on 9 May, when a cold front produced 28.2 mm at Canberra Airport and 50.8 mm at Mt Ginini.
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Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in autumn 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day | 35.5 °C at Canberra Airport on 5 Mar |
| Warmest days on average | 23.0 °C at Canberra Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 13.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Coldest day | -0.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 27 May |
| Coldest night | -4.5 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 29 May |
| Coolest nights on average | 5.5 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Warmest nights on average | 8.6 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Warmest night | 18.9 °C at Canberra Airport on 11 Mar |
| Warmest on average overall | 15.8 °C at Canberra AirportS |
| Coolest on average overall | 9.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest overall | 176.8 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Driest overall | 82.8 mm at Canberra Airport |
| Wettest day | 50.8 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on 9 May |
| Strongest wind gust |
87 km/h at Canberra Airport on 18 Mar 87 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on 1 May 87 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on 23 May |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for autumn 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for autumn 2016 |
Diff from average |
Highest for autumn 2016 |
Mean for autumn 2016 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for autumn 2016 |
Total for autumn 2016 |
Average for autumn |
Rank of autumn 2016 |
Fraction of autumn average |
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| Canberra Airport | 23.0 | +3.0 | 35.5 | 5 Mar | 8.5 | +1.6 | -3.9 | 29 May | 82.8 | 140.7 | low | 59% |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 13.4 | +1.6 | 25.8 | 7 Mar | 5.5 | +1.6 | -3.5 | 29 May | 176.8 | 196.6 | average | 90% |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 22.5 | +1.6 | 34.8 | 5 Mar | 8.6 | +1.7 | -4.5 | 29 May | 98.2 | 108.7 | average | 90% |
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Note:
Observations for “Canberra Airport” are taken from the current site
(Bureau number 070351), which opened in late 2008.
Comparisons are made against data from the previous site Canberra Airport Comparison (070014), which ran from 1939 to 2010. | ||||||||||||
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Seasonal climate summary lists the main features of the weather in Canberra 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.
A climate summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Wednesday 1 June 2016. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
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.
Observations for “Canberra Airport” are taken from the current site
(Bureau number 070351), which opened in late 2008.
Comparisons are made against data from the previous site
Canberra Airport Comparison (070014),
which ran from 1939 to 2010.
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 used for temperature area averages.
Further information
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