Friday, 2 December 2022 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC25L0
Australian Capital Territory in spring 2022: Wet with cool days
Spring rainfall across the Australian Capital Territory was generally more than double the spring average, with the highest on record October rainfall. Mean maximum temperatures were below average for spring, while minimum temperatures were generally above average.
A very wet spring
- The territory experienced a wet spring with rainfall totals between two to three times the average at most sites.
- It was the wettest October on record at many sites, and rainfall was above average for September and November.
- A number of sites, including Canberra Airport had their highest spring daily rainfall on record.
- The wettest day was on 22 October when heavy rainfall resulted in flooding in parts of the territory.
- As a result of heavy rainfall, flash floods occurred around Canberra and roads were closed.
- Nicholls (Gungahline Lakes) had its highest total spring rainfall on record.
Cold days and nights
- The territory experienced cooler than average days during spring.
- Across the territory, mean maximum temperatures were generally 3 to 4 °C below average.
- Some sites had their lowest spring mean daily maximum temperature on record.
- Mean minimum temperatures during September and October were above average, but the territory had cooler than average minimum temperatures in November.
Canberra Airport
- Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 337.8 mm, which is 183% of the long-term average at the current site of 185.0 mm, or 180 % of the average over all years of 179 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 18.4 °C, which is 3.1 °C below the long-term average at the current site of 21.5 °C,or 1.3 °C below the average over all years of 19.7 °C.
- The warmest day was 26.8 °C on 12 Nov, and the coolest day was on 5 Oct when the temperature reached 12.0 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 6.9 °C, which is 0.5 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 6.4 °C, or 0.1 °C above the average over all years of 6.1 °C.
- The coldest morning was -2.0 °C on 20 Sep, and the warmest morning was on 21 Oct when the minimum temperature was 15.1 °C.
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in spring 2022 | |
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Hottest day | 26.8 °C at Canberra Airport on 12 Nov |
Warmest days on average | 18.4 °C at Canberra Airport |
Coolest days on average | 8.6 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Coldest day | -0.6 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 21 Nov |
Coldest night | -5.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 3 Sep |
Coolest nights on average | 1.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Warmest nights on average | 7.4 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
Warmest night | 15.4 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 13 Nov |
Warmest on average overall | 12.8 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
Coolest on average overall | 5.0 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Wettest overall | 571.0 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
Driest overall | 261.6 mm at Canberra (Australian National Botanic Ga |
Wettest day | 70.0 mm at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 22 Oct |
Strongest wind gust | 96 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on 1 Nov |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Record highest spring daily rainfall | ||||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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Nicholls (Gungahlin Lakes) | 55.0 | on 1 Nov | 51.6 | on 22 Nov 2003 | 25 |
Record highest spring total rainfall | |||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for spring |
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Aranda (Bindaga St) | 407.2 | 372.6 | in 2021 | 49 | 195.3 |
Canberra Parliament House | 380.8 | 333.0 | in 2010 | 45 | 189.7 |
Torrens (Darke St) | 422.2 | 404.0 | in 2010 | 39 | 200.3 |
Bruce (Australian Institute of Sport) | 368.0 | 339.4 | in 2021 | 36 | 193.7 |
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 420.0 | 398.6 | in 2010 | 26 | 195.4 |
Nicholls (Gungahlin Lakes) | 414.8 | 329.1 | in 2021 | 21 | 210.8 |
Record lowest spring mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for spring |
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Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 18.2 | 18.9 | in 2021 | 26 | 21.0 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for spring 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for spring 2022 |
Diff from average |
Highest for spring 2022 |
Mean for spring 2022 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for spring 2022 |
Total for spring 2022 |
Average for spring |
Rank of spring 2022 |
Fraction of spring average |
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Canberra Airport | 18.4 | -3.1 | 26.8 | 12 Nov | 6.9 | +0.5 | -2.0 | 20 Sep | 337.8 | 185.0 | v high | 183% |
Mount Ginini AWS | 8.6 | -3.6 | 18.5 | 26 Nov | 1.4 | -1.6 | -5.3 | 3 Sep | 571.0 | 288.7 | high | 198% |
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 18.2 | -2.8 | 26.3 | 27 Nov | 7.4 | +0.7 | -2.1 | 20 Sep | 420.0 | 195.4 | highest | 215% |
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, combined with the current site from March 2010 onwards. |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Seasonal climate summary, generally published on the first working day of each 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. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
This summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Australian Capital Territory “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to “include the population within the urban area of the city, as well as people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the city, and live in small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. It is important to note that GCCSAs do not define the built up edge of the city. They provide a stable definition for these cities and are designed for the output of a range of social and economic survey data.”
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Friday 2 December 2022. 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.
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