Monday 2 March 2026 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC25L0
Australian Capital Territory in summer 2026
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for summer were below average at all sites across Australian Capital Territory.
- Summer rainfall totals ranged from around 53 % to around 75 % of average across the Territory.
- The wettest day was 45.4 mm at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 26 Feb 2026.
- The wettest over all was 189.6 mm at Mount Ginini AWS.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for summer at all sites across the Territory were above average.
- Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS had its hottest summer day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record.
- Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS also had its coldest summer night (lowest daily minimum temperature) on record.
- Summer mean maximum temperatures for the Territory ranged from 1.2 °C above average at Mount Ginini AWS to 1.7 °C above average at Canberra Airport.
- The warmest day was 43.5 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 28 Jan 2026.
- The coldest day was 7.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 1 Dec 2025.
- Mean minimum temperatures for summer at all sites across the Territory were below average.
- Summer mean minimum temperatures for the Territory ranged from 0.1 °C below average at Mount Ginini AWS to 0.5 °C below average at Canberra Airport and Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS.
- The warmest night was 24.7 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 10 Jan 2026.
- The coldest night was -2.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 2 Dec 2025.
Canberra Airport
- Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 105.2 mm, which is 53% of the long-term average at the current site of 198.2 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 30.1 °C, which is 1.7 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 28.4 °C.
- The warmest day was 42.6 °C on 28 January 2026, and the coolest day was on 1 December 2025 when the temperature reached 19.0 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 12.7 °C, which is 0.5 °C below the long-term average at the current site of 13.2 °C.
- The coldest morning was -0.3 °C on 2 December 2025, and the warmest morning was on 10 January 2026 when the minimum temperature was 22.9 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in summer 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
43.5 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 28 Jan 2026 |
| Warmest days on average |
30.0 °C at Canberra Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
20.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Coldest day |
7.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 1 Dec 2025 |
| Coldest night |
-2.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 2 Dec 2025 |
| Coolest nights on average |
8.6 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Warmest nights on average |
13.2 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Warmest night |
24.7 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 10 Jan 2026 |
| Warmest on average overall |
21.4 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Coolest on average overall |
14.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest overall |
189.6 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest day |
45.4 mm at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on 26 Feb 2026 |
| Strongest wind gust |
81.0 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on 21 Dec 2025 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Record highest summer temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for Summer |
|||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 43.5 | on 28 Jan 2026 | 43.3 | on 04 Jan 2020 | 31 | 28.2 |
| Record lowest summer temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for Summer |
|||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 1.2 | on 2 Dec 2025 | =1.2 | on 27 Dec 2001 | 31 | 13.7 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for summer 2026 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
||||||||||
| Mean for Summer 2026 |
Diff from average |
Highest for Summer 2026 |
Mean for Summer 2026 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for Summer 2026 |
Total for Summer 2026 |
Average for Summer |
Rank of Summer 2026 |
Fraction of Summer average |
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| Canberra Airport | 30.1 | +1.7 | 42.6 | 28 Jan 2026 | 12.7 | -0.5 | -0.3 | 2 Dec 2025 | 105.2 | 198.2 | low | 53% |
| Mount Ginini AWS | 20.4 | +1.2 | 32.9 | 28 Jan 2026 | 8.6 | -0.1 | -2.7 | 2 Dec 2025 | 189.6 | 302.9 | low | 63% |
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 29.7 | +1.5 | 43.5 | 28 Jan 2026 | 13.2 | -0.5 | 1.2 | 2 Dec 2025 | 154.8 | 206.0 | low | 75% |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Seasonal 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.
Unless otherwise noted, all maps, graphs and diagrams in this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
