Monday 2 December 2024 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Australian Capital Territory - Product code IDCKGC25L0
Australian Capital Territory in spring 2024
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for spring were below average at all sites across the territory.
- Spring rainfall totals ranged from 42% of the average at Canberra Airport and Tuggeranong AWS (Isabella Plains) to 79% of the average at mount Ginini.
- The wettest day was 45.0 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on 30 November, which was also the wettest location in Spring with 236.8 mm total rainfall.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for spring at all sites across the territory were above average.
- Spring mean maximum temperatures for the territory ranged from 1.2 °C to 1.6 °C above average at Mount Ginini and Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS, respectively.
- Mean minimum temperatures for spring at all sites across the territory were above average.
- Spring mean minimum temperatures ranged from 0.6 °C to 1.3 °C below average at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS and Canberra Airport, respectively.
- Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS had its highest spring mean temperature on record.
Canberra Airport
- Total rainfall for Canberra Airport was 80.2 mm, which is 42% of the long-term average at the current site of 189.9 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Canberra Airport was 22.8 °C, which is 1.5 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 21.3 °C.
- The warmest day was 35.3 °C on 25 November 2024, and the coolest day was on 26 September 2024 when the temperature reached 12.6 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 7.1 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average at the current site of 6.3 °C.
- The coldest morning was -6.9 °C on 16 September 2024, and the warmest morning was on 28 November 2024 when the minimum temperature was 18.3 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in spring 2024 | |
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Hottest day |
35.3 °C at Canberra Airport on 25 November |
Warmest days on average |
22.8 °C at Canberra Airport |
Coolest days on average |
13.4 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Coldest day |
1.5 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on 26 September |
Coldest night |
-6.9 °C at Canberra Airport on 16 September |
Coolest nights on average |
3.6 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Warmest nights on average |
8.0 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
Warmest night |
18.3 °C at Canberra Airport on 28 November |
Warmest on average overall |
15.3 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
Coolest on average overall |
8.5 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
Wettest overall |
236.8 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
Wettest day |
45.0 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on 30 November |
Strongest wind gust |
94.0 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on 9 September |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Record highest spring mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for Spring |
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Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 15.3 | 14.9 | in 2015 | 28 | 13.8 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for spring 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for Spring 2024 |
Diff from average |
Highest for Spring 2024 |
Mean for Spring 2024 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for Spring 2024 |
Total for Spring 2024 |
Average for Spring |
Rank of Spring 2024 |
Fraction of Spring average |
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Canberra Airport | 22.8 | +1.5 | 35.3 | 25 Nov 2024 | 7.1 | +0.8 | -6.9 | 16 Sep 2024 | 80.2 | 189.9 | lowest | 42% |
Mount Ginini AWS | 13.4 | +1.2 | 23.6 | 25 Nov 2024 | 3.6 | +0.6 | -6.7 | 15 Sep 2024 | 236.8 | 301.2 | low | 79% |
Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 22.6 | +1.6 | 33.4 | 24 Nov 2024 | 8.0 | +1.3 | -5.4 | 16 Sep 2024 | 81.6 | 194.2 | v low | 42% |
Extremes Records Summaries 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 on Monday 2 December 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.
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