Friday, 1 August 2014 - Monthly Climate Summary for ACT Monthly Summary - Product code IDCKGC15R0
Canberra in July 2014: Dry July with warm daytime temperatures
Canberra recorded below-average rainfall during July, with 16.2 mm recorded at the airport (61% below the average). The majority of the rainfall (10.8 mm) was recorded on the 16th as a cold front passed over the state triggering falls. The same system brought significant snowfall during 16 and 18 July.
Daytime temperatures were warmer than normal with an average maximum of 12.2 °C, +0.8 °C above the long term average, recorded at Canberra Airport. Minimum temperatures were close to normal, averaging −0.1 °C, just 0.1 °C above the historical average. The persistence of high pressure over eastern Australia resulted in clear warm days and cool nights. Nineteen days dropped below 13 °C during the month (average 24 days) with three days reaching at least 15 °C (average 1-2 days). Eighteen nights dropped to 0 °C or lower (average 17 nights).
- Dry July, 61% below average
- Warm maximum temperatures
- Average minimum temperatures
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Extremes in July 2014 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
16.9 °C at Canberra Airport on the 31st 16.9 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 31st |
| Warmest days on average | 12.2 °C at Canberra Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 2.3 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Coldest day | -2.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 9th |
| Coldest night | -6.7 °C at Mount Ginini AWS on the 13th |
| Coolest nights on average | -2.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Warmest nights on average | 0.8 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Warmest night | 10.5 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS on the 30th |
| Warmest on average overall | 6.5 °C at Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS |
| Coolest on average overall | 0.1 °C at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest overall | 67.8 mm at Mount Ginini AWS |
| Wettest day | 22.8 mm at Mount Ginini AWS on the 16th |
| Highest wind gust | 93 km/h at Mount Ginini AWS on the 29th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for July 2014 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures for July (°C) |
Minimum temperatures for July (°C) |
Rainfall for July (millimetres) |
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| Mean for July 2014 |
Diff from average |
Highest for July 2014 |
Mean for July 2014 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for July 2014 |
Total for July 2014 |
Average for July |
Rank of July 2014 |
Fraction of July average |
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| Canberra Airport | 12.2 | 16.9 | 31st | 0.0 | -5.3 | 20th | 16.2 | |||||
| Mount Ginini AWS | 2.3 | 7.6 | 23rd | -2.1 | -6.7 | 13th | 67.8 | |||||
| Tuggeranong (Isabella Plains) AWS | 12.1 | 16.9 | 31st | 0.8 | -5.1 | 13th | 18.2 | |||||
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
As of March 2010, the official station for Canberra is 70351 'Canberra Airport'. Averages from the previous site, 70014 Canberra Airport Comparison, are used for comparisons.
A Monthly Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in ACT Monthly Summary 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.
A Climate Summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Friday 1 August 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.
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