Friday, 1 December 2023 - Monthly Climate Summary for Victoria - Product code IDCKGC16R0
Victoria in November 2023
Rainfall
- Area-averaged rainfall for November was 61.3 mm, which was 18.1% above the 1961–1990 average.
- November rainfall totals were above average for eastern, northern and western areas of Victoria. In contrast, rainfall totals were below average for the South West district and parts of the North Central, Central and West and South Gippsland districts.
- At the end of the month, a deep low pressure system centered over southern New South Wales brought widespread rainfall to the state and several sites had their highest November daily rainfall on record.
- Some sites across Victoria had their highest total November rainfall on record or their highest total November rainfall for at least 20 years.
- Reeves knob in the West and South Gippsland district had its wettest day in the state on the 30th, receiving 144.4 mm in the 24 hours to 9am. This site was also the wettest overall for the state in November, recording a rainfall total of 305.4 mm.
Temperature
- Area-averaged the mean maximum temperature was 1.32 °C above the long-term (1961–1990) average.
- The mean maximum temperature was above average for most of Victoria.
- The sites with the warmest days on average in November were Mildura Airport and Walpeup Research, both recording 29.5 °C, which is 1.9 °C and 2.5 °C above the November long-term average for each site.
- The mean minimum temperature was above to very much above average for much of the state.
- East Sale equalled its 2009 record for its highest November mean daily minimum temperature on record at 12.0 °C The average minimum temperature for November is 9.6 °C.
- Gabo Island Lighthouse had the warmest average November night-time temperature for the state at 14.7 °C.
- Falls Creek had the coolest night-time temperature on average for the state in November at 9.7 °C.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in November 2023 | |
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| Hottest day | 40.7 °C at Mildura Airport on the 10th |
| Warmest days on average |
29.5 °C at Mildura Airport 29.5 °C at Walpeup Research |
| Coolest days on average | 13.9 °C at Falls Creek |
| Coldest day | 4.5 °C at Mount Baw Baw on the 16th |
| Coldest night | -3.1 °C at Falls Creek on the 17th |
| Coolest nights on average | 5.4 °C at Falls Creek |
| Warmest nights on average | 14.7 °C at Gabo Island Lighthouse |
| Warmest night | 22.3 °C at Kerang on the 11th |
| Warmest on average overall | 21.7 °C at Mildura Airport |
| Coolest on average overall | 9.7 °C at Falls Creek |
| Wettest overall | 305.2 mm at Reeves Knob |
| Wettest day | 144.4 mm at Reeves Knob on the 30th |
| Strongest wind gust | 100 km/h at Mount Hotham on the 30th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Record highest November daily rainfall | ||||||
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Old record |
Years of record |
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| Walhalla | 132.4 | on the 30th | 87.4 | on the 13th in 1998 | 132 | |
| Walpeup Research | 46.4 | on the 29th | 46.0 | on the 16th in 2017 | 85 | |
| Mallacoota | 111.6 | on the 30th | 110.0 | on the 6th in 1995 | 48 | |
| Balook | 137.4 | on the 30th | 86.8 | on the 13th in 2021 | 25 | |
| Haines Junction (Mount Sabine) | 98.2 | on the 30th | 57.4 | on the 13th in 2021 | 22 | |
| Lorne (Mount Cowley) | 74.4 | on the 30th | 69.2 | on the 4th in 2007 | 22 | |
| Reeves Knob | 144.4 | on the 30th | 93.0 | on the 23rd in 2008 | 22 | |
| Nhill Aerodrome | 41.2 | on the 24th | 27.4 | on the 14th in 2022 | 21 | |
| Kanagulk | 38.6 | on the 25th | 35.6 | on the 11th in 2022 | 20 | |
| Mount Useful | 65.6 | on the 30th | 64.6 | on the 30th in 2007 | 20 | |
| Record highest November total rainfall | |||||
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Old record |
Years of record |
Average for November |
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| Balook | 269.4 | 219.8 | in 2021 | 25 | 124.7 |
| Reeves Knob | 305.2 | 264.8 | in 2021 | 22 | 136.4 |
| Nhill Aerodrome | 96.4 | 87.4 | in 2022 | 20 | 33.2 |
| Highest November total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
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Average for November |
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| Gabo Island Lighthouse | 160.6 | 224.0 | in 1988 | 73.4 | |
| Mallacoota | 199.6 | 261.6 | in 1988 | 88.3 | |
| Mount Best (Upper Toora) | 156.4 | 166.4 | in 1998 | 96.3 | |
| Swan Hill Aerodrome | 102.8 | 125.6 | in 1998 | 43.5 | |
| Walhalla | 215.0 | 230.2 | in 1998* | 112.4 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
| Lowest November mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Most recent lower |
Average for November |
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| Cape Nelson Lighthouse | 16.7 | 16.5 | in 2001 | 18.7 | |
| Record highest November mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
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Old record |
Years of record |
Average for November |
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| East Sale | 12.0 | = 12.0 | in 2009 | 78 | 9.6 |
| Highest November mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Average for November |
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| Cerberus | 12.5 | 13.3 | in 2000 | 10.7 | |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for November 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for November 2023 |
Diff from average |
Highest for November 2023 |
Mean for November 2023 |
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Lowest for November 2023 |
Total for November 2023 |
Average for November |
Rank of November 2023 |
Fraction of November average |
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| North Mallee (district 76) | ||||||||||||
| Mildura Airport | 29.5 | +1.9 | 40.7 | 10th | 13.7 | +1.1 | 9.1 | 2nd | 53.8 | 26.5 | high | 203% |
| Ouyen (Post Office) | 29.2 | +1.8 | 38.0 | 10th | 12.3 | +0.7 | 6.5 | 1st | 55.8 | 28.7 | high | 194% |
| Walpeup Research | 29.5 | +2.5 | 40.0 | 10th | 11.3 | -0.1 | 5.0 | 1st | 57.8 | 28.2 | v high | 205% |
| South Mallee (district 77) | ||||||||||||
| Hopetoun Airport | 28.5 | +0.5 | 38.6 | 10th | 10.4 | -0.5 | 1.8 | 1st | 59.8 | 32.6 | high | 183% |
| Swan Hill Aerodrome | 29.1 | +1.1 | 37.2 | 10th | 11.9 | +0.2 | 4.0 | 1st | 102.8 | 43.5 | v high | 236% |
| North Wimmera (district 78) | ||||||||||||
| Kellalac (Warracknabeal Airport) | 27.4 | 37.2 | 10th | 10.0 | 2.3 | 1st | 24.6 | |||||
| Nhill Aerodrome | 26.2 | 0.0 | 37.3 | 10th | 9.2 | -1.1 | 2.4 | 1st | 96.4 | 33.2 | highest | 290% |
| South Wimmera (district 79) | ||||||||||||
| Edenhope Airport | 24.0 | -0.1 | 36.2 | 10th | 9.1 | -0.8 | 2.1 | 1st | 57.4 | 30.3 | v high | 189% |
| Grampians (Mount William) | 15.7 | -0.1 | 26.0 | 10th | 6.0 | -0.2 | 0.7 | 4th | 80.0 | 77.2 | average | 104% |
| Horsham Aerodrome | 26.3 | +0.5 | 36.1 | 10th | 8.1 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 2nd | 70.2 | 33.1 | v high | 212% |
| Kanagulk | 24.0 | 0.0 | 35.8 | 10th | 9.5 | +0.4 | 3.8 | 1st | 65.2 | 36.0 | high | 181% |
| Longerenong | 26.8 | +2.1 | 37.1 | 10th | 8.5 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 1st | 67.6 | 31.1 | v high | 217% |
| Pyrenees (Ben Nevis) | 19.8 | +0.8 | 30.0 | 10th | 7.9 | -0.3 | 2.8 | 1st | 30.0 | 60.9 | low | 49% |
| Stawell Aerodrome | 24.2 | +0.5 | 34.1 | 10th | 10.5 | +0.6 | 6.3 | 19th | 39.8 | 40.7 | average | 98% |
| Lower North (district 80) | ||||||||||||
| Charlton | 28.2 | +1.0 | 37.1 | 10th | 10.6 | -0.3 | 2.7 | 1st | 37.4 | 37.5 | average | 100% |
| Echuca Aerodrome | 27.7 | +1.6 | 35.2 | 11th | 11.7 | +0.5 | 4.9 | 1st | 47.6 | 33.0 | high | 144% |
| Kerang | 28.8 | +2.0 | 36.6 | 30th | 12.4 | +1.0 | 5.9 | 2nd | 46.1 | 30.0 | high | 154% |
| Kyabram | 27.2 | +1.9 | 35.8 | 11th | 12.2 | +1.8 | 6.3 | 1st | 31.8 | 37.0 | average | 86% |
| Upper North (district 81) | ||||||||||||
| Bendigo Airport | 26.5 | +1.9 | 34.0 | 10th | 11.1 | +1.2 | 5.0 | 1st | 54.6 | 46.2 | average | 118% |
| Shepparton Airport | 27.4 | +1.2 | 35.8 | 11th | 12.6 | +1.8 | 7.3 | 1st | 27.4 | 45.2 | average | 61% |
| Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag | 26.0 | +1.2 | 34.4 | 11th | 12.2 | +1.9 | 5.8 | 1st | 32.2 | 39.8 | average | 81% |
| Yarrawonga | 28.5 | +1.4 | 38.6 | 11th | 11.8 | +0.7 | 3.9 | 1st | 51.2 | 47.1 | average | 109% |
| Lower Northeast (district 82) | ||||||||||||
| Benalla Airport | 26.8 | +0.4 | 35.4 | 11th | 12.0 | +1.1 | 6.0 | 15th | 76.0 | 54.6 | high | 139% |
| Corryong Airport | 27.1 | +0.9 | 32.5 | 11th | 10.8 | +1.3 | 1.2 | 1st | 102.6 | 82.6 | average | 124% |
| Hunters Hill | 21.6 | +1.8 | 28.1 | 11th | 11.0 | +1.1 | 3.8 | 1st | 97.6 | 100.2 | average | 97% |
| Rutherglen Research | 28.0 | +2.6 | 37.5 | 11th | 9.3 | +0.6 | 3.1 | 2nd | 75.8 | 46.6 | high | 163% |
| Strathbogie | 23.9 | +2.3 | 31.0 | 11th | 9.2 | +1.6 | 2.6 | 1st | 42.8 | 63.8 | average | 67% |
| Wangaratta Aero | 27.3 | +1.5 | 36.7 | 11th | 10.4 | +0.9 | 4.7 | 1st | 37.2 | 51.2 | average | 73% |
| Upper Northeast (district 83) | ||||||||||||
| Edi Upper | 26.1 | +2.1 | 32.8 | 11th | 11.2 | +1.6 | 6.0 | 2nd | 53.0 | 81.8 | low | 65% |
| Falls Creek | 13.9 | +1.5 | 19.3 | 11th | 5.4 | +1.2 | -3.1 | 17th | 193.8 | 134.3 | high | 144% |
| Mount Buller | 14.0 | +1.7 | 20.9 | 11th | 6.3 | +1.7 | -2.9 | 1st | 86.4 | 125.8 | average | 69% |
| Omeo | 22.6 | +0.7 | 30.1 | 11th | 8.6 | +0.9 | 0.6 | 18th | 124.0 | 79.0 | high | 157% |
| East Gippsland (district 84) | ||||||||||||
| Combienbar AWS | 21.4 | +0.3 | 33.1 | 11th | 10.5 | +0.6 | 6.0 | 3rd | 58.4 | 109.2 | low | 53% |
| Gabo Island Lighthouse | 19.6 | +1.1 | 25.1 | 11th | 14.7 | +1.9 | 10.5 | 1st | 160.6 | 73.4 | v high | 219% |
| Gelantipy | 19.5 | +0.4 | 30.1 | 11th | 9.1 | +1.1 | 3.4 | 13th | 149.6 | 96.4 | high | 155% |
| Lakes Entrance (Eastern Beach Road) | 19.9 | -1.2 | 35.2 | 11th | 12.7 | +1.2 | 7.3 | 18th | 112.2 | 79.0 | high | 142% |
| Mallacoota | 20.9 | +0.1 | 31.8 | 11th | 13.2 | +1.0 | 7.7 | 6th | 199.6 | 88.3 | v high | 226% |
| Mount Nowa Nowa | 20.7 | -0.3 | 33.5 | 11th | 11.7 | +0.8 | 6.7 | 1st | 120.2 | 88.6 | high | 136% |
| Orbost | 21.3 | -0.8 | 35.6 | 11th | 12.8 | +1.5 | 6.7 | 18th | 93.0 | 75.4 | high | 123% |
| West Gippsland (district 85) | ||||||||||||
| Bairnsdale Airport | 21.8 | 0.0 | 34.7 | 11th | 11.7 | +2.0 | 7.0 | 1st | 102.4 | 80.2 | high | 128% |
| Corner Inlet (Yanakie) | 19.3 | -0.8 | 28.9 | 8th | 12.2 | +1.3 | 6.0 | 12th | 32.6 | 60.1 | low | 54% |
| East Sale | 21.7 | +0.3 | 31.2 | 11th | 12.0 | +2.4 | 6.5 | 18th | 81.4 | 63.3 | high | 129% |
| East Sale Airport | 21.7 | 31.7 | 11th | 11.9 | 6.5 | 18th | 87.6 | |||||
| Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airport) | 21.4 | -0.7 | 29.7 | 8th | 11.2 | +1.6 | 6.4 | 12th | 71.6 | 75.6 | average | 95% |
| Mount Baw Baw | 14.0 | +1.7 | 20.5 | 10th | 5.6 | +1.4 | -2.0 | 1st | 111.4 | 162.1 | low | 69% |
| Mount Moornapa | 20.3 | -0.9 | 31.0 | 11th | 11.0 | +1.1 | 6.5 | 1st | 170.4 | 113.1 | high | 151% |
| Nilma North (Warragul) | 20.6 | 30.7 | 10th | 11.5 | 6.1 | 12th | 62.8 | 96.1 | average | 65% | ||
| Pound Creek | 19.8 | -1.0 | 28.6 | 8th | 11.9 | +1.6 | 6.3 | 23rd | 49.8 | 69.5 | average | 72% |
| Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse | 17.2 | 0.0 | 29.8 | 10th | 12.8 | +1.5 | 10.3 | 1st | 34.4 | 71.0 | low | 48% |
| Yarram Airport | 20.7 | -1.1 | 29.0 | 10th | 10.5 | +0.9 | 4.5 | 19th | 103.2 | 71.0 | high | 145% |
| East Central (district 86) | ||||||||||||
| Cerberus | 20.5 | -0.1 | 31.4 | 7th | 12.5 | +1.8 | 8.6 | 13th | 32.6 | 56.7 | low | 57% |
| Coldstream | 22.7 | 0.0 | 30.6 | 10th | 11.1 | +2.2 | 5.3 | 5th | 43.2 | 73.1 | low | 59% |
| Essendon Airport | 22.3 | +0.4 | 33.7 | 10th | 13.1 | +2.9 | 8.6 | 5th | 42.6 | 58.6 | average | 73% |
| Ferny Creek | 18.4 | -0.6 | 27.8 | 10th | 10.1 | +0.5 | 6.1 | 1st | 90.8 | 127.3 | low | 71% |
| Frankston (Ballam Park) | 21.2 | 32.3 | 10th | 12.2 | 6.9 | 4th | 60.8 | |||||
| Melbourne (Olympic Park) | 21.6 | -0.6 | 33.1 | 10th | 13.7 | +1.1 | 9.3 | 5th | 42.4 | 58.7 | low | 72% |
| Melbourne Airport | 22.4 | +0.3 | 33.7 | 10th | 12.4 | +2.0 | 7.0 | 5th | 38.4 | 61.7 | low | 62% |
| Moorabbin Airport | 21.5 | -0.2 | 32.8 | 10th | 12.5 | +1.3 | 8.6 | 5th | 60.8 | 63.9 | average | 95% |
| Rhyll | 20.6 | +0.4 | 27.2 | 7th | 13.3 | +1.0 | 10.3 | 13th | 22.6 | 60.2 | v low | 38% |
| Scoresby Research Institute | 22.4 | +0.8 | 32.0 | 10th | 12.1 | +1.7 | 6.8 | 5th | 51.4 | 81.7 | low | 63% |
| Viewbank | 23.0 | -0.8 | 32.9 | 10th | 12.7 | +1.4 | 7.3 | 5th | 42.4 | 73.7 | low | 58% |
| West Central (district 87) | ||||||||||||
| Avalon Airport | 21.9 | -0.5 | 32.8 | 7th | 12.2 | +1.7 | 5.5 | 12th | 36.8 | 51.0 | average | 72% |
| Breakwater (Geelong Racecourse) | 21.2 | -0.8 | 32.3 | 7th | 12.6 | +1.6 | 7.7 | 12th | 51.4 | 54.8 | average | 94% |
| Laverton RAAF | 22.2 | +0.6 | 33.9 | 7th | 13.3 | +3.0 | 10.0 | 12th | 50.6 | 53.8 | average | 94% |
| Point Cook RAAF | 21.1 | 33.0 | 7th | 13.2 | 8.8 | 12th | 39.2 | |||||
| She Oaks | 21.8 | +0.7 | 32.8 | 10th | 10.6 | +1.5 | 3.8 | 12th | 61.2 | 60.6 | average | 101% |
| North Central (district 88) | ||||||||||||
| Eildon Fire Tower | 22.6 | +1.7 | 29.9 | 23rd | 10.1 | +0.4 | 4.3 | 3rd | 54.6 | 58.4 | average | 93% |
| Lake Eildon | 26.0 | +2.4 | 31.8 | 11th | 10.6 | +1.2 | 3.5 | 2nd | 50.4 | 67.1 | average | 75% |
| Mangalore Airport | 25.8 | +1.4 | 31.8 | 19th | 11.8 | +1.8 | 7.4 | 1st | 67.0 | 47.9 | high | 140% |
| Maryborough | 25.4 | +1.7 | 34.4 | 10th | 10.9 | +1.4 | 4.6 | 12th | 29.4 | 40.1 | average | 73% |
| Puckapunyal Lyon Hill (Defence) | 25.0 | 31.9 | 19th | 12.1 | 6.7 | 1st | 46.0 | |||||
| Puckapunyal West (Defence) | 24.3 | 31.9 | 19th | 11.0 | 3.9 | 1st | 41.6 | |||||
| Redesdale | 25.7 | +1.9 | 32.1 | 19th | 9.9 | +1.3 | 1.3 | 1st | 74.0 | 41.8 | high | 177% |
| Wallan (Kilmore Gap) | 19.8 | +0.2 | 28.4 | 10th | 9.8 | +0.8 | 5.4 | 1st | 60.0 | 69.0 | average | 87% |
| Western Plains (district 89) | ||||||||||||
| Ararat Prison | 23.5 | +1.9 | 33.6 | 10th | 8.9 | +1.0 | 0.5 | 1st | 28.3 | 45.2 | low | 63% |
| Ballarat Aerodrome | 21.2 | +1.5 | 31.1 | 10th | 9.7 | +1.9 | 4.6 | 12th | 30.2 | 56.0 | low | 54% |
| Westmere | 22.4 | -0.2 | 34.0 | 10th | 8.5 | +0.6 | 1.1 | 2nd | 33.6 | 47.0 | low | 71% |
| West Coast (district 90) | ||||||||||||
| Aireys Inlet | 19.1 | -0.8 | 26.3 | 10th | 11.8 | +0.8 | 8.3 | 12th | 34.0 | 57.7 | low | 59% |
| Cape Nelson Lighthouse | 16.7 | -2.0 | 22.3 | 10th | 12.4 | +0.4 | 9.9 | 15th | 20.8 | 43.5 | v low | 48% |
| Cape Otway Lighthouse | 17.0 | -1.3 | 27.8 | 10th | 12.1 | +1.3 | 9.9 | 28th | 21.6 | 62.8 | v low | 34% |
| Casterton | 21.0 | -1.2 | 33.4 | 10th | 9.6 | +0.6 | 2.7 | 1st | 42.2 | 41.3 | average | 102% |
| Colac (Mount Gellibrand) | 20.6 | +0.1 | 31.4 | 10th | 10.1 | +0.5 | 6.3 | 4th | 32.8 | 44.9 | average | 73% |
| Dartmoor | 21.1 | -1.1 | 35.6 | 10th | 10.6 | +1.1 | 6.1 | 15th | 47.0 | 47.0 | average | 100% |
| Hamilton Airport | 21.4 | +0.4 | 33.6 | 10th | 9.2 | +1.0 | 4.7 | 15th | 62.2 | 49.3 | high | 126% |
| Mortlake Racecourse | 20.8 | -0.1 | 33.9 | 10th | 9.3 | +1.2 | 5.1 | 1st | 28.4 | 49.2 | low | 58% |
| Port Fairy AWS | 19.0 | -0.9 | 28.7 | 6th | 12.6 | +1.4 | 7.8 | 10th | 10.6 | 46.0 | lowest | 23% |
| Portland Airport | 17.8 | -1.0 | 31.5 | 10th | 10.9 | +1.0 | 6.0 | 10th | 52.4 | 54.5 | average | 96% |
| Warrnambool Airport NDB | 19.1 | -1.3 | 32.3 | 10th | 10.4 | +1.3 | 5.2 | 10th | 22.8 | 51.6 | low | 44% |
Extremes Maps 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 Victoria 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 at 10 am on Friday 1 December 2023. 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.
Unless otherwise noted, all maps, graphs and diagrams in this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
