Cradle Valley Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	16.7	17.5	14.2	10.7	7.7	5.2	4.6	5.2	6.8	9.8	12.2	13.9	10.2
Mean Min (°C)	6.3	7.4	6.1	4.1	1.6	0.4	0.1	-0.2	0.5	1.7	3.2	4.4	2.9
Mean Rain (mm)	152.7	121.3	148.5	219.2	287.1	284.8	331.6	316.5	279.2	255.4	213.1	190.1	2710.4
Median Rain (mm)	138.4	98.2	133.4	210.3	267.1	267.4	312.2	301.3	256.8	227.7	197.2	171.3	2645.6
Mean Rain Days	16.5	13.6	17.0	18.9	21.6	22.2	22.9	23.0	21.4	21.2	18.4	18.2	184.1

Cradle Valley Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	30.0	30.5	25.1	20.0	17.8	11.1	11.5	12.7	17.9	19.9	22.0	27.0	30.5
Low Max (°C)	4.0	4.4	4.0	1.9	0.0	-1.3	-0.2	-1.5	-1.0	1.0	2.7	2.8	-1.5
High Min (°C)	15.5	15.6	14.7	10.5	10.0	8.9	5.0	6.1	9.5	9.0	12.0	14.0	15.6
Low Min (°C)	-1.0	-1.9	-2.5	-4.0	-8.3	-8.3	-7.8	-8.5	-8.0	-5.0	-3.5	-1.3	-8.5
High Rain (mm)	86.6	74.2	80.0	99.8	145.0	88.6	81.5	97.5	89.4	154.4	106.4	76.8	154.4

Cradle Valley Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	18.3	19.3	16.4	12.4	9.5	6.9	5.3	6.7	8.8	11.7	14.0	16.8	11.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)	14.3	16.5	11.7	9.0	5.5	3.4	3.9	4.0	5.3	7.9	8.3	12.2	8.7
High Mn. Min (°C)	7.3	9.3	8.5	5.0	3.4	1.6	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.4	4.9	6.4	3.3
Low Mn. Min (°C)	4.4	5.2	4.6	2.8	-0.5	-1.1	-0.7	-1.2	-1.7	0.6	1.7	3.0	2.4
High Rain (mm)	349.1	333.7	311.5	441.8	734.7	723.9	611.5	645.3	528.4	795.4	599.9	505.3	4087.4
Low Rain (mm)	11.7	0.0	0.0	14.3	79.7	52.4	108.9	67.2	72.4	51.3	52.6	31.8	1493.3

Cradle Valley Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cradle Valley Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 35°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 30°C	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
≤ 2°C	2.2	2.1	3.2	8.2	16.2	21.5	24.3	25.3	22.3	17.8	10.7	6.5	147.2
≤ 0°C	0.1	0.4	0.7	2.9	9.5	14.1	14.3	16.6	11.8	9.8	4.4	1.5	79.1

Cradle Valley 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	21.7	22.5	18.7	14.4	10.5	7.5	6.6	7.7	10.0	14.5	17.0	19.0	16.9
Low Max	11.5	13.0	9.5	7.5	5.0	2.7	2.5	2.8	3.9	5.3	7.5	8.6	4.5
High Min	9.5	11.6	9.8	7.3	5.0	3.3	2.5	2.5	3.0	4.6	6.0	7.5	7.2
Low Min	3.2	3.3	2.9	0.8	-1.7	-2.6	-2.5	-2.7	-2.2	-1.0	0.0	1.3	-1.0

Cradle Valley Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9.8
Earliest Entry	1968	1968	1968	1968	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967
Latest Entry	1977	1977	1977	1977	1977	1976	1976	1976	1976	1976	1976	1976	1977
Years of Maxima	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9.7
Earliest Entry	1968	1968	1968	1968	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967	1967
Latest Entry	1977	1977	1977	1977	1977	1976	1976	1976	1976	1976	1976	1976	1977
Years of Rainfall	74	72	71	66	62	54	51	54	59	63	69	73	63.9
Earliest Entry	1919	1919	1919	1919	1919	1919	1919	1919	1918	1918	1918	1918	1918
Latest Entry	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2008	2008	2008	2008	2008	2008	2009

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Station Details

CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM)
Central, Tasmania

41.6383°S 145.9444°E 903m AMSL
Commenced 1917 / Closed 2009

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13:54 AEST There are signs that an Antarctic airmass is on its way to southern Australia later this week, with the potential for fierce winds, snow and rain. This comes after southern Australia has seen a sustained period of cold and windy weather this week, with a couple of centimetres of snow falling at the resorts on Wednesday morning.