Penfield Weapons Research Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.2 29.5 26.7 22.8 18.6 16.3 15.2 16.1 18.3 21.9 24.9 27.1 22.2
Mean Min (°C)
16.6 16.4 14.7 12.0 9.4 7.0 6.3 6.8 7.8 10.3 12.3 14.4 11.1
Mean Rain (mm)
20.0 24.9 16.1 42.8 61.2 53.0 56.7 50.3 47.0 41.6 31.4 24.7 468.4
Median Rain (mm)
10.2 12.6 11.6 36.6 54.2 49.6 50.9 50.1 38.6 39.0 27.0 17.7 459.9
Mean Rain Days
3.9 3.5 4.4 8.5 12.9 12.4 15.2 15.6 12.0 10.6 7.8 5.5 106.2

Penfield Weapons Research Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
46.1 42.3 39.9 36.7 29.5 27.7 26.2 28.8 35.6 36.2 44.1 42.5 46.1
Low Max (°C)
18.9 18.6 16.3 14.6 11.1 10.0 9.8 9.7 10.8 11.0 14.6 14.6 9.7
High Min (°C)
33.9 29.6 26.7 24.7 18.9 17.2 15.6 15.0 18.1 25.6 28.1 29.5 33.9
Low Min (°C)
5.0 7.7 5.0 4.2 1.0 -2.5 -1.7 -0.8 -1.1 1.6 2.0 -0.6 -2.5
High Rain (mm)
39.0 74.2 23.9 50.5 35.1 36.1 27.7 25.8 29.4 39.0 62.7 70.9 74.2

Penfield Weapons Research Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
33.3 31.3 29.2 25.1 20.6 21.3 17.6 20.0 21.3 24.4 28.2 30.5 23.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)
26.7 26.1 25.1 20.4 15.5 14.3 13.3 14.3 15.9 19.2 22.3 23.7 21.0
High Mn. Min (°C)
20.0 19.3 18.3 14.6 12.0 10.9 8.1 8.6 9.8 11.9 14.1 16.7 12.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
13.0 14.2 12.4 9.1 7.6 4.2 4.9 5.0 5.9 8.7 10.1 12.3 9.9
High Rain (mm)
64.4 98.5 57.4 141.7 131.5 119.7 103.5 87.8 94.0 107.9 93.4 103.3 681.2
Low Rain (mm)
0.8 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.0 4.9 16.2 18.9 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.0 258.0

Penfield Weapons Research Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Penfield Weapons Research annual climate

Penfield Weapons Research Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
1.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 3.0
≥ 35°C
7.0 5.7 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.4 3.7 20.3
≥ 30°C
14.0 12.8 8.3 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.5 6.4 8.0 53.7
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.3 3.0 2.4 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 9.5
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5

Penfield Weapons Research 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
37.2 36.1 32.5 28.3 22.4 18.9 17.3 19.2 23.0 28.3 32.3 35.0 30.6
Low Max
23.8 23.2 21.5 18.4 15.4 13.8 13.1 13.3 14.5 16.7 19.1 20.7 15.0
High Min
21.8 21.2 19.0 15.6 12.7 10.6 9.4 9.8 11.3 14.2 16.7 18.9 16.5
Low Min
12.2 12.2 10.6 8.0 5.6 2.5 3.0 3.1 4.2 6.1 8.1 10.0 5.7

Penfield Weapons Research Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
20 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 19 21.4
Earliest Entry
1958 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1939 1957 1939
Latest Entry
1979 1979 1979 1979 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979
Years of Maxima
20 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 19 21.6
Earliest Entry
1958 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
Latest Entry
1979 1979 1979 1979 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979
Years of Rainfall
30 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30.2
Earliest Entry
1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1948 1948
Latest Entry
1979 1979 1979 1979 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979

Station Details

PENFIELD WEAPONS RESEARCH
Adelaide, South Australia
34.7333°S 138.6500°E 24m AMSL
Commenced 1948 / Closed 1979

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A very wet weekend for southeast Qld, northeast NSW

11:48 AEST A prolonged rainfall event is set to bring large totals to parts of NSW and Qld from Saturday, with possible heavy falls and flooding.  A low-pressure system in the Coral Sea, a deepening coastal trough and persistent easterlies will bring moisture-laden air into southeast Qld and northeast NSW will bring days of rainfall to the region.  While there is not a drop of rain on the radar over southeast Qld and Northeast NSW on Friday morning, the mass of cloud associated with a low in the Coral Sea will enhance rainfall over the weekend.

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