Low Head Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	20.7	21.1	20.1	17.8	15.4	13.5	12.8	13.1	14.1	15.5	17.5	19.0	16.7
Mean Min (°C)	14.5	14.6	13.4	11.3	9.4	7.5	7.0	7.3	8.5	9.6	11.4	12.9	10.6
Mean Rain (mm)	49.1	27.9	52.2	54.6	62.7	75.9	72.9	76.1	55.6	53.7	50.7	42.5	670.6
Median Rain (mm)	45.4	16.7	31.0	49.0	42.0	57.6	66.2	76.6	65.8	45.0	40.2	52.2	637.8
Mean Rain Days	7.0	6.7	8.2	10.2	13.4	15.0	17.0	16.3	14.8	12.0	9.6	8.7	138.3

Low Head Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	28.6	28.7	26.1	23.1	20.4	18.0	15.9	17.2	20.6	21.2	24.8	25.7	28.7
Low Max (°C)	15.3	16.6	13.4	12.5	9.2	9.2	8.5	8.4	9.8	10.9	10.8	13.9	8.4
High Min (°C)	21.4	20.7	20.3	18.3	15.8	14.3	13.0	12.7	14.2	15.6	17.7	19.3	21.4
Low Min (°C)	8.2	8.1	7.0	3.7	2.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.9	5.1	6.5	0.5
High Rain (mm)	106.2	73.6	84.4	39.0	64.4	97.8	56.0	51.2	36.0	36.8	66.4	40.4	106.2

Low Head Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	22.2	22.5	21.4	18.9	16.6	14.4	13.5	13.9	15.2	16.5	19.1	20.6	17.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)	18.5	19.5	18.8	16.1	14.1	12.5	12.0	12.1	12.8	14.1	16.3	17.4	16.0
High Mn. Min (°C)	15.8	16.1	14.8	13.1	11.7	8.8	9.0	9.2	9.7	10.8	12.9	14.6	11.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)	12.6	13.2	11.9	9.5	7.4	5.0	5.4	5.8	6.9	8.1	9.8	11.3	9.9
High Rain (mm)	172.0	95.4	137.2	116.6	134.2	204.8	143.4	193.6	100.4	140.0	124.2	76.6	1104.0
Low Rain (mm)	4.0	0.2	5.8	12.6	11.4	13.2	22.2	19.0	20.0	5.8	6.6	8.8	318.4

Low Head Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Low Head Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 35°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≥ 30°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
≤ 2°C	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.1	1.8
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Low Head 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	22.2	23.0	21.7	19.4	17.0	14.9	13.9	14.3	15.2	16.8	19.4	20.5	20.4
Low Max	18.2	19.2	18.2	15.8	13.5	12.0	11.5	11.9	12.5	13.7	15.6	17.1	12.9
High Min	16.6	17.2	15.8	14.1	12.9	10.8	10.2	10.4	11.0	11.7	13.5	15.1	14.4
Low Min	11.8	12.0	10.4	7.8	6.1	4.1	3.6	4.1	5.6	6.9	8.6	10.4	6.1

Low Head Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26.0
Earliest Entry	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998
Latest Entry	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2024
Years of Maxima	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26.0
Earliest Entry	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998
Latest Entry	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2024
Years of Rainfall	26	27	26	26	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26.0
Earliest Entry	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1998	1997	1998	1997
Latest Entry	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2023	2024

Station Details

LOW HEAD
Central North, Tasmania

41.0547°S 146.7874°E 3m AMSL
Commenced 1997

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