Friendly Beach Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
23.4 23.0 21.5 18.8 16.1 14.1 13.9 14.7 16.8 18.3 20.0 21.9 18.6
Mean Min (°C)
13.4 13.2 12.1 9.9 8.1 6.2 5.8 6.1 7.4 8.6 10.3 11.7 9.4
Mean Rain (mm)
64.9 53.6 65.3 55.9 53.1 56.6 41.3 54.1 45.4 68.4 74.2 54.5 677.0
Median Rain (mm)
38.4 37.9 40.8 42.1 28.0 20.5 33.2 49.0 29.4 48.0 43.2 38.2 528.4
Mean Rain Days
9.6 11.3 12.3 12.3 12.1 12.5 12.8 13.4 13.1 13.6 12.6 10.8 144.6

Friendly Beach Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
40.0 38.6 37.0 31.4 24.0 21.0 19.7 23.5 28.7 33.6 35.8 41.9 41.9
Low Max (°C)
15.0 13.8 14.4 10.8 9.6 7.1 7.6 7.6 9.3 10.7 10.7 13.7 7.1
High Min (°C)
22.0 20.1 20.1 17.5 17.0 14.7 13.1 14.0 15.0 18.7 17.2 20.8 22.0
Low Min (°C)
6.0 6.6 5.3 1.0 -1.1 -0.7 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 1.2 3.0 5.2 -1.1
High Rain (mm)
138.2 60.4 105.2 122.0 105.8 91.8 60.0 62.0 73.0 62.0 69.0 84.2 138.2

Friendly Beach Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
26.6 25.5 23.2 21.1 18.0 14.9 15.3 16.0 18.5 20.6 22.3 23.8 19.5
Low Mn. Max (°C)
20.9 20.5 20.1 16.4 14.6 12.1 12.4 13.1 14.6 16.6 17.9 19.5 17.8
High Mn. Min (°C)
14.6 15.1 13.5 11.1 10.3 7.4 7.4 8.2 8.4 10.0 12.0 13.1 9.9
Low Mn. Min (°C)
11.5 11.7 10.5 7.6 6.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 5.7 6.9 8.8 10.5 8.6
High Rain (mm)
221.2 201.4 135.4 161.2 219.8 270.6 110.2 144.2 192.4 241.2 258.2 174.2 1393.6
Low Rain (mm)
1.4 11.6 9.2 7.2 10.2 1.6 9.8 4.2 8.6 9.6 16.0 12.2 409.4

Friendly Beach Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Friendly Beach annual climate

Friendly Beach 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 0.1
≥ 35°C
0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1
≥ 30°C
1.7 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.0 5.0
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.2 2.8 2.5 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 8.6
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Friendly Beach 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
26.5 26.0 24.5 21.9 19.0 16.6 16.0 17.0 19.2 21.0 23.0 25.0 23.0
Low Max
19.1 19.4 18.0 15.0 13.0 11.8 11.2 12.0 14.0 14.9 16.2 18.5 13.7
High Min
15.9 16.1 15.0 13.0 11.7 9.8 8.5 9.9 10.7 11.5 13.0 14.3 13.5
Low Min
10.0 10.4 9.0 6.9 5.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.3 5.0 7.1 9.0 5.0

Friendly Beach Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
26 27 26 25 26 24 25 24 26 25 26 27 25.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
26 27 26 25 26 24 25 25 26 25 26 27 25.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
25 27 26 24 24 24 25 24 26 25 25 26 25.0
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

FRIENDLY BEACHES
East Coast, Tasmania
41.9953°S 148.2794°E 55m AMSL
Commenced 1997

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