kunanyi /Mount Wellington Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
13.8 13.5 11.4 8.5 5.6 3.7 2.5 2.8 4.8 7.5 9.6 11.4 7.9
Mean Min (°C)
5.0 5.2 4.1 2.2 0.6 -0.6 -1.5 -1.7 -1.1 0.3 1.8 3.0 1.4
Mean Rain (mm)
88.4 75.3 85.1 77.6 72.7 88.2 68.3 74.5 70.6 86.9 86.1 86.6 955.8
Median Rain (mm)
45.1 66.0 57.1 63.1 53.2 39.7 58.6 52.3 52.1 63.2 69.5 63.0 841.9
Mean Rain Days
16.7 16.0 18.2 18.5 19.3 17.9 19.4 18.6 19.1 20.0 18.4 19.1 218.0

kunanyi /Mount Wellington Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
29.8 29.6 34.5 24.7 17.3 13.3 11.4 13.4 19.5 22.8 26.2 28.6 34.5
Low Max (°C)
2.1 -2.7 -0.9 -2.4 -3.2 -3.8 -4.8 -5.0 -5.0 -2.2 -2.1 -0.1 -5.0
High Min (°C)
19.1 20.7 18.3 15.3 10.2 8.5 4.4 6.4 8.6 12.8 14.3 16.5 20.7
Low Min (°C)
-5.0 -7.4 -4.7 -6.5 -8.1 -7.5 -8.1 -7.8 -9.1 -9.5 -6.2 -4.5 -9.5
High Rain (mm)
176.0 159.0 91.0 88.0 236.2 175.4 100.4 199.4 81.6 77.4 101.2 202.0 236.2

kunanyi /Mount Wellington Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
17.2 17.2 14.5 13.7 8.4 5.8 5.1 5.4 7.7 11.6 13.9 14.1 9.1
Low Mn. Max (°C)
10.8 10.4 9.1 4.7 3.1 1.6 0.3 1.2 0.9 3.6 6.3 7.6 6.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
7.7 9.0 6.7 5.6 3.1 1.1 0.2 0.7 1.4 3.7 5.5 5.3 2.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
2.2 2.4 1.7 0.0 -1.9 -2.8 -3.2 -4.0 -3.6 -1.8 -0.4 0.5 0.2
High Rain (mm)
339.0 347.4 230.8 349.6 286.6 411.4 161.4 272.6 225.4 322.2 201.8 318.8 1611.4
Low Rain (mm)
9.6 12.4 14.8 20.6 16.8 15.4 13.2 13.2 22.2 22.2 17.6 23.0 503.6

kunanyi /Mount Wellington Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

kunanyi /Mount Wellington annual climate

kunanyi /Mount Wellington 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
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≤ 2°C
7.7 7.2 10.1 14.6 21.2 24.8 29.2 28.5 25.7 22.3 17.1 13.9 221.1
≤ 0°C
2.7 2.6 4.9 8.6 13.6 17.8 23.2 23.9 20.2 16.3 11.0 7.5 150.4

kunanyi /Mount Wellington 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
19.1 19.4 16.7 12.7 9.2 6.7 4.9 5.6 8.3 12.5 14.7 16.5 14.1
Low Max
8.0 7.8 6.1 3.9 1.9 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.5 2.1 4.3 5.6 1.7
High Min
9.2 10.6 8.6 5.8 3.9 2.1 0.6 0.7 1.4 4.1 5.6 6.9 5.8
Low Min
0.7 0.6 -0.4 -1.6 -2.6 -3.5 -4.0 -4.6 -4.3 -3.4 -2.2 -1.1 -2.8

kunanyi /Mount Wellington Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
42 45 45 45 44 42 43 44 45 43 42 43 42.0
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
42 45 45 45 44 42 43 44 45 43 42 43 42.0
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
41 42 42 42 42 39 40 40 40 41 40 42 41.0
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE)
Lower Derwent, Tasmania
42.8950°S 147.2358°E 1261m AMSL
Commenced 1961

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