Scotts Peak Dam Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
21.3 21.2 18.5 14.9 11.6 9.8 9.3 10.3 12.4 15.1 17.8 19.2 15.1
Mean Min (°C)
9.5 9.4 8.5 6.9 5.5 4.1 3.3 3.4 4.3 5.2 6.9 8.0 6.3
Mean Rain (mm)
90.5 84.4 119.8 131.4 192.5 178.5 213.0 229.2 205.5 165.1 113.8 138.1 1832.1
Median Rain (mm)
96.6 66.0 87.8 100.9 138.5 178.6 175.8 201.9 203.2 172.0 87.6 131.0 1706.0
Mean Rain Days
17.0 15.9 19.4 21.9 25.9 25.5 26.9 26.4 25.2 24.5 19.6 19.8 264.3

Scotts Peak Dam Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
38.6 35.9 37.5 29.1 22.0 15.7 17.1 22.5 25.2 30.6 34.8 37.9 38.6
Low Max (°C)
8.9 8.7 7.9 5.7 4.0 3.5 2.8 0.5 4.6 4.9 6.2 6.6 0.5
High Min (°C)
21.1 21.4 19.9 15.0 12.0 12.4 10.1 11.3 14.0 17.0 18.3 18.3 21.4
Low Min (°C)
2.6 3.3 1.3 -0.4 -1.1 -1.0 -2.3 -2.1 -1.6 -1.0 -0.5 1.5 -2.3
High Rain (mm)
49.8 55.0 50.2 47.6 75.0 51.6 49.2 59.2 62.4 52.2 68.2 53.0 75.0

Scotts Peak Dam Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
25.3 25.1 22.8 17.0 13.1 10.9 10.3 12.7 14.4 18.5 22.9 23.1 16.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
17.1 18.2 15.2 10.5 10.0 8.2 8.2 8.4 9.7 11.9 14.5 15.4 13.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
11.2 11.2 10.6 8.1 7.3 5.0 5.0 5.7 5.6 6.4 9.2 9.5 7.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
7.9 7.4 6.9 4.6 3.6 1.8 1.6 1.5 2.1 3.7 5.1 6.5 5.5
High Rain (mm)
208.4 173.0 196.0 313.0 396.2 362.4 379.6 379.4 332.8 356.2 239.4 269.4 2282.8
Low Rain (mm)
7.2 10.8 40.0 42.8 81.4 45.4 112.6 98.0 105.2 49.0 11.4 74.8 1303.4

Scotts Peak Dam Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Scotts Peak Dam annual climate

Scotts Peak Dam 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
0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8
≥ 30°C
3.0 2.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.5 8.6
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.0 6.0 9.3 9.9 5.5 3.6 1.1 0.2 38.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 2.0 2.3 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 6.9

Scotts Peak Dam 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
27.7 28.0 24.0 19.0 14.9 12.0 12.0 13.7 16.5 20.6 24.2 25.8 22.1
Low Max
14.0 13.7 12.2 10.1 8.9 7.4 7.0 7.0 8.2 9.0 11.4 12.0 9.0
High Min
12.8 12.9 11.0 9.4 8.8 6.9 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.8 9.6 11.0 9.8
Low Min
6.1 6.2 5.7 3.6 2.7 1.4 0.6 0.6 1.7 2.0 4.0 5.0 2.5

Scotts Peak Dam Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
26 26 24 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 26 26 25.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
26 26 24 25 25 23 24 23 24 24 26 26 25.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
26 26 23 25 24 24 24 25 24 24 26 26 25.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

SCOTTS PEAK DAM
West & South Coast, Tasmania
43.0425°S 146.2722°E 408m AMSL
Commenced 1992

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