Lightning Ridge Daily Summaries

March 2024

date	min to 9am	anomaly	max from 9am	anomaly	rain to 9am
date	°C	°C	°C	°C	mm
Fri 01/03/2024	23.7	+4.5	41.2	+8.7	0.0
Sat 02/03/2024	26.9	+7.7	36.8	+4.3	0.0
Sun 03/03/2024	25.1	+5.9	34.4	+1.9	0.0
Mon 04/03/2024	19.3	+0.1	-	-	0.0
Tue 05/03/2024	-	-	37.6	+5.1	0.0
Wed 06/03/2024	22.5	+3.3	35.7	+3.2	0.0
Thu 07/03/2024	22.9	+3.7	36.3	+3.8	0.0
Fri 08/03/2024	24.0	+4.8	33.7	+1.2	0.0
Sat 09/03/2024	20.7	+1.5	33.8	+1.3	0.0
Sun 10/03/2024	21.1	+1.9	33.4	+0.9	0.0
Mon 11/03/2024	20.4	+1.2	-	-	0.0
Tue 12/03/2024	-	-	35.2	+2.7	0.0
Wed 13/03/2024	20.2	+1.0	36.2	+3.7	0.0
Thu 14/03/2024	20.6	+1.4	37.2	+4.7	0.0
Fri 15/03/2024	22.9	+3.7	38.7	+6.2	0.0
Sat 16/03/2024	23.8	+4.6	-	-	0.0
Sun 17/03/2024	-	-	27.5	-5.0	0.0
Mon 18/03/2024	19.2	+0.0	35.0	+2.5	2.0
Tue 19/03/2024	21.8	+2.6	37.3	+4.8	0.0
Wed 20/03/2024	24.7	+5.5	-	-	0.0
Thu 21/03/2024	-	-	-	-	0.0
Fri 22/03/2024	-	-	-	-	0.0
Sat 23/03/2024	-	-	-	-	0.0
Sun 24/03/2024	-	-	32.3	-0.2	0.0
Mon 25/03/2024	16.8	-2.4	28.0	-4.5	33.0
Tue 26/03/2024	18.0	-1.2	29.2	-3.3	0.0
Wed 27/03/2024	17.7	-1.5	32.3	-0.2	0.0
Thu 28/03/2024	20.5	+1.3	30.9	-1.6	0.0
Fri 29/03/2024	20.4	+1.2	31.4	-1.1	0.0
Sat 30/03/2024	19.5	+0.3	33.0	+0.5	0.0
Sun 31/03/2024	19.8	+0.6	34.3	+1.8	0.0

March 2024 Average	21.4	+2.2	34.2	+1.7
Mar 1998-2024 Average	19.2		32.5
Mar 1998-2024 Highest	27.5	4th 2015	42.0	20th 2015
Mar 1998-2024 Lowest	5.0	30th 2008	20.0	2nd 2010

March 2024 Total					35.0	2 day(s)
Mar 1998-2024 Average Total					47.2	5.4 day(s)
Mar 1998-2024 Wettest Total					216.6	2021
Mar 1998-2024 Wettest 24hr Total					79.6	10th 2000
Mar 1998-2024 Driest Total					6.9	2005

Jan-Mar 2024 Total					218.3	12 day(s)
Jan-Mar 1998-2024 Average Total					144.3	15.8 day(s)

Highlights the coolest minimum or maximum temperature during the period.

Highlights the warmest minimum or maximum temperature during the period.

Highlights the highest daily rainfall during the period.

A yellow cell indicates a probable monthly record for this site (sites with ≥ 10 years of records only). The number of years of records available for the relevant field for this month is indicated in black. See the station's climate page for full details.

Station Details

LIGHTNING RIDGE VISITOR INFORMATION CENT
Upper Western, New South Wales/ACT

29.4310°S 147.9722°E 154m AMSL
Commenced 1997

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