Gatton Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
31.8 31.0 29.8 27.4 24.0 21.4 21.0 22.8 26.0 28.3 30.1 31.3 27.0
Mean Min (°C)
19.4 19.2 17.6 14.0 10.5 7.9 6.4 6.9 9.8 13.3 16.0 18.3 13.2
Mean Rain (mm)
110.8 98.6 79.5 48.1 45.2 40.8 36.4 26.0 34.5 65.2 78.8 98.8 761.8
Median Rain (mm)
93.9 84.5 67.6 35.7 27.3 26.1 28.8 20.8 28.4 50.1 72.3 82.9 761.8
Mean Rain Days
10.1 9.9 10.0 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.4 7.8 8.4 9.6 90.6

Gatton Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.5 45.7 41.1 37.4 33.7 31.5 29.0 37.9 39.5 41.6 42.8 43.5 45.7
Low Max (°C)
20.2 19.6 19.2 16.3 13.9 11.8 12.0 12.5 14.0 17.3 17.0 19.0 11.8
High Min (°C)
27.6 27.3 26.2 22.6 19.5 17.4 17.6 18.1 20.9 21.9 27.0 28.5 28.5
Low Min (°C)
11.9 8.3 6.7 3.2 -0.2 -2.4 -5.6 -1.9 0.0 4.3 6.3 8.8 -5.6
High Rain (mm)
199.4 182.0 141.5 110.1 118.9 111.5 192.3 46.2 71.4 107.2 170.6 108.8 199.4

Gatton Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
35.2 35.1 33.7 29.9 27.5 23.8 23.6 26.6 30.0 32.0 35.0 35.7 29.6
Low Mn. Max (°C)
28.0 27.2 26.6 25.2 21.4 19.4 18.5 19.9 22.2 25.0 26.7 27.8 25.5
High Mn. Min (°C)
21.7 21.9 19.8 16.7 14.3 13.1 10.9 10.6 13.4 16.6 18.5 20.4 14.8
Low Mn. Min (°C)
16.7 17.2 14.1 10.7 7.0 4.4 2.6 3.7 7.0 10.6 13.6 15.8 12.2
High Rain (mm)
452.9 307.3 323.4 324.1 443.5 319.6 306.4 94.8 190.5 269.0 321.2 317.0 1241.4
Low Rain (mm)
1.2 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 230.0

Gatton Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Gatton annual climate

Gatton Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.5
≥ 35°C
5.1 3.0 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 3.5 4.6 19.6
≥ 30°C
22.0 17.7 14.8 4.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.0 10.2 14.5 20.0 107.6
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.2 3.6 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5

Gatton 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
35.0 34.0 32.5 30.3 26.4 23.8 23.4 25.3 29.6 32.0 34.0 35.0 32.2
Low Max
28.3 27.7 26.9 24.7 21.4 18.9 18.1 19.7 22.2 24.0 25.6 27.2 21.4
High Min
22.2 22.0 20.2 17.4 15.0 11.9 10.4 11.0 13.9 17.0 19.4 21.4 19.6
Low Min
16.4 16.6 14.6 11.0 6.7 4.1 2.4 3.4 6.0 9.6 12.5 15.2 6.3

Gatton Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
60 60 59 59 59 59 60 59 60 60 59 59 59.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
60 60 59 58 58 59 60 59 59 58 59 58 59.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
126 127 126 125 125 126 124 126 128 128 127 126 124.0
Earliest Entry
1899 1898 1898 1899 1899 1899 1899 1897 1897 1897 1897 1898 1897
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2024

Station Details

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON
Southeast Coast, Queensland
27.5436°S 152.3375°E 89m AMSL
Commenced 1897

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