Gosford Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
27.7 27.2 25.9 23.5 20.4 18.0 17.5 19.1 21.6 23.7 25.0 26.8 23.0
Mean Min (°C)
16.9 17.1 15.3 11.8 8.3 6.6 4.9 5.5 7.9 10.8 13.4 15.4 11.1
Mean Rain (mm)
129.6 143.9 151.1 135.3 117.1 129.5 81.7 71.0 66.8 78.6 91.9 99.0 1293.0
Median Rain (mm)
102.6 110.1 128.9 89.3 79.2 79.1 53.5 43.8 52.8 60.3 72.6 66.0 1211.4
Mean Rain Days
10.5 10.5 11.0 10.5 9.9 10.0 8.9 8.0 8.1 8.7 9.6 9.4 112.7

Gosford Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.8 43.0 40.1 32.9 28.8 25.0 25.5 29.9 36.1 38.0 41.8 43.0 44.8
Low Max (°C)
18.1 18.5 15.6 14.8 12.5 12.0 11.4 11.7 12.6 13.7 15.7 16.9 11.4
High Min (°C)
24.0 24.0 21.5 19.5 17.5 15.5 14.0 15.0 17.3 19.3 21.1 24.6 24.6
Low Min (°C)
7.5 9.7 5.8 1.5 0.1 -1.5 -4.2 -1.1 -0.6 1.1 3.9 6.0 -4.2
High Rain (mm)
210.8 191.8 205.5 218.4 177.3 229.0 194.8 143.8 109.6 129.3 155.2 155.2 229.0

Gosford Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
29.8 29.6 28.9 25.8 22.4 20.1 19.2 21.8 23.7 26.9 27.8 30.5 23.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
25.1 24.6 24.1 21.3 18.3 16.6 16.4 17.3 18.9 21.4 22.0 22.9 22.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
18.8 18.5 17.3 14.5 10.5 11.0 7.9 7.9 9.9 12.6 15.3 17.1 12.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
14.3 15.7 12.3 9.5 6.6 4.1 1.0 3.7 5.8 9.3 11.3 13.7 9.9
High Rain (mm)
517.5 542.4 500.3 661.8 634.0 664.0 455.6 426.2 232.1 305.4 361.5 417.1 2232.0
Low Rain (mm)
4.3 0.0 6.0 5.6 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.4 454.3

Gosford Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Gosford annual climate

Gosford Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.1
≥ 35°C
2.3 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.1 1.9 7.3
≥ 30°C
7.6 5.4 4.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 3.5 4.3 6.6 32.2
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.4 6.5 4.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 14.1
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
32.3 31.0 29.9 27.0 23.4 20.3 19.9 22.0 26.0 29.2 30.0 32.2 28.4
Low Max
23.3 23.1 22.4 20.5 17.4 15.8 15.3 16.0 17.5 18.9 20.0 22.3 17.5
High Min
20.1 20.0 18.5 15.2 12.0 10.7 8.6 9.3 11.6 14.6 16.8 18.5 17.1
Low Min
13.6 14.3 12.0 8.3 4.6 2.8 1.4 2.0 4.4 7.0 9.7 12.0 4.6

Gosford Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
29 29 29 29 30 29 29 29 29 30 28 29 29.2
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013
Years of Maxima
29 29 29 28 29 28 29 29 29 30 28 29 29.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013
Years of Rainfall
91 89 89 89 91 90 91 91 91 91 91 87 90.1
Earliest Entry
1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917
Latest Entry
2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013

Station Details

GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
Hunter, New South Wales/ACT
33.3949°S 151.3289°E 20m AMSL
Commenced 1916 / Closed 2013

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