Maitland Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
30.2 29.4 27.7 24.6 21.4 18.5 18.0 19.9 23.3 25.8 27.0 28.8 24.5
Mean Min (°C)
18.1 18.0 16.1 12.4 8.4 6.7 5.5 5.6 8.4 11.1 14.5 16.4 11.7
Mean Rain (mm)
74.1 106.2 83.1 95.5 59.0 86.2 44.3 38.2 49.9 54.6 94.0 63.4 847.6
Median Rain (mm)
27.4 74.3 70.4 57.7 46.5 60.0 30.2 23.4 30.2 45.6 70.9 58.6 790.6
Mean Rain Days
10.0 10.8 10.7 11.0 9.2 11.9 9.3 7.6 8.2 8.3 11.3 9.5 111.8

Maitland Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.5 44.5 40.0 36.0 29.5 24.6 24.8 30.5 35.2 39.5 43.0 42.2 44.5
Low Max (°C)
19.7 19.0 19.3 17.3 12.9 11.8 12.3 13.1 13.5 14.1 16.2 18.6 11.8
High Min (°C)
26.7 26.5 22.7 19.5 19.1 14.5 14.1 15.5 19.1 19.7 23.3 24.8 26.7
Low Min (°C)
7.7 9.8 7.0 0.7 -0.9 -1.8 -3.5 -4.5 0.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 -4.5
High Rain (mm)
167.8 136.0 78.5 250.0 53.8 175.0 45.4 67.8 72.0 52.0 120.2 84.2 250.0

Maitland Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
31.6 31.5 30.3 26.9 24.1 20.0 19.3 22.4 26.6 28.5 30.0 32.8 25.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)
26.5 26.1 25.8 22.7 19.8 16.9 16.4 18.3 20.6 23.3 23.3 24.6 23.4
High Mn. Min (°C)
19.5 19.3 17.9 13.9 10.7 9.7 7.2 8.6 10.1 13.6 16.3 18.2 12.9
Low Mn. Min (°C)
15.8 16.7 13.9 10.2 5.8 4.1 2.6 3.3 6.6 9.2 11.9 14.8 10.8
High Rain (mm)
405.0 246.7 273.1 357.8 155.7 392.3 115.6 131.7 178.4 172.2 365.2 164.2 1043.2
Low Rain (mm)
3.0 26.8 3.4 21.5 4.1 5.3 12.2 1.0 0.2 6.2 14.2 16.1 638.4

Maitland Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Maitland annual climate

Maitland Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
1.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 2.3
≥ 35°C
5.7 3.2 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 2.5 3.6 16.8
≥ 30°C
13.6 11.6 8.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 6.4 8.2 10.9 58.9
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 3.1 5.1 5.7 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 15.8
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.5 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 4.3

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
36.3 34.5 31.6 27.8 23.8 20.5 20.0 22.8 27.5 31.0 33.0 34.5 30.7
Low Max
25.1 24.9 23.6 21.2 18.5 16.2 15.6 17.0 18.9 20.2 21.3 24.0 18.2
High Min
21.4 21.0 19.5 16.0 12.3 10.5 9.1 9.8 12.0 15.0 18.0 19.8 18.1
Low Min
14.5 15.0 12.0 8.5 3.8 2.2 1.5 1.3 4.0 6.8 10.0 12.5 4.5

Maitland Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
18 19 19 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18.2
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016
Years of Maxima
19 19 19 18 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 17 18.4
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016
Years of Rainfall
19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 17 18.7
Earliest Entry
1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1997
Latest Entry
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016

Station Details

MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE
Hunter, New South Wales/ACT
32.7422°S 151.5668°E 5m AMSL
Commenced 1997 / Closed 2016

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