Newcastle Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
29.5 28.4 26.8 24.2 21.2 18.3 18.1 19.8 22.8 24.9 26.2 28.0 24.0
Mean Min (°C)
19.6 19.4 17.5 14.2 10.5 8.7 7.4 7.9 10.8 13.3 15.8 17.9 13.5
Mean Rain (mm)
81.2 137.4 125.6 124.3 87.5 131.9 64.1 55.3 66.2 64.1 102.3 69.0 1106.7
Median Rain (mm)
49.4 137.8 97.0 118.1 88.5 88.8 30.8 37.8 29.3 52.9 90.1 63.0 1015.7
Mean Rain Days
10.1 12.0 12.0 11.4 12.0 14.1 11.5 9.7 8.8 9.1 11.2 10.1 130.2

Newcastle Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.9 44.0 39.2 34.5 28.8 25.7 26.7 30.5 35.0 37.9 42.2 43.0 44.9
Low Max (°C)
20.2 19.0 19.0 17.4 15.2 12.5 10.8 13.3 14.4 14.2 15.9 18.8 10.8
High Min (°C)
27.5 26.3 23.8 21.8 18.4 16.0 17.4 15.8 20.7 20.5 23.7 25.5 27.5
Low Min (°C)
11.2 12.3 9.6 4.0 3.5 2.1 1.0 0.0 4.2 3.8 4.7 8.7 0.0
High Rain (mm)
216.3 147.2 134.0 240.0 75.2 277.6 152.2 72.5 123.4 118.8 132.5 85.4 277.6

Newcastle Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
32.8 31.0 28.3 26.9 23.5 19.6 19.9 21.6 25.5 27.5 28.8 30.9 25.3
Low Mn. Max (°C)
27.0 25.3 25.0 21.9 19.8 16.8 16.6 17.9 21.0 22.3 22.6 23.7 22.9
High Mn. Min (°C)
21.7 21.5 19.6 16.5 11.9 10.2 10.4 10.2 12.3 15.3 17.6 19.6 14.2
Low Mn. Min (°C)
18.3 18.1 15.7 11.8 8.6 6.9 6.1 5.9 9.6 11.6 14.0 16.0 12.7
High Rain (mm)
429.4 297.2 272.4 360.3 303.2 529.6 277.2 186.5 199.6 170.2 289.9 183.4 1516.9
Low Rain (mm)
7.6 13.4 46.4 23.8 14.2 2.2 7.6 0.4 0.6 11.2 27.2 0.0 658.9

Newcastle Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Newcastle annual climate

Newcastle Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.2
≥ 35°C
3.6 1.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.8 2.4 11.3
≥ 30°C
12.2 8.0 4.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 4.8 6.0 8.8 47.8
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
≤ 0°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

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
33.8 31.9 29.5 27.0 23.2 20.4 19.8 22.3 27.1 30.1 31.0 32.9 29.2
Low Max
25.2 24.4 23.2 20.7 18.3 16.4 15.5 16.8 18.7 19.6 20.7 23.5 18.2
High Min
21.6 21.6 20.2 16.6 13.6 12.0 10.6 11.5 13.8 17.0 18.6 20.3 19.3
Low Min
16.8 17.2 14.2 11.0 7.2 5.3 4.2 4.6 7.4 9.5 12.7 15.0 7.3

Newcastle Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
21 20 18 18 19 20 20 21 22 20 22 20 20.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021
Years of Maxima
21 20 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 20 22 20 20.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021
Years of Rainfall
22 20 21 20 21 23 22 22 22 21 22 22 20.0
Earliest Entry
1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998
Latest Entry
2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021

Station Details

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
Hunter, New South Wales/ACT
32.8906°S 151.7068°E 21m AMSL
Commenced 1998

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