Rochester Long-term Averages

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Mean Max (°C)	30.9	30.7	26.8	21.9	16.9	14.1	13.4	14.8	17.4	21.7	24.8	28.4	21.7
Mean Min (°C)	14.9	15.8	13.0	9.7	6.5	3.6	3.5	4.5	5.7	8.2	10.1	12.8	9.0
Mean Rain (mm)	31.0	30.4	31.7	31.8	42.8	43.0	43.9	43.4	40.7	42.8	34.0	31.8	445.0
Median Rain (mm)	21.6	17.5	18.6	25.4	39.6	37.7	44.1	41.7	36.2	32.5	26.8	21.7	443.4
Mean Rain Days	4.2	4.0	4.4	5.8	8.6	10.0	11.8	11.5	9.5	8.1	6.2	5.2	89.1

Rochester Daily Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max (°C)	45.0	42.9	40.0	31.7	26.4	20.1	23.7	23.3	29.4	36.7	39.0	40.4	45.0
Low Max (°C)	18.6	18.9	12.9	13.5	9.0	6.4	6.2	7.8	7.8	10.3	13.3	13.9	6.2
High Min (°C)	24.7	27.2	21.1	17.3	15.0	11.0	12.4	11.8	16.0	19.0	20.6	24.4	27.2
Low Min (°C)	5.6	7.2	4.0	1.0	-0.8	-2.8	-2.5	-2.5	-1.3	-0.6	2.1	4.6	-2.8
High Rain (mm)	64.3	97.5	82.6	53.1	64.8	58.8	45.5	43.2	68.1	70.2	78.0	57.9	97.5

Rochester Monthly Records

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)	33.3	33.0	29.0	24.0	19.1	16.5	15.7	15.9	20.6	24.5	26.5	30.9	22.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)	28.8	29.3	24.3	19.2	14.4	12.4	11.8	13.9	14.8	19.6	23.1	26.7	21.1
High Mn. Min (°C)	17.0	17.2	16.6	11.9	8.9	5.1	6.0	5.8	7.7	9.8	11.3	14.6	10.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)	11.8	13.9	10.5	6.9	4.9	1.7	2.2	3.7	4.3	6.8	9.2	11.1	8.3
High Rain (mm)	132.6	193.6	196.7	125.3	131.5	107.5	124.6	117.8	100.2	191.8	115.8	204.6	983.1
Low Rain (mm)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	4.4	0.5	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	171.8

Rochester Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Rochester Average Number of Days With Temperatures

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
≥ 40°C	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.9
≥ 35°C	7.1	5.5	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	3.6	18.4
≥ 30°C	18.4	16.5	8.3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	4.9	12.8	62.7
≤ 2°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.6	9.2	10.5	6.6	3.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	34.4
≤ 0°C	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.4	3.6	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	10.5

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
High Max	36.1	35.8	31.7	26.1	20.4	16.7	15.6	17.5	21.1	26.7	30.4	34.4	31.0
Low Max	25.2	25.3	21.6	17.3	13.9	11.7	11.1	12.2	13.7	17.2	19.8	22.2	13.8
High Min	19.7	20.0	17.2	13.3	10.0	6.7	6.6	7.6	8.8	12.8	14.3	17.4	15.5
Low Min	10.5	11.6	8.5	6.0	2.9	0.4	0.4	1.4	2.2	3.9	5.8	8.7	3.0

Rochester Data Availability

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Years of Minima	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10.0
Earliest Entry	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965
Latest Entry	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1974	1974	1974	1974	1974	1975
Years of Maxima	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10.0
Earliest Entry	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965	1965
Latest Entry	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1974	1974	1974	1974	1974	1975
Years of Rainfall	117	118	118	119	116	115	117	118	117	118	117	117	117.0
Earliest Entry	1907	1904	1904	1906	1907	1907	1906	1906	1907	1906	1906	1906	1904
Latest Entry	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2023	2024

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Northern Country, Victoria

36.3607°S 144.7110°E 114m AMSL
Commenced 1904

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