Mt Hotham Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
16.7 16.0 13.1 8.5 4.6 1.5 -0.1 0.7 3.6 7.6 11.2 14.0 8.1
Mean Min (°C)
8.3 8.0 5.8 2.7 -0.1 -2.3 -3.7 -3.4 -1.7 0.7 3.4 5.7 2.0
Mean Rain (mm)
102.7 99.5 120.1 107.0 129.8 126.5 152.8 131.2 137.7 146.4 158.5 130.2 1501.3
Median Rain (mm)
74.2 72.2 77.3 81.6 87.7 121.1 132.6 98.0 106.4 78.4 159.2 66.4 1301.7
Mean Rain Days
11.2 10.8 12.6 13.5 14.9 15.2 18.3 17.8 15.5 14.1 14.0 12.3 168.0

Mt Hotham Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
28.5 28.1 24.4 26.7 19.8 15.0 15.5 15.5 15.3 19.0 32.5 26.3 32.5
Low Max (°C)
0.6 -0.2 0.0 -3.2 -5.6 -5.7 -6.6 -6.7 -5.3 -3.9 -3.0 -0.7 -6.7
High Min (°C)
18.9 19.6 17.8 11.7 7.9 10.0 2.7 4.6 7.1 11.4 16.9 18.4 19.6
Low Min (°C)
-3.7 -6.3 -4.3 -17.4 -7.4 -9.1 -8.8 -10.4 -9.2 -8.4 -20.6 -5.4 -20.6
High Rain (mm)
65.4 119.0 116.0 92.2 115.8 81.0 822.8 98.4 131.4 198.8 96.4 158.6 822.8

Mt Hotham Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
21.1 18.9 17.0 12.2 6.9 4.3 2.5 3.5 6.4 10.7 15.5 17.1 9.7
Low Mn. Max (°C)
13.4 12.4 10.2 4.9 2.9 -0.1 -1.7 -2.0 0.0 3.6 5.8 11.1 6.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
12.0 11.1 10.3 6.7 1.6 0.0 -1.9 -0.9 0.6 2.3 7.8 8.1 3.6
Low Mn. Min (°C)
5.4 5.1 3.5 -0.7 -1.8 -3.9 -4.9 -5.2 -3.5 -2.1 -0.4 3.7 1.0
High Rain (mm)
193.2 419.0 336.8 247.6 424.0 276.6 883.6 567.0 358.6 423.4 394.6 294.0 2360.0
Low Rain (mm)
4.6 16.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 30.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.6 574.0

Mt Hotham Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Mt Hotham annual climate

Mt Hotham Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°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
≥ 35°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
≥ 30°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
≤ 2°C
3.2 2.9 6.0 11.8 22.2 27.8 30.4 29.6 25.1 18.1 11.1 6.8 185.1
≤ 0°C
1.9 1.7 3.5 7.3 14.8 24.1 29.2 27.4 20.6 14.0 7.4 4.4 148.3

Mt Hotham 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
20.8 20.4 17.5 12.4 8.2 5.1 2.3 3.6 7.5 11.9 16.4 18.8 16.4
Low Max
11.5 11.5 8.8 4.1 0.9 -1.5 -2.2 -2.2 -0.6 2.4 5.6 8.9 -0.3
High Min
12.6 12.4 9.9 6.6 3.2 0.6 -1.3 -0.7 1.9 5.1 8.8 10.5 8.6
Low Min
2.9 2.8 0.3 -1.9 -3.2 -5.1 -6.1 -6.3 -5.3 -3.8 -2.3 0.0 -4.1

Mt Hotham Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
31 31 31 32 31 29 29 31 32 29 30 29 32.0
Earliest Entry
1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
31 31 32 33 32 29 31 31 33 29 29 29 32.0
Earliest Entry
1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
27 28 28 27 28 27 29 28 27 26 26 26 25.0
Earliest Entry
1995 1995 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1990 1990 1994 1994 1994 1990
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

MOUNT HOTHAM
North East, Victoria
36.9772°S 147.1342°E 1849m AMSL
Commenced 1990

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