Scoresby Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
26.5 26.8 24.3 20.3 16.5 13.8 13.2 14.5 16.7 19.3 21.8 24.3 19.8
Mean Min (°C)
13.8 14.1 12.7 10.2 8.3 6.4 6.0 6.6 7.8 8.9 10.6 12.1 9.8
Mean Rain (mm)
54.0 51.2 52.5 71.0 85.0 68.9 72.2 78.6 81.3 85.0 81.7 74.5 858.2
Median Rain (mm)
48.9 37.5 44.7 58.2 83.1 63.2 70.9 83.1 82.4 79.9 72.2 71.8 834.7
Mean Rain Days
8.8 7.8 10.3 13.1 17.3 18.6 19.6 18.7 16.2 15.6 13.7 11.4 171.8

Scoresby Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
43.8 46.1 39.8 33.4 26.6 22.2 22.2 24.3 30.8 35.0 39.4 41.8 46.1
Low Max (°C)
14.6 14.0 13.0 10.3 7.2 5.7 4.2 6.1 7.6 9.6 11.6 13.9 4.2
High Min (°C)
29.2 27.2 26.1 23.1 17.6 15.7 14.0 15.9 20.7 24.2 25.6 27.6 29.2
Low Min (°C)
3.6 4.8 2.2 0.3 -0.3 -2.7 -3.6 -2.3 -0.9 0.1 1.5 2.8 -3.6
High Rain (mm)
69.6 145.4 89.4 78.2 57.6 74.2 58.9 41.0 67.1 63.6 55.9 108.2 145.4

Scoresby Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
31.2 31.2 27.8 23.6 18.8 15.4 15.0 17.8 19.8 24.7 26.5 29.3 21.1
Low Mn. Max (°C)
21.7 23.3 20.5 17.3 13.9 12.4 11.7 12.8 13.3 16.3 19.3 20.5 18.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
17.0 16.5 15.6 12.4 11.3 8.8 7.5 8.7 9.7 10.3 13.3 14.3 11.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
9.9 11.9 10.2 7.0 6.1 4.1 3.7 5.1 5.8 7.0 8.8 9.4 8.3
High Rain (mm)
192.5 212.4 184.8 201.2 168.3 171.6 180.5 168.0 186.6 204.4 178.3 186.6 1237.1
Low Rain (mm)
2.2 0.3 4.0 18.4 12.4 13.7 25.5 15.6 27.4 13.4 19.1 3.7 512.8

Scoresby Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Scoresby annual climate

Scoresby Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9
≥ 35°C
3.1 2.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.4 8.2
≥ 30°C
8.7 8.4 5.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.4 5.3 31.0
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.9 3.6 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 10.6
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
33.6 33.5 30.5 24.9 19.9 15.9 15.2 17.1 20.2 24.1 27.6 30.6 26.9
Low Max
20.0 20.4 18.8 15.8 13.4 11.5 10.8 11.7 13.0 14.6 16.2 18.1 13.2
High Min
17.2 18.1 16.6 14.2 11.9 9.8 8.8 9.4 10.9 12.8 14.4 15.4 14.4
Low Min
9.6 10.2 8.7 6.1 4.7 2.8 2.5 3.4 4.3 5.0 6.6 8.5 5.1

Scoresby Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
55 56 56 56 56 57 56 56 56 57 54 55 54.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
56 57 57 57 57 57 58 57 58 57 56 55 54.0
Earliest Entry
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
73 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 73 74 73 72.0
Earliest Entry
1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948 1948
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Melbourne, Victoria
37.8710°S 145.2561°E 80m AMSL
Commenced 1948

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