Dover Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
21.2 20.9 19.5 17.0 14.6 12.5 12.3 13.1 14.8 16.4 17.9 19.5 16.6
Mean Min (°C)
10.5 10.2 9.0 7.2 5.7 3.9 3.5 3.9 5.0 6.4 7.9 9.1 6.9
Mean Rain (mm)
52.7 49.4 59.2 62.5 71.4 77.7 90.7 97.4 81.4 83.9 72.4 70.8 864.9
Median Rain (mm)
42.0 42.7 48.0 55.2 61.0 58.4 73.8 83.6 73.1 75.4 68.8 64.3 837.2
Mean Rain Days
11.9 10.8 13.1 14.7 16.9 17.5 20.0 19.3 17.7 17.5 15.5 14.5 189.9

Dover Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
39.6 37.4 40.1 30.9 25.2 19.2 19.8 22.6 27.7 31.9 34.2 38.0 40.1
Low Max (°C)
11.9 12.5 10.2 9.5 8.1 5.5 5.3 5.0 7.0 8.3 9.6 11.0 5.0
High Min (°C)
19.8 20.2 19.0 15.2 15.5 14.3 12.9 14.6 15.2 17.8 17.2 19.7 20.2
Low Min (°C)
3.1 2.6 1.9 -2.0 -1.5 -2.0 -3.4 -1.8 -2.1 -0.5 0.8 1.6 -3.4
High Rain (mm)
83.8 98.0 101.0 121.4 42.2 78.7 63.0 58.4 81.8 81.8 42.6 63.6 121.4

Dover Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
24.0 22.8 21.7 19.4 16.4 13.6 13.5 14.5 17.0 18.8 21.2 21.6 17.4
Low Mn. Max (°C)
17.9 18.3 17.7 14.1 13.6 11.4 11.0 11.6 12.3 14.8 15.8 16.8 15.6
High Mn. Min (°C)
12.0 12.3 10.7 8.2 8.6 6.2 6.0 6.7 6.6 7.9 9.9 11.1 7.5
Low Mn. Min (°C)
8.1 8.5 7.2 5.6 4.5 1.9 1.7 1.9 3.1 4.9 6.3 7.4 6.1
High Rain (mm)
185.4 163.6 295.4 262.0 243.6 192.0 204.0 225.7 167.8 250.3 157.2 210.3 1415.9
Low Rain (mm)
7.6 9.0 15.0 16.1 11.2 8.2 25.2 27.2 29.6 15.3 7.4 8.7 470.8

Dover Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Dover annual climate

Dover 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
0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7
≥ 30°C
1.2 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6 3.6
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 3.5 8.6 9.7 8.7 4.9 2.2 0.5 0.1 38.7
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 2.4 2.9 2.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 8.8

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
24.6 24.5 22.9 19.9 17.5 15.0 14.5 15.9 17.6 19.5 21.2 22.7 21.0
Low Max
16.8 16.4 15.6 13.5 12.0 10.3 10.1 10.2 11.4 12.7 13.7 15.3 12.0
High Min
13.4 13.6 12.0 10.2 9.2 7.1 6.2 7.0 8.3 9.6 10.8 11.9 10.9
Low Min
6.6 6.7 5.6 3.9 2.5 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.8 3.1 4.6 5.6 2.6

Dover Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
35 35 35 35 34 34 33 35 35 35 35 35 34.0
Earliest Entry
1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1989 1989
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
35 35 34 35 34 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 34.0
Earliest Entry
1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1989 1989
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
73 75 76 75 77 76 74 74 76 75 75 72 73.0
Earliest Entry
1925 1925 1925 1925 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924 1924
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

DOVER
Lower Derwent, Tasmania
43.3330°S 146.9980°E 20m AMSL
Commenced 1901

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